New MMORPG Community Site

[DREAD] Gaming just launched a few days ago and I really love their site and the gaming community. They have great some gaming forums and gaming tech support as well. They also have a gaming reviews section and lots of other stuff including an old school flash arcade to pass my time at work. Great site, great community check it out.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

There are some disturbing reports spreading across the web that the new Quake title might not live up to the hype or the expectations of the Quake franhise hardcores. The game is getting mixed reviews but all of them seem to point to the game being pretty mediocre. Here's a sinopsys of the Gamer.

MMORPG Blog

I found a new MMORPG blog that I like a lot. It's part of the new MMORPG blog network and after browsing the blogs on the site I think it's a great concept. All of the content from each user is correlated and easy to look at. Nice work MMORPG.com.

Crysis Cometh - A New FPS

Crysis is the new FPS from EA set to release Nov. 16 and it looks gorgeous. I have been watching the awesome CryENGINE 2 engine that the game uses for a long time and it looks pretty bad ass. If you play shooters then Crysis is something you can't miss. I am also looking forward to Quake Wars Enemy Territory but I have to say Crysis looks like it will take the cake.

Halo 3 For PC

OH Microsoft why have you forsaken us. We have bought all of your operating systems for most of our computerized lives. We have conformed to the use of Microsoft office even though we disagreed with your business practices.

WE PLAYED HALO FOR YEARS IN THE LARGEST TOURNAMENTS IN THE WORLD. WE BUY YOUR THINGS WHY ARE YOU CUTTING PC GAMERS OUT OF THE HALO 3 FUN???

To perform the exact same stunts in the PC gaming market that they have in the other markets they participate in. They are trying to force PC gamers to buy their shitty new OS that doesn't work right to play Halo 3.

Here's an article all about the Halo 3 For PC contreversy. If you want to check out some really cool Halo online advertising check out youtube for the newest trailers!

2Moons Class Guides

For those o you that might not know 2Moons is a free MMORPG from Accalim. The Fantasy fiction title is a pretty cool game but as it is a Korean port it is definately a grind fest. The term grind means leveling up your character and grindfest means it takes a ridiculous amount of time to do so. 2Moons class guides are being published all over the place so if you are going to play then do your research.

World In Conflict - A New RTS

I have been playing the new RTS from Games for Windows developed by Sierra and Massive called World of Conflict for a couple days now. I am really enjoying the game. I usually play MMORPG's but I also play RTS's and shooters. The last great RTS was Age of Empires 2 in my opinion although there have been some other mediocre titles since then including AOE 3 and Company of Heroes.

Here's a great World In Conflict review check it out.

Tabula Rasa Guides

I noticed to day that MMOStrategyGuides.com started posting some Tabula Rasa class guides today and from what I read some of the skills look pretty cool. Check out the Tabula Rasa guides if you are looking into the game.

Vanguard Second Try?

As we all know the highly touted 3rd gen MMORPG Vanguard: Saga of Heroes developed by Sigil and released by Sony was a totqal failure. So many things contributed to the game crashing and burning that I don't even feel like going into it. I talked about it until my face turned blue the first time around.

At any rate Vanguard has just merged servers and patched most of the major bugs that infuriated the player base. Is it time to take another look at Brad McQuiad's baby? Maybe so, I'll hop in and check it out and let everyone know what the I find.

2Moons MP3 Player Guide

MMOStrategyguides.com published a sweet little guide to the 2Moons MP3 player today. It a ppears to be a straight forward player with no restrictions. I really enjoy in-game mp3 players and so does anyone else hwo uses voice comms and gets tired of windowing out all the time to adjust volumes and what not.

Here a link to the full 2Moons MP3 player guide .

2Moons Guides and First Look Review

MMOStrategyGuides.com has been publishing 2Moons guides almost daily and it seems the rest of the fan sites are putting some time into the game as well. I have played the game through about 50 levels and I have to say it is the most fun I have had in a free fantasy-fiction MMORPG.

2Moons is a version of a popular Korean game so right off the bat you know it's gonna be a grinder. There are some quests but as far as leveling your toon goes it's an EXP grind. I wet my teeth in the early days of the MMORPG so I personally prefer the grind. Max level cap is 150 and I would guess the time to cap is similar to time to cap in Lineage 2. If you played L2 you know just how long this grind is going to be.

2Moons is supported by an item mall. I don't like item mall games and never have but it doesn't ruin the game. You can buy the normal array of items including EXP amulets that grant up to 30% EXP bonus.

There are instanced dungeons in 2Moons. At the lower levels they are solo instances and I believe the first group instance is at 60.

The server system in 2Moons is pretty unique. They have what Acclaim terms as "server groups". This means that your data is stored across a group of servers. For example if a room you what to grind in is camped you can log into another server in your group to see if it's open. The server groups also have some negatives. All comms except guild chat are bound to the particular server you are on and are not global. In my opinion this hinders the ability of the community to grow. Another downside for me is the inability to control a zone. While most would see this as a bonus I'm sure being from an old school PVP guild we are accustom to finding where we want to be and locking it down. We find other decent guilds with the same goals and come to terms as of the asshats that are barred entrance.

