Yearly Archives: 2012

Wartune Launches New Servers Following Successful OB Launch

Wartune Launches New Servers Following Successful OB Launch

 

 

 

Last week, Reality Squared Games announced the open beta for their highly-anticipated, hybrid strategy-RPG, WarTune.

 

 

Over 60,000 players registered to play the game since the open beta launch on August 17, 2012, and now, a second server will be launched this morning followed by an EU server tonight at 10pm PST.  You can participate in the open beta events listed here.

 

In Wartune, players take on the role of a knight, mage, or archer to progress through a fantasy-based RPG plotline, while constructing and maintaining a thriving city and participating in dozens of daily quests and events. With thousand-person boss battles, city-building, PvP battle grounds and arenas, stunning graphics, a fascinating storyline, angels, demons, monsters, and farming, Wartune is bound to entertain both the casual and hardcore gamer alike.

Knight Age Facebook Poll Reveals Favorite Features as OB Approaches

Knight Age Facebook Poll Reveals Favorite Features as OB Approaches

 

 

Joymax’s newest free-to-play MMORPG, Knight Age, will enter open beta testing beginning August 28th.  Soon everyone will have a chance to play this unique riding-action, 3D fantasy MMORPG!  But to pass the time until launch, they sought out the community’s opinion on their favorite features via Facebook to see what made CB players want to return for round 2.

 

 

The results are in, and “Mounts” were definitely voted as Knight Age’s most noted trait.  Battles are mainly fought on mounts, which can be raised and strengthened with skills to benefit the player’s tastes.  Ranging from quacking ducks to fierce tigers, the newly added mounts for the Open Beta Test will open up even more choices!

 

 

“Pupa”, pets that can also be raised alongside mounts, came in at number two.  These pets will become a player’s trusty companion depending on how they are nurtured.  With a variety of Pupa to choose from, they can be collected and even combined to create a stronger Pupa.  Just like newly added mounts, players can expect a double the amount of Pupa added for the Open Beta Test!

 

 

Coming in at number three was “Unique Combat”. Combat is carried out on mounts with a trusty Pupa by the side. This type of unique combat requires players to maneuver through maps and attack enemies with skill and strategy.  Of course, this also applies to battles between players.  One of the major additions to the Knight Age Open Beta Test will be a colossal scale of 1 vs. 100 PVP that centers on battling for the legendary sword: Excalibur.  The Open Beta Test will also focus on building and managing a guild, known as “Order of Knights”, which will become essential for the guild battle that could amount up to 50 vs. 50!  To battle against another player, it will purely depend on a player’s skill, quick thinking and teamwork!

 

 

Last but not least, another fan favorite includes dungeons. These randomly generated dungeons will not only test a player’s power against the monsters but also their ability to move through the traps and puzzles to reach the final boss. The boss has a chance to drop rare Pupa eggs that will be like none ever seen before!

 

 

Overall, players are excited with all that Knight Age has to offer and are looking forward to the Open Beta Test.  This is the best time to join the game with 17 different events in store.  There will be prizes and events for everything; from simply registering in the game to battling for the legendary Excalibur!  The Open Beta Test will even feature grand off-line prizes including a brand new laptop and iTunes gift cards!  Keep an eye on www.joymax.com/knightage for the most up to the minute updates on the game.

Warface

Warface is an MMOFPS that utilizes the CryENGINE 3, making it the most visually striking MMO to date. Not to exclude those with lower PC specs, however, the engine also works well due to its ability to scale and optimize for peak performance. With its intuitive controls, immersive gameplay, and focus on teamwork, Warface will astound with its amazing action, as well as the constantly updated PvE universe!

 

Warface takes you to a wide variety of breathtaking locations, placing you in some of the deadliest warzones on the planet. Innovative game design brings you intuitive controls and thrilling, fast-paced action. Teamwork is essential for survival and elevates you to a whole new level of immersion.

