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So in my pursuit of playing Warhammer Online, there is a feature for Keep sieges that I have been trying to get information on how you go about purchasing siege weapons. These include things like battering rams as well as defensive tools, such as hot oil. Most people say “You can purchase this at an NPC”, but I’ve been having a heck of a time figuring out which NPC sells it. Well here you go, in the town that you are in, typically this is the town that is closest to the keep, you will find an NPC with the label: Quartermaster. From that NPC, you can purchase the necessary siege devices and go to war with the other realm!

For all you MMO fans, look no further! We all suffered a terrible loss at the grand platform that Age of Conan had promised, but in terms of a more mature level of MMO gameplay, Bloodymare seems to have fit the bill.

I haven’t gotten that far into the game, but leveling appears to be quite easy. I actually think that the game isn’t very quest based, as the initial quests seem very simple, but when you get out to the world and start fighting the creatures, it becomes very very apparent what the game is all about. Great graphics, and intuitive gameplay, this is definitely one that any MMO fan should try out!

The only downside that I can see so far is the fact that the game install file is like 2.5GB in size! But getting past that, you’ll love the game, I know I certainly have gotten into it!

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So it appears that the process of getting access to use the in credit system is something that has to be manually enabled due to fraud–not so bad if I do say so myself. Although they should put this on the website to contact them to activate =0!

So my posts thus far have been fairly good regarding Archlord, but I am sadden to say that there seems to be one place they are lacking–that is how they make money! Seems kinda odd, but I have tried to go into the game and purchase “Chantra” which is the credit that you can purchase with actual money, that will get things in game that will enhance your game play. The instructions online say to go to the COG account page and login, but when I go there, I don’t see any option to purchase. I had a buddy of mine check his account, and the same thing there, one account has it, the other doesn’t. It would seem like a game that is free would rely on these methods to generate extra revenue!

The other disappointing aspect was the fact that when I emailed into their Support team, I got a canned answer, so obviously they never read the original email. Having worked in, and continue to work in a service delivery industry, that would seem to me very poor service.

So I’ve been playing Archlord for a few days now, and I have to admit, it’s the best of many different MMO’s! Let me highlight some new features that I really think makes this a very high contender in my view of MMO’s. First the auction system. One of the pains that I had in WoW was the fact that you had to go to some place to auction your items. So when you are grinding away at MOB’s (Monsters in PvE (Player vs Enemy)) you have to hold on to a ton of stuff, stuff that you know you aren’t going to use, but will fetch a pretty penny at the auction site. How do Archlord deal with this? You can go straight into your inventory and sell directly from the field! Now the only downside to this is you have to already know what your items are worth, but this is easy when it comes to stones and potions that you might have.

Additionally the enhancement system is also very intuitive, so enhancing weapons and selling them becomes very easy, and profitable!

Team play is something that is fostered in this game, so the AutoLooting feature, something that you have previously been able to use in a solo environment, is ONLY available via the Group functionality. While this may seem clunky it forces users to team up, even though they are not sharing loot or XP (Experience). Trust me when I say this is a nice feature and gets you to talk with people who are just like you!

As you all know I am an MMO whore. What that means is that I’m not one of those people who will just stick with one MMO and play that until the cows come home. For all you WOW addicts who have played it for hours on end, I’ve been there and grinding away at levels like that isn’t a whole lot of fun! You have to diversify and get your head out from under the $14.95 per month rock!

There is a whole world out there of FREE MMO’s, some common ones are:

• FlyFF
• Guild Wars
• HellGate London

Just to name a few. And as most of you know my friends and I are always out there looking for the next best thing to get ourselves into. So most of the times, that means we have extra big hard drives, in order to keep all the games that we have currently installed (thank GOD for the price in disks being as low as it has been)!

So what’s new? I’ll tell you, there is a new game out there that everyone should check out. It’s call Archlord, and it’s put out by an outfit that I’ve not heard of before, Codemasters, but wow, what a great job they did on this game!

This game will remind you a lot of say Silkroad in the game play and movement. The game has an auction function similar to World of Warcraft, so trading and the game economy really has a chance of taking off, and the skill tree has similar stylings of Universe at War and Eve Online.

All in all, go find yourself an internet connection and download this awesome game! Once you get yourself hooked on free MMO’s you’ll think twice before returning to a paid one.