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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Win free Steam games with Spiral Knights and Rusty Hearts]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/win-free-steam-games-with-spiral-knights-and-rusty-hearts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/win-free-steam-games-with-spiral-knights-and-rusty-hearts/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/win-free-steam-games-with-spiral-knights-and-rusty-hearts/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/hands-on/" rel="tag">Hands-on</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/casual/" rel="tag">Casual</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/giveaways/" rel="tag">Giveaways</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guides/" rel="tag">Guides</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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If you've been checking out this year's Christmas <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/steam">Steam</a> sales, you'll undoubtedly have seen the <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/">Great Gift Pile giveaway</a>. By completing various game achievements and objectives, Steam users unlock prizes that can be anything from a lump of coal to discount vouchers or even a full copy of any game on Steam. There are reports of people winning massive prizes like Skyrim or the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/valve">Valve</a> complete pack, and even if you just get a lump of coal, it's still a valuable prize; seven lumps can be exchanged for a new random prize, and those left over at the end of the holiday event will count as tickets in a lottery to win a copy of every single game on Steam.<br />
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While many of the achievements require the purchase of cheap indie titles, there are several ways to get your hands on a gift from the great pile absolutely free. Checking your Steam inventory page and trading any item with another user will get you two free gifts, and joining the 2011 Holiday Group will net you a third. Two more prizes can be collected by completing the Son of a Nutcracker! achievement in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/spiral-knights"><em>Spiral Knights</em></a> and the All I Want for Christmas is Sewers achievement in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/rusty-hearts"><em>Rusty Hearts</em></a>, both of which are free-to-play MMOs available through Steam.<br />
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Skip past the cut for details on how to beat the Steam gift achievements for Spiral Knights and <em>Rusty Hearts</em>, including full walkthrough videos.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/win-free-steam-games-with-spiral-knights-and-rusty-hearts/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Win free Steam games with Spiral Knights and Rusty Hearts</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/win-free-steam-games-with-spiral-knights-and-rusty-hearts/">Win free Steam games with Spiral Knights and Rusty Hearts</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/win-free-steam-games-with-spiral-knights-and-rusty-hearts/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/20135416/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/12/26/win-free-steam-games-with-spiral-knights-and-rusty-hearts/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>action-mmo</category><category>all-i-want-for-christmas-is-sewers</category><category>anime</category><category>f2p</category><category>fantasy</category><category>free</category><category>free-to-play</category><category>gifts</category><category>great-gift-pile</category><category>guide</category><category>news</category><category>perfect-world</category><category>perfect-world-entertainment</category><category>prizes</category><category>pvp</category><category>pwe</category><category>rise-of-immortals</category><category>roi</category><category>round-up</category><category>roundup</category><category>rusty-hearts</category><category>son-of-a-nutcracker</category><category>spiral-knights</category><category>steam</category><category>the-great-gft-pile</category><category>three-rings</category><category>valve</category><category>video</category><category>win</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendan Drain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Hero Squad Online's challenge system offers a new way to earn special characters]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/super-hero-squad-onlines-challenge-system-offers-a-new-way-to-e/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/super-hero-squad-onlines-challenge-system-offers-a-new-way-to-e/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/super-hero-squad-onlines-challenge-system-offers-a-new-way-to-e/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/super-hero/" rel="tag">Super-hero</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/classes/" rel="tag">Classes</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/casual/" rel="tag">Casual</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/super-hero-squad-online/" rel="tag">Super Hero Squad Online</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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If you're playing <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/super-hero-squad-online/"><em>Super Hero Squad Online</em></a>, chances are you have the collecting bug already -- you want to collect every cool hero you can find. With a new feature, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/gazillion/">Gazillion's</a> players can now flesh out their roster for free (as long as they're willing to put in some effort!).<br />
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Dubbed the Challenge System, this feature opens a series of achievements for players to tackle. Successfully completed challenges earn money and tickets, and span the entire game world. The best rewards, of course, are new heroes that are exclusive to this system, so if you want any of them, you're going to have to step up and knock out these challenges.<br />
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The new heroes coming as Challenge System rewards include Colossus, Daredevil, Firestar, Future Foundation Spider-Man, and Sentry.<br />
