Recently I fell into a discussion of the Rebellion of Boudicca (AD 60-61, see Tacitus) - a time and a place where trained and disciplined (Roman) legions triumphed over the horde (Britons). In this day and in our culture one can’t help but to reach to Starcraft’s Zergling Rush for edgy (albeit simplistic) analogies. The trouble with zergs is that while long among us in MMOs, their new presence is filled with energy and insufficient cunning…It also raises some interesting non-design problems. It looks to me as if it would discourage RMT, for example, because investments won't necessarily be seen as sufficiently long-term.

The OECD (ou "OCDE" si vous preferez) has a "Working Party on the Information Economy" which has released a not uninteresting report on "Digital Broadband Content: The online computer and video gaming industry." (For some reason the only place I could find it was Larry Lessig's archives, not on the canonical OECD/OCDE site) It also raises some interesting non-design problems. It looks to me as if it would discourage RMT, for example, because investments won't necessarily be seen as sufficiently long-term. The truth is World of Warcraft Gold doesn’t HAVE to take a long time to get, especially in the higher levels. Buy WOW Gold here, and then enjoy your excited WoW life!

OK, so maybe it's true, maybe it's not. Maybe the five games are Toontown Online, FurryMUCK, and Yahoo! Checkers, Bingo, and Canasta. But how about instead of pondering such imponderables, all you bright people sink your teeth into Galrahn's argument that game publishers are actually better off licensing IGE than running their own server-side exchange systems a la Sony: It also raises some interesting non-design problems. It looks to me as if it would discourage RMT, for example, because investments won't necessarily be seen as sufficiently long-term. The truth is World of Warcraft Gold doesn’t HAVE to take a long time to get, especially in the higher levels.

Here’s a testable hypothesis: people seek to be different in a normally distributed fashion. On one tail are those who do whatever others do. It also raises some interesting non-design problems. It looks to me as if it would discourage RMT, for example, because investments won't necessarily be seen as sufficiently long-term. The truth is World of Warcraft Gold doesn’t HAVE to take a long time to get, especially in the higher levels. Buy WOW Gold here, and then enjoy your excited WoW life! Warhammer Online Gold will keep your high power. On the other hand, if RMTers persuade the courts that people own what their characters own, the whole concept of a purge might be threatened.

Prosser, I don’t disagree, there’s definitely more than one story at work. I just think there’s a certain amount of “cool utility” (for lack of a better word) that is missing from the equations. It also raises some interesting non-design problems. It looks to me as if it would discourage RMT, for example, because investments won't necessarily be seen as sufficiently long-term. The truth is World of Warcraft Gold doesn’t HAVE to take a long time to get, especially in the higher levels. Buy WOW Gold here, and then enjoy your excited WoW life! Warhammer Online Gold will keep your high power. On the other hand, if RMTers persuade the courts that people own what their characters own, the whole concept of a purge might be threatened.

Now there are a few nice items you can get beginning at level 20, in addition to the usual ability to claim potions for combat experience and crafting experience bonuses. If you bought the retail version (this does not seem to be part of the digital download), you get a dire bear, which is a pet that follows you about for the first 20 levels and then you can ride from level 20 on. The bear will evolve as you level up, gaining armor, and generally keep pace with you.

Principal to the expansion is the inclusion of the dragon-kin race, the Sarnak, and their homeland of Timorous Deep. The Sarnak are a race that players had requested and it is evident that time went into both the look and animations. Particularly noteworthy is the counter (lizard-like, or think crocodile) animation of the tail when swimming. And the way the helmets are matched to the head, weaving around the horns, is also a nice creative touch.

Desert of Flames was the first over the counter title, introducing an Arabian-type landscape, deeper factional standings, in-city combat and dueling (along with a host of other changes), but Kingdom of Sky has added so much more to the whole world of Norrath.

While EverQuest II has had other downloadable content, Echoes of Faydwer is the third major expansion for Sony's massively multiplayer online game. This time the expansion returns to the world below, opening up new zones with a new race available at the character creation and quests available for players of all levels. The tree city of Kelethin is a new starting city and the Fae, tiny winged folk (no, they don't really fly, they sort of hover and falling damage is negated through their racial traits) offer a wealth of new color to the racial landscape.

Now it should be noted that while DoF adds content tailored specifically for upper level players (which anyone who has a lower level toon can access if they have the expansion and a bit of a death wish), the upgrade also affects those without the expansion.