While New World is currently experiencing a hype, things are rather bleak for WoW. The game is receiving hardly any new updates, which is leading to discontent. What else has happened this week in the MMORPGs, we at MeinMMO have summarized for you.
The highlights of the week: In New World, the new patch 1.0.4 has been deployed. It arrived a day later than expected, causing confusion. Additionally, it brought bugs with it, causing players to not receive any gold when selling at the trading post while they were offline.
Despite everything, New World remains the most dominant MMORPG. It also made headlines this week with a Hungarian Twitch streamer who was banned, and the fact that players are currently turning cities into casinos.
This week’s controversy: Kingdom Under Fire 2 has been discontinued. Some fans of the game hold the German publisher partly responsible for the downfall of the MMO.
This week’s discussion: WoW has received only 3 real content patches in the last 2 years. The last updates were patch 8.3 in January 2020, the release of Shadowlands in November 2020, and patch 9.1 in June 2021. Many players find this insufficient. Do you feel the same?
Raid bosses in Guild Wars 2 and Legends of Aria 2.0
This week’s events in the major MMORPGs:
- WoW has introduced a new mount in the shop, which players did not receive well. Otherwise, the biggest uproar was the cancellation of BlizzCon 2022.
- Guild Wars 2 has introduced new Assault Missions 2.0 that are supposed to feel like challenging raid bosses.
- Final Fantasy XIV is now taking stronger action against raidselling and harassment.
- In ESO, everything is currently preparing for the release of the DLC Deadlands, which will be released on November 1.
This is what happened in the smaller MMORPGs:
- Legends of Aria is considered a flop; now the developers want to release an updated version of the MMORPG with Aria 2.0.
- The Lord of the Rings Online has announced a new 4K graphics update.
- SWTOR is getting legendary armor with the new expansion (via SWTOR).
- Swords of Legends Online has launched a Halloween event (via YouTube).
- Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis has announced a new playable region called Retem (via MassivelyOP).
- Albion Online has also launched a Halloween event with special dungeons and mount skins (via AlbionOnline).
- Revelation Online has released a new patch with guild raids, a 10-player dungeon, and new cosmetics (via RO.Mygames)
This is what happened in the MMORPGs in development:
- 8 former developers from Blizzard have founded a new studio and want to create a multiplayer RPG.
- Lost Ark has revealed new details about the shop in Europe. Next week, the closed beta will start on November 4.
- Fallen Earth was discontinued in 2019 and is now returning as a free-to-play game without a shop.
These were the news of the week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything exciting this week? Or did we forget something important? Let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO and discuss with us.