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[Source: Gazillion press release]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/super-hero-squad-onlines-challenge-system-offers-a-new-way-to-e/">Super Hero Squad Online's challenge system offers a new way to earn special characters</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/super-hero-squad-onlines-challenge-system-offers-a-new-way-to-e/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/20087350/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/21/super-hero-squad-onlines-challenge-system-offers-a-new-way-to-e/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievement-system</category><category>achievements</category><category>challenge-system</category><category>collossus</category><category>daredevil</category><category>f2p</category><category>firestar</category><category>free-to-play</category><category>gazillion</category><category>shso</category><category>spider-man</category><category>super-hero-squad-online</category><category>superhero-squad-online</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Olivetti]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievements to be included in Star Wars: The Old Republic at launch]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/27/achievements-to-be-included-in-star-wars-the-old-republic-at-la/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/27/achievements-to-be-included-in-star-wars-the-old-republic-at-la/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/27/achievements-to-be-included-in-star-wars-the-old-republic-at-la/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/sci-fi/" rel="tag">Sci-fi</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/star-wars-the-old-republic/" rel="tag">Star Wars: The Old Republic</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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	Are you the sort of person who absolutely will not rest until you've achieved every goal a game has set before you? Are you a <a href="http://www.massively.com/category/star-wars-the-old-republic"><em>Star Wars: The Old Republic</em></a> fan? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then boy are you in luck.<br />
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	Everyone's favorite time-wasters have been confirmed for <em>The Old Republic</em>'s launch. That's right, we're talking about achievements. It's important to note, however, that these aren't the esoteric, wacky achievements that reward you for dancing on a mailbox with rubber cow udders strapped to your head. The "level one" achievement system will primarily focus on feats of heroism, such as taking down a big boss and other things of that nature. For the full details, check out the interview excerpt at Ask A Jedi.</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/27/achievements-to-be-included-in-star-wars-the-old-republic-at-la/">Achievements to be included in Star Wars: The Old Republic at launch</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/27/achievements-to-be-included-in-star-wars-the-old-republic-at-la/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/20067952/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/09/27/achievements-to-be-included-in-star-wars-the-old-republic-at-la/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>bioware</category><category>ea</category><category>electronic-arts</category><category>star-wars-the-old-republic</category><category>swtor</category><category>the-old-republic</category><category>tor</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Daniel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter at Your Own Rift: Off the beaten path]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/11/enter-at-your-own-rift-off-the-beaten-path/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/11/enter-at-your-own-rift-off-the-beaten-path/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/11/enter-at-your-own-rift-off-the-beaten-path/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/rift/" rel="tag">RIFT</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/enter-at-your-own-rift/" rel="tag">Enter at Your Own Rift</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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Conventional MMO wisdom says that one should stick to the roads as much as possible when questing. Roads have become the "safe zone" of online games, a place where mobs are less likely to attack and adventurers are less likely to become lost. <a href="http://www.riftgame.com/en/"><em>RIFT</em></a>, however, turns this MMO convention on its head and does everything it can to break us of this predictable -- and boring -- habit.<br />
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For one thing, the roads in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/rift"><em>RIFT</em></a> are not safe. At any moment, a rampaging invasion or event boss may be wandering down them, looking for easy prey. I've seen more than one jaded MMO vet express a type of dawning pleasure when this has happened, especially considering the reputation modern games have for coddling their populations.<br />
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For another thing, there are a lot of incentives to strike off the beaten path and explore the world instead of staring at a packed trail that's been walked a million times before. <em>RIFT </em>encourages players to do so in subtle ways, ways that I deeply appreciate as an explorer type.<br />
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In today's <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/enter-at-your-own-rift/">Enter at Your Own Rift</a>, we're going to look at three reasons that blazing your own way in the wilderness is more fun -- and even beneficial -- than sticking to the highway. Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/11/enter-at-your-own-rift-off-the-beaten-path/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Enter at Your Own Rift: Off the beaten path</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/11/enter-at-your-own-rift-off-the-beaten-path/">Enter at Your Own Rift: Off the beaten path</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 11 May 2011 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/11/enter-at-your-own-rift-off-the-beaten-path/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19936336/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/11/enter-at-your-own-rift-off-the-beaten-path/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achiever</category><category>artifacts</category><category>collections</category><category>enter-at-your-own-rift</category><category>explorer</category><category>exploring</category><category>featured</category><category>puzzle</category><category>puzzles</category><category>rift</category><category>rift-junkie</category><category>rift-planes-of-telara</category><category>silverwood</category><category>sparkle</category><category>sparklies</category><category>trion</category><category>trion-worlds</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Olivetti]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter at Your Own Rift: The little things]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/enter-at-your-own-rift-the-little-things/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/enter-at-your-own-rift-the-little-things/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/enter-at-your-own-rift-the-little-things/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/rift/" rel="tag">RIFT</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/enter-at-your-own-rift/" rel="tag">Enter at Your Own Rift</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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For me, it's all about the little things in life: the smell of a good cup of coffee, the enthusiastic hug of my two-year-old, an illicit pack of Lemonheads candy, or throwing punny tags into Massively articles. While big things are essential to have and get right, it's the little things I find that give life its unique flavor.<br />
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So when I enter MMORPGs, I'm always on the lookout for little things. Oh, sure, PvP and raiding and overarching epic stories are all well and good, but it's from the little things that the soul and flavor of a game emerges. I'm often far more delighted when I stumble upon a funny little Easter egg in a game than if I win that roll for a purple piece of armor.<br />
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Today I want to look at 10 little things in <a href="http://www.riftgame.com/en/"><em>RIFT</em></a> that I've come to appreciate and savor over the past month or so. Maybe these elements don't get all of the glory, and maybe they're even seen as superfluous to some, but without them the game would be far less to me. So while we rush between rifts and struggle with expert dungeons, I'd encourage all of us to take some time to reflect on all of the supporting cast of features that are just as important to the overall effort.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/enter-at-your-own-rift-the-little-things/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Enter at Your Own Rift: The little things</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/enter-at-your-own-rift-the-little-things/">Enter at Your Own Rift: The little things</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/enter-at-your-own-rift-the-little-things/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19910263/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/enter-at-your-own-rift-the-little-things/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>artifacts</category><category>defiant</category><category>easter-egg</category><category>end-of-the-world</category><category>featured</category><category>guildies</category><category>guilds</category><category>humor</category><category>lemonheads</category><category>non-combat-pet</category><category>public-grouping</category><category>pvp</category><category>raindrops-on-roses-and-whiskers-on-kittens</category><category>rift</category><category>rift-planes-of-telara</category><category>scotty</category><category>sound</category><category>sound-editing</category><category>telara</category><category>trion</category><category>trion-worlds</category><category>vanity-pets</category><category>video-recording</category><category>voice-over</category><category>waypoints</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>youtube</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Olivetti]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: What's your greatest MMO achievement?]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/10/20/the-daily-grind-whats-your-greatest-mmo-achievement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/10/20/the-daily-grind-whats-your-greatest-mmo-achievement/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/10/20/the-daily-grind-whats-your-greatest-mmo-achievement/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/10/achievements.jpg" /></a></div>
Abraham Lincoln, possibly thinking about <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a>, once said, <em>"That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."</em> Nido Qubein, who was later pwned by Lincoln in PvP, retorted, <em>"Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people."</em><br />
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Achievements: We live to fulfill them. While many MMOs have tacked on an achievement system to motivate us to accomplish bizarre, tough, or unlikely goals, many gamers come up with their own goals all the time. What is your greatest MMO achievement? What are you most proud of accomplishing in your long (or perhaps short) career as an online gamer? Was it a goal that few if any others ever attained? Did you finally cross a finish line you never thought you'd reach?<br />
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It's OK to boast in the comments today -- actually, we downright demand that you do. Pat yourself on the back and share with us your greatest personal MMO achievement. If it made you happy and satisfied, we want to hear about it!<br />
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<img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="left" style="margin-right: 5px;" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/09/coffee.jpg" /><em>Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of our readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/">The Daily Grind</a>!</em><hr /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/10/20/the-daily-grind-whats-your-greatest-mmo-achievement/">The Daily Grind: What's your greatest MMO achievement?