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World of Warcraft 1=60 in 20 minutes or less!

2008-09-01T19:30:00.003-05:00

1-60 in 20 minutes video

Brian Kopp has done it in 20 minutes. I have heard of others doing it even faster! Level from 1-60 in less time it takes to get a pizza, gotta love it!

This is done by using the Recruit-a-Friend Program and you DO still have to run a character from 1-60 the normal way (with 3x xp) but with this program one could make ALOT of level 60 farmers and backups real fast :)

1 Million NX!!!

2008-08-02T04:50:00.003-05:00

Finally hit 1 million NX by using the MTS only. Posting a screenshot for some friends :)

Blizzard Games on Sale at Amazon.com

2008-07-22T14:51:00.001-05:00

On Wednesday, July 23, 2008, Blizzard video games will be featured in the Amazon.com Gold Box. The identities of each deal will be revealed one at a time.

Here's how it will work:

* At 12:01 AM PST the first deal will be the Gold Box Deal of the Day. Its special discounted price will be available all day only on Wednesday, July 23 (or until we run out.)
* Starting at 6:00 AM PST, the second deal will be featured as a Lightning Deal. This special price will be available for the following four hours.
* Each of the remaining deals will also be Lightning Deals. Starting every four hours that follow at 10:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 6:00 PM PST each deal will be available for four hours after it begins.
* Discounts on each deal will be available only while supplies last.
* Learn more about Gold Box Deals at Amazon.com .

Recent World of Warcraft News

2008-06-25T03:47:00.001-05:00

Fire Festival Begins - Players will have the chance to participate in the Fire Festival Activities from June 21st through July 5th. So enjoy these new quests, and one new boss, Lord Ahune while you can!
Season 4 Begins!!! - After a few weeks of players having access to the highest level gear in the game from Kil'jaeden Blizzard decided to release all the new gear that comes with Season 4! Players should be extremely excited for this new season, as the level of gear is a significant increase for PvP and PvE purposes. I know I can't wait to spend my saved arena points on some awesome new gear. However I am sad to surrender my 2,000 rating which I will have to build up again!
No Beta testers Yet! - Blizzard has not opened up Wrath of the Lich King for beta testers yet. So if you are receiving e-mails guaranteeing you will get into the beta they are a scam, and plan to steal your account! Be aware, and remember that Blizzard will never ask you for your account details such as your password, EVER!
Patch 2.4.3 available on the PTR - Blizzard has launched 2.4.3 to the PTR, so get over and transfer your characters on and start practicing the new boss Lord Ahune for the Fire Festival.
Magister's Terrace Nerfed -Players will find most of the trash to be significantly easier now. Most importantly the Glaive Throw stun was removed, along with reduced damage output from nearly every dangerous trash mob found inside Magister's Terrace. Some boss fights were also nerfed, Vexallus was actually brought down to what I think is on par with his place in the dungeon. The Princess Delrissa fight was also nerfed by lowering the damage of the rogue and warrior, so this fight should be cake now as they were the only dangerous ones anyway!
Eredar Twins Loot Increased - Now the Eredar twins will drop the increased loot no matter which order you kill them in. So happy sunmoting!!!
Raid Instance Summoning Bug Fixed - Players can now be summoned to a raid instance from a heroic dungeon. This will be a nice feature for those just wrapping up a daily heroic when the raid is starting.
Curse of Elements / Shadows Changes in 2.4.3 - Curse of Shadows has been removed and Curse of Elements now includes damage increases for Arcane and Shadow damage also. This will reduce the stigma of having to bring 3 to 4 warlocks to each and every raid!
Haris Pilton Bag and Jewelry Seller Extraordinaire in 2.4.3! - You have got to love Blizzard's sense of humor, and their willingness to give players what they ask for. Haris Pilton will offer players the right to buy 22 slot bags, albeit for a hefty price of 1,200 gold. This is another measure to pull gold out of the highly inflated economy, since they were not quite prepared for the huge influx of gold the daily quests would yield. I know I have 4,800 gold waiting to buy 4 of these for my druid!!! This is not a limited supply item either, so start saving right away!! They are BoE, so the really rich players can buy them for their bank alts too!

