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Player vs. Everything: Starting over
2009-09-21 00:00:00
in-I think that frequent game hopping is a minority activity. This is why a fair number of people still play EverQuest, for example (aside from the fact that it's actually a really fun game). When you switch games, you don't have access to any of the resources you've accrued while playing the first one. You can't pass yourself gold, give yourself items, or count on your high-level friends to help you out.
But those aren't the only reasons why you wouldn't want to start fresh in a new game. The biggest barrier to starting over somewhere else is usually the learning curve. No matter how similar a game might be to your old game, there are always going to be substant...

Blizzard Reveals Item Drop Secrets
2009-09-07 00:00:00
need for a quest. When the items actually drop, it's only time-consuming and sometimes oddly satisfying in a rote, mindless way. When they don't drop, no matter how many you've killed, just because of bad luck? Well, that'...

Player vs. Everything: Analyzing the Wrath of the Lich King news explosion
2009-09-04 00:00:00
I'd take any wager you'd like to offer me that they have a very specific time frame planned for when that patch is going to be released.Another cool feature we have to look forward to are mounts that you can give people rides with. This is something that I've discussed with friends on many occasions. No longer will your lowbie buddies have to huff and puff behind you as you race towards an instance run on your epic mount. Just have them hop on and they can ride to Wailing Caverns in style (this will also be highly useful for helping friends get flight paths or power-leveling them through quests). When you consider that you might also be able to teleport your friends to you and grant them levels, WoW is starting to look a lot better for friends who want to play together.The opposing factions in Sholazar Basin will not only be "much easier" to switch between than Scryer and Aldor (according to WorldofWar.net), but Blizzard actually intends you to complete the quests for one, and then go complete the quests for the other. While this might sound great for people who want as mu...