The game:RuneScape

Ah 2007, I remember it well. I was seventeen and still enjoying childhood and I was blissfully ignorant of what adult life held in store for me. The passage of time is inevitable though, and with it comes change, lots and lots of change. Sometimes change can be a hard pill to swallow—like realising you can’t be a carefree and irresponsible child forever. But by and large, change is a good and necessary part of life and no matter how fondly you may remember the past; living in it is never a good idea.

I can try and hide the topic of this article and make it appear enigmatic, but in reality, anyone who's anyone in the world of RuneScape already knows exactly what my metaphor of an introduction is all about. Players have been speculating for some time now that Jagex have been taking notice of a disgruntled minority of the player base who have been calling for a revival of some ancient relics, largely forgotten in time by the majority of present day players.

The relics in question are, of course, RuneScape servers that exist in a time bubble from 2007. Circa four days ago, Jagex confirmed the existence of such a project, much to the excitement/chagrin of the player base. Such a controversial announcement was never going to be universally greeted or rejected by 100% of the population (that would be boring), but is there a right and wrong answer to such a historically important decision in terms of RuneScape's current position in the world of MMO's? It's hard to be objective about such a topic, but I wouldn't be much of a writer if I didn't try, so here goes...

I may as well start with the most obvious factor: nostalgia. It's healthy to reminisce about times gone by, about things in the past that we used to enjoy and appreciate. Some people even enjoy the literal side of nostalgia, like watching an old cartoon they enjoyed as a child. Although I am admittedly neutral in regards to whether 2007 servers should return, I won't be investing any considerable amount of time in them myself. Yet, will I log in to them? Absolutely, but purely for purposes of curiosity; to see how much the game has changed and to reminisce about experiences I had in the game from days gone by.

There's always a dangerous line that many people cross with nostalgia though, and I just hope that players that vote for these servers aren't doing so with the hopes of returning to a self constructed memory of a golden age RuneScape. It is never a good idea to live in the past.

Of course, fun is subjective, and if players prefer an older version of Jagex's favorite child then nobody has the right to tell them otherwise. Even so, as much as pro-2007 players want to believe, these servers won't be a carbon copy, perfect replica of their fondest memories. sell  rs cheap powerleveling

These servers will be an entire reboot of a six year old snapshot of the game and try as I might, I can't help but see these servers as a marvelous and potentially fascinating experiment. As far as the general populous is aware, there will be no grossly inflated discontinued items, no botted and devalued resources, no inflated currency and literally no economy. As a neutral party, I am fascinated by the prospect of witnessing a re-born economy grow from nothing to something and unless you were a player on the first days of RuneScape Classic, this will be something that many people will either not remember or have never witnessed.

At the same time, the potential repercussions of this on serious 2007 supporters, I feel, is not fully understood. It's ironic really, that one of the main gripes that people have with the affectionately dubbed 'EoCScape' is that the game is too easy, yet, one of the main game play aspects 2007 die-hards want is a quite rightly, working player killing mechanic. The simple fact is, the slow and technically masochistic nature of Jagex's 2007 experience rates, ensures all of the high end and worthwhile items in the game won't even exist for a long, long time.

There are a million and one aspects of this topic that could be scrutinized, and I would love to explore them all but for the sake of not rambling on for thousands of words, I have tried to focus on the biggest issues that a lot of players have in regards to a for and against format of the upcoming update. Perhaps the largest concern for players apprehensive towards the legacy servers is the potential schism that having essentially two different games will cause. It is a perfectly valid concern to have regardless of personal feelings towards the topic, and Jagex need to be cautious. sell diablo III gold

Cynicism aside, I truly believe Jagex want to make all their players, new and old feel catered for, and their aim is arguably that they want to draw players back to the game that they may have lost with the Evolution of Combat. Regardless of how popular the 2007 servers prove to be, the community WILL be fragmented on some scale. How balanced those scales will ultimately be remains to be seen though, and whilst Jagex may think they are bringing back a previously lost community with such a move, there is still a prevailing feeling that perhaps Jagex don't have enough confidence in the current games lifespan and subsequently decided to create a form of pseudo time travel for RuneScape.

In the end though, Jagex would have made their mind up about legacy servers long before the publicity poll was announced to the public and regardless of how successful the stunt turns out to be, we will at least know once and for all how divisive the release of EoC servers were.

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Guild Wars 2 Flame and Frost: Prelude Launches

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Today ArenaNet launched the first step of a new Guild Wars 2 event. Flame and Frost is a three-part event that's said to bring big changes to the MMORPG in the months ahead.

In Flame and Frost: Prelude, the lands of the north are in upheaval. The sky is falling and the ground is shaking. Charr and norn refugees now flee to the south. Adventurers must assist these refugees and cope with whatever dangers are coming from the north.

The event brings a new achievement system for players. New daily achievements will give players something to strive for each day of the week. Completing daily and monthly achievements will earn you laurels that can be traded in for Utility Infusions as well as Ascended Amulets. buy guild wars 2 gold

Today's update also introduced the long-awaited guesting feature. Guesting allows players to adventure with players on other worlds without transferring. The downside to this new feature is that permanently transferring a character to a different world is no longer free. It now costs gems to perform these transfers.

Player-versus-player enthusiasts can look forward to a "Temple of the Silent Storm" week. Until February 4th, the eight-team/three-round paid tournaments are being replaced with two-team/single-round paid tournaments. These tournaments will take place on the Temple of the Silent Storm map. Once the week is over, Temple will be introduced to the rotation for all tournaments.

The update is rounded out by a smattering of smaller changes. For example, the UI has been tweaked and the Gem Store features new items.  buy or sell Guild Wars 2 gold  cheap C9 gold  sell cheap Vindictus gold

New 'Guild Wars 2' content revealed

 
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"Guild Wars 2" has apparently now sold over 3 million units since last August, and the game's popularity could continue to grow with the news of newly developed content coming to the game for the rest of this year.

According to a report from VG24/7 yesterday, "Guild Wars 2" director Colin Johanson said the development team is trying hard to continue innovating things for the game, and that they have learned a lot from what they've done so far.

"We attempted to do this with varying degrees of success with our Halloween, Lost Shores, and Wintersday events. We've learned an incredible amount about how to ensure big events like this are successful moving forward.

"To complement this concept of regular world events with strong stories and themes, we also need to build on and strengthen our existing open world and its persistent content.

"[But] before we expand our world more, we need to make sure our existing world is as strong as possible, and gives reasons for people at all levels to go back and play and explore in the entire game we have built," Johanson said.   buy or sell Guild Wars 2 gold


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Johanson went on to talk about the new content and ideas they have for "Guild Wars 2" the rest of this year.

"As we look at developing new types of rewards further into 2013, we want to develop systems that are uniquely 'Guild Wars 2.'

"Our reward systems need to be exciting, and include things you want to earn over time, but we don’t want to force our players on endless gear treadmills for new tiers of gear we add every 6 months.

"You won’t see another tier between ascended and legendary in 2013 for example. Later in 2013, we’ll begin to introduce more of these systems once we've finished rolling out the remaining ascended gear and infusions," Johanson said.
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You can view the "Guild Wars 2" 2013 preview video at the bottom of the article if you would like. "Guild Wars 2" is available now.
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