MMORPG Focus

	World of Warcraft Cataclysm BETA: Worgen Starting Area Part 1 – RAWR!

Aug 14, 2010 - 5:38 PM

World of Warcraft Cataclysm BETA: Worgen Starting Area Part 1 – RAWR! MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff - We Rock Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. If you want to ADVERTISE and REACH TONS of NEW GAMERS EVERY DAY please use one of the links on the left side list "Advertise with Us" or "Contact Us" This article is part of our ongoing series exploring the most popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, and most specifically its unreleased expansion pack called Cataclysm. Cataclysm introduces tons of new features into the game and we are going to get you ready for it through the MMORPGFocus team’s special closed BETA access. We are going to look at the Worgen starting area in this first article. Read this and you will be the first Worgen to get to level ten on your server. We will provide a complete leveling guide for your Worgen. First thing to know is that quest experience trumps grinding. This is because of the way the zone changes as you progress through the story (remember the Death Knight starting area? It is just like that) none of your buddies can power level you as they will see a different zone! So you actually start leveling your Worgen as a human. You are in Gilneas and it is under Worgen attack. There is a simple quest line to follow. We will list those quests below so you know exactly what to do. There are a number of quests to do from level 1 to level 5. Most are extremely simple. Here is the current list (try to do all these to max your XP as often one quest will give 300xp and a mob will give 40xp): Lockdown! (talk to the big guy on the horse in the square) All Hell Breaks Loose (kill 8 Worgen in the square) ... [Read More]

	MMORPG Focus Store Has Been Restocked With TimeCards and In-Game Items

Jul 23, 2010 - 7:01 AM

MMORPG Focus Store Has Been Restocked With TimeCards and In-Game Items- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. To Access our FREE MMORPG Focus Store go to the list on the upper left side of the website and look at the line right below UserCP (you must be a registered member to buy from our store) click on the link MMORPG Focus Store to be taken to the store interface. Click on MMO Superstore, then you will see a number of games listed horizontally, be sure to click on the small arrows at the far right of the horizontal list that look like this " >> " to see more game reward categories. We have added World of Warcraft and Sony Station Play Time Cards and also restocked some of your favorite virtual in-game item codes to redeem for boosting your characters! If you are new here, then you need to know these items are free for our members! Simply Register an account, start posting on the forums and contributing with your blog, and you will see your gold MMORPGFocus currency automatically be added to your account every night. It builds up fast! Save up just by being a member and using the website, and then you can buy REAL items with it in our shop. Either to give your character a boost inside a game, or a time card, or even computer hardware! We have distributed thousands of items both virtual in-game reward codes to be redeemed inside and MMO and actual items like a mouse and a time card. MMORPG Focus is the only MMORPG community to give so much back to its membership, we are close to three thousand items total now purchased with our FREE-gold system. Have Fun! If you need help with the store just post on the forums and one of our thousands of friendly members will be pleased to help! Again, these items are free to you just by being an active member here.

	Looking at Earthrise

Jul 15, 2010 - 6:30 AM

Looking at Earthrise- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Member Skion Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. For those not in the know, Earthrise is a futuristic MMO that is still in development. Categorized in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre, it attracted a lot of attention back when news and media filtered into the MMO news world early in 2008. The game’s developers, Bulgarian-based Masthead Studios claimed Earthrise as their first major project, but lately rumours have been swirling that Masthead have linked up with Interplay in order to develop the eagerly-anticipated Fallout MMO (more on that in another article). Masthead later confirmed it in an official press release. At this point I’m sure we’re all wondering how in the world these guys intend on developing two MMOs simultaneously, especially for what appears to be an inexperienced team located in Eastern Europe. But let’s look at the game itself. Earthrise is billed as an MMO with “intense-action combat” and skill-based advancement. Certainly a tantalizing start that is reminiscent of Fallen Earth, All Points Bulletin or Planetside. The story itself is set in the distant future as part of a parallel universe, where World War Three has just ended and people are struggling to rebuild. The mainstay of the rebuilding efforts centers around the booming center of civilization that is Sal Vitas. Surprisingly, the humans have been catching up fairly rapidly, and and advancing at a very rapid pace. This is obviously the case, since cloning, nanotechnology and quantum engineering are said to be part of this new world. This neatly explains a lot of the MMO’s mechanics in lore form, which RPers would surely come to appreciate. However, as in many stories, all is not well in the land of Sal Vitas. As is the case with people, we disagree, we argue, and then...well...we fight. It is this part of the story and the way it is explained that appeals the most to me as one who appreciates quality storytelling. Or any excuse to PvP, really. And the background information on the Earthrise website paints a... [Read More]

