The wait is over and the latest WoW expansion Dragonflight is finally here. The first fan has already reached the maximum level 70 after only around 2.5 hours. But that’s not all that has happened this week. More on that in the MMORPG weekly review.
The highlights of the week:
- In just under 2.5 hours the first player in WoW Dragonflight reached the new maximum level 70 – Here’s how he did it.
- New World is finally doing something against too large companies that control entire servers and changes how guilds work.
- Path of Exile showcases its latest expansion “The Forbidden Sanctum” and becomes even more difficult.
The discussion of the week: Our MMORPG expert Alexander Leitsch believes that the future of MMORPGs has never looked better than now – but not everyone agrees.
The outrage of the week: Players put $1.7 million into an MMORPG – it’s now dead and at the same time not.
In Dragonflight, by the way, you can even fly with 2 on dragons:
New World is having issues because the new servers are much more popular than the old ones
What happened in the major MMORPGs:
- New World has done so well with its restart servers that now no one wants to play on the old ones – Now the developers have to act.
- Additionally, New World announces its roadmap for 2023, but it looks surprisingly empty (via mmorpg.com).
- WoW player finds an absolute OP build, kills enemies in PVP in 1 second, but players expect it to become weaker soon.
- In Dragonflight, you should also wait to redeem your weekly rewards, as they will soon get better.
- ArcheAge 2 is a new hope for sandbox fans, we have summarized everything you need to know.
- Black Desert is changing some monsters in its PC version and starting the Christmas season (via massivelyop).
- Lost Ark reveals more details about the crossover with The Witcher, where you will be able to meet not only Ciri and Geralt but also Yennefer, Dandelion, and Triss. Additionally, there will be new skins that allow your characters to look like the heroes from The Witcher (via mmorpg.com).
What happened in the minor MMORPGs:
- Lord of the Rings Online explains why it doesn’t have complete voice-overs (via massivelyop).
- ArcheAge reveals more details about the Fresh-Start servers, which are set to open on December 15 (via mmorpg.com).
- Guild Wars 2 rolls out major balance updates and starts a new test phase for the WvW rework (via mmorpg.com).
- Legends of Aria Classic is closing, but the regular Legends of Aria is now called Britaria and is focusing on 7Krypto.
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis shows its latest region Stia (via mmorpg.com).
- Elyon is closing on December 7, but not just in the West. Now the Korean version of the MMORPG is also set to go offline (via mmorpg.com).
- EVE Online reveals more about the story of the new update and how they want to redesign the hangars (via mmorpg.com).
- The MMORPG Aura Kingdom suddenly disappears from Steam, now the publisher explains where the problem lay.
- Embers Adrift opens a new zone for level 33 and shows you more of the dangerous Ashen Monsters (via massivelyop).
- Lineage 2M is one year old and is bringing a new class armed with a crossbow as a birthday gift (via massivelyop).
Lost Ark and The Witcher? Here’s what the collaboration looks like:
Ashes of Creation shows really beautiful day-night cycles
What happened in the MMORPGs in development:
- Ashes of Creation showcases in a new 40-minute video not only new combat scenes but also a transition between day and night that looks really good (via massivelyop).
- After Bless Online and Bless Unleashed, a new version of the game called Bless Global is set to come out, which relies on blockchain (via massivelyop).
- There are also news about Profane. The developers showed a roadmap and a new monster (via massivelyop).
Here are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What is your highlight? Did you experience something interesting this week that you would like to share with us? Or have we possibly forgotten something important? Feel free to write it to us in the comments here at MeinMMO.
MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus is wondering: Is Blizzard finally back on the right track with WoW Dragonflight?
