This week Chris, Harry, and Layanor talk about new and old Everquest. Then we talk about old school Runescape servers. We really are not that old… Honest!

What we’ve been playing

Layanor:

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• Has been taking advantage of LOTRO’s “Were sorry the serveres were down†Weekend!
  
• The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-Earth. https://www.kabam.com/games/the-hobbit-kingdoms
  

Harry

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• LOTRO
  
• GW2
  
• Metal Gear Revengeance
  
• Wing Commander IV
  

Chris

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• LOTRO
  
• Rift
  
• GW2
  
• Other stuff under NDA
  

News:

DDO Shadowfell Conspiracy

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=409828

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• New Quests and Regions
  

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• Level Cap raised to 28
  
• Iconic Heroes: Start at level 15 in Forgotten Realms!
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTcXpwvIPEk&list=UUMwGAuVFnfqg8ufj6YDtfjg&index=1
  

Gamersfirst starts Hailan Rising Open Beta

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• Hailan Rising is a free to play fantasy MMO built to be a grindless PvP game.
  
• Characters are classes and have no levels.
  
• Skills are earned and leveled by killing mobs.
  
• Graphics are somewhat simple to allow for large battles on lower end PCs.
  
• Game is definitely made for the hardcore PvP players.
  
• Neutral zones will not be flagged for PvP. In neutral zones, players of all factions will have the ability to trade and interact with one another in safe PvE environments.
  
• Contested zones will be all-out PvP battlegrounds, but each will have its own specific goal.
  
• Some maps will serve as weekly battleground points. These types of zones are designed to throw hundreds of members from each faction into the battle to see who reigns supreme.
  
• Tutorial Video made by Kerryth
  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyCkQ-xE_p8

Age of Conan is now on Steam

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• Steam is offering a special pack of goodies for 35% off.
  
• The Tortage Survival Pack is currently $6.49 (regularly $9.99) and includes a set of beginner weapons, items to teleport you to your origin city, a DPS-boosting ring, a 20-slot inventory bag, fireworks, 10 XP potions, and a blue snow mammoth mount.
  

GW2 Flame and Frost: The Gathering Storm

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-February-26-2013

Old School Runescape is up!

http://www.runescape.com/

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• OD RS? has started early access to the old servers this week.
  
• The company is opening a new vote to let players decide if the game should just run as is or get a full development staff for new content.
  

New Dragon Prophet video released.

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• Dragon Prophet is a free to play MMORPG featuring Dragons.
  
• Shows how new dragons react when you try to tame them.
  
• Traveling with them by land, sea, or air. *I feel sorry for towns with all these dragons in the air*
  
• Shows some of the combat in the game but not much. .
  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYSTaDxu-qM&feature=player_embedded

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• Dug around and found a longer video showing dungeons and much more of the combat.
  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ69QPAtgtI&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Everquest II: Gets a new update!

https://www.everquest2.com/news/article?month=022013&id=51567

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• There are two X2 raids in Wurmbone and one X4 raid on Dreadcutter, the pirate ship.
  
• The creatures in these zones are more active once night falls.
  
• There are two separate zones; one is easy and one is a challenge, but they are different, which means you could run both versions for different experiences.
  
• They each drop different loot from tiers respective to their difficulty level.
  
• The raid on Dreadcutter is an X4 raid featuring 3 bosses.
  
• This is a hard mode raid – in fact, the final boss is designed to be the most difficult encounter in game!
  
• Guild Achievements are coming to EverQuest II! There are currently over 150 achievements that will be tracked, spanning all expansions of the game.
  
• The first iteration of this program is Raid Achievements, but there are plans to add more categories in the future!
  

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-February-26-2013

MMOReporter Flashback Trailer!

Everquest (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmcT96U0a_M

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