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/10/20/the-daily-grind-whats-your-greatest-mmo-achievement/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19677303/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/10/20/the-daily-grind-whats-your-greatest-mmo-achievement/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>abraham-lincoln</category><category>achievement</category><category>achievement-system</category><category>achievements</category><category>badges</category><category>lincoln</category><category>nido-qubein</category><category>opinion</category><category>tdg</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><category>tome-of-knowledge</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Olivetti]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massively's hands-on with Rift: Planes of Telara's dynamic content]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/18/massivelys-hands-on-with-rift-planes-of-telaras-dynamic-conte/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/18/massivelys-hands-on-with-rift-planes-of-telaras-dynamic-conte/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/18/massivelys-hands-on-with-rift-planes-of-telaras-dynamic-conte/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/galleries/" rel="tag">Galleries</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/screenshots/" rel="tag">Screenshots</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/trailers/" rel="tag">Trailers</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/classes/" rel="tag">Classes</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events, real-world</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/previews/" rel="tag">Previews</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/hands-on/" rel="tag">Hands-on</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/massively-hands-on/" rel="tag">Massively Hands-on</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/rift/" rel="tag">RIFT</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.riftgame.com/en/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/08/orphsl01.jpg" /></a></div>
Just a few weeks ago, I was invited to attend <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/trion-worlds/">Trion Worlds'</a> Gamer's Day in San Francisco to get some hands-on time with a couple of the company's upcoming titles, including <em><a href="http://www.riftgame.com/en/">Rift: Planes of Telara</a></em>. If <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/rift">Rift</a> </em>seems to have come out of nowhere, that might be due both to the acquisition of <em><a href="http://everquest2.com/">EverQuest II</a></em> veteran <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/scott-hartsman">Scott Hartsman</a> to head the project as executive producer, and to a <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/04/26/trion-names-upcoming-mmorts-renames-heroes/">clever name change</a> meant to reflect the team's shift in development focus.<br />
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In fact, that shift in development focus is precisely what I was at Trion's studio to test -- I got to check out the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/rift/">Rifts</a> themselves in all their glory, in the context of the greater dynamic content system that the developers are so excited about. Massively's writers have been able to play and report on character creation and the starting areas of <em>Rift </em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/08/e3-2009-impressions-of-heroes-of-telara/">several</a> <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/04/26/massivelys-hands-on-look-at-rift-planes-of-telara/">times</a> over the last year or so, including <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/06/16/e3-2010-hands-on-with-rift-planes-of-telara/">earlier this summer at E3</a>. But until today's embargo lift (coinciding with the reveal at <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/gamescom-2010/">Gamescom</a>), no one had quite seen the fabled planar invasions and takeovers in action.<br />
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Now we have.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/18/massivelys-hands-on-with-rift-planes-of-telaras-dynamic-conte/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Massively's hands-on with Rift: Planes of Telara's dynamic content</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/08/18/massivelys-hands-on-with-rift-planes-of-telaras-dynamic-conte/">Massively's hands-on with Rift: Planes of Telara's dynamic content</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST.  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Here in the States we're celebrating one of the great achievements in our nation's history -- the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29">adoption of our Declaration of Independence</a>! However, as we're a site that spans more than just the shores of one nation, we thought today we'd take the time instead to talk about achievements in the MMOs we all know and love. From leveling in <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a>, to managing to level without dying in <a href="http://www.lotro.com"><em>Lord of the Rings Online</em></a>, to clicking on your own avatar 5,000,000 times in <a href="http://www.warhammeronline.com"><em>Warhammer Online</em></a>, people really seem to enjoy chasing those little badges that say "I came, I saw, I did something!"<br />
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Today, in honor of great achievements everywhere, we thought we'd talk about MMO achievements. Whether it's the more formalized ones that come with banners or Facebook status updates, or just a personal milestone you managed to accomplish after a long period of planning and working at it, there are many things to celebrate. So jump down to the comments below and tell us -- what is your greatest MMO achievement?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/07/04/the-daily-grind-great-achievements/">The Daily Grind: Great achievements</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/07/04/the-daily-grind-great-achievements/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19541190/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/07/04/the-daily-grind-great-achievements/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>holiday</category><category>holidays</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lotro</category><category>mmo</category><category>tdg</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><category>war</category><category>warhammer-online</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krystalle Voecks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievements across the genre]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/12/03/achievements-across-the-genre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/12/03/achievements-across-the-genre/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/12/03/achievements-across-the-genre/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/academic/" rel="tag">Academic</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://teamfortress2.fr/achievements.php?eng"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="top" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/12/blogs-achievements-epl-1202.jpg" /></a></div>
