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The Secret World Beta Bonanza Part 6 – The Naked Jape

Arkenor — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:13:01 +0000

Continuing on from Part 5, where I was last seen trying to decide which weapon skill I should pursue.

21:03 pm GMT, 13th of May

I’m still dithering a bit. All the weapon skills seem quite decent, though something with a bit of range might prove to be most useful for me at this point. You can equip 2 weapons at once, so later on I’ll be able to have a close range and a long range weapon, but I [...]

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The Secret World Beta Bonanza Part 5 – Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner.

Arkenor — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:32:59 +0000

Continuing on from Part 4.

23:32 pm GMT, 12th of May

I awaken back in London’s Ealdwic district. That crazy puppeteer is still chattering away on the stage, and I still have my wallet. I’m helped to my feet by a friendly fellow Templar. Actually, I think *everyone* in Ealdwic is a Templar, or at least related to them in some way or another.

What an odd thing to say.

I realise, with a sudden sense of loss, that [...]

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The Secret World Beta Bonanza Part 4 – Through the Gate

Arkenor — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:24:01 +0000

When last we met our hero, Mathias, he was trying to make the best of a peculiar out of the body experience that saw him possessing another investigator called Sarah. She and her friends seem to be having some monster issues on the Japanese subway. Having survived his first combat, and sort of having got the hang of it, they’re taking a breather at the top of the steps, before heading deeper into the Subway system.

The rest has given [...]

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The Secret World Beta Bonanza Part 3 – Arrival in London

Arkenor — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:58:21 +0000

Moving on from Part 2, off we go! As usual, I’ll keep updating this post until it gets too long.

22:49 pm GMT, 11th of May

Oh my. We leap straight into a long cut scene. It’s using the ingame engine so your character, as you designed them, is visible in all his glory. I’m not sure how spoilerish I want to get, but it explains how you received your mysterious powers, and came to be recruited by the Templar.

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The Secret World Beta Bonanza Part 2 – Known Issues

Arkenor — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:12:21 +0000

With my character made, it’s time to begin the journey!

But first…

Because the Beta version is not the finished product, there are a few issues, and I think it would probably be fairest simply to share the current list with you, in addition to all the changes that are already planned before launch :

Important Information

Please keep in mind that the version of The Secret World you will be playing this Beta Weekend is not the final version [...]

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A quick Wurm virus update

Arkenor — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:40:52 +0000

Wurm have taken down their website and forums, and claim that it’s again safe to play Wurm Online. I hope so, as my horses are probably getting kind of hungry.

It might be fixed now, but there could be many players who are still infected, so it would be good if some official advice and assistance was given to them. Players have still not been notified by email that their personal details and general computer integrity have been put at [...]

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The Secret World Beta Bonanza!!! – Character Creation

Arkenor — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:11:45 +0000

The Secret World’s open beta has begun, and as I pre-ordered I’m able to get in and take a poke around for the weekend. I’ll be reporting back on what I encounter. It will be my usual stream of conciousness nonsense, as I make my way through. We’re still in Beta, so expect things to change, but I can only talk about what’s in front of me, so that’s what I’ll do.

For this weekend, we are limited to team [...]

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Wurm Online is infected with the Blackhole virus

Arkenor — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:45:55 +0000

I had a terrible time with Blackhole yesterday, and anyone who followed me on twitter would have heard my cries of frustration. I was running Microsoft Security Essentials which totally failed to prevent or notice what was happening. At the time I was not sure exactly where it had come from.

Now I know. Somehow, Wurm Online has managed to get infected with the Blackhole toolkit; a particularly nasty piece of work. It looks like it’s in the launcher. Blackhole [...]

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On TES-Online

Arkenor — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:52:44 +0000

The game sites are weaving narration, Of doom and/or maybe salvation. It seems in their haste, they’re suffering a case, Of premature TES-speculation.

Well, unless they paid to read the Game Informer article. Looking forward to getting my hands on some REAL details about the The Elder Scrolls Online.

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Some TERA thoughts at Level 20.

Arkenor — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:11:08 +0000

On and off this week, I’ve been dipping into the world of TERA. It’s been a busy RL week, and my Wurm horses are ever in need of feeding, so I’ve not had as much time to play as I might normally, but I have gotten my Mystic up to level 20, and a Slayer up to 12. As such, I’ve had a few thoughts about the game that I figured I probably ought to get down on paper.

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The Newbie Blogger Initiative!!

Arkenor — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:55:25 +0000

Lo, for on this day the MMOsphere has been overtaken by posts announcing the beginning of the Newbie Blogger Initiative. For the next month, many more-or-less established gaming bloggers will be trying to encourage and guide the next wave of eager writers!

We bloggers may appear as giants, striding across the web striking down all who oppose us with our vorpal opinions+1. Or we might just seem a bit noisy and annoying. Either way, it’s right easy to set [...]

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TERA : Team Maltheas, Assemble!!!

Arkenor — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:15:40 +0000

The TERA head-start began about an hour ago, but I have yet to actually get into the game! I have been too busy dithering over the exact bone-structures of my starting team of characters!

Arkenor is looking a bit dourer than I like, but it’s rather hard to wipe the grumpy expression off the faces with decent beards. Maltheas is a little distressed that he can’t be a rat, but I have managed to convince him that raccoons are also [...]

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