	What's Going On With Star Trek Online

Jul 11, 2010 - 4:45 AM

What's Going On With Star Trek Online- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Member Skion Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. Star Trek Online is an MMORPG based on the original Star Trek TV series. It was developed and released by Cryptic Studios, makers of Champions Online. Upon it’s release in the first week of February of 2010, many people who reviewed the game complained that it felt a little glitchy and lacked the sense of polish that people have come to expect from big-name MMOs. Indeed, it was a big risk for the owners of Star Trek to expand into the online gaming market. It looked to many as if they had made a mistake, as it was met with mixed reviews by gamers and reviewers alike. Some put it down to the belief that Cryptic Studios had been forced to work on two games at once, releasing their other work- Champions Online less than half a year before their latest release. It seemed to show as ordinarily cinematic experiences were stripped of their brilliance and prevented players from the “suspension of disbelief” element that we all crave. Now let’s not get the impression that Star Trek Online is a terrible game that has no redeeming qualities, because that’s not true. The environments are gorgeous and visually striking. The art is really top-notch with the characters and ships really coming off the screen and most players would be hard pressed to find fault there. The story is also one that has a lot of potential, with the game being based on the long-standing TV series that fans could not get enough of. Everything, from Klingon-class PvP to numerous oddities in game mechanics and a failure to account for player motivation was picked at by reviewers. Were they just looking to trash the game? Did Cryptic Studios really fail when it came to development? Or was it the staff who were overworked? I personally empathize with game developers because I know how difficult it may be to work on games, especially when crunch time rolls around and deadlines start to bear down on the team. Yes, being a video game developer is nothing like what we imagine it to... [Read More]

	Final Fantasy XIV Release Dates

Jul 08, 2010 - 6:59 AM

Final Fantasy XIV Release Dates- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. Gamers around the world have waited patiently for Square-Enix to finally let us know when we would be playing the long awaited ffxiv mmorpg. Final Fantasy XIV will be released on PC on September of 2010. That is incredibly soon and made everyone at this office very, very happy. There is some not so good news for people who were planning to purchase only the Playstation 3 version of the game. The PS3 version will not be released until March of 2011, and that is a "tentative" date. Square-Enix has said the delay is due to "technical issues." We all know that the cell processor is hard to program for and in hindsight was probably not the best choice ever made by Sony, even if they did get it right by including Blu-ray. ( Who wants to play a game on 5 DVDs on XBOX when you can have the entire thing on 1 Blu-ray for PS3 with more content added? ) One thing we do know for sure - PC and PS3 players will be able to play against or with each other on the SAME servers. That is pretty cool! So the game will get a rush of players this September, then another huge wave will come in March next year. The PC players will have a huge headstart, and we predict a lot of frustrated PS3 players who are just too far behind their PC compatriots. The official quote from Square-Enix is: Quote: “We understand the wrath of players and developers are sorry because they did everything they could to have a simultaneous release date, but unfortunately they have encountered many technical problems on the development of the game for PS3. We strive to release the game as soon as possible.” “If possible, we would publish the game sooner, we would like to start as soon as possible the beta on ... [Read More]

	Perfect World Class Guide Part 3 of 3

Jul 05, 2010 - 2:03 PM

Perfect World Class Guide Part 3 of 3- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Member Skion Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. In the last two installments, we looked at the original six classes in Perfect World. Many people thought the classes were well-balanced enough as they were (although let’s be fair- many people thought the classes weren’t balanced well as well!). Well, last year Perfect World announced an expansion- Rising Tides. It came with some tantalizing new content, the most interesting of which was the new race and the classes that came with it. This article will take a look at the TIdeborn- the latest water-based race in perfect world. We will take a closer look at the two classes, their strengths and weaknesses and their overall playstyle. By the time you are done with this article, you will know your own class inside-out. If you haven’t chosen a class yet, you will have an idea of how the classes work and which one suits you best. Keep reading! The Tideborn are a previously unknown race that emerged from the city of Raging Tides in the south-east to join the Humans, the Elves and the Untamed. Some think of them as mermaids, although they are more accurately described as aquatic creatures that have lived beneath the surface of the waters for centuries without anyone knowing, until now. As with all races in Perfect World, the Tideborn bring two unique classes to the game- the physical-damage-dealing Assassin and the magic-using Psychic. Both classes have the ability to transform into aquatic or humanoid forms, the former of which grants them faster speed. The Assassin - Tideborn The Assassins typically wield dual-daggers- one in each hand. They are helped by their great speed and stealth that give Assassins a more unique playing style than the others. They are fast not only in how they attack, but even in their movement, which makes me think they were modeled on the thief-role of other RPGs. This kind of thief is seriously deadly though- The stealth aspect of gameplay makes Assassins unique and... [Read More]

