Reply by Cyanbane :: [WoW] Can Warcraft players be good employees?
I personally believe that some MMO players, specifically those who run large successful guilds, have a skill set that can be ported to the job world. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that everyone agrees.
I wish that were the case, but it really depends on how much time a given person puts into a game. You may be one hell of a leader, but if you get into work 2 hours late and smelling like shit because you couldn’t stop raiding last night, then I would agree with the above. It really is just a case by case basis. I think there are certain traits that MMO players can bring to the workplace (specifically team functions and utility withing a group) but it all depends on how they handle themselves where real life crosses MMOs.
![Reply by Cyanbane :: [WoW] Can Warcraft players be good employees?](http://aoc.wowgoldfr.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/8e58a_Eq2DailyMainForum "Reply by Cyanbane :: [WoW] Can Warcraft players be good employees?")
![Reply by Cyanbane :: [WoW] Can Warcraft players be good employees?](http://aoc.wowgoldfr.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/087d0_495078042 "Reply by Cyanbane :: [WoW] Can Warcraft players be good employees?"){kind=small}
Reply by Lomax :: [EQ2] EQ2 and Bisexual Women
In my experience of EQ2 I have noticed more actual women then men playing it, or at least a higher proportion then in WoW, I think that is because of WoWs more cartoon “everything’s violent” world whereas EQ2 has a more realistic setting where not every character spends all their time at war. Plus there is a lot more to do then killing things.
That and there is something truly beautiful about some areas of EQ2, whereas in WoW most of it feels like either a battleground, ex-battleground or the empty space between battlegrounds 
And the definition of females playing I use is based on either hearing a female voice or those sort give aways like “sorry just need to go afk cooking dinner for my daughter” that happened to someone I grouped up with in WoW, ok it could be people pretending, but I there are only so many compulsive liars out there. If I see a female avatar normally I assume its a male unless I’m convinced otherwise.
![Reply by Lomax :: [EQ2] EQ2 and Bisexual Women](http://aoc.wowgoldfr.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/393fb_Eq2DailyMainForum "Reply by Lomax :: [EQ2] EQ2 and Bisexual Women")
![Reply by Lomax :: [EQ2] EQ2 and Bisexual Women](http://aoc.wowgoldfr.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/c1778_493394621 "Reply by Lomax :: [EQ2] EQ2 and Bisexual Women"){kind=small}
Slay a festive goat to win game-time and prizes in AoC
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Contests, Events, in-game
In keeping with the macabre nature of the Conan world, you won’t be helping orphans for Age of Conan‘s seasonal event. Nope. No delivering festive cookies to elves or spreading holiday love. Just hunting down mountain goats. Nothing says Christmas in Hyboria like a freshly slain and skinned goat carcass for that special someone. The problem in this particular case is that these “holiday” goats are in short supply — extremely short supply in fact, as there will only be one special goat per server. All the bragging rights (and prizes) go to one lucky person per server who manages to track it down.
There will be a hefty portion of luck involved in winning your server’s event, but Funcom is also providing clues to the goat’s whereabouts in the form of riddles on the official site. The events will take place on different days across the servers, and the goats won’t be in the same place either. Now we’ve got to admit that we were a bit slow to catch this (we’ll blame the spirit of the holidays for making us lazy) and some servers have already had their riddles posted and goats killed. However, if your server hasn’t had the event yet, then it will be either be on later today, or the 29th, the 30th, or the 31st of December. Each server’s winner will receive a pack of prizes (the same as the Season give-away pack) and two months of free game-time. Happy hunting!
Slay a festive goat to win game-time and prizes in AoC originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
New Seasonal Event Competition - Ten Ton Hammer
Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures will be joining the ranks of many other games this holiday season as they hold an ingame seasonal event for players to take part in. If you can be the one to win this event you will win an assortment of ingame items and two free months of play time.
In celebration of the days getting longer now and the turning of the sun, we will hold an in-game competition on each Age of Conan server.
Players will have to hunt and kill a certain mountain goat we will have spawned. The exact location where this specific goat can be found will be told in form of riddles which we will post here on the community portals. The location of the mountain goat will be different on each server to make it a bit more challenging.
