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Quickies Get Massive
More movement on the massive scale. WoW Players should be aware that Patch 1.7 was released today. It's a big one, with a new raid instance, Hunter changes, and the inclusion of a new type of server (Roleplaying PVP) available. Get downloading. City of Heroes has seen Issue 5's Release, with a new zone, new power sets, and a big tweak to the Blaster archetype. Late last week a whole bunch of new City of Villains Beta invites went out, and Gamespot has a rundown on the upcoming stand-alone sequel. Major changes are afoot in Everquest II's Producer Letter, with changes to combat, classes, items, NPCs, buffs, crafting, and grouping. Is it even the same game? On a final non-commercial note, CNet has news that the Second Life virtual world is now free to enter, with the Linden Dollars economy expected to prop up the costs associated with running it. Interesting. From that article: "Currently, Rosedale said, "Second Life" has 45,000 members and is growing at about 10 percent a month. There are now more than 16,000 acres of owned land in the virtual world, and new land sells for about $129. Users must pay a fee of about $25 a month to maintain their land. Thus, Linden Lab is earning about $400,000 a month without ever factoring in membership fees." Update: 09/14 05:50 GMT by Z : Cutriss rightly points out that I overlooked the interesting Ballista Royale update to FFXI. Additionally, a new patch for Dark Age of Camelot was released today, and the main site revamped for the upcoming expansion.
Some loser always brings that up on every MMORGP thread - right along with the guy who whines about the way you pay for the game (up front+montly fee).
It's so irrelevant you should be moderated off-topic, not 'insightful'. It's as relevant as telling us "Gee, I'm blind and deaf and have no arms or legs, so boo hoo for me, I can't play Second Life" (which is so bad if you had arms or legs you'd want to cut them off within a day of playing that meglomaniac fest.
I bet you're also one of those clowns who is afraid to use shopper loyalty cards to get a discount because they track your purchase history. Or refuse to pay for cable TV because it has commercials.
I see someone else suggested you use a paypal account. Boy do they not know someone as anal retentive as you.