	NCSoft and Aion Account Scams, Be Careful

Jul 05, 2010 - 3:24 AM

NCSoft and Aion Account Scams, Be Careful - MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. We recommend exercising extreme caution with all NCSoft games and Aion in particular right now. It has come to our attention that a large number of Aion accounts have been hacked, and there are a LOT of phishing sites that look just like the actual site. We at MMORPGFocus want to let you know how to be safe in this developing situation: DO NOT put your NCSoft username and password into ANY site that is not EXACTLY equal to http://secure.ncsoft.com Again DO NOT put your username or password ANYWHERE ELSE no matter how legit the site or URL or email looks and sounds, or how tempted or worried the message in it makes you feel. There is also word that the actual NCSoft site has some major vulnerabilities allowing hackers to know when you are downloading the game or logging in correctly and then you will be targeted by phishers. There is also rumor of a major loss of NCSoft player's emails that have been compromised. NCSoft responded with a letter denying that their website was riddled with tons of vulnerabilities, but then went on to say that they were going to completely change their website to respond to the hackers attacking them, going so far as to call it a "war." It looks to us that NCSoft got caught sleeping at the wheel, and there may very well have been some vulnerabilities and hacking of their website. If this is the case we call on them to come clean - who knows what kind of customer data may have been compromised, and if there is no problem, then why do they need to completely redesign their website??? (If you want to read their whole letter it is here: http://us.ncsoft.com/en/playsmart/security-post.html ) Hmmmmm.... Have fun, but be careful out there! In some ways this is good for Aion as it means that the game is now popular enough for hackers and gold selling cartels to be... [Read More]

	Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV - ( In Case You Have Not Heard LOL )

Jul 02, 2010 - 2:01 PM

Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV - ( In Case You Have Not Heard LOL )- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Member Siegred Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. Final Fantasy XI is a MMORPG developed by Square Enix set in a world called Vana’diel. It has been running since October 28th, 2003. There are over 500,000 currently subscribed to the game, with over 1 million total unique subscribers since the game began in 2003. FFXI features an in depth crafting system with tons of different professions of crafting such as Carpentry, Smithing, Cooking, Tailoring, and much more. The game also exposes the player to a different type of MMO, where every class is playable on one character. There are 6 unique jobs when you first start playing the game from level 1. Upon reaching level 30, you will unlock quests to complete that unlock up to 14 more jobs. Each job contains a different play style with unique weapons and abilities. For example, the Warrior class (WAR) has abilities that provoke the target to attack them, rather than their surrounding party members. The White Mage (WHM) can heal other players, such as the Warrior while he’s being attacked by the target. Other classes include Black Mage (BLM), Red Mage (RDM), Thief (THF), and Monk (MNK). Each of the acronyms are important for the classes because later on in the game, people start shouting that they’re looking for player to join their group, the will signify what they’re looking for by one of the previously stated acronyms for each class. Partying is one of the biggest parts of FFXI, and many players look to use the party system at level 10-11+. After those levels many people search with the party system. The level system for the game is near equal to other MMOs, where you get experience points (EXP) for quests and killing monsters, however, when you party with other players and kill monsters quickly after one and other, you will obtain chain Exp. Chain EXP is basically bonus experience points that is easier to obtain with a party than as a solo hero. Many players look for “Chain Parties” which usually include a power leveler (Someone that comes to help out low levels, usually a WHM. These... [Read More]

	Cataclysm Beta Goes Live Check Your Email For a Message From Blizzard!

