Oh, hello there. Here you are, yet another week; welcome once more to the world of Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer (formerly Hyborian Adventures.) That’s what expansions do to game names. This week I would like to introduce you to Delinor, ex-“Lord” of a guild in AoC. No, don’t be mistaken, she is not a man; little Deli is a girl, a bird, a woman, a lass. Call her what you want, she definitely is not male. So why on earth do the titles of the different guild government types not change when gender does? It doesn’t make sense at all. Particularly when the tips and tutorial of the game clearly specify that ranks can be customized when, in fact, they can’t be.  But we’ll come back to this point later.

Let’s follow Deli in her ordeal through various events where the words that gave this article its title kept springing to mind…

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Trion Worlds is living exciting days, as Rift: Planes of Telara entered its first closed beta phase last December 3^th, with the successful private event Rise of the Defiant. Now, in addition to all the hype generated by these private beta events, the new Plane of Earth has been revealed, joining the ranks of the other planes announced in the past.

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New information revealed about burda:ic’s free-to-play MMO ARGO Online as we get a look at the Floresslah faction with a trailer and details about the faction’s classes. The trailer introduces us with the Floresslah and their struggle to restore the world Millennia after being destroyed by the wars of mankind. The Floresslah seek to rebuild the world as one with full symbiosis with nature as they fight against the Noblians who believe the world should be rebuilt based on technology. The revealed 8 classes to choose from as Floresslah are: Tauri, Defenders, Elementarists, Warlocks, Saggitarii, Rogues, Shamans, and Druids. Full details on each class can be found in the Floresslah section in the game’s teaser site.

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Each Wizard101 account (that means F2P or member) allows for six characters. What does this mean to F2P (free-to-play) account holders? Every account holder can explore the free content through the eyes of each of the seven primary schools of magic at Ravenwood. How so, you may ask? There is no fee to delete a character and/or create a new one, at any time, over and over.*

Each of the seven primary schools of magic provides suprisingly different content. Each school has a different professor, classroom, benefits and drawbacks. Students are sent on unique quests to earn spells from their primary school that aren’t available through the use of training points, and therefore are exclusive to that school. There’s not much that can be said without spoiling game content, but I can say that students of the Life School visit Golem Tower for a different reason than students of the Ice School! Future columns will discuss each school in detail.

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Guardians of the Vigil, the second closed beta event for Rift: Planes of Telara, the upcoming MMO of Trion Worlds, will start next December 17^th. This by-invitation-only event, will feature the first 2o levels of play and is scheduled to start at 10am PST, running through December 20^th at 10am PST.

“Players will be reborn as Ascended souls of the Vigil, prophesized to put an end to the tyrant Aedraxis and his plan to sacrifice the world to Regulos. Save the forest of Silverwood from the war between fiery minions of chaos and the corrupted followers of the elven prince Hylas. Venture into the Realm of the Fae to break the hold that Greenscale’s lieutenant Lord Twyl has over the ancient home of the elves.”

If you have a VIP beta key, you can enjoy the whole beta events process, if not, you’re still in time to apply for a beta key on the official website of the game. Good luck.

First event, Rise of the Defiant was a success, now the Beta Event 2 Guardians of the Vigil comes and Rift gets closer to final release.

Perfect World Entertainment has just recently revealed occupations for its upcoming MMO Forsaken World. These are the different “trade-skills” you can choose on this game, having 14 different ones to fill all your needings, regarding crafting and other professions. You’ll be able to learn fishing, read the future through astrology, gain access to hidden quests or craft your own weapons and armor.

Some of these occupations are gained automatically when you level up, but others are locked. To unlock these ones, you’ll need to complete quest line sections that will grant you job points. Each quest line section completed will reward you with a job point, which can be spent to unlock an occupation of your choice.

You’ll need to do some planning, as you won’t be able to choose all occupations, so you better choose wisely, depending on your class and your personal likings.

You can read the official notes on the website of the game, as well of sign for the beta phase currently running. Go and try the Forsaken World occupations and throw yourself into the “trade-skills” world.

Pew Pew! last week burda:ic announced a teaser site for their upcoming Steampunk MMO ARGO Online and now the registration for the closed beta testing, which is expected somewhere in Q1 of 2011, has already begun.

ARGO Online takes place in a world destroyed by war which two opposing factions set to restore:the Noblian and the Floresslah as each faction holds a different viewpoint on this should be done. The Noblian believe in a world dominated by technology and the Floresslah believe in nature. The game offers eight different classes for each faction: the Noblian faction classes are Medic, Warrior, Paladin, Chaser, Guardian, Bomber, Explorer and Scholar; The teaser site offers information regarding each class in its “Noblian” section as details about the Floresslah will be “Coming Soon”. The system specs for the beta are inviting as most computers will be able to handle them, if you want to help to test the game head over to the closed beta page here.

As the upcoming release of FunCom’s Bloodline Champions approaches with the end of the year, more bloodlines are revealed to the gamers. Eager PvPers will be able to enjoy a wide variety of bloodlines (classes/characters) with which confront other gamers in this arena based MMO developed by Stunlock Studios.

So let’s have a look at the two new Bloodline Champions classes revealed over the last few days: Stalker and Guardian, though there is yet more to come very soon. Watch the video about the latest one, the Guardian, which also is the first female tank available.

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Today is the day. Digital reality and Twisted Tribe launched the closed beta phase for their free-to-play browser-based MMO Nadirim. As this wasn’t enough, yesterday a new class was announced: the Ruffian, coming to join the other classes presented a while ago and giving players another option on the role to take, once into the game.

The Nadirim approach to the “rogue-like” class is to make Ruffians some kind of shady heroes, instead of being villains, eager for fortune. They are not afraid of doing the dirt job and always keep a strong free will attitude, relying on their Agility and Willpower, the attributes that better characterize this class. Tricksters, using the shadow ways of the Assassins, they know they can succeed where virtue and sheer power fail; this is the perfect class for all those shadowy players.

Fancy striking from the shadows? Have a look at the Ruffian class on the official website for both male and female ruffians. If you don’t like this class, remember you can choose from other four. What I recommend is that you try all of them, help the devs make a better game during the beta and then, with a good knowledge of the game, go for the class that better suits you. After that, prepare yourself, Nadirim has no nights… so you won’t sleep; and don’t worry if you’re a Ruffian, the night brings darkness but the day projects shadows.  For those interested in the Nadirim closed beta, please visit their beta signup page here.

It had been a while since we knew anything new about Jumpgate Evolution, and it is with surprise that we bring you this piece of information. Codemasters has presented a formal complaint in the federal court of San Francisco against NetDevil and Gazillion regarding the status of development of the game. Little they have revealed, simply announcing that they have initiated legal actions, as stated previously, and that in the course of the procedure other documents may reveal the position of the other parties.

Though this would not be the first time companies start this sort of actions, it is always saddening for the gaming community who is awaiting the release of a new game; but after all money is what rules and huge investments like the one Codemasters has done are bound to have repercussions if things do not go smoothly. What remains to be known is the position and version of the other two parties from we know nothing at the moment.