 

Warface offers a wide variety of intense and rewarding multiplayer options. A vast and frequently updated PVE universe, featuring dramatic co-op missions where you are rewarded for both teamwork and individual skill. A full set of class-based PVP modes make for an unrivaled competitive experience.

 

 

Features

 

Adaptive graphics: Warface uses the CryENGINE 3, which is the pinnacle of graphical performance. However, anyone can play, as the engine automatically scales and renders to whatever your specifications are.

 

Action oriented play: Engage in team based missions, featuring smooth control and fast paced action.

 

PVP: Full, class-based MMOFPS play, featuring old classics like death match, alongside new innovations to the shooter genre.

 

PvE missions: Warface is dedicated to a full experience of PvE content, updated regularly. The game offers something new for everyone daily!

 

 

League of Legends: Catastrophic Lionbility

League of Legends: Catastrophic Lionbility

By Jason Harper (Hhean), OnRPG League Reporter

 

 

Rengar is a bruiser that focuses on ambush tactics and surprise to get the drop on his foes. He is master and commander of all brush that he surveys. Beyond his bush hugging though, he’s a pretty basic bruiser, and shouldn’t take anyone long to learn. Much like his peers, he’s best suited to going top or jungle.

 

 

Pros:

Doesn’t use mana

Strong early game

If fed while carrying the Bonetooth Necklace, he can have a strong endgame

The stealth on his ultimate allows him to easily pick off squishy targets

Good burst

Competent jungler

 

 

Cons:

Fragile for a bruiser

Unless fed, his damage peters off quickly

Poor sustained damage

His gap closer is situational

Has some very poor top lane match ups

Other junglers can do what he does better

His ultimate is used for utility rather than damage

Very low utility for a bruiser (1 slow, 1 situational snare and a scouting tool)

 

 

Ability Summary

Unseen Predator [Passive]: While in brush or stealthed, Rengar’s next auto-attack becomes a targeted gap closer. This can make Rengar very sticky in the right situations. It’s completely useless in areas without brush though, and makes Rengar’s movements very predictable. Fighting around Dragon leaves Rengar with the option of using the brush just north of the pit, and that can easily be shut down with a single ward.

 

 

Savagery [Q]: Causes Rengar’s next attack to deal bonus damage, and increases his attack speed. The empowered version deals more damage and grants more attack speed while letting him reset his attack animation. This ability has exceptional attack damage scaling, but its base damage doesn’t increase much with level, so whether it’s worth actually levelling up is debatable if you’re going for any AD in his build.

 

 

Battle Roar [W]: Damaging AoE centered on Rengar that also gives him magic resistance and armour for a short period. The enhanced version also restores a percentage of his health. Given his frailty without the buff this applies, correct use of this ability is the difference between life and death. The enhanced version can give him some good sustain, both in the jungle and in the lane, while also being a great wait to heal for baiting your enemies.

 

 

Bola Strike [E]: Targeted slow that deals moderate damage. The enhanced version also snares the target. Probably his best laning tool currently, as it can be used as a crappier (but entirely free) version of Malphite’s Seismic Shard. If levelled last, the slow is pathetic, so just use it to gain ferocity stacks, but if levelled first, it can slow fairly well, and has a high amount of base damage.

 

 

Thrill of the Hunt [R]: Stealths Rengar, giving him a movement speed buff and revealing enemies in a large radius around him. While stealthed, he slowly gains ferocity stacks. Useful to catch an enemy by surprise, escape or act as a reset during fights. Its ability as a scouting tool is a nice addition to the skill, spotting people through fog of war in the brush, but shouldn’t be the main reason to use it.

 

 

Combos & Shenanigans

Every time Rengar uses an ability, he gains a stack of Ferocity, his unique resource. Once he reaches five stacks, Rengar gets access to the enhanced versions of his abilities, which have a separate cooldown from the standard version. This ability to double up his abilities, using a standard and enhanced version of the same ability twice in a very short timeframe, is where he will get most of his damage from. Most characters are encouraged to use their abilities at just the right moment due to limited resources, but Rengar is actively encouraged to spam his abilities as much as possible in order to gain more Ferocity. Once he has four or five stacks, he can look for ganks, or go in for a kill on his lane opponent. Treat him like a manaless, melee version of Annie.