Maple Story Chaos Scrolls Tested

2008-06-23T21:58:00.005-05:00

So I had some extra mesos to burn and decided to try out the new Chaos Scrolls in Maple Story that were introduced in v0.56 on GMS.

Luckily for me the scroll worked, sorta.

http://www.mmoexchange.com/images/ChaosBefore.jpg

http://www.mmoexchange.com/images/ChaosAfter.jpg

As you can see the scroll did work, maple leaf over my head, BUT the scroll had negative effects on the FaceStompers.

The rumor had been that it can add or subtract 1 3 or 5 stats total but in this example we can plainly see that it subtracted 8 stats total so that rumor has been proven false.

Now the big question is whether or not it can ADD 8 stats total! That would be some awesome items if it can.

World of Warcraft Botting Crackdown

2008-05-23T10:28:00.002-05:00

It looks like Blizzard has taken the ban hammer out and struck down as many botters as they could. Initial reports show that they did not use the usual Warden update but instead loaded some code in a recent patch to allow them to detect who was using bots and who was not.

Reading the message boards at the popular bot sites it looks like they figured out how they did it and promise to be more vigilant in future patches to look for this kind of sneakiness from Blizzard.

It does not look like this has affected most of our suppliers as we are still filling orders at a blazing rate of less than 1 hour for over 95% of the orders on GamerTex.com and its affiliates.

World of Warcraft Updates

2008-04-23T12:10:00.001-05:00

Just some information I ran across I thought I would pass along:

Epic Gems Only 10 Badges - When Proudmoore reached Phase 4 of the Shattered Sun offensive, the epic gems became viewable on the Armory. For right now it looks like the cost of the epic gems has been reduced from 15 to 10 Badges. This is not confirmed on live servers, and you should wait to get overly excited until Proudmoore or another server close behind them finishes the Alchemy lab and can buy the gems.
Wrath of the Lich King: Alpha Testing - Blizzard began Alpha testing for the expansion this past week. Alpha testing only includes blizzard employees for the most part, and all participating members have had to sign a Non-disclosure Agreement. It is extremely doubtful we will even get a single screenshot leak from Alpha testing. We will keep you informed on beta testing, it should be coming sometime in the near future!
Agamath, The First Gate Now Open - Blizzard opened up the first gate inside Sunwell Plateau, this gives players access to a new boss called the Twin Eredar. Nihilum registered the world first kill earlier this week, with Premonition registering the US first kill the very next day. Congratulations to both guilds!
Onyxia Attunement will not be Removed - Players will have to keep killing Rend and Drakkisath for their Onyxia Attunement, Blizzard stated this week they have no intentions of changing the requirements for this Raid encounter. Many players now use this encounter as a way to make some extra gold each week, and since the quest line is such a pain they were hoping for a change to the attunement.
Thori'dal, the Stars Fury Preview - This is the Legendary bow that will presumably drop from Kil'jaeden in the Sunwell Plateau. It looks as if the arrows you shoot will have a glowing effect that is really cool. You can check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKbB7BrdFOE.
Arena Tournament Realms Bug - It seems that Blizzard forgot to allow Tauren Druids to train Cure Poison on the Tournament Realms. They also said that it will not be fixed for quite some time, if it is fixed at all. This is a slight nerf, but druids will mainly use Abolish Poison anyway in most cases. However it is nice to Abolish then Cure Poison spam to strip off poisons really fast.
Season 4 Rating Requirements - It was also discovered this week by looking through the Armory that Season 4 Shoulders will require a 2200 Personal rating. I have talked to a lot of the top arena players and have not found a single person who thinks this is a reasonable requirement. In fact, one player stated that he received Gladiator with a 2306 rating. Also if you look at the top 20 teams in each battlegroup for 5v5 they are barely over the 2200 rating! So Blizzard only wants the top 20 teams to get shoulders, expect this to get lowered before season 4 is released.

