Plenty, Jake Neri gave an interview to MMORPG in it he began talking about the development process and how they know there are a lot of expectations for the release of SWTOR.

No matter what group you are a part of, how many friends you have, how established you are in the group, and how much everyone loves your character, you will get left out of RP . Other people will write stories in which you will not participate, and they will be awesome and amazing, and you will want to play too, but you won’t be invited, even if you ask. People will leave RP gatherings to do things “in private” and you will get left behind at the bar with nothing to do.

Alright folks – time for another Ask Anna question.

In the open Sunday thread Void expressed his opinion that most MMORPGs either cost $15 a month, or are Free2Play, and wondered why there was no middle ground. That seems to be a common enough thought, Syp from Bio Break just posted about Cryptic games not being worth $15 per month and suggested they go Free2Play instead

Cozmo from GTFOOTF pointed out that so many of us bloggers are playing Wow in some new or different wa y to maintain our motivations to keep playing, and speaking to Kiwired from One of these Alts  who has rolled even more Alts with SAN – how SAN   ( Single Abstract Noun ) has come about at the right time for him to fill in the gaps between now and the expansion. Alts – Special projects – who will survive this downturn – or shall we see more Phoenix raiders ‘die’ and then resurrect in time for the expansion with grand stories of other games, and stuff like real life stories.  The result of a current case of Altolism or Is it ADD is now a Level 20 Shammy – I’m feeling a little guilty

Videogamer.com EA drops fat cash on The Old Republic CrunchGear (blog) What’s it going to take to dethrone World of Warcraft ? One of two things, I’d say: one, an asteroid smashing directly … World of Warcraft Will Not Move to the Xbox 360 and PS3 Softpedia Star Wars: The Old Republic is EA’s Most Expensive Project Ever Terminal Gamer Star Wars: The Old Republic EA’s Most Expensive Game Ever Ve3d.com MTV.com (blog) ?- Kotaku.com (blog) ?- 411mania.com all 12 news articles??

Your Turn: Brand extension The Age (blog) You surely know the eventual outcome of this release, but during its development, there was no guarantee of success for World of Warcraft . …

Last week, we talked about ways to add flaws to your roleplay character. These flaws have the benefit of providing realistic depth and humanity to characters which might otherwise feel too “perfect” for believability. (Well, as believable as a magic-wielding orc would be.) The idea is that the depth and development creates a more full, well-rounded personality.

Frostheim’s put together a fantastic analysis of hunter set bonuses in his Scattered Shots column over at WoW.com. For those of you curious as to which set bonuses to go for, this is a must read

We see a fair amount of pining for “the way things used to be” in this community — rose-colored hindsight that is, by all accounts, horribly wrong . Maybe you enjoyed the sense of wonder upon going through the game the first time

MTV.com (blog) Activision SEC filing mentions Diablo ’sequels’ Joystiq (blog) First we learned that the company ousted the heads of Infinity Ward, then we saw World of Warcraft listed as a potential risk and now we have word that … Diablo “sequels” in development Computerandvideogames.com Is more than one Diablo sequel in development

Co-Optimus.com Diablo “sequels” in development Computerandvideogames.com A section from the stupidly lengthy document reads: “Blizzard has released two expansion packs to World of Warcraft ; World of Warcraft : The Burning Crusade …

Frozen Orbs matter again. Come Patch 3.3.3, Frozo will be exchanging your frozen orbs for crafting materials used in some of the better Pre-ICC craftables. It is prudent, then, in my mind, to inform the greater playerbase at large about this development

Blizzard Development Team member Eyonix revealed yesterday how Blizzard will be completely overhauling equipment for Cataclysm, World of Warcraft’s third expansion.

One last question from the open Sunday thread, then I think I answered them all. Void asked: “I would like to see you post about what MMOs could learn from single player games.

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In the open Sunday thread there was a question why some people, and me in specific, don’t like PvP. Well, I can give you my reasons, and some general considerations. And while I don’t claim to speak for everybody, it has to be remarked that all non-consentual PvP games have done extremely badly in the history of MMORPGs

Patch 3.3.3 will be bringing about some welcome changes in the user interface , instances , and those pesky frozen orbs you can never get rid of , but it looks like they aren’t the only things getting an overhaul. Fishing around in the PTR files found some new models as well. Two new mounts have been added to the game files, the Blazing Hippogryph and the Wooly White Rhino.

USA Today Press Start: Activision CEO speaks out; why all the ‘Alan Wake’ delays? USA Today Among his comments: regrets over not buying World of Warcraft studio Blizzard sooner and failing to check out a project at one studio with the code name … Kotick announces Activision indie game development prize NetworkWorld.com Activision CEO Bobby Kotick gets introspective at DICE, shares business regrets Joystiq (blog) Bobby Kotick, Warm and Fuzzy, Defends Notorious No-Fun Statements Kotaku.com (blog) IGN all 32 news articles??

Next Raid Encounter will probably the Ruby Sanctum There is a nice interview of Tom Chilton (Kalgan) on Gameinformer.com . We learn a couple of new things here, including an almost-confirmed upcoming single-boss raid encounter: The Ruby Sanctum in the Chamber of Aspects under the Wyrmrest Temple. The Dungeon Finder tool might be extended “at the very least” to 10-person raids at some point in the future.