 

 

When playing against Rengar, it’s very easy to simply watch his stacks and wait him out. Once Rengar is at four or five stacks, simply hang back and avoid the brush. Rengar has few ways of getting in on an opponent without jumping out of the brush or blowing his ferocity stacks on an enhanced Bola Strike to snare and slow his enemy. If he does the latter, it will greatly reduce his damage output or durability, giving you an edge in any fight that ensues.

 

 

Rengar’s basic combo is to wait until he has four ferocity stacks, leap at an enemy using his passive and hit them with Savagery before smacking them with another autoattack. After that hit you should choose how to spend his enhanced ability, either to reset his attacks and deal more damage with his enhanced Savagery, or to get some quick healing and added AoE with his Battle Roar. Usually the former is better when duelling a single target, and the latter is better when dealing with more than one foe. With your choice made, blast everything around you with a Battle Roar to survive any incoming burst, then slow your target with a Bola Strike as they try to make an exit.

 

 

His ultimate is the most versatile tool at his disposal. While it might seem tempting to always use it to stealth in on an enemy to get a gank, this should really only be used on a target with low health, or if you are desperate to trigger his passive for whatever reason. The best use of his ultimate though is to act as a reset during teamfights. If the enemy don’t have an oracle’s, you can leap onto a squishy target with four or five stacks, let rip with everything Rengar’s got, then stealth. While stealthed, you wait for his ferocity stacks to fill, and watch as his cooldowns return. When he’s ready to go once more, you can leap straight back into the fray and finish off any low health targets.

 

 

Rengar has access to a unique item, the Bonetooth Necklace. It functions similarly to other snowball items but rather than losing half of its stacks on death, it loses only one. This makes it a relatively low risk investment for Rengar, provided he keeps both his kills and assists above his deaths he can continue to gain bonuses as the game goes on. Given these bonuses are specifically tailored to benefit Rengar, it can be a worthwhile investment, even for the sort of person who prefers to avoid snowball items.

 

 

Conclusions

Thematically, Rengar works. He walks and talks like an anthropomorphised lion and his passive encourages his player to act like a lion, hiding in brush before pouncing out at their prey. His ultimate also plays into this theme, but the rest of his kit just feels like a generic bruiser.

 

 

That’s really where Rengar falls short compared to his peers. He tries hard, but ultimately he’s a bit dull. His kit is bland, with his double ability use being his only truly unique trick. Even that doesn’t make up for his lack of a true ultimate, which makes his damage fall off pretty hard compared to his peers.

 

 

He also suffers from the same problem that plagued Sejuani – Anything this character does, others do better. He doesn’t have anything really unique in his kit, and so unless he has the raw numbers to back up his bland playstyle, there’s just no niche for him to fill.

 

 

Final Verdict

Hold off on buying him until he gets buffed. Currently he specializes in nothing that isn’t outclassed by another champion.

 

To discuss Rengar yourselves, post in the massive League of Legends thread in the free to play MMOs section, or post in the comments section below. If you haven’t tried League of Legends yet, you’re missing out. Also keep out on a future article giveaway as OnRPG will be getting our hands on some PAX elusive skins for a giveaway!

Odin Quest

Odin Quest is an MMORPG based loosely off of Norse mythology. Choose from one of five classes, and build your skills and stats accordingly. Gather powerful artifacts and weapons, upgrading them to make your character even more powerful. Delve into mysterious and dangerous dungeons, face off against mighty bosses, and compete against fellow players to become a powerful hero.

 

Features

Five Character Classes: Choose to be a warrior, mage, priest, assassin, or hunter. Each class has their own mount to obtain, too. Group up with others to cover any weaknesses you have.

