AC 100th Patch - Land control

[Lebowski]

Only what...3 yrs late?

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?VIEW=videos&PLAY=1264&GAME=18&bhcp=1

3 forts to fight over doesn't sound too exciting and probably be a big lag fest, but be interesting to see how it turns out.

[Nighthawk]

Sounds huge though. 100th content update... that's incredible. To my knowledge that makes AC the most updated MMO ever.

[SnallTrippin]

Eh? UO had a shitload eh? I don't know if a 100 but some were big fuckers. And it depends what you mean by MMO, I know MOOs and MUDS that have WAY deeper code pools then these friggin modern graphical ones.

[Judas Deceit]

snalltrippin you a chunuk eh? uo is on its like 50ish 60ish publish i think and I assume most of those are bug fixes and not so much content.. In fact as you may recall most UO content is user created and driven and the new stuff is released as retail expansions then subsequently patched by publishes until the next expansion usually 8-12 publishes ( now with 50% more housing tiles!!! WIN!!!! ) .. sometimes you get lucky though and get awesome pubs like Commando's dex ( front page wtfman flash video for the clueless ) patch vid... or not so much.

[Ganthor]

It is the longest standing MMO that continues to be updated, they also said that this 100th patch has an amount of content that is comparable to the Throne of Destiny expansion pack. So, we're basically getting a free expansion pack, seems pretty cool to me.

Some of the stuff is of course a long time coming as well as me being iffy about them adding lvl 8 spells, but they did say there will be no "other spells" with the level 8s so I'm wondering if that means no inepts or vulns too. We'll see soon enough and Lebowski you need to activate your accts so you can get the Writ of Apology from April or whatever, for each character you get to pick up a bag of Failproof salvage. Unless Elf got them already which I'm not sure about.

[Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Ganthor

Some of the stuff is of course a long time coming as well as me being iffy about them adding lvl 8 spells, but they did say there will be no "other spells" with the level 8s so I'm wondering if that means no inepts or vulns too.

I never saw an annoucement. You are saying they are only doing buffs and war spell for 8s? No vulns or inepts?

Yeah, I dunno, I've thought about trying the game again, but there's always something holding me back. Either I can't connect cuz of Turbine's shitty ass network code, Elf was playing my accounts, I'm just plain not interested at the time, or something going on.

I've been playing WoW again since my bro-in-law got back from Iraq. He dragged me back in. I've also been messing around with the expansion beta.

The intro DK quests gave kinda a taste of the air combat and siege weapons. It seems interesting. In both air and siege combat, you actually have to aim to hit stuff and can dodge incoming fire. Not sure how well they'll use these physics though. There's also all kinds of different vehicles and weapons to use. Might have almost an online FPS vehicle combat feel to it.

I doubt I actually level to 80, but later in beta, I can make a pre-made lvl 80. Definitely curious to test out the new all-pvp zone with air combat and siege.

[Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Ganthor

It is the longest standing MMO that continues to be updated, they also said that this 100th patch has an amount of content that is comparable to the Throne of Destiny expansion pack. So, we're basically getting a free expansion pack, seems pretty cool to me.

Some of the stuff is of course a long time coming as well as me being iffy about them adding lvl 8 spells, but they did say there will be no "other spells" with the level 8s so I'm wondering if that means no inepts or vulns too. We'll see soon enough and Lebowski you need to activate your accts so you can get the Writ of Apology from April or whatever, for each character you get to pick up a bag of Failproof salvage. Unless Elf got them already which I'm not sure about.

Didn't EQ come out a bit before AC? And AFAIK, it's still being updated. Think I read there's a new expansion sometime soon..it's like the 15th expansion, can't imagine buying that many...

[Ganthor]

Originally Posted by Lebowski

Didn't EQ come out a bit before AC? And AFAIK, it's still being updated. Think I read there's a new expansion sometime soon..it's like the 15th expansion, can't imagine buying that many...

I don't think EQ runs monthly updates, I think most of their content comes from expansion packs, but I could be wrong. Also, are you sure EQ is getting another expansion and not EQ2?

100th Patch Interview with Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo -- Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny Vault

There's the link to the interview I was quoting.

Edit: Direct quote - "Also, there are no "Other" spells, only self spells."

[Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Ganthor

I don't think EQ runs monthly updates, I think most of their content comes from expansion packs, but I could be wrong. Also, are you sure EQ is getting another expansion and not EQ2?

100th Patch Interview with Andy "Frelorn" Cataldo -- Asheron's Call: Throne of Destiny Vault

There's the link to the interview I was quoting.

Yeah read somewhere both EQ and EQ2 getting new expansions. I don't think they do monthly patches. They probably pretty much only doing bug fixes here and there, so he probably meant longest running game with content patches.

[Ganthor]

Originally Posted by Lebowski

Yeah read somewhere both EQ and EQ2 getting new expansions. I don't think they do monthly patches. They probably pretty much only doing bug fixes here and there, so he probably meant longest running game with content patches.

That's what I meant by "that continues to be updated" it's the most updated/patched MMO or something like that, nobody has had 100 content updates. (maybe bug fixes)