120 *NOR/Newsletter 2026 Oct 14th

Hail*NOR/! @everyone

Fall has arrived, and there is a new realm here to explore! New OutRiders is now accepting recruits in 8 games! We haven’t had that many active realms since 2017:) Our growth and continued presence could not happen without our Branch Leaders, so a huge congratulations and Thank You to Countess Elirrind for taking the reins in Elder Scrolls Online and to Baron Briennia (Poptart), who had accepted the task of building our newest realm, World of Warcraft Forever!!

World of Warcraft: Forever is still in beta for another week or so and then resetting and launching November 4, 2026! You can find us now on the PvE mega server. We are currently Alliance, but will expand to Horde in the future, like we did in The Old Republic.

For anyone who hasn’t heard much about it, WoW: Forever is essentially Blizzard’s take on “Classic+.” It uses the original Vanilla WoW foundation, the classic 1–60 leveling experience, world, classes, and overall gameplay philosophy, but expands it with new zones, quests, dungeons, raids, race/class combinations, systems, and an ongoing roadmap of new content.

The big thing that makes Forever different from the usual Classic progression is that **the level cap stays at 60**. Instead of eventually moving on to another expansion and leaving the old world behind, Blizzard is designing Forever around horizontal progression, continuing to add things to do, collect, explore, and specialize in without simply raising the level cap every time.

Some of the announced features include:
🌎 New & expanded zones — including Zephras Isle, Riverglades, Shen’dralas, and a revamped Mount Hyjal
📜 1,000+ new quests throughout the 1–60 experience
⚔️ New dungeons and raids, including 10-, 20-, and 40-player content
🧙 New race/class combinations that weren’t possible in Vanilla
🧝 A brand-new playable race: the Skyborne
🏕️ Legacy & Campsites with account-wide progression and social/crafting elements
🎨 Optional Transmog and updated visuals while still allowing the classic look
🗺️ A continuing world that is intended to grow without raising the level cap beyond 60

The idea is basically: take the old-school WoW experience, keep the journey and community-focused gameplay, and keep expanding Azeroth instead of replacing it with another level/gear treadmill.
📺 Official announcement / info:
📖 More information: https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/forever

**If you’d be interested in playing WoW: Forever with NOR, please visit our Discord server!** <message us for the server address>

Lady Zyera and Lord Tundrra
*NOR/LY-HC & *NOR/LD-HC

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• 120 *NOR/News Elder Scrolls Online
  by Elirrind
  October 7, 2026

  

  Hail *NOR/!

  As Season One winds down, there is still plenty to explore in Tamriel. The Thieves Guild questline, Dynamic Encounters, and Favors continue to offer adventures, alongside Rumors, the Nowhere Vault, and the new High Seas of Tamriel event.
  
  Rumors, Favors, Heists, and Thieves Troves offer opportunities to collect Wondrous Nowhere Keys. Use your keys to explore the Nowhere Vault and its branches, unlock doors, and open pecial treasure chests for rewards.
  
  Want to see our guild in action inside the Nowhere Vault? Watch Brettoel’s Twitch video of our escapades!
  
  NOR Nowhere Vault Adventures
  With Update 51, Tamriel offers plenty of activities, adventures, and mysteries to keep us busy. We also have some new faces to welcome into the guild!

  New Recruits

  Please join me in welcoming our newest recruits:
  Conqueringsoul, EnocheGrey, Claraval, and VampireKnightVII
  Welcome to *NOR/! We’re glad to have you with us and look forward to adventuring alongside you in Tamriel.

  *NOR/ Content Creators

  We’re proud to spotlight two guild members who are sharing their adventures with the wider ESO community!
  