By now, you've likely heard of the <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> player who managed to fill out <a href="http://www.destructoid.com/man-beats-world-of-warcraft-156593.phtml">every single achievement in the game</a>, covering every single currently measurable objective. (If not, well, there you go.) <a href="http://biobreak.wordpress.com/">Bio Break</a> recently took the opportunity to <a href="http://biobreak.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/achieving-the-impossible/">discuss achievements as an interesting social feature in MMOs</a>, a way of building community, while <a href="http://overlypositive.com/">Overly Positive</a> took the news as incentive to expound on <a href="http://overlypositive.com/2009/12/02/the-neverending-mmo-achievement-challenge/">achievements as an alternate venue for advancement</a>. Most of the major titles out at the moment have some form of achievement system in place, ranging from <a href="http://www.warhammeronline.com"><em>Warhammer Online</em></a>'s Tome of Knowledge to <a href="http://www.cityofheroes.com"><em>City of Heroes</em></a> and its variety of badges.<br />
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The problems with the system are <a href="http://biobreak.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/achieving-the-impossible/#comment-8081">brought up in the comments</a> of the above entries -- achievements can often wind up being used as a form of highly-prohibitive gating, where someone lacking the completion achievement isn't capable of getting a group to move through it. As a whole, though, it allows for people to enjoy an entirely different venue of the game, and offers motivation to perform content that would otherwise be gathering dust after a certain point. Wherever you play, achievement markers are becoming more and more ubiquitous, and the fact that <a href="http://www.destructoid.com/man-beats-world-of-warcraft-156593.phtml">clearing them out is newsworthy</a> just shows the degree to which they've permeated our consciousness and the genre.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/12/03/achievements-across-the-genre/">Achievements across the genre</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/12/03/achievements-across-the-genre/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19263005/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/12/03/achievements-across-the-genre/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>academic</category><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>city-of-heroes</category><category>city-of-villains</category><category>coh</category><category>content-gating</category><category>cov</category><category>cox</category><category>culture</category><category>game-mechanics</category><category>opinion</category><category>war</category><category>warhammer-online</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Lefebvre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: In-game achievements]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/25/the-daily-grind-in-game-achievements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/25/the-daily-grind-in-game-achievements/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/25/the-daily-grind-in-game-achievements/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesleysmith/3505426660/in/set-72157594498038916/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/05/wowachievement.jpg" /></a><br />
<div align="left">When I'm not playing MMOs, I'm usually found on a console. Of all the numerous machines and debugs I own, my Xbox 360 is my favourite. It's the one console I saved hard to buy and waited the longest for. While I think it has some of the best games, it also has Achievements. It's really sad, I know, but I love that little ding and onscreen notification which lets me know I've achieved something in-game. From finding a <a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/05/02/wow-reference-found-in-wolverine-game/">secret area</a> or finishing a game, there's something about that noise which is rewarding. <br /></div>
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<br />But now achievements have started popping up in MMOs (in the form of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/06/the-origin-of-world-of-warcrafts-achivement-system/">actual achievements</a> or special titles for completion of certain quests) and it's so much fun. What is it about being rewarded? Are we just rats being given cheese for completing a maze or do achievements help keep interest in a particularly long quest chain or boring instance we'd never otherwise complete?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/25/the-daily-grind-in-game-achievements/">The Daily Grind: In-game achievements</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 25 May 2009 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/25/the-daily-grind-in-game-achievements/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1555450/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/05/25/the-daily-grind-in-game-achievements/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>in-game-rewards</category><category>rewards</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><category>xbox360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lesley Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comprehensive look at WoW's Lunar Festival achievements]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/25/a-comprehensive-look-at-wows-lunar-festival-achievements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/25/a-comprehensive-look-at-wows-lunar-festival-achievements/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/25/a-comprehensive-look-at-wows-lunar-festival-achievements/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guides/" rel="tag">Guides</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/tips-and-tricks/" rel="tag">Tips and tricks</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/quests/" rel="tag">Quests</a></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/01/wowinsiderlunarfestivalat425.jpg" /></a><br />Holiday festivals in MMOs aren't limited to Christmas events. The <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/events/lunarnewyears/ ">Lunar Festival</a> in <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> began this weekend, and is timed to coincide with the real world <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_New_Year">Chinese Lunar New Year</a> (January 26th). <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><em>WoW</em></a> celebrates the holiday with quests to find Elders, unique items like season clothing, fireworks, and seasonal decor splashed all around <em>WoW</em>'s major cities, Booty Bay, and Moonglade. <br /><br />Our sister site <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com ">WoW Insider</a> has put together a comprehensive guide to all of the Lunar Festival achievements, and explains how to complete the meta-achievement "<a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=913 ">To Honor One's Elders</a>." The WoW Insider guide is well worth a look if you want to get the most out of the annual event, this year being <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/02/06/blood-pact-the-real-lunar-festival/">the fourth time around for WoW's Lunar Festival</a>. The event runs from January 24th to February 12th, so there's still plenty of time to get in on the fun.<hr />
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</table><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/25/a-comprehensive-look-at-wows-lunar-festival-achievements/">A comprehensive look at WoW's Lunar Festival achievements</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/01/22/the-overachiever-completing-the-lunar-festival-achievements>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/25/a-comprehensive-look-at-wows-lunar-festival-achievements/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1439998/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/25/a-comprehensive-look-at-wows-lunar-festival-achievements/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>blizzard</category><category>chinese-new-year</category><category>elder</category><category>fantasy</category><category>guide</category><category>guides</category><category>holiday</category><category>holiday-event</category><category>holiday-events</category><category>holidays</category><category>lunar-festival</category><category>lunar-new-year</category><category>quests</category><category>to-honor-ones-elders</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Egan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WoW armory revamped to show achievements and more]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/26/wow-armory-revamped-to-show-achievements-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/26/wow-armory-revamped-to-show-achievements-and-more/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/26/wow-armory-revamped-to-show-achievements-and-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/endgame/" rel="tag">Endgame</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/14/world-of-warcraft-echoes-of-doom-patch-3-0-2-out-today/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/fogrizzle_achvmnt_425.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
<a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> players finally have the moment they've been waiting for. Well, okay, one of the many moments they've been waiting for. <a href="http://www.wowarmory.com/">The armory has finally been revamped</a> into the updated form <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Blizzard/">Blizzard</a> promised some months ago that will allow players to off the achievements they've earned. The armory version of achievements also contains the same tracking bars and lists for in-progress achievements as are on the in-game interface. For the <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/World-of-Warcraft/">World of Warcraft</a></em> player who really likes achievments, this armory update should prove to be a gold mine of things to poke around and plan during lunchtime. (You'd <em>never</em> consider wasting company or class time reading about MMOs, we're sure.) <br /><br />Also added in this pipin' hot armory update is a series of statistics tracked on accounts since the <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/14/3-0-2-patch-notes/">3.0.2 <em>Echoes of Doom</em> patch</a>. Everything from how much gold your character has made to how many times you've wound up spending special cuddly time with the floor due to overaggro is there in black and white for you (and anyone else) to read. Additionally, there seems to be additional information in regards to overall <em>World of Warcraft</em> guilds. Whether or not any of this new information - like say, the achievements showing you've cleared certain endgame raid instances - will play into other things like guild recruitment or choosing guilds to join is unknown. With so much information openly available, we're going to hear more about this, we'd bet.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/26/wow-armory-revamped-to-show-achievements-and-more/">WoW armory revamped to show achievements and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.wowarmory.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/26/wow-armory-revamped-to-show-achievements-and-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1383916/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/26/wow-armory-revamped-to-show-achievements-and-more/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>achievements</category><category>armory</category><category>blizzard</category><category>breaking</category><category>echoes-of-doom</category><category>statistics</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krystalle Voecks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Log into World of Warcraft tomorrow for free achievement and pet!]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/log-into-world-of-warcraft-tomorrow-for-free-achievement-and-pet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/log-into-world-of-warcraft-tomorrow-for-free-achievement-and-pet/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/log-into-world-of-warcraft-tomorrow-for-free-achievement-and-pet/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/22/four-year-anniversary-pet-and-feat-of-strength-achievement/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/babyblizzbear.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