Do Not AC in Maple Story

2008-04-18T11:08:00.003-05:00

This was sent to me by one of my buddies. Enjoy :)

Warcraft Want List Consolidated

2008-04-17T23:22:00.002-05:00

We have consolidated our World of Warcraft needs list. We prefer all deliveries to be done via trade (face2face) In the case of the customer not being online, please check with a Live Chat agent to make sure the order is cleared for mail delivery.

Thank You again for all of your input and support while we grow :)

P.S. Even more games will be added ASAP.

VIP Rates for All this weekend at mmoExchange.com

2008-03-14T09:08:00.001-05:00

All orders this week will be filled at VIP rates at mmoExchange.com. On top of that all orders WILL count towards VIP status in the future :)

Maples Story Adds 4th Job

2008-03-09T06:30:00.000-05:00

Los Angeles, CA - January 23, 2007 - Nexon America Inc., is delivering a new dimension for hardcore MapleStory players with the addition of a fourth job, which launched today. The 4th Job represents an elite tier which can only be reached through completion of rigorous class requirements demanded by a character's three previous jobs. Nexon America recognizes the importance of rewarding and involving its most dedicated players and only a small sample of the over five million MapleStory players will have reached a high enough level to achieve the 4th Job, which begins this week. But everyone will appreciate the multitude of enhancements made to the user interface.

MapleStory is largely celebrated for its lively and energetic community, evidenced by the millions of quirky and colorful characters, abundant guilds, comical YouTube manifestations of Nexon's MapleStory commercials, and a hyperactive forum complete with users who post photos of self-concocted MapleStory-themed desserts and costumes among their many posts. It's MapleStory's compelling and deep game play which drives new and existing players to the MapleWorld. The addition of the 4th Job provides further depth to an already intricate and complex game.

Players will appreciate a new meter, which will show how many hit points it will take to defeat an enemy. Items will also be easier to use with the automatic item organizer and a new world map should help Maplers have a better sense of direction while traveling the heavily-populated MapleWorld.

Also being introduced with the 4th Job update is the town of Leafre, a region dedicated to experienced (Level 100+) MapleStory players. At Leafre, players can find new upgrades for some of the game's more powerful weapons and also party with other elite players. MapleStory's most fearsome monsters will be found in the region as well, including the infamous Horntail, a monster renowned for its ability to defeat brave Maplers. Leafre offers a home and hunting ground for players in search of new friends and challenges.

Buying More Games

2008-03-05T18:27:00.002-06:00

mmoExchange to add more games in coming weeks! On top of being one of the Largest World of Warcraft Gold Buyers we will start buying more games in. Here is a peek at the list we will be buying from.

Complete Game List:

Eve Online
EverQuest
Everquest 2
Final Fantasy XI (US)
Guild Wars
Hellgate London
Lineage 2
Lord of the Rings Online - EU
Lord of the Rings Online - US
Maple Story EURO
Maple Story USA
Pirates of the Burning Sea EU
Pirates of the Burning Sea US
Star Wars Galaxies
World of Warcraft (EURO)
World of Warcraft (US)

Super Fast Delivery Times at GamerTex.com

2008-02-25T15:31:00.003-06:00

Looks like over 95% of our farm team is back online and working full steam after the Holidays have finished up.

Delivery Times on World of Warcraft are at 98% less than 1 hour for our regular customers.

Everquest EQ2 and Lord of the Rings Online deliveries are approaching 95% instant delivery as well.

Maple Story, Dungeons and Dragons Online and Anarchy Online are at 90% delivery rates of less than 1 hour.

The rest of the games we supply at currently rated at 99% less than 24 hours, due to the nature of deliveries in each game.

