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The Road to Mordor: Packing for Isengard

Justin Olivetti — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Expansions, Free-to-play, The Road to Mordor, Guides

Isengard. Isengard. ISENGARD. It's all I can think about since last week's E3 reveal, and I know I'm not the only one. For some reason, having a firm launch date for Lord of the Rings Online's third expansion feels like a starting pistol's gone off, and we're beginning the race to the expansion in earnest.

Of course, we're not in that much of a hurry at this point. We still have well over three months to go, the beta has yet to begin, and something tells me that Turbine's got a few more tricks to pull out of its top hat before all is said and done. Still, I'm officially in "Go!" mode, and I bet I'm not the only one.

While I can't make September 27th come any sooner, I can think of six ways that we can prepare for our upcoming journey into Dunland and beyond. Seven, if you include putting together the absolute perfect outfit to slay Saruman in, but that's a given.

Hit the jump and I'll walk you through everything you should be doing this summer to get ready for Rise of Isengard!

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EVE Evolved: Preparing for war

Brendan Drain — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:00:00 EST

Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, PvP, EVE Evolved, Guides

As a sandbox game, EVE Online allows every person to play his or her own way. Some players like to trade on the market, run missions in whatever spare time they get or manufacture ships for their corporation. Others play for the adrenaline rush of PvP or the strategy of political conquest. EVE's population can be roughly split into those players that PvP regularly and those that don't, with a surprising number of pilots abstaining from it altogether. But what if you're one of those players who doesn't PvP and thinks it's time for a change? Maybe you've had enough of mining rocks and finally want to give piracy a go. Or perhaps your corp is the target of yet another war declaration and you think it's time to make a stand. Whatever your reasons, making the transition into the world of ships blowing each other to smithereens can be a tricky business.

In this informative guide, I look at the various things a player or corporation can do to prepare themselves for war and ease the transition into a PvP play style.

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Preparing yourself for Lich King

Shawn Schuster — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EST

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Classes, Economy, Events, in-game, Expansions, Game mechanics, New titles, Crafting, Making money

If you're looking to get a head start on the new World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, you might be a bit overwhelmed on where to start. Should you hoard mats, and if so, which ones? Since everyone and their grandmother will be making a Death Knight, should you be making some twink gear to sell and make mega gold before that bubble bursts?

In Tobold's most recent blog post, he gives us some insight into his own pre-launch plans. Stocking up on mid-level herbs and Runecloth for the Death Knight, who will start their First Aid at 270 automatically, might be a good plan. This is certainly an exciting time for you MMO economic strategists out there, so we're wondering what your plans are for the WotLK preparation. Let us know!

One of Azeroth's millions of citizens? Check out our ongoing coverage of the World of Warcraft, and be sure to touch base with our sister site WoW Insider for all your Lich King needs!

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On saving your game

Mike Schramm — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:38:00 EST

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Dark Age of Camelot, EVE Online, Exploits, Game mechanics, Grouping, Opinion

So after being recommended it by a friend a long time ago, and being in a zombie mood, I finally rented Dead Rising last night for my Xbox 360, and while it was a lot of fun, I was really distraught to find that the save system is old school. To save, you had to go to a certain place, and press a button. Die before you saved, and all your progress was lost.

Why was this so shocking to me? For one, I've gotten used to the easy breezy, checkpoint saving system of most games nowadays-- hit a point in progress, and your game automatically saves for you, so that if you lose the game for any reason, you can simply load up the last checkpoint and keep going. But the other factor in my save-system shock was all those MMOs I've played. In persistent world online gaming, there is no longer such a thing as "saving" your game.

Is that good or bad?

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