  Squire Pilos Lipsknecte
  Check out Pilos’s latest adventure on YouTube and show some *NOR/ support!
  Watch Squire Pilos Lipsknecte on YouTube
  
  Baron Brettoel
  Baron Brettoel is bringing *NOR/ to the world of live streaming on Twitch! Stop by his channel, give him a follow, and cheer him on when he’s adventuring live.
  Visit Baron Brettoel on Twitch
  
  Baron Paracelsus
  ESo Guide Links.
  
  Every view, follow, and bit of encouragement helps our creators keep sharing their adventures. If you’re a *NOR/ member creating ESO content, let us know. We’d love to spotlight your work!

  Upcoming Guild Events

  Being part of *NOR/ means you never have to face Tamriel’s challenges alone. Join your fellow guildmates for our upcoming events!
  
  Sign up through Discord #eso-event-calendar. Check the calendar for the latest event details.
  * Friday – 3 PM EST: Veteran Dungeon Crawl
  * Saturday – 3 PM EST: Normal/Veteran Trial
  
  Whether you want to tackle difficult content, learn something new, or spend time with the guild, there’s always room for another adventurer.

  Coming Next in Tamriel

  Season One is scheduled to conclude on October 21, with Season Two bringing our next round of adventures. Keep an eye on the ESO roadmap for the latest plans and updates.
  ESO Roadmap
  Season Two is expected to introduce Solo Dungeons, new Golden Pursuits, and improvements to the player experience. There are still plenty of Tamrielic adventures ahead, and *NOR/ will experience them together!

  Closing Thoughts

  As Season One comes to a close and Season Two approaches, keep your eyes and ears open for guild announcements in our *NOR/ Discord server.
  Remember, we’re all here for each other. If you need help, raise the *NOR/ flag and call out!

  Until then, Hail *NOR/!
  And I’ll see you in Tamriel!

  Countess Elirrind
  *NOR/CS-ESo Branch Leader

  

• 120 *NOR/news Final Fantasy XIV
  by Layla
  October 7, 2026

  

  Hail *NOR/!
  
  Greetings, Adventurers! Welcome to this months edition of our FC newsletter. We have a fantastic lineup of events, and exciting things to look forward to!
  
  Weekly Event Schedule
  * Tuesday Night Wing Farm: Running from 7:00PM-9:00PM ET
  * Saturday Night Social: Running from 7:00PM-9:00PM ET
  
  In-Game Highlights & What’s Next
  * All Saints’ Wake returns: Keep an eye out this month for seasonal festivities returning to Eorzea! Get your spooky glamour ready!
  
  Looking Ahead: Evercold Expansion: The journey toward the frozen realm of The Fourth is on the horizon! As we await the January 2027 release of Evercold, we can look forward to a level cap increase, two new jobs and the upcoming Evangelion crossover alliance raid.
  
  See you all in game!

  Duchess Layla Lemon
  *NOR/DC-FFxiv

  

• 120 *NOR/news Dungeons & Dragons Online
  by Yavool
  October 7, 2026

  

  Hail *NOR/!
  
  Strahd has returned…Hardcore style!
  
  On October 14th, Dungeons & Dragons Online will be releasing Update 82: “The Court of Strahd.” The most infamous Ravenloft vampire lord, Count Strahd von Zarovich, returns to DDO to exact revenge against those who had defeated him. The Mists that hold Strahd to the land of Barovia will expand into Stormreach, Eveningstar, and other areas of Xen’drik. Player characters are called upon by The Order of the Guardians to hunt and trap Strahd’s minions in special lanterns. Once the lanterns are full, The Order will exchange them for rare and wondrous rewards and Strahd will be forced out of this plane of existence.
  
  The details of how “hard” of a hardcore event The Court of Strahd will be have yet to be released by the developers. In the past, there have been options that provide player characters two choices between a true hardcore experience (i.e. permadeath one life to live) and a softer-core experience where death does not negate the ability to use the lanterns. Historically, there have been different rewards for the two types of lanterns acquired.
  