Equipment Upgrade System: Become more powerful by improving the loot you obtain. The higher you upgrade, the more powerful you will become.

Daily Quests: Become chosen by the gods, and receive substantial rewards. Each day you perform the quest gives you a chance at items that can be exchanged for powerful artifacts!

Player vs. Player: Face off against others by marking yourself available for matches. Challenge your friends and strangers alike to show off your skills.

Wind of Luck

Wind of Luck allows you to rise to power as a pirate across the Seven Seas. Pilot your ship through historical locations, such as the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the South China Sea, as you buy, sell, trade, and pillage your way to infamy. Choose from over 90 different ship types, and arm them with dozens of weapon types, each with their own strengths and capabilities. Engage your foes in exciting battles, where maneuverability and positioning are key. Become a legendary pirate king, and bask in the wealth!

 

Features

180 different locations: Explore three different regions of the world, each with their own ports, and perils. Navigate across the lands, earning your fame and fortune along the way.

Three faction system:
Join one of the powerful pirate lords, and earn their favor by weakening their opponents. As such, participate in grand PvP battles against all of your nation’s enemies.

Wide variety of ships:
Over 90 different types of ships can be purchased, built, or simply stolen. Each ship has different parameters, and can hold a varying number of guns. Expect dozens of weapons, from long cannons, carronades, harpoons, and even catapults.

Adaptive economy:
As a player, you have your own control over the economy. Buy goods low, wait for a shift in demand, and sell them high. Smuggle items to opposing forces for more profit. Do whatever it takes to become rich — the options are yours to decide.

 

OnRPG Shotgun News 8/24: GW2, TSW, WoW, and Scarlet Legacy

OnRPG Shotgun News 8/24: GW2, TSW, WoW, and Scarlet Legacy

By Shannon Doyle (Leliah), OnRPG Journalist

 

 

Guild Wars 2 Headstart

 

The entire internet seems to be holding its breath right now as it waits for the start of the Guild Wars 2 Headstart to begin. For those who pre-purchased the highly anticipated game play will begin early tomorrow morning. For everyone else the game will go live on Tuesday.

 

 

World of Warcraft’s Mobile Service Now Free

Blizzard has done away with the Remote Subscription Service which was necessary to make use of the World of Warcraft mobile app. Features include remote guild chat, remote auction house access and character profiles.

 

 

The Secret World Issue 2 Delayed

 

Funcom has announced they are giving themselves a little more time to finish Issue 2. It has been a tough week for them with layoffs and reorganizations. Issue 2 can now be expected to go live September 11th.

 

 

Scarlet Legacy Turns 1

Scarlet Legacy turned one this month and to celebrate there are gifts galore! Defeating any monster while you’re over level 10 will give you a chance to receive an Anniversary Fortune bag filled with tokens, and items. There is also a limited time map being made available during the events which run until September 22nd.

Origins Return

 

 

Origins Return is a sci-fi MMO playable in your browser window. Hundreds of years have passed since your people went into exile after the last great war. With the rediscovery of the Space Portal, you once again set out to colonize and explore new worlds. However, bitter rivalries die hard, and ghosts from your people’s past have also rediscovered the Space Portal. Develop your colonies, trade resources and develop treaties and alliances with other players. Customize your armada, selecting their weaponry, armor, and speed to create an unstoppable force.

Features

Resources: Scour planets for iron, gold, crystal, and hydrogen. Use these materials to create buildings and ships to fuel your conquest.

Buildings: Four types of buildings exist: Economic, Military, Scientific, and Storage. These buildings determine your extraction, military strength, development, and holding of elements, respectively.

Technological research: Learn new and improved ways of dealing with just about everything. Refine your production, or improve your military might. Research new ways to travel, and more.

Customizable ships: Determine just how you want your ships to build. Cheap, quick fighters that can easily overwhelm an enemy? Powerful warships that will devastate entire legions? You’re in control of firepower, hull strength, and much more.