We've got a hot tip directly from WoW Insider for you this morning. If you've got a currently active <em><a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com">World of Warcraft</a></em> account, and there's any way at all you can spare the time tomorrow to log in, do it! Tomorrow is <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft">WoW</a></em>'s fourth birthday, and <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/22/four-year-anniversary-pet-and-feat-of-strength-achievement/">Blizzard is handing out some presents</a> for all the players logging in on this auspicious occasion! Simply logging your character into <em>World of Warcraft</em> tomorrow will net you an achievement and an in-game pet. The pet is the cutie-patootie shown above, a "Baby Blizzard Bear".<br /><br />The achievement is a one-of-a-kind can't-get-it-any-other-way <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/feats-of-strength/">feat of strength achievement</a>. Other achievements handed out for this include other date-based events, things players will never be able to get again. So, if you want to add another one of these once-in-a-lifetime notches to your belt, make sure to log in tomorrow! Oh, and Happy Birthday <em>World of Warcraft</em>!<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/log-into-world-of-warcraft-tomorrow-for-free-achievement-and-pet/">Log into World of Warcraft tomorrow for free achievement and pet!</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/22/four-year-anniversary-pet-and-feat-of-strength-achievement/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/log-into-world-of-warcraft-tomorrow-for-free-achievement-and-pet/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1380168/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/11/22/log-into-world-of-warcraft-tomorrow-for-free-achievement-and-pet/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>achievement</category><category>birthday</category><category>blizzard</category><category>breaking</category><category>pet</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Zenke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World of Warcraft achievements will expand to other Blizzard titles]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/world-of-warcraft-achievements-will-expand-to-other-blizzard-tit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/world-of-warcraft-achievements-will-expand-to-other-blizzard-tit/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/world-of-warcraft-achievements-will-expand-to-other-blizzard-tit/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/wow055425.jpg" /></a><br />It's no secret that <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> will feature an <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/19/flip-through-wows-achievement-ui/">achievement system</a> that will roll out with the <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/"><em>Wrath of the Lich King</em></a> expansion. The <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/17/wow-player-achievements-have-been-announced-for-wrath/">writing's been on the wall</a> for a little while now. New details have emerged, revealing that the achievement system will not be limited to <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> alone. Ultimately, the achievements will connect <em>WoW</em> with <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/us/">Blizzard's</a> other major titles, namely<em> <a href="http://www.starcraft2.com/">Starcraft II</a></em> and <em><a href="http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/">Diablo III. </a></em><br /><br />MTV Multiplayer's Tracey John recently spoke with <em>WoW</em> Lead Designer Jeff Kaplan about the impending first incarnation of this system, which will be character-specific, as well as Blizzard's plans for account-level achievements that focus more on classes and professions. <a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/08/01/blizzard-accounts-achievements/">Hit MTV Multiplayer</a> for more details on account-based achievements, <em>WoW</em> points, and the 'Blizzard Level' -- that all-important ranking which will soon command the attention of most Blizzard fans.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/08/01/world-of-warcraft-achievements-will-expand-to-other-blizzard-tit/">World of Warcraft achievements will expand to other Blizzard titles</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EST.  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<p><font color="#000000">A full listing of the new 70 new badges available in <em><a href="http://massively.com/category/city-of-heroes">City of Heroes</a></em> and <em><a href="http://massively.com/category/city-of-villains">City of Villains</a></em> is available on <a href="http://www.badge-hunter.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=3721">Badge-Hunter.com</a>'s site. <font color="#000000"></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">While <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Issue-11/">Issue 11</a>'s new <a href="http://boards.cityofheroes.com/postlist.php?Cat=0&amp;Board=hvh">badges</a> are split into Exploration and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/04/under-the-hood-of-titles-badges-and-achievements/">Achievement</a> areas, the vast majority seem to be focused on the new <a href="http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_update11.html">Ouroboros</a>-based missions. I'll even give you a hint on where to find the Chrononaut badge: it's placed in a similar location to two of the badges found in Atlas Park.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">And don't forget that you can change or clear your badge title at any time. After all, why be known as a Keeper of Secrets when you can be perceived as Justice Incarnate?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/11/12/issue-11-new-badges-and-titles/">Kill Ten Rats</a>]</font></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/13/70-new-badges-in-issue-11/">70 new badges in Issue 11</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/13/70-new-badges-in-issue-11/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1038287/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/13/70-new-badges-in-issue-11/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Achievement</category><category>Badges</category><category>Beta</category><category>City-of-Heroes</category><category>City-of-Villains</category><category>coh</category><category>cov</category><category>CoX</category><category>Issue-11</category><category>Ouroboros</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Northwood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
