As WoW: Dragonflight takes off, another MMORPG had to shut down and close its doors. But at least for PvE fans, there is hope, as Pantheon is set to be playable 12 times in 2023. That and more in the MMORPG week in review.
The highlights of the week:
- In RuneScape, a player invested 8 years and 40,000 gameplay hours into an achievement so rare that the developers even congratulated him.
- Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is seen as a great hope for PvE fans. In 2023, the MMORPG plans to start a pre-alpha test every month in which paying supporters can participate (via massivelyop).
- Amazon is bringing the Asia MMORPG Blue Protocol to the West in 2023, as they announced at the Game Awards.
The discussion of the week: After just one week, WoW wanted to change the world quests, but quickly reversed course after criticism.
This week’s uproar: Lost Ark is plagued by annoying technical issues. Players are now demanding: No new content until this is resolved.
One of the trailers for the upcoming Blue Protocol:
New event for Final Fantasy XIV and new, old problems for New World
What happened in the major MMORPGs:
- World of Warcraft nerfs all tanks quite heavily, just so that healers feel better.
- Also, in WoW: Dragonflight there is a new mount, but you only get it if you buy Diablo IV.
- If you just need gold in Dragonflight, WoW demon Cortyn might have a trick and managed to earn 600,000 gold in 6 hours.
- An event in Final Fantasy XIV brings back a mount that hasn’t been seen in the game for 3 years.
- Furthermore, the developers showed what to expect regarding events in FFXIV over the next months.
- Fresh-start servers were supposed to come to New World to solve the issue with duplicated gold from the release. But now there was a similar error again.
- At least in New World, there was also a new roadmap showing what is still to come in the first half of 2023. Even Transmog is finally included.
- Lost Ark continues to face problems, with processors overheating recently due to Easy Anti-Cheat.
- If the December update in Lost Ark is not postponed, the next class, the Summoner, is already set to be introduced, and it was even here before (via mmorpg.com).
- Guild Wars 2 is launching its winter event, and once again you can gift each other with the Secret Toymaker community event (via massivelyop).
- Black Desert Online celebrated the “VOA” community event in Europe for the first time on Friday. We were there and will provide you with the details tomorrow.
In Dragonflight, you can even fly on dragons in pairs:
Monster MMORPG gives you sweet hedgehogs as pets
What happened in the smaller MMORPGs:
- In Path of Exile, the new update The Forbidden Sanctum has launched. What to expect, we have summarized for you.
- The action MMORPG Elyon has been closed. After the announcement a few months ago, the servers are now shut down. Additionally, the Korean servers of the game are also set to close in 2023.
- RuneScape has announced it will lower death costs next year (via mmorpg.com).
- The EverQuest expansion Night of Shadows went live this week, bringing many new features (via mmorpg.com).
- Dual Universe received an update that could introduce RNG foes. Because random asteroids are set to rain down on you (via massivelyop).
- Albion Online is releasing its next smaller expansion on December 17 (via massivelyop).
- Star Wars: The Old Republic is changing its PvP on a large scale and shutting down ranked queues (via massivelyop).
- The new Blade and Soul update brings a new dungeon and a new zone (via mmorpg.com).
- The Pokémon MMORPG TemTem is focusing more on PvP with its next update (via massivelyop).
- In the monster MMORPG Chimerland, you can now have a cute hedgehog as a pet since December 8 (via massivelyop).
We have summarized the 5 MMO highlights of the Game Awards 2022 with their trailers in a video:
Tiny-MORPG Book of Travels wants to recover – and become more expensive
What happened in the MMORPGs in development:
- Ashes of Creation showed in a video not only the times of the day but also how they affect combat. There were also new details about the “Cleric” class.
- The tiny MORPG Book of Travels aims to bring many new content. However, it will also become more expensive (via mmorpg.com).
- Fractured Online introduces transformation for the Wildfolk. They can now transform into wild animals (via mmorpg.com).
- Monsters & Memories wants to start a playtest where you can invite people yourself (via massivelyop).
- The cozy MMORPG Fae Farm shows with a new trailer what you can actually do in the game (via massivelyop).
- The sandbox MMORPG WildShards focuses on PvE.. and cats.
These are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What was your highlight? Did we possibly forget something important? Or did you experience something exciting? Let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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