Tag: Update

Meridian 59 Community Takes Over Updates


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Here are three words you probably never expected to read: Meridian patch notes. Regardless, yesterday brought with it a new patch for the world’s first 3D open world MMORPG. The changes mostly consist of infrastructure updates, but there are also updates that people have been waiting diligently for since before some of you were born.

We’ve added some improvements that have been on many players’ wish lists for the last 20 years, and also started work towards bringing some major content from the 90s back to the game.

You can create a server 103 account at the website below. Meridian 59 previously had gone open source and is now maintained by its community.

(Source: Open Meridian)

Defiance’s Alcatraz Update Live Today


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Defiance’s latest update Alcatraz is now available. The update introduces a higher level cap, a new zone, new equipment type, and expeditions.

The new zone, Alcatraz, acts as the stage through which players take on expeditions, cooperative maps that task ark hunters with taking on increasingly difficult challenges. Cyber rigs are new equipment that can be customized to improve performance with weapons, shields, and more. There are multiple rigs and chips for customization that can drop during expeditions, or broken down into cyber shards to spend on the Alcatraz vendor.

Also part of the update, Trion Worlds has promised a smoother leveling curve to 6000 EGO score.

(Source: Defiance)

H1Z1 To Introduce Test Servers/Auto-Bans This Week


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H1Z1’s next update is scheduled for April 16th, adding improved grouping/friend systems, ironing out more bugs, and introducing throwable weapons. Players will be happy to know that it also introduces a test server so updates can be previewed and (hopefully) tested before they go live.

Bringing up a test server that launches from steam for players to see the latest patch before it comes out

Also going live with Thursday’s update is an improved version of H1Z1’s anti-cheat technology, as well as improvements to the automatic ban system to deal with cheaters in a more efficient manner.

Next week’s update on the 23rd introduces the Steam marketplace where players will be able to trade and sell items for real money, screen effects, zombie virus, and more.

(Source: H1Z1)

Eve Online Unfurls Rhea Expansion


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CCP is set on ending 2014 with the release of the latest update Rhea being declared both the last and the largest update of 2014. Rhea adds dozens of new features, new ships, and more to the space MMO, with a reminder that the next big update is just five or six weeks away.

Rhea introduces 100 new wormhole systems, the massive new system called Thera, as well as new exploration sites to be discovered. Several under the hood enhancements have been made to make Eve Online look and handle better, from the modernized UI and WASD keyboard controls, a new physical based rendering system, and upgrades to the Eve star map.

On the potentially more controversial side, Rhea also brings with it the removal of skill point loss and the clone upgrade system upon death, in the name of forcing veterans to risk more while punishing new players less severely. Two new ships and several redesigned spacecraft offer a new way to blast your way through space, or just die and lose all of your minerals.

(Source: CCP Press Release)

[Editorial] Gem Store Update Poorly Introduced, Response Even Worse


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The latest gem store update to Guild Wars 2 has had players up in arms, and it’s hard not to sympathize with their position. Previously, buying and selling gems was a process that involved deciding how much you wanted to buy/sell, setting an asking price, and waiting until your order was filled. If you wanted enough gems for a Black Lion chest key, you could get it. If you had 124 gems and wanted an item that cost 125 gems, you could buy that extra gem.

If you can figure out what is wrong with the new gem shop interface in the screenshot above, you probably don’t work for Arenanet. Given that the trade shop was built to be flexible and user-friendly, the change to a system that is entirely based on fixed, inflexible increments seems counterproductive and quite baffling in its logic, but so far Arenanet doesn’t seem to understand why players would be angry about being forced to buy 400 gems minimum.

As seems to be the popular excuse, Arenanet blamed the update on new players not understanding the system, a problem that apparently only exists in Arenanet’s customer support tickets. Communications team lead Gaile Gray has not helped the situation by going on the offensive against players in the forums. In her first response, Gray explained that “very few people bought gems at smaller denominations.” Following pages of complaints and suggestions, Gray made another post making no acknowledgement of the previous suggestions and instead decrying “most” of the posters as nonconstructive ranters.

Ok, guys. Some of you are unhappy about this change, I can see that. BUT… quite honestly, most of you are sort of (I hate to use the word) ranting (sorry!) instead of offering suggestions.

The comment on this update being geared towards new players is suspicious at best, considering that the lowest increment of gems now costs 75 gold. How many new players are going to have 75 gold to spend on the gem store? None. The only impact that this could conceivably have on new players is to remove their ability to purchase smaller amounts of gems and funnel them toward buying the gems with real money.

Guild Wars 2 has a habit of introducing updates which beg the question “who asked for this?” The answer is usually a lot of unseen people who submit support tickets and then apparently never feel the need to discuss the matter anywhere else, because if you searched the forums you wouldn’t come up with many, if any, results.

Arenanet has already confirmed that an update will allow player to use either system to their choosing, begging the question on why it wasn’t just included in the first place.

RuneScape Update Includes Opt-Out


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Today’s update to RuneScape makes it possible for players to reset select combat skills, only once, by talking to Nastroth in Lumbridge. Choosing either option will result in associated skills being reset to level 1, and all associated rewards and quests that required said skill being revoked. Jagex has cautioned that skill resets cannot, and will not, ever be reversed under any circumstance.

As a security precaution, players who have no intention of ever using this feature, but are afraid of the potential for malicious use, can talk to Nastroth in Lumbridge and disable the feature on their account permanently. This option, similarly, cannot be undone.

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Archlord 2 Launches First Expansion


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Archlord players have plenty to be happy about, as Webzen launched the first expansion pack for Archlord II earlier today. The expansion introduces a number of new areas and dungeons to explore and quest in, and increases the current level cap from 41 to 46. Also available to players is the new Archlord system, where players take to the battlegrounds to prove their merits. Only the best will be able to move on to the Archlord Finals, a last man standing fight that will crown the winner as the new Archlord.

Those less interested in PvP combat will find much to do in three new zones and four new dungeons. To celebrate the launch, Webzen is running a promotional login event, giving away uncommon Avatar sets. The event runs until October 13th.

(Source: Webzen

Xsyon Introduces Farming And Cooking


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Xsyon players will be happy to know that no longer will they need to eat their fish raw. Notorious Games has announced the release of two of Xsyon’s most anticipated features: Cooking and farming. With farming, players will be able to plant their own farms and grow crops, crops that will need to be tended to in order to avoid pests, dehydration, and weeds. The produce from farming, as well as other areas of the game, can be used towards the newly released cooking skill. With cooking, players are able to combine ingredients of various properties to create dishes that provide buffs.

As part of the cooking skill, players will need to take care of where they let their food sit. Dishes and ingredients that are not properly stored will rot, and must be stored in special baskets or in tribe commissaries. You can read more about the update on the official patch notes.

(Source: Notorious Games Press Release)

Xsyon Terrain Update


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Xsyon has released a massive update to the game’s terrain system. The goal of the update is to provide plenty of room to settle for new players, while facilitating travel for current players and allow them room to expand.

The Xsyon landscape is shaped and molded by players. Over the years many unsightly mounds and ruins of abandoned sites have built up across the land. The terrain reversion update gradually restores this neglected land to its original state. Felled tree stumps and logs that have littered the landscape also decay over time.

You can check out Xsyon for free at the official website.

(Source: Notorious Games Press Release)