Monthly Archives: September 2013

Cabal Online Steamlight Platinum Push Pack Giveaway

In honor of CABAL Online’s Steam Greenlight campaign, OnRPG has teamed up with ESTsoft to bring you 15 days of Platinum Service in CABAL Online for free! CABAL Online is currently in the Top 25 on Greenlight, and with your help, we can make it available on Steam!

Support CABAL Online’s Greenlight Push Here

CABAL Online is a beautiful 3D Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) focused on delivering a high-intensity action packed social gaming experience to players around the world. CABAL Online’s numerous intriguing quests and exciting missions weave together to form intricate plots that absorb players into a story where they become the champions of the land.

Your code will unlock Platinum Account Status for 15 days!
Increased Experience Gain
Premium Channel Access
Expanded Inventory and Warehouse Tabs
Miscellaneous Perks

 

To get your key you have to follow these instructions:

  • If you are not yet a member of OnRPG please sign up here.
  • Enter your OnRPG username and password below to get your key.
  • The key will appear at the bottom of the page. Copy & paste it to a safe place as you may not be able to retrieve it once closing your browser!

To Redeem your Key:

  • Visit CABAL.com to create an account or login.
  • Visit the Item Shop.
  • Click on the “Plus” tab, then click on the “Coupon” option on the side-bar.
  • Enter your coupon code here, and redeem from your Coupon Box to instantly apply your 15 free days of Platinum Service!

Shaiya Iron Defender Pack Giveaway

OnRPG is teaming up with Aeria Games to raise the resistance against machine in Shaiya Episode Seven’s Iron Defender Update by getting you packs with the tools to not only stand a chance, but look good doing it!

The recent skirmishes with mysterious, iron-clad invaders were only a precursor to the greater assault that has now been launched upon the world of Shaiya. Adventurers from both the Alliance of Light and Union of Fury will discover that the robotic Tyros have completely occupied and changed the zone known as Stable Erde. Sub-sections of Stable Erde now serve as battlegrounds only accessible to players in their respective level ranges, and the zone is now crawling with dangerous mechanical monsters led by four menacing new world bosses.

The Iron Defender Pack Includes:
Premium EXP Stone Lv2
2x Linking Hammer Lv7
2x Mystra’s Lapis Box
Armor Dye
Pet Dye
Owl Pet (30 day, non-stat)

 

To get your key you have to follow these instructions:

  • If you are not yet a member of OnRPG please sign up here.
  • Enter your OnRPG username and password below to get your key.
  • The key will appear at the bottom of the page. Copy & paste it to a safe place as you may not be able to retrieve it once closing your browser!

To Redeem your Key:

  • Login or create an Aeria Games account
  • Visit the Iron Defender redemption page
  • Enter the key into the box provided, then click “redeem.”
  • Your items will be sent directly to the bank and can be accessed in-game.
  • Packs not valid on Phoenix Server.

PAX Prime 2013 Recap Day 3: FFXIV, Guns of Icarus Online, SMITE, The Repopulation, and Cosplay Round-Up!

By Darren Henderson (DizzyPW), General Manager

PAX Prime Day 3 Recap

While I unfortunately had to jet back to the office on Monday, Sunday was a pretty eventful day. For one the cosplayers seemed to be out in force trying to get as many pictures of their hard work taken before the majority of attendees disappeared for Labor Day. Thankfully it was a bit easier to get around most areas of the actual demonstration floor and I even stumbled into my buddies at Muse Games to get a demonstration of some of the major changes coming to Guns of Icarus Online post-kickstarter adventure mode success.

Kitty Mach Wargaming

Table of Contents

Guns of Icarus Online

SMITE

The Repopulation

Final Fantasy XIV

Final Cosplay Round-Up

 

Shotgun News 9/6: Runescape 3, Lost Saga, and TERA

Runescape 3 Celebrates Successful First Month

The first month of Runescape 3 has come and gone. With it arrived more than 300,000 new players and 100,000 former players reactivating their accounts. This means more than 220 million accounts have been created since 2001, more than the entire population of Brazil.