Keep an eye out on the Season Event entries on the portal at 23rd, 24th, 29th, 30th and 31st of December. These will be the dates the competition will be held.
The event will run exactly once on each of the servers during the whole period of the competition (one single time on only one of the the 5 days mentioned above) so make sure you don’t miss the one running on yours.
To give you an idea, here’s an example of a possible riddle:“Between the sunset and the dark night.
Where the clans trade
and the lion sells his goods.”
The first line reveals the servername
The second line tells you about the playfield
The third line describes the exact spotThe first player to solve the riddle, finding the spot and killing the Mountain Goat will be declared the winner of that server.
Each winner will get a whole set of in-game items for Age of Conan. Each set contains:
- The brand new Snow Mammoth
- The War Mammoth
- The Killer Rhino
- Ring of Acheron
- Drinking Cape
- Bag of Holding
- Amazon Bow
- Totem of Origins
In addition, the winners also get 2 months of free game time.
So, what do you have to do again to win this prize on your server?
1) Check the Season Event entries on the community portal to read the riddle which will reveal the server, the playfield and the exact spot the Mountain Goat can be found at.
2) Go to that spot and find the Mountain Goat spawned there.
3) Be the first to kill the goat to become the winner and get the prize.
That’s it.
The winners will receive the codekey by e-mail to activate all of the above mentioned in-game items for his/her Age of Conan gameaccount. The 2 months additional free game time will be activated by Funcom directly on the account.
Happy hunting and good luck!
Exclusive Conan Movie Interview with Fredrik Malmberg - Ten Ton Hammer
The hype for the release of Age
of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
was enormous, and at Ten Ton Hammer we saw a huge influx of new faces
as the game neared its scheduled publication date. Over the last few
years, the popularity of Conan has continued to rise as Dark Horse
released a new comic book series, a new set of novels based on the Age
of Conan
mythos was released, and a single player Conan game hit stores. But the
one thing that hasn’t occurred as of yet is the release of a brand new
Conan film. As enormous fans of the franchise, the Ten Ton Hammer staff
took some time to track down Fredrik Malmberg, the president and CEO of
Paradox Entertainment (the company that controls the rights to the
Conan Properties) and talked with Fredrik about the latest attempt at a
Conan movie and how it might be tied in with the Age of Conan
MMORPG.
Ten
Ton Hammer: In articles about the film, it has been stressed that
staying true to the Robert E. Howard material is critical, how do the
writers plan on adapting his work for both true fans and a larger
audience?Fredrik: Very good question. My team worked closely with the
writers throughout the process, which has been more than a year now. It
is critical that we reach a bigger audience than the existing fanbase
to justify the budget, and yet we are dealing with an R-rated badass
hero with not all politically correct values. New fans need to
understand what made Conan who he is, so we focused on the character
traits that Howard gave us and hope that this will shine through.
Clan of Conan previews Update 4 and Xibaluku
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Previews, PvP, Grouping, PvE
We’ve already had a look inside the latest Clan of Conan newsletter, finding that there were shiny Kosalan talismans for everyone these holidays. Free jewelery aside, the newsletter also contains a great deal of information about what’s coming in Age of Conan’s Update 4, and a video of the new dungeon Xibaluku to boot. Xibaluku is intended for a full group of max-level players, and will be situated in the Thunder River area. After reading about it in the newsletter, you can click the “read more” link for an in-depth writeup of the dungeon.
Players won’t just be free to walk into Xibaluku. They’ll first need to complete a new solo dungeon called The Slaughterhouse Cellar, also located in Thunder River and to be released in Update 4. Those that venture deep enough into Xibaluku might find one of two new Undead social pets that are being introduced to the game, which are good for “spreading gloom and dreadfulness”, and probably scaring newbies in town.
Expect the PvP system to receive some tweaking in Update 4 too, with the “PvP resources” system set to debut. If you’re holding PvP resources to bring to an architect and get player-killed, you have a chance of them being looted by your assassin. Architects will need the resources to build and repair battlekeeps, and the hope is that epic battles will take place over the humble gathering nodes.