  Additionally, the Night Revels event begins this week! A crowd favorite, the quests of the Night Revels are an entertaining and spooky spin on some of DDO’s historic quests. Players gain Night Revels keys by defeating named enemies in Delera’s Graveyard and those keys open up the Night Revels quests. By completing the quests, players can collect end reward ingredients that allow unique items and cosmetics to be crafted. New items are added each year in order to keep the rewards fresh and the Night Revels quests worth running.
  
  You can find additional information about The Court of Strahd at the following website: https://www.ddo.com/news/ddo-court-of-strahd-announcement See you in-game!

  See you in-game!

  Yavool Ramnoth
  Lord and Branch Leader, *NOR/DDO – Thrane Server

  

• 120 *NOR/news Guild Wars 2
  by Sofija
  October 7, 2026

  

  Hail*NOR/ and welcome to Tyria.

  The final chapter of Visions of Eternity “Code of Creations” is out now. With it we got a new chain of masteries that let us overcharge Rifts and immediately travel to the next to help with those Rift farming events. Plus we got a Convergence, Fractal, and Raid with challenge modes now available for all 3 to test your mettle. That’s not all! We also got a new Legendary sword , Wages of Stars, to work towards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNbCOIwzw6M

  While there won’t be another new expansion until Guild Wars 3 is out next year, that doesn’t mean things are going to slow down in present day Tyria. October 13th, the doors to Realm of the Mad King open with the seasonal Shadow of the Mad King event. So get your spooky masks and bags ready to fill up with candy corn, caramel nuggets, ghostly pretzels, and more as we explore the Mad King’s Labyrinth, run races in the Mad King’s racetrack, play Mad King Says, and put your jumping skills to the ultimate test with the Mad King’s Clock Tower jumping puzzle.

  Then next month comes the latest Skills and Balance Update, Fractal Incursion Event, Extra Life Bonus Event & Game Day, We’ll also get our first look at the first new WvW map in over a decade with a special Beta Event on November 10^th with the Battle in Ascalon map. https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/play-the-new-world-vs-world-borderlands-map-beta-on-november-10/

  In December Wintersday arrives along with the beginning of the Hall of Monuments updates where we’ll be earning special titles, cosmetics, and more which we can bring with us to Guild Wars 3 much like Guild Wars Reforged version that bridged it with Guild Wars 2.

  In Guild Wars 3 news, we got a blog post about one of our main rivals, The Mavenwrights. https://www.guildwars3.com/en/news/meet-the-mavenwrights. Plus at Gamescom, several ArenaNet partners and members of the press got a sneak peak at an early build that showed off how the new combat and momentum-based movement will look like. I’ll let Arenanet partner Laranity explain what she saw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38qRotD6VNw

  Please join us on our DIS-CORD golem where we share the latest Tyrian news including Guild Wars 3, share Fashion Wars wins, and more including our Guild Events. Wednesdays are Fractals where we take on tougher and tougher challenges. Thursdays are Helping Hands were we do what New Outriders does best and help each other through everything from Hero Points, Mastery Points, or whatever strikes our fancy. Then Sundays, outside of our Monthly Ceremonies, we just get together and chill out with fishing, finishing weeklies, or enjoy the current event. Until we meet again, may your hunts be honorable and your mugs full of ale.

  Count Sofija
  *NOR/CT-GW2

  

• 120 *NOR/news The Old Republic
  by Gonzowill
  October 7, 2026

  

  Hail*NOR/
  
  Welcome to the season of everything pumpkin spice!! As we fall into Autumn, we get ready to start into the Feast of Prosperity! For those who have not had the pleasure of partaking in this event, this is by far my favorite of all. World bosses are a regular objective as well as some fun adventuring collection quests. If you crave a puzzle food game, this is definitely the event for you with the Cantina Rush event. You operate an astromech droid and serve food in a race against the clock. 

