The Next Month And Onwards
So far this has been an entertaining hobby and there have certainly been release and betas to use as fodder for out loud thinking. Guild Wars 2 may be temporarily on hold as I catch up with Mists of Pandaria, and as the PvP at this very moment doesn't interest me. I'll definitely get back to levelling/PvP'ing in GW2 eventually, but Pandas and Betas are taking priority for the moment.
Planetside 2 is still something I like dipping into frequently, an hour or two here and there. The upcoming server reduction for beta will make it better, given the current problems with one faction on a server generally coming out on top and beating the others back to their respective warpgates. The next update may well stop that kind of occurrence in it's tracks. The new continent is being added, along with another character wipe and a reduction in servers. From what I've noticed, I'd venture a guess that servers are capped out on players per faction, not total. So say the total for a server is around 2000 players, I'd guess it locks each faction out at around 700 players. If the servers can cap out, or almost get there, it should make for some excellent battle. And the new terrain and new continent are something to look forward to for a change of pace.
As far as Mists of Pandaria goes, they hotfixed justice point gear to no longer require reputation. I still stand by the complaint that tying valor gear into reputation is frustrating. Farming reputation and heroic dungeons is enough of a pain in the ass without tying the two together like that. Regardless, I'm trying to focus what time I have to play towards reputation for the moment. Dailies... Seriously boring, but unfortunately there is a price to pay for wanting to raid in a timely manner. The temptation to just throw my hands up and be done with it is a little higher than it was at the beginning of Cataclysm, but I am curious about the raid content this expansion. If it turns out to be utter rubbish, well, I'll have more time for my Mesmer.
For everything else in the near future, closed beta is closed beta and heavily NDA'ed, which covers at least two things I'm currently playing and having fun with. As to things to look forward to, I still want to go back and finish all the class stories in SW:ToR, but I don't believe they've announced a date for Free to Play yet, besides "Fall sometime". The only other thing on my radar I can think of right now is the Neverwinter MMO, but I have some reservations there considering Perfect World is attached to it.
November may also be a slow month, given some previous commitments, but I imagine I'll still find the time to ramble. Especially if something new is out by then, or NDAs have been lifted.
- ED