Prices are dropping back down on World of Warcraft as we get back into the daily grind and start ramping up for the new World of Warcraft Expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.

Happy Gaming!

Turbine And Tolkien Enterprises Extend Relationship

2008-02-22T10:22:00.000-06:00

Turbine, Inc. announced that in the wake of the global success of The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, named the 2007 PC Game of the Year*, it has reached an agreement with Tolkien Enterprises to extend it’s license to develop Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPG) based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien to 2014 with additional options to extend the rights until 2017.

“We’re thrilled with the global success of The Lord of the Rings Online since its launch in 2007,” said Jim Crowley, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc. “With the recent announcement of what are sure to be two blockbuster films based on The Hobbit and a sequel, we expect the success of the license and our relationship with Tolkien Enterprises to grow for years to come.”

“We have had a wonderful working relationship with Turbine over the past several years,” said Albert M. Bendich, Executive Vice President of The Saul Zaentz Company, and its merchandising division Tolkien Enterprises. “We look forward to our continuing success with Turbine as it pushes the envelope for compelling online entertainment and gameplay to bring the compelling characters of Middle-earth to life for Tolkien fans around the world.”

Area:Rhunendin - LOTRO Lorebook

2008-02-19T12:25:00.001-06:00

"When Eärnur and Glorfindel drove the hosts of Angmar from the fallen North-kingdom, they eradicated the Angmarim west of the Misty Mountains. A short time later, however, the ancestors of the Rohirrim pressed northward on the far side of the mountains and drove the remaining Angmarim back into their former realm, though they were now scattered and few. Over the long years, the remnants of Angmar began to multiply and grow strong again, and built towns and villages once more.

Rhunendin is one such town, guarding the western approach to the Witch-king’s former capital of Carn Dûm. The Angmarim remain faithful to their banished lord and serve his Steward, Mordirith, called the False King by the Hill-men who also dwell in Angmar. Rhunendin is a mighty bastion against those who would overthrow Angmar once more.

Rhunendin is a town created by the developers at Turbine for The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™. It, like most of Angmar, is only readily accessible by players who have achieved the highest levels in the game."

Face 2 Face Orders opened up to all Suppliers

2008-02-16T03:10:00.003-06:00

mmoExchange.com has opened up Face to Face Only orders to all suppliers. This was a perk to registered users only but we have decided to open up the list for all to see in hope of getting more US suppliers to join our team!

Face to Face orders have long been thought of as the safest way to buy and sell gold. mmoExchange has worked with the sites they supply to try and move all orders towards F2F only deliveries but alot of the larger sellers do not want to make it F2F only when mail delivery has a less than 1% redelivery rate and it much more convenient for their Chinese supplier base.

We have pushed to make it an option to all of the sites we supply so the list is growing larger every day.

While we suggest ALL orders to be delivered via trade (F2F), only orders on the F2F List are required to be delivered via trade.

City of Heroes Valentine Celebrations

2008-02-14T22:01:00.001-06:00

City of Heroes Valentine Celebrations: "Spring Flign Begins!

Ganymede, Emissary of the God Eros, awards the Nectar temporary power to those who prove worthy.

Valentine’s Day also kicks off this year’s annual Spring Fling event, including DJ Zero’s Pocket D Jubilee. Just head over to Pocket D, the space between Paragon and the Rogue Isles™, where DJ Zero will be playing host again. Ganymede, Emissary of the God Eros, will be back, hoping to harness the primordial force of love, allowing Hero and Villain alike to lay down arms and join together to complete a host of missions.

Outside of the Pocket D, and in conjunction with the live Wedding event, players will find new Hero and Villain contacts in Atlas Park™ and Mercy Island. Sela Vermont, wedding coordinator of Manticore and Sister Psyche, sends Heroes on a special wedding gift reconnaissance mission while Zev Scalamore, under direction of Arachnos, enlists Villains to do his dirty work.

