Please remain seated. If you look to your left you can see the SWTOR beta test on the horizon. Driver, turn this bus around!
I’m John Hoskin and I’ll be your MMOG tour guide today. Enjoy the ride!
“Any idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.” – William James
Everyone can use a feel good moment to start the day. Let’s go with this…
Thanks for taking some time out of your day to read this column. I truly appreciate it. If you happen to use Twitter, you can follow me @BoomjackTTH. I rarely use Facebook, but I do occasionally post gaming related tidbits on Google+ where you can find me under my real moniker John Hoskin.
Some of you probably watch G4TV’s The MMO Report each week. If not, it’s usually a whimsical jaunt through the stories in the MMO industry from the previous week. If you don’t watch, or didn’t know it existed, here is a quick link to last week’s show.
Rogers, an Internet / Telecommunications giant in Canada has been caught throttling bandwidth to gamers, because, well, your $50 isn’t as valuable as the other guy’s $50. I can understand the whole heavy user versus light user debate, but frankly, light users aren’t the ones who are driving the industry forward. If the heavy users aren’t paying enough to make it profitable then charge more, but don’t charge one price and then limit the access to what was purchased. Imagine if MMOGs did this! Sorry, you paid your subscription fee, BUT, you’ve played 40 hours this week, so we are only going to allow you to use half your spells and oh yeah, you will run at half speed.
World of Tanks hits retail this week; grab a shiny box if you are ready to roll. I have not spent much time with this title, but most everyone who has loves it.
With two huge conventions just over, the normal drama in the industry has subsided. If you have topics that you would like me to cover, just send them in!
I promised that I would give you my answer to my conundrum regarding needing and greeding. I needed on the second pet, even though I won the first. I feel great shame.
That’s it for today. Thanks again for reading. See you in-game!
We sat down with ArenaNet’s Randy Price to talk about world PvP in Guild Wars 2 and how it differs from the structured PvP showcased during the August events.
The RIFT community has been calling for more content not specifically aimed at raiding and, according to a recent post by Community Manager James "Elrar" Nichols, 1.5 is aiming to deliver.
With patch 1.19 looming just around the corner and set to deliver new chocobo mounts, airships and the abolishment of physical levels, Yoshida took some time to talk about the 1.20 and beyond updates that will follow.
GamersFirst announced that Fallen Earth would adopt a free-to-play model back in June and now we have new details about what kind of other pricing plans players will have to choose from.
Gear Up for the Guild Wars 2 Swag Giveaway
Ten Ton Hammer's recent trip to Cologne, Germany for gamescom yielded some cool swag. If you happen to be one of the many geeked out over Guild Wars 2, our Guild Wars 2 t-shirt probably ranks as some of the coolest nerd gear ever. Here's what we've got for one lucky premium member:
Guild Wars 2 t-shirt (XL)
Guild Wars 2 Heavyweight Digital Vinyl Sticker
At Ten Ton Hammer, we reward our premium members with lots of opportunities to see exclusive content (first!) and win great prizes. If you're not a premium member, it's easy to become one. If you're already a premium member, then enter here!
Jeff joined the Ten Ton Hammer team in 2004 covering EverQuest II, and he's had his hands on just about every PC online and multiplayer game he could since.
