WRUP Regime Change Version

Common readers of the location know that the higher management is being shifted around here at Massively, which means that Brianna Royce will now be in cost. While we'll all the time miss Shawn Schuster's unmistakable voice and work on the location, the change will possible appear invisible to most readers.

I, for one, want to welcome our new overlord, for whom I have nothing however respect and admiration. By full coincidence, this week's header image happens to be of her favourite animal. Additionally, I may have sent a number of present baskets of fruit to her house. And I am certain we are able to all agree that earlier situations of tomfoolery shouldn't be taken into account when she now considers that she has complete energy over me.

Transferring on from the welcoming of overlords, it is time for this week's installment of WRUP, featuring the Massively employees explaining our plans for the weekend as well as whether or not or not a graphical improve would convey us back to our first MMOs. Check out our plans past the break, and tell us what you may be up to within the feedback!

@Beau_Hindman: I will be settling down on a new deed in Wurm Online, persevering with to grind my teeth as I look ahead to my new Laptop to get right here, and placing my exploration money the place my mouth is by lastly downloading IMVU. It's a social MMO that looks very... completely different. I am additionally nonetheless gathering my listing of pre-World of Warcraft MMOs for protection. Luckily I nonetheless have most of my previous accounts!

If I updated any graphics for a few of my favorite video games, that might imply a downgrade for many of them. I want graphics which can be more stylized, particularly like those in Free Realms or Clone Wars Adventures. I might love to see a "serious" recreation done with a more stylized aptitude. Wurm On-line can keep how it is, but I really want to see some new avatars. I do know they're coming, however boy, I can not wait!

@nyphur: This weekend I will be entertaining a visiting Swedish friend from my old World of Warcraft guild, working onerous on Predestination, and making an attempt to persuade my housemates to play extra Guild Wars 2!

My first MMO was RuneScape, and its graphical updates have truly brought me again a number of occasions. I started back when it was a blocky world with 2-D goblin sprites, and the first massive 3-D replace hooked me back in for several months. I've returned periodically to see what the game is like, and the graphics are undoubtedly the very first thing I look for. EVE Online has the same impact, with giant graphical updates pulling people back in to try the game again.

@nbrianna: I'll be dividing my recreation time between Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes. Double XP is on permanently in CoH, I hear, so it is the perfect time to roll up a new character in time for the Positron's Ally event next week.

My first MMO was Ultima On-line, and graphical upgrades did carry me back many times. That recreation has had more improved purchasers than any MMO I do know... but those upgraded purchasers usually get abandoned by the workforce earlier than they're finished because many of the veterans simply refuse to modify. Very frustrating!

@Eliot_Lefebvre: City of Heroes, Star Wars: The Outdated Republic, and the ever-in style Offering Help to a Loved One with a Cold. At some point I will really play Guild Wars 2 for greater than 10 minutes at a stretch. If I am lucky, will probably be before the tip of the decade.

I am actually the fallacious individual to ask about returning to a sport for a graphical upgrade as a result of graphics have never been what's turned me off from a sport. I didn't initially go away Final Fantasy XI because of the graphics; I left as a result of the sport wasn't actually enjoyable to play. If I see signs that the game I did not like X period of time in the past has gotten better, I will come operating right again, but placing a brand new coat of paint on a recreation I wasn't having fun with does not lure me back.

@elixabethclaire: The secret World continues to be on pause for me as I dedicate my time to Guild Wars 2. I would like to hit eighty by the middle of the upcoming week, so I will be doing loads of PvE and WvW this weekend. Minecraft news I did not imply to, however I've received a complete agenda plotted out for my short-term "foremost" after she hits 80, not to mention a little bit roster of who's in want of leveling after her.

Not much gaming for me this weekend. Possibly some The key World.

I return and play all of my old MMOs anyway no matter updates, although I'm very much wanting ahead to Anarchy Online's eventual reskin.

@Sypster: My MMO to do checklist is a mile huge at this level. I actually need to place a cap on Volume III Ebook 6 in Lord of the Rings Online, check out the brand new Autumn Festival in RIFT, get by means of Egypt in The key World, and make the large bucks in Guild Wars 2.

As for graphical upgrades, properly, if Anarchy Online ever will get that newfangled redux off the ground, then you may guess I will be first in line. It would be nice to see what a slightly more updated AO would appear like.

@JayeRnH: This weekend I'm busy with a household trip, however in any spare time I've, I will log into RIFT and hang out next to Atrophinius in the Autumn instance simply to hear his hilarious voice-overs. Apart from that, I'll in all probability pop into Minecraft with the youngsters so we will work on our tree house.

My first MMO was EverQuest, and I might be more more likely to return if the game actually reverted again to the previous graphics of avatars and revamped zones.

@mvmatt: This weekend is my roommate's birthday, so we've obtained some mutual buddies coming to stay for the weekend. Because of this, my gaming time is probably going to be occupied extra by break up-display screen mayhem than MMO funtimes. But when the opportunity arises, I'll be splitting my time between The key World and Guild Wars 2.

And would I go back to EverQuest or Ultima On-line if either one acquired a graphical update? That is a very good query. I need to say yes, however I do not know if I might be telling the reality. I cherished UO and EQ again in the day, but I feel it could take a bit more than a graphical improve to make me a player again. For each charmingly dated feature that I fondly remember, there's a plethora of actually archaic design choices that I do not suppose I would be able to place up with.

@MJ_Guthrie: Oh my gosh! I get to recreation this weekend!! *virtually faints with excitement* How much can I cram in? Let's see, the vote will not be in for Select my Adventure, so The secret World will probably be on hold until Monday. (By the best way, go vote!). To fill my weekend, I'm going to dive into GW2 more (I actually need to check out an Asura), begin plotting more for my EverQuest II community purchasing district in addition to take in a number of dungeons, and unfold my wings in Aion to finish up some quests and perhaps even get a few rounds of PvP Arenas in. I additionally plan on consuming pizza. Mmm.

I'd go back in the event that they'd turn the blasted servers again on! (RIP Star Wars Galaxies.)

@mackeypb: I've been playing extra Touhou Hisoutensoku (not that any of you understand what that is), as well as League of Legends. I'm presently carrying as Graves, although I am pretty certain those studying my column already know that. It feels good to play extra airdash fighters, though; I feel like a bit of a void has been filled in my gamer heart.

In order for me to go back to EQ, it might take a better sport, not a graphical replace. Actually, graphical updates imply almost nothing to me. If the same EQ graphics as in 2000 were on high of the GW2 engine, I would nonetheless be down for taking part in it. High-high quality graphics are a bonus, not a necessity.

@terilynns: I will probably be jumping into Star Trek On-line this weekend to play a couple of Foundry missions to talk about on my UGC podcast. I'll even be in Lord of the Rings Online as I find it very stress-free to farm and craft in that recreation. If time allows, I will be back in Glitch as properly. And yes, the rumors are true: Some people are twisting my arm to give Guild Wars 2 a try. I might decide it up this weekend.

I'm actually glad this week's question would not apply to me. My first MMO remains to be my favorite, and it's a stupendous game -- Star Trek Online!

At first of each weekend, we meet up with the Massively employees members and ask them, "What are you taking part in this week?" (In any other case referred to as: WRUP!) Join us to see what we're up to in and out of sport -- and catch us within the comments to let us know what you're taking part in, too!