Event Timing:
Start: Thursday, February 14th,
8:59am PST / 11:59am EST

Finish: Thursday, February 28th,
8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST

Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational

2008-02-13T23:42:00.002-06:00

Looks like we may be going to Paris for a mini Blizcon!!

"This year's Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational is coming to the Porte de Versailles Exposition Center in Paris, France on June 28-29. Top StarCraft, Warcraft III, and World of Warcraft players will duke it out for supremacy and cash prizes in eSports tournaments, and all attendees will be able to enjoy discussion panels, signings, musical performances, and more. In addition, StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King will be playable by everyone on the show floor.

For much more information on the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational, check out the press release and visit the official website. We look forward to seeing you there, but if you’re unable to make it out to Paris in June, we’ll be providing live coverage on the official website throughout the weekend of the event.

Press release: http://www.blizzard.co.uk/press/080211.shtml
Official website: http://eu.blizzard.com/wwi08/

FAQ: http://eu.blizzard.com/wwi08/faq.xml"

World of Warcraft Gold sell prices over $40/1000g

2008-02-13T04:42:00.002-06:00

The Chinese farmers are starting to trickle back in from the Lunar New Year Holiday but we decided to lower our prices slower than other sites to help our suppliers sell off whatever they can before the prices go back into the mid $20/1000g range.

As always, Face2Face Required delivery orders are paid at a higher rate.

All other orders can be delivered via Trade or Mail (Trade Preferred)

Also check our our EU F2F and Direct Delivery Sections.

Tabula Rasa Weekend Update

2008-02-11T16:39:00.000-06:00

Tabula Rasa Weekend Update

1.5 Update
As many of you have noticed, we've been handing out small patch note previews in our Feedback Friday and Weekend Wrapup articles. Unfortunately, with this advanced sneak peek comes the chance that a particular feature may not make it into the game with the next patch. Such is the case with the announcement of Safe Zones in last week's Weekend Wrapup. We are still working out several issues with this feature and hope to have it soon in an upcoming patch, but it will not be in 1.5.

Events Over The Weekend

Blind Race Event
The first ever Blind Race Event was held this Saturday on the Pegasus Server. Each two player team consisted of a coach and a 'blind' player (monitors were turned off). The teams maneuvered through Wilderness, Divide, and Plains, stopping through several checkpoints throughout the event.

2nd Place = Fuzzball coaching runner Kenley
3rd Place = Critters coaching runner Machka
4th Place = Wombat coaching runner Cappibarra

Check out this video footage of the race by Kamarov.
Link: Blind Race Event Video

Guide to making thousands of Gold a day in World of Warcraft

2008-02-10T23:28:00.001-06:00

Here is a guide that one of our suppliers has let us know about and told me I could let others know about it. This can be used for other motes besides Motes of Air as well!

Required: Engineering skill 350

First, build yourself a Zapthrottle Mote Extractor or buy it from another Engineer

Second, get Furious Gizmatic Goggles or any other of type of goggles with the "Equip: Shows the location of all nearby gas clouds on the minimap" effect on it

Finally, equip your Goggles and fly all around Zangamarsh. Ever since patch 2.3 there are so many "windy clouds" and with your mote extractor you get 3-5 motes of air from every cloud you find (your goggles shows them on the minimap AND it stacks with the herbalism or mining search effect!)

Reports of 125+ Primal Air in 9 hours have been reported as common.

The red points respawn after I have made one cycle so it is very easily repeatable for hours on end.

Gold Prices rise yet again

2008-02-09T03:42:00.000-06:00

We have raised the buy rates on World of Warcraft Gold for the weekend to try and fill a bunch of back orders. The main problem is alot of these orders were placed before the gold rates went up so the more we raise rates the more money we lose. I am trying to work a balance with all the sites we supply so the pain will be small for everyone and the customers can still get their gold!

In the mean time...

Gold Sellers: Times are good! Be sure to stock up on CD and Burning Crusade keys!