The Deadfall expansion is coming pretty soon according to official statements by acclaim to include among other things the siege battle system. For most of us 2Moons is a prelude to one of the larger 3rd gen titles like Age of Conan, WAR, or Darkfall so the siege system will determine whether or not we continue to play.

At any rate 2Moons is a great free MMORPG and we are enjoying it.

Age of Conan Class Guides

There is some just released information on Age of Conan classes......check it out some of them look pretty hawt!~

New TCOS Guides

There are some new TCOS guides up checkem out.

New Guides and Titles

With all of the new MMORPG's coming out (both pay to play and free to play) there is tons of new info in many different categories. Check out the new guides on The Chronicles of Spellborn, LOTRO, 9Dragons, Tales of Pirates and many more.

Everyone is really looking forward to Darkfall and TCOS so keep an eye on those section as as well because we are going to devote tons of time there.

After we tie up some loose ends with existing games we will also be making the free MMORPG Rappelz part of our cache as we are getting some good feedback from the game.

Skinning Guide - Vanguard

This is an awesome guide ladies and gentlemen. If you are playing Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and you aren't harvesting yet then this is the one for you, it's an awesome Vanguard skinning guide that gets you to skinning level 200+ in a matter of hours. Enjoy!

List of Commands - LOTRO

Lord of the Rings Online recently entered open beta and everyone seems to be enjoying the game thus far. Here's a nice LOTRO guide for those of you in open beta, it's a list of all the LOTRO commands. This is obviously very useful if you are playing, check out this Lord of the Rings Online guide.

Horse Bug - Vanguard

Apparently there is a current bug involving tier 2 and 3 horse mounts in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. Read the full article here.

LOTRO - Pre-order

So the Lord of the Rings Online pre-order or open beta is underway. I thought I was going to have to head down to pick it up hen low-and-behold it was strapped to the front of my new PC gamer that came in the mail today. We will be playing and I am looking forward to checking out the game, keep an eye on MMOSG for all of teh hot info and LOTRO guides.

Vanguard City Buffs!

I have been wondering about the city buffs that you can get using diplomacy since pre-launch....well today MMOSG put up a sweet little list of all of the Vanguard city buffs.

Vanguard Diplomatic Informants Guide

So I have been pursuing some Vanguard diplomacy leveling and I find it to be incredibly monotonous. Here's one little tidbit that may help you find some informants. This Vanguard informants guide was published on MMOStrategyguides.com.......check it out.

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Gold

The market is hot for Vanguard gold right now. Here's a quick little article that outlines the current prices and the cheapest vanguard gold. You can also find the vanguard power leveling prices in this one.

Vanguard Weakness and Vunerability Guide

MMOStrategyGuides.com posted another sweet guide today detailing all of the Weakness and Vunerabilities of the different class in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and the abilities and skills you can use to exploit them. If you play Vanguard you gotta check this one out. Until next time.

New Slash Command Guide

MMOSG just published a new Vanguard slash command guide and it's pretty good. Most of this stuff has been posted various places before but this appears to be the most concise one I have seen so far.

Vanguard Retail Launch

Awesome Vanguard: Saga of Heroes goes retail! We have waited a long time for this one! I missed the end of beta and wow did I miss a lot! The graphics and models in general have changed so much and things like adding factions really threw me off.....I was in Vegas though so I guess it was worth it?

The guys at mmostrategyguides.com are starting to turn out some real info and keep an eye on them if you want the real scoops in the game from real players. They posted some awesome class guides today and I expect more soon according to my boys in [DREAD] . Anyway see everyone in game!

Vanguard Cleric Guide Published!

MMOStrategyGuides.com posted a Vanguard: Saga of Heroes cleric guide this morning that is really good. It gives you a look at the toon from a hardcore gamer perspective and I found it to be so helpful that I rolled a cleric today just to check it out. If you are playing Vanguard go check out this cleric guide.

Vanguard Beta Goes FFA PVP

So the Vanguard PVP server went back to free-for-all yesterday resulting in bloodshed of the first order for the remainder of the day. We will be doing some testing tonight to try and figure out how the mechanics are functioning at this point so stay tuned for the results...........

Vanguard PVP Servers

So Sigil (the developer of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes) has stated that there will be two Vanguard PVP servers at launch, one factional, and one FFA (free for all). We played the factional server for 2 weeks and the FFA for one day so far.

I have always hated factional PVP for several reasons so we will definately be on the FFA server. If you plan on playing there then look up [DREAD] , I promise we won't be hard to find.

MMOStrategyguides.com - Great Site!

If you are one of the hardcore MMO'ers then mmostrategyguides.com is for you. We are in the game getting info for you from beta until the game dies. Use other sites for your weapon and item databases, mmostrategyguides.com is for useful in game information and strategy guides.
Stop by this great site and leave some comments so these guys know we are watching and appreciate it. Got a Vanguard: Saga of Heroes first look coming next so stay tuned.