Throne and Liberty (KR) – Server Mergers One Month Post-launch
NC announced they will be merging 18 servers down to 7 due to declining population (the other servers will remain as they are). Like many MMO's, server population is critical…
LOST ARK – This is what Gold River/Smilegate RPG Don’t Get
By primarily focusing on this item level treadmill design (because of the end game raid focus), the following casual type of experience is why a good portion of this demographic,…
ArcheAge 2024 “VISION”
Kakao Games Europe posted the translated version of the message that XLGAME's ArcheAge producer (Hae-nyung Lee) had posted regarding the games 11th year anniversary (in South Korea) as well as…
Belated Happy New Year
Besides getting re-settled back into ArcheAge (post service merge), I literally took the past few weeks off from doing most everything else that was gaming related. So there's a whole…
LOST ARK 2024 Roadmap = Great IF You Enjoy the Item Level Treadmill
This roadmap (part 1) for the first couple of months for Lost Ark, pretty much highlights why I don't see myself returning to it anytime soon (if at all). This…
ArcheAge – Pre-merge/Post-merge Property
A little over a week has passed since the service merge took place for ArcheAge Legacy and ArcheAge Unchained (with the land rush taking place a weekend ago), where the…
Gamers Need to STOP Being Gullible Suckers
I've long made my stance clear on Kickstarter and Early Access titles (I mostly stay away from them). While there are developers who are legitimately trying to obtain funding to…
Throne and Liberty – Why The “Dislike” in Korea?
Not very long after Throne and Liberty launched in South Korea, NC's official Inven (KR) forum began filling up with some pretty negative takes on the game. Some were stating…