Gold Buyers: You may have to wait until after March 1st for rates to get back down to under $50/1000g

The Road to v1.1: Ship Combat Accuracy Improvements

2008-02-08T22:30:00.000-06:00

Version 1.1 has been published to our Testbed server and will be coming to the live servers next week. There’s a ship tuning change in this patch that’s significant enough to receive its own devlog.

Recently, it’s become apparent that there’s a problem in the cannon accuracy settings. The numbers are off by small amounts in several areas. Once they’re all added together, the compounding numbers make it so that many small and medium ships will win a straight up broadside exchange against large ships at close-medium range. While it’s important for small ships to be valuable, your first double-decker warship should not lose to a small ship in a close-range slugfest. We’re making numerous changes to accuracy values to help address this issue.

Here’s a list of the main changes:

-Added a small amount (1-4) of target tracking to the smaller guns. (Target tracking reduces the penalties caused by the relative motion of you and your target.)
-Added +2 accuracy to all guns when at maximum range.
-Added a small amount (1-2) of mid range accuracy to mid-heavy guns.
-Reduced small/medium ship defense by 4.
-Added +2 damage resistance to large, huge and colossal ships.
-Made small adjustments to target tracking, mainly on the mid to upper range ships. Most noticable on the Raa.
-Slightly reduced the relative motion accuracy penalty.
-Slightly extended out the range at which we start applying relative motion penalties.
-Decreased the defense of the MC La Belle. It was receiving its defense bonus plus the defense bonus of the regular La Belle. But even with this correction, it’s still the highest-defense ship in the game.
-Reduced the DR of some ships (such as the Cruizer) that were set too high due to having their size reduced recently
-Increased the defense for third rate and above line ships (they are still very easy to hit)
-Slightly increased the defense for some mid-range and high-end ships.

We still want small and medium ships to be harder to hit, and they’re particularly good in combination with defense buffs. They should be effective in PvP, but they should have to be cautious when theyre close to bigger ships. Upgrading to a typical large ship, like the Stralsund, should feel like you’re in a sturdier ship. This change isnt only about small ships beating large ships at close range. It also impacts fights with small vs small ships by improving their overall accuracy against each other.

This is the kind of change that will require a lot of testing, so be sure to hop on testbed and give us your feedback. Is it too much? Not enough? We’re prepared to make adjustments as necessary, so let us know what you think and stay tuned

Warcraft Gold Prices Going Up

2008-02-08T06:37:00.000-06:00

Looks like the Chinese Lunar New Year is pressuring World of Warcraft gold prices upward again. I expect this trend to last at least 2 weeks even though the holiday will be over before well before that time.

Steam Reaches 15 Million Accounts

2008-02-08T06:16:00.000-06:00

Leading Platform for PC Games Building Phenomenal Annual Growth

February 7, 2008 - Valve® today announced that Steam®, a leading platform for PC games and digital entertainment, has surpassed 15 million accounts and realized year-over-year sales growth of 158% through the holiday season. The year also marked the debut of the Steam Community and launch of several best-selling and critically-acclaimed titles such as Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, and The Orange Box. Throughout 2008 more Community features will be introduced to support existing games as well as new titles such as Valve's Left 4 Dead.

Also new for Steam in 2008 is Steamworks, giving game developers access to game features and services available on Steam ranging from product key authentication and copy protection to auto-updating, social networking and matchmaking. Most importantly, the game features and services available in Steamworks are free of charge and can be used for both electronic and tangible versions of games.

'PC gaming is thriving, and has evolved into an era of constant connectivity,' said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. 'That connectivity gives us the ability to have a much better relationship with customers, not just for delivering our games, but across all aspects of our business - including the design, development, and support of our games. Features like Guest Passes, Free Weekends, Gifting, and the Steam Community have been very well received both by customers and the developers who are using Steam. We are accelerating our release of new functionality in the next year as well as finding new ways to work with our partners such as the release of Steamworks, which allows them to bring the many benefits of Steam to their packaged products."