  The Progression Raiding Team has ventured into The Nature of Progress operation for the first time in a long time. Champion @Rye received the achievements “Reach the Auxiliary Shield Generator Shed” and “Capture the Security Center” portion of the raid. The second of these achievements was also a first for me. There is a lot of trickery to these fights and a lot of timing of movement through the operation to ensure one is not fried by the power generators. We have gotten a good look at the Mutant Trandoshans. You may ask yourself why the phrase “Mutant Trandoshans” looks so familiar and that would be due to the modelling after the Mutant Ninja Turtles, right down to the coloring. It is a fun fight with an added bonus achievement for killing all of the Trandoshans at the same time with a train. 

  We have a new guide published by Champion @Amp for the Hatred Assassin class or Shadow Serenity class. It is a fun and comprehensive guide that will get you all set for some fun and not overly complicated gameplay. We have also heard that the next expansion 8.0 is expected to arrive toward the end of the year. With this announcement, we also heard that Star Parse is going inactive and will not be updated. This was a passion project parsing tool made by a swToR player that is moving on and no longer supporting it. There is a new identified tool that quite a few people have been trying and it is called BARAS. The instructions have been posted in the channel and pinned by Duke @Intisar. This tool offers a great amount of customizations and is pretty user friendly. With 8.0 there will be the addition of new story content, a new planet, Ryloth, the addition of difficulty modes to add more challenge, new ventures, the “Children of Nul” operation, the level cap is being moved to 85, there will be new abilities for all disciplines, new gearing and more quality-of-life improvements.

  Baron Gonzowill
  *NOR/BA-swToR

  

• 120 *NOR/news Star Citizen
  by Aglavalin
  October 12, 2026

  

  Hail*NOR/

  It’s been a looong time since I last posted here about this game. So with what is currently happening with it I thought it was time to share some info with you all. It is a gorgeous game and has come a long way since it was first announced back in 2012. This year the one Billion dollar mark was reached! This is a lot of backers pledging for ships and game development!

  Star Citizen is two parts. The first is the MMO named Star Citizen. It has had quite a lot added to it recently, mainly within the last two years. The second part is the single player game called Squadron 42 which is due to release Q2 2027 and it was just added to Steam so it can be put on a wish list now. The gaming company is about ready to give a release date it looks like. So now is the time to start paying attention to what is happening if you like space games at all.

  Once Squadron 42 releases, they will be moving a lot of the devs to the MMO side of development, finally! This will speed up new updates to the MMO game. Recently, stuff like crafting have been added. It is just a start, but they are constantly adding new blueprints and materials for crafters to search out and create improved gear with. Mining has been revamped (again) and resources can be mined by hand, vehicle, and with many sizes of spaceships. On planets, moons, and asteroids. Take ores to a refinery and you will end up with the materials used in many recipes.

  Currently there are well over 200 different spaceships and ground vehicles to choose from. All game packages for the MMO Star Citizen come with some type of spaceship. Additional spaceships and ground vehicles can be added if desired, but are not required. Game packages for Star Citizen currently start at $60.00, but are often discounted to $45.00 during a sale or free testing events. Most ships will be obtainable in game, most are already available to rent or buy with the in-game currency already. Money is easy to earn in game right now, and prices are low so things can be tested easier and faster. It is easy to find someone who will loan you a ship or take you for a ride in a ship you have not seen yet!
  
  In November there will be the large annual ship sale, which will also have a ‘Freefly Event’ along with it which allows anyone to download and try the game free for about a week. This is the best way to see how the game will run on your system. It is rather demanding compared to most games, but some older systems can run the game fairly well. It is a huge download over 100 GB but well worth it if you enjoy space stuff and flying ships.

  Overall the game has a Star Warsy feel to it. Some of the ships look more like Star Trek, but there are over a dozen different ship manufacturers all with their own style. So there is something that will appeal to everyone. Most players have a basic game package which mostly have single seat ships, but some do have smaller multi-player ships which hold 2 or 3 players max. Ship sizes go up to huge warships which will need dozens of crew members to be fully crewed. There are specialty ships for cargo of all sizes, mining, salvaging of ships, medical gameplay, fleet command, various large ships for carrying fighters into battle, data runners, refueling, repair, bounty hunting, and other professions/activities.

