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EverQuest 64-Bit Servers Hit February 15
MapleStory 2 To Sunset 32 Bit Client This Month
Sorry folks.
As the tech industry continues moving forward into the far flung future of 2020, you folks on last decade’s hardware are inevitably going to be left in the dust. Unfortunately for MapleStory 2 players that means anyone running on 32-bit is going to have a heaping helping of nothing come next week.
Nexon today announced that the 32 bit client for MapleStory 2 is going away, as in going away on February 12.
“Starting on February 12th, 2020, the 32-bit client for MapleStory 2 will be discontinued. Players will be defaulted to the 64-bit version of the game client. Moreover, the recommended specs of MapleStory 2 will be adjusted on all of our platforms. Due to Microsoft’s discontinuation of Windows 7 support, we recommend that players use Windows 10 when playing the game.”
The announcement can be found here.
3rd Party Old School RuneScape Client Coming To Steam
Is Old School RuneScape coming to Steam? Maybe, but not officially.
MMO Fallout’s busy bees discovered a SteamDB listing an unreleased listing for OpenOSRS, a third party client for Old School RuneScape. OpenOSRS advertises itself as an open source client for RuneScape that provides plugins to improve the quality of life of the game, including timers, trackers, popups, and more. The app is understandably listed as free on demand and first appeared on SteamDB’s tracker way back in November 2019.
There is no word on when the client will hit Steam, as of right now it does not have a public store page or community hub. MMO Fallout will update as more details come out.
Old School RuneScape Suffers Major Technical Difficulties Over Weekend
(Update: Old School RuneScape underwent maintenance this morning that appears to have fixed the issue)
If you have tried to play Old School RuneScape this weekend, especially over mobile, odds are your experience has been less than desirable. Absolutely horrible more like.
Long story short, Old School RuneScape has been suffering issues causing the game to be completely unplayable for many people on mobile and the official client and Jagex has yet to figure out what is causing the problem or the million dollar question of how to fix it. The last update to an alert posted on December 7 notes that the issue is still being looked into, but as of midnight on December 9 the problem has yet to be fixed.
The issues are still actively being investigated and resolved. We’ve also edited the article to reflect the issues that some players are experiencing with the desktop client. We’re also aware of issues affecting some Old School RuneScape players when attempting to connect to the official Old School RuneScape game client. These players are experiencing long loading times, with ‘Loading configuration’, ‘Loading application resources’ and ‘Loading application’ all taking a long time. Our SysAdmin and our Game Engine teams are investigating and are working on resolving the issues as a matter of priority.
In addition to the connection problems, players who have been able to log in have reported major server lag with some servers suffering more than others.
Source: RuneScape
Heroes & Generals Rewards Team Play In Hallowes Update
Heroes & Generals is bringing in team rewards and phasing out its browser version. In an update dubbed Hallowes – XP for Friends, players will now find that acting as a team has its own rewards. The game now rewards experience for kill assists, protecting the team’s tank, and when other players use your vehicle’s weapons. The list of patch notes is massive, with tweaks to maps, guns, and more.
“As part of the update all maps have been improved to ensure a better gameflow and allow for more intense battles. Tweaks have been made to the animation system resulting in a smoother visual experience. And we have added more bicycles to the game.” -Jacob Anderson, Game Director Reto Moto
In addition to these tweaks, the browser version of Heroes & Generals is being retired in favor of the stand-alone client and Steam. The Reto-Moto team revealed that this decision is due to decreasing support from browsers for plugins.
(Source: Patch notes)
Snapshots: RuneScape NXT
RuneScape is celebrating the launch of its new game client, NXT, and Jagex has sent over a few screenshots of the new engine to grab your eye. Check them out in the gallery below and, if you like what you see, head on over to runescape.com to download the new client.
Get Free Zen By Using The Arc Client
Arc is Perfect World Entertainment’s answer to Steam, given that it houses their library in an easy to use package and also acts as a conduit through which money flows and goods are redeemed. With Arc 3.0, the next major update to the client, PWE is looking to change the way you log in and perhaps get their players to try some games that they might otherwise look the other way on.
MMO gamers will be no strangers to the concept of daily quests, an idea that is being thrust into the client in its next update. Daily quests will require the player to do things like log into a game, log in for a number of consecutive days, or play a certain game on two separate days. Completing quests gives experience which in turn gains levels, and in turn can be redeemed for free cash shop currency for PWE’s titles.
Completing quests will give you experience points to level up your Arc Quests level. Each level requires 600 XP and will reward you with 500 Arc Points that can be transitioned into ZEN or other in-game currencies available for games on the Arc platform. There is no level cap to your Arc profile, so you will continue to receive rewards as you complete your quests. These points will be redeemable via the Charge tab on the Arc website and client.
It’s an interesting concept, for sure. Cryptic Studios used to give away stuff for free on the Raptr client, so this may just be an extension of that campaign.
(Source: Arc)
How To: Can’t Create Trial Account In FFXIV
A few people have mailed in that they are unable to use the Final Fantasy XIV free trial because the launcher does not display a “create account” button. Luckily, user Treyu86 over at the MMORPG.com forums figured out how to get the button to show. All you have to do is delete the Final Fantasy XIV folder listed in C:/Users/”username”/My Documents/My Games.
Deleting that folder will cause the client to recognize you as a new user, and allow you to create an account. You have to create the account through the FFXIV trial client.
Thanks Treyu86!
How To: Can't Create Trial Account In FFXIV
A few people have mailed in that they are unable to use the Final Fantasy XIV free trial because the launcher does not display a “create account” button. Luckily, user Treyu86 over at the MMORPG.com forums figured out how to get the button to show. All you have to do is delete the Final Fantasy XIV folder listed in C:/Users/”username”/My Documents/My Games.
Deleting that folder will cause the client to recognize you as a new user, and allow you to create an account. You have to create the account through the FFXIV trial client.
Thanks Treyu86!
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