 

Lost Saga Introduces New Hero and Colosseum Map

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Overnight a new hero entered Lost Saga. The Sorcerer is a master of magical arts, with the ability to teleport foes, fire bolts, and rain the power of the elements down on any against them. The update also features a new map, Colosseum. A new PvP map for several different modes.

 

TERA Breaks Silence With 4 New Dungeons!

Four new dungeons have been highlighted in a series of videos. And you’re in luck as we have all of them right here.

Wonderholme: http://www.onrpg.com/videos/tera-dungeon-preview-wonderholme/
Shattered Fleet: http://www.onrpg.com/videos/tera-dungeon-preview-shattered-fleet/
Kezzels: http://www.onrpg.com/videos/tera-dungeon-preview-kezzels/
Channelworks: http://www.onrpg.com/videos/tera-dungeon-preview-channelworks/

Guild Wars 2: The Update War of Attrition

By Shannon Doyle (Leliah), OnRPG News Editor

 

 

 

Guild Wars 2. Fastest Selling MMO of all time.

 

Average Days Between Each Release: 18.9, about 5 times as often as the typical MMO.

 

But at what cost?

 

Guild Wars 2 is now several months into a grueling 2 week update schedule. There can be no denial that this is an amazing feat. Unfortunately it would appear that it comes with a price, quality.

 

Bugs happen in every release, of every game. This is simply a fact of life when you are a gamer, one you come to accept and expect. But when these bugs, errors, and complications increase, while developers are so strapped for time preparing the next wave of content that they can’t look into them, then there is a problem.

 

This is a problem Arenanet now faces. One of many that are beginning to unravel the community.

 

The most recent issue is but a few days old. During the most recent update which opened the Super Adventure Box, the three day old monthly achievements reset which for much of the community, myself included, meant a loss of progress. At first the answer was immediate; this was not working as intended and was being looked into. Fantastic news, yes? No. Several hours later the same developer returned with an apology. There would be no fixing the issue. And now, the forum thread on the issue grows hourly, but there is no developer interaction. This wouldn’t be so much of an issue if it were the first time this had happened, or if it weren’t part of an ever growing lack of quality control prior to release.

 

Communication is breaking down

 

A patch which changed how a major currency, Karma, was released which changed how Karma buffs and bonuses had an effect on containers of Karma. This resulted in huge outcry. Players who would collect these containers lost out on millions of Karma without warning. The patch was quite quickly removed temporarily because warning was meant to be given to the players before this change took place.

 

Portals to nowhere.

 

During the Clockwork Chaos event a new consumable was introduced. It dropped during the mass zerg that was August and requires hard to acquire holiday ingredients to create. But this consumable had a bug. It didn’t work. The Twisted Watchwork Portal Device didn’t teleport, there was no portal. And so, when one dropped, because it was bugged and took valuable loot space, they were dumped or sold. And only now, with a new month and the content of the previous living story all but gone, there is a fix.

 

How fast is too fast?

 

Have Arenanet set themselves into a development schedule that is too demanding? Guild Wars 2 forum goers would argue yes. There isn’t enough time for proper quality assurance and for issues to be fixed before the next batch of buggy content is released. Cries for less content, no, more quality content over quantity, are being ignored.

 

An Ignored Community?

 

All of this leads to an ignored community. True, you cannot please everyone, but this is no reason not at least acknowledge these concerns. One needs only to look at the developer panel from PAX Prime to see that there is a disconnect between community and studio. sPvPer interested in other modes? Sorry to disappoint. Are you a Charr who wants better armor? You’ll be disappointed as well. And biggest of all, being the hero of your story…well…the response showed there was a clear disconnect.

 

The Right Man

 

It has been pointed out to me that Guild Wars wasn’t an MMO in a traditional way. And Guild Wars 2 is a success on levels I don’t think anyone could have predicted. Is Arenanet struggling to keep their head above water?

Guild Wars 2 Bugs

It is a beautiful game with the chance of a rich and detailed lore that few MMOs have from day one. There is the potential for greatness. But a year on the edges are starting to fray and something needs to be done before it all unravels.