Jul 01, 2010 - 1:49 PM

Cataclysm Beta Goes Live Check Your Email For a Message From Blizzard!- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. Well the day many have been waiting for has arrived. Check your email inbox for an invite into the closed beta of Cataclysm! MMORPGFocus has been in the Burning Crusade closed beta, the Wrath of the Lich King closed beta, and we will be playing Cataclysm too! So if you do not get your invite right away be sure to check in for the latest updates on the game here. Announcement is below: Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the closed beta test for Cataclysm™, its highly anticipated new expansion for World of Warcraft®, has begun. The company has started issuing invitations to participate in the testing process to a wide range of players from around the world who signed up via their Battle.net® accounts. While enjoying an early look at the game, beta testers will provide valuable feedback to help Blizzard Entertainment find bugs, address balance issues, and polish the new content. "Our focus with Cataclysm has been to build on the knowledge we've gained through the previous expansions to deliver the best, most compelling World of Warcraft content for our players to date," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "Gathering focused feedback during the beta test will go a long way in helping us reach that goal when we launch Cataclysm later this year." Cataclysm is the third expansion for World of Warcraft, the most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game in the world. The first two expansions, The Burning Crusade® and Wrath of the Lich King®, each shattered PC game sales records upon their release. In Cataclysm, the face of Azeroth will be forever altered by the return of the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing. Players will explore once-familiar areas of the world that have now been reshaped by the devastation and filled with new adventures. In an effort to survive the planet-shattering cataclysm, two new playable races -- worgen and goblins -- will join the struggle between the Alliance and the Horde. As players... [Read More]

	Perfect World Class Guide Part 2 of 3

Jun 27, 2010 - 9:13 AM

Perfect World Class Guide Part 2 of 3- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Member Skion Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. Part Two of a Three Part Master MMORPG Focus Guide. In the previous installment we looked at Perfect World and three of the classes that players can choose from, discussing the features of the class as well as some of the pros and cons. We continue in this article, looking at the other three classes. The Cleric (Lu Ying) - Winged Elf You know how many games have the healer or medic role? In Perfect World, that title is given to the Cleric. Lest you think the Cleric is a full-support character that has no offensive or leveling capabilities, Clerics are provided an arsenal of fairly powerful damage spells alongside their various buffs and debuffs, and have the unique ability to actually deal physical damage with their spells. Clerics are a useful alternative to offensive classes and work very well in groups. In PvP, they are particularly good against Wizards, but suffer against physical-damage dealers, although their survivability is boosted by buffs. Their unique set of skills make them desirable in combat and groups, and they are especially adept at flying. Overall the Cleric is a good way to enjoy the game solo, and due to their useful set of abilities make playing the class a good choice for intelligent and strategic players. In fact, thanks to their buffs they can be a very good tanking alternative if necessary. At level 30, both Winged Elf classes receive a set of Wings that don't consume any MP while flying. In addition, the high mana regeneration rate of the Cleric allows for almost negligible MP drain while flying. Barbarian (Yao Shou) - Untamed The classic tank character, the Untamed Barbarian can absorb the kind of damage other classes can only dream of. As a physical-damage-dealing class, they don't do a lot of damage and their slow attack speed is an added drawback, but strangely enough the Barbarians tend to wield the biggest melee weapons. Like the other... [Read More]

	Musings on Maple Story and the Rumors Swirling About a Maple Story 2 MMORPG

Jun 24, 2010 - 5:34 PM

Musings on Maple Story and the Rumors Swirling About a Maple Story 2 MMORPG- MMORPG Article by Official Site MMORPGFocus Staff Member Siegred Copyright 2010 MMORPGFocus. Maple story is a long running platformer type free MMORPG from Nexon. The game features 2D immersive combat with tons of skills, combos, and adventures for its players. There are multiple levels of advancement throughout the job (class/profession) that you choose. Each job features different abilities and skills that equip to your play style. There are also different types of factions that you can choose as well, such as the Cygnus Knights, or the Explorers. Both include tons of different options for new players to choose from. The game play experience that you will obtain from MS (Maple Story) is exclusive, something that you won’t find in other games. Maple story also features an exclusive in game trading system, complete with an auction house, and “wish lists” for players looking for certain items. The game also features a unique cash shop with items that DO NOT contribute to whether you win or lose a battle against another player. A lot of players like this option because even though you can buy things to increase your experience, you cannot buy items that simply give you an “I-WIN” button. In other words, rich people can’t use their real life money to just kill everything, but they can use their money to be more stylish! Many people are familiar with Maple Story, and most of this will not be new information. However, let us look at the topic on everyone’s mind: Maple Story 2! Maple Story 2 has been announced by Nexon in the past, and has been in the works for almost 3 years. Beta testing for the game has been halted in North Korea in early 2009 however. Many players from the original MMORPG have been speculating about bringing the game into a new, 3D experience unlike the first game. Something more along the lines of Dragonica for instance. Nexon has claimed it will redefine Maple story with new features... [Read More]