Coming out of August, I didn’t think that this fall was going to be as crazy as it’s shaping up to be. Week after week over this past month, I’ve had to continually revise my gaming “dance card,” so to speak, due to all of the developments and date announcements.
What’s even nuttier is that a lot is converging upon November. New World’s fresh start servers are arriving at the start of the month, followed closely by LOTRO’s Before the Shadow. Both of those are coming post-patches that introduce elements that I’ve been waiting for (New World’s new leveling experience, LOTRO’s Hobbit Lore-master) but I’ve held off because I also want the full package.
I’m a little more grumpy with New World for delaying the servers for two weeks after Brimstone Sands — it would work out a lot better for me to jump in the middle of October to stagger things out. Now I’m looking forward to two new characters in two games vying for equal attention.
And that attention may get even more split thanks to another big November release, which is Dragonflight. No, I really didn’t think I’d be anywhere near that orbit, but it’s hard to escape the undercurrent of a new WoW expansion when you’ve been a player for decades.
So if things break three-for-three, I might be rounding into December with a trio of MMOs and a whole lot of juggling. Hey, I’m not complaining — having more new and interesting stuff plopped into one’s lap in a short span of time is a good problem to have. And there’s always a long, long winter ahead that’ll need plenty of entertainment to fill the hours. It’s just nutty how sometimes all of this seems to converge at the same time for us fans.
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