Clan of Conan previews Update 4 and Xibaluku originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Behind the Curtain: Multiple MMOs
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Age of Conan, EVE Online, Culture, Game mechanics, Opinion, Star Wars Galaxies, Behind the Curtain
Is one MMO ever enough?
Lots of people play more than one MMO. Among the staff here at Massively, you would be hard pressed to find a writer with only one active subscription. Ever the exception however, I am a one-game kind of guy.
“Is that through choice, or necessity though, Craig?” I hear you cry. The answer is that it’s a little of both. It’s easy to say that I don’t have enough time to play a couple of MMOs, but if I was really honest with myself, I’d admit to that being a lie. If I’m able to free up a couple of hours every couple of nights to play World of Warcraft, then why can’t I alternate those nights, for example, between WoW and another game?
Continue reading Behind the Curtain: Multiple MMOs
Behind the Curtain: Multiple MMOs originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Reply by yaris :: My new blog… (looking for advice / tips)
I think it would be interesting/unique if you blogged ‘in character’ based on the game you are playing that day.
So, if you play EQ2 you would write a blog posted authored by that toon. If you play Vanguard you would author a post as if you were that toon.
I read a lot of MMO blogs and there aren’t many people writing in character. I think it would be interesting to see how the personalities of each toon develop over time and how those differences relate to the different game mechanics of each game. For example, maybe one toon writes in a slightly obsessive-compulsive manner because that games mechanics allow healers to fail often if they aren’t perfect whereas another game might allow healers to do a great deal of damage (Furys in EQ2) so that character might write in a more aggressive style.
As someone who blogs at work I have only 2 real suggestions. Blog on a regular basis and write quality material. Those are the 2 most important elements of a successful blog.
Also, be sure to use tags and/or categories. Later on when you have hundreds of posts you’ll be kicking yourself for not having them.
A holiday gift from Age of Conan
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Events, in-game
Massively has mentioned that Age of Conan is giving away in-game items all month as part of a seasonal contest they’re running. But the latest Age of Conan newsletter let us know that everyone’s received a free gift automatically, as of December 18th.
Funcom’s given all players a new virtual item — the Kosalan talisman of clarity. It boosts stamina and mana for its wearer, with a faster rate of regeneration for those traits. While it’s not as über as the items obtainable at higher levels, it’s not bad for a freebie. Age of Conan players can claim the Kosalan talisman by simply typing “/claim” in-game.
 |
Having fun in Conan’s homeland? Make sure to check out all of our previous Age of Conan coverage, and stick with Massively for more news from the Hyborian Age! |
A holiday gift from Age of Conan originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Reply by Lomax :: Have the EQ2 and WoW challengers fallen by the wayside?
Seems as if VG is the only hardcore game left -perhaps EVE.
For me the whole levelling/XP thing doesn’t seem to work too well for games after they have been launched and out there a long time, if anything I think it would be a good idea to start new players off near the old level cap each time an expansion came out - or at least give the option. As for levelling, maybe I’ve not really experienced a hardcore MMO, WoW has just gotten easier and easier (the easier it becomes the more it just feels like XP is a pure time thing and a roadblock in preventing me getting to enjoyable content).
EQ2 is a slower pace, but in both games levelling doesn’t necessarily need any skill since I could just stand in a corner somewhere grinding mobs. For EQ2 I the main problem I have with levelling is tradeskilling, while I appreciate it needs to require some effort to be worthwhile the problem I have is where it falls a long way behind the characters main level to be useful, something that a boost to levelling depending on how it lags behind the character level would be cool, even if it cost a lot of in game gold or status points to achieve.
Here though the station cash thing looks like it would clash with making things easier, its a real hazard they have created here linking XP progression to real money.
I’d like to see modern MMO’s come out that tie levelling to completing quests more here, the achievement point thing in EQ2 does help a long way there, if every 20 levels or so you had to have completed some big quest line (one of several on offer) to continue onwards it would feel more rewarding. But I’d still let newer players into the game to create someone nearer the level cap, say 58 if the Cap is 70 and going to 80, they always have the option of starting a character from 0 and getting more AA points and quests done, but as it is the current game design in both major MMO’s makes it hard for friends to join in later on.
