On October 3, the new expansion in New World and the new patch 6.5 in Final Fantasy XIV were released. Both have a significant impact on the gaming experience. Additionally, there were new updates for WoW, Lost Ark, and several indie MMORPGs.
The highlights of the week:
- New World has released the new expansion Rise of the Angry Earth. Player numbers shot up significantly, although not as high as expected. We have created guides for the new mounts and the new artifacts for equipment. Furthermore, the version for new players is still on sale until Tuesday.
- With the latest patch 6.5 in Final Fantasy XIV, you can play through the main story almost completely on your own.
- The Lord of the Rings Online brings the upcoming expansion Corsairs of Umbar on November 1. It includes a new level cap and over 350 new quests (via LOTRO).
The story of the week: The Twitch streamer Darth Microtransaction is a passionate fan of Old School RuneScape. There he bought everything that was in the game. However, his account was stolen by a viewer. But there is a good ending: Twitch streamer loses huge fortune in MMORPG, is completely devastated – Then comes an email.
Motorcycles in WoW, an expansion for LOTRO, and a special raid boss kill
What happened with the major MMORPGs:
- With patch 10.7, WoW will get new demonic motorcycles. Moreover, there has already been discussion about the upcoming BlizzCon. The boss says: “Warcraft gets the most”.
- A player compared the rogue in Classic and Retail and showed how differently complex they are.
- In Final Fantasy XIV, a player has achieved all achievements after 10 years. Another player also shares tips on how to get through the content drought until the next addon.
- Lost Ark will receive the next major update on October 11, bringing the new continent Pleccia for players with Gearscore 1,475+ (via Lost Ark).
What happened with the minor MMORPGs:
- In Broken Ranks, players took 5 months and nearly 900 attempts to defeat the newest raid boss.
- The new MMORPG Mad World has released a difficult dungeon, new attributes, and a battle pass in a patch (via MadWorld).
- In EverQuest, the 30th expansion has now been announced. Laurion’s Song brings a new level cap, new areas, quests, and raids, as well as a class swap feature. The release is planned for December (via EverQuest).
- Aion Classic has announced the release for the upcoming patch 2.4, which brings new PvE and PvP instances (via Press Release).
- Halloween events have started in several games, including Runes of Magic, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and Trove.
- We have also summarized the development history of Shroud of the Avatar:
What happened with the MMORPGs in development:
- Eternal Tombs relies on Game Masters constantly changing the world and has now presented a corresponding tool in the latest video.
- Corepunk has held its first test and has now revealed small changes made based on player feedback (via Corepunk).
- The German MMO Kreuzer, Krone und Kabale launched its alpha on September 28 (via Discord).
These are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything interesting this week that you would like to share? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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