The economy is faring no better than a 3 legged cat chasing an invisible mouse across a frozen lake.  I don’t know about your struggles to keep up, but I’m failing miserably.  This makes choosing a new game to drop 50-60 bucks on a big decision.

If it weren’t for a buddy who loaned me his 360, I wouldn’t even be able to touch the games that keep charging extra for all that DLC.  I’m starting to watch the titles fly by, followed by a tidal wave of pissing and moaning- one great orchestra of disappointment- from friends who keep paying  for new maps and new levels that were barely worth the money.

(Continued from Part 2: Where's my next MMO: The Teet of WoW)

So what does the future hold for us mmorpg fans? I see Aion on the horizon which appears to be gaining a ton of attention, and a few others that might be what I’m looking for... but probably not. We need something ground breaking for the genre, something to change the way people are currently developing mmo’s. Something new and original, something we’ve never seen before. Games like this don’t come around too often, but they do exist, and it’s about time we see a game like this make an appearance in the mmo genre.

(Continued from Part 1: Where's my next MMO: The Begining) 
Oh and what a sweet teet it was. I remember running around in the Elwynn Forest as a noob just being amazed at how it blew away all those free Korean mmorpg’s. My char was a human paladin, which at the time wasn’t a terrible character to roll. As I progressed through the game, I began to realize that WoW is an extremely easy game to play. Pretty much anyone could just pick it up and start playing with little knowledge of mmo’s. When I got to lvl 60, I raided, I worked on my mining and blacksmithing skills so I could craft some sweet weapons and armor. WoW had so much to offer an mmo noob like me, and I suckled the crap out it. I worked hard for that purple epic gear and like a no wiper crap, I loved every minute of it.

For the last 2 years I’ve been asking myself this question.  While I hang on to the threads that are vaporware, watching videos of Star Wars: TOR and various other mmos that seemingly will never be released.  I wonder if maybe I’ve gotten too old for this gaming genre, too busy, as I listen to a 12 year old curse at me while calling for a medic and running in the other direction.  One thing is for sure though, I miss my mmorpgs, I miss the guilds, the late night raids, the friendships, the camaraderie , the excitement, and even the boringness of them at times.

Martial Power has no doubt been out for a while now. So for my first review I'm going to review Martial Power. As for the book itself... I have to say it's pretty solid. It may help to understand the 4th Edition strategy, which seems to me is releasing base classes in the PHBs, throwing one in a campaign setting, and expanding all those options in Power books. Martial Power is the end all be all book for Martial classes, which includes the iconic Fighter, Rogue, and the Ranger and Warlord. I'll be judging each class seperately in this review.

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