  The game is far from complete. It will be several years before it hits Beta. There are several basic systems which still need to be added, and others which need to be expanded. Base building is going to be added soon, and players will be able to place vendors in their bases to sell goods from. Sounds a lot like Star Wars Galaxies to me. That game was way ahead of it’s time 20 years ago. Some updates have more bugs than others, so be prepared for any and all sorts of game bugs. If you have played very early access games before, then you know a bit about what that can mean. But there is more than enough of a game right now to be able to play it for hundreds of hours doing different missions and going to new locations.

  There are currently 3 solar systems which you can take your ship to via wormholes. Flying through them is a little bit of a challenge by itself. There are dozens of planets and moons to travel to. There are many types of missions (quests) which will take you all over for solo and group gameplay, whichever you prefer. There is a high learning curve, so picking it up now will make it easier in the long run over waiting until the MMO game finally releases.
  
  f you purchased a Star Citizen game package years ago, it may already include the Squadron 42 single player game. SQ42 was removed from sales back in 2023. It will probably be for sale within this next month. (My best guesstimate with what I know.) You can look at your account on the RSI website to see what your game package includes. If you do not yet have an account for Star Citizen then I would suggest making one now. It costs nothing and you should always be using someone’s referral code when creating every new account. This will get you and them a little extra reward so why not? My personal referral code is STAR-BQW5-ZMTJ and you can create an account with it here https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist?referral=STAR-BQW5-ZMTJ Use your friend’s code, or use yours when you are creating a new account for your kid. Just use a code so you and someone else get a bonus!

  By creating an account now, even when you have not purchased anything yet, you can obtain items to use and keep in game now! There are events many times a year where you can go visit a webpage and get an item added to your account permanently. There is a holiday event every December where you can get rewards like clothing, weapons, decoration, ship paints, and more. Just for visiting the right page each day the event is running. Last year it was 13 days, so there were 13 rewards to obtain. Even if you do not have the game purchased yet. Pretty cool. There are also events in game over the course of the year where we can do some type of mission, usually over and over, to earn stuff to keep. Usually you would need a game package for these, unless an event is happening during a freefly week when the game is free to try out.
  
  Here are some useful links to find out more about these two games:
  – Create a new account: https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist?referral=STAR-BQW5-ZMTJ
  – Check your existing account: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/account/dashboard
  – Where to find your game package to see if SQ42 is included already: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/account/pledges
  – View the most recent Squadron 42 trailer showing the upcoming single player game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTHEkEZhMgM
  – There are always dozens of live streams on Twitch.tv showing play of Star Citizen: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/category/star-citizen
  
  Knight Aglavalin
  *NOR/KT

  

– Recent Anniversaries –

Dregan
October 1st 2007
Champion Dregan of Dungeons & Dragons Online, congratulations on 19 yrs!! Joining the guild in Lord of the Rings Online 2007

Kevabatai
October 1st 2012
Squire Kevabatai of Guild Wars 2, congratulations on 14 yrs!! Joining the guild in Guild Wars 2 2012

Paco Marron
October 4th 2023
Baron Paco Marron of Final Fantasy XIV, congratulations on 3 yrs!! Joining the guild in Final Fantasy XIV 2023

Dlandru
October 6th 2015
Count Dlandru of Neverwinter, congratulations on 11 yrs!! Joining the guild in Neverwinter 2015

Brettoel
October 6th 2016
Baron Brettoel of Elder Scrolls Online, congratulations on 10 yrs!! Joining the guild in Dungeons & Dragons Online 2016

Benn
October 13th 2014
Champion Benn of Neverwinter, congratulations on 12 yrs!! Joining the guild in Neverwinter 2014

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