Monthly Archives: October 2007

Halloween and Bioware, but not related.

Posted on October 31, 2007 by SynCaine

Just a quick note about NWN2: Make sure to complete the Blade Golem quest in the original campaign, the dialog from Grobnar (the gnome bard) is priceless. Really good stuff, well worth the bit of effort it takes to track … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, NWN2, Random | 6 Comments

Mythos update.

Posted on October 30, 2007 by SynCaine

I’ve been playing a good bit of Mythos lately, my main character is at lvl 14, a human bloodletter, and overall it’s been very enjoyable. The graphic style is very nice while being very easy on hardware demands, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Mythos | 6 Comments

EQ2 graphics wrap up.

Posted on October 29, 2007 by SynCaine

Ah sweet victory. Not the worlds most exciting World Series, but a win is a win. Rolling rally time, woo hoo! And Sunday can’t come soon enough now, with the clash of the titans scheduled for 4:30pm (Pats vs Colts … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, MMO design | 3 Comments

Screen shot comparison.

Posted on October 25, 2007 by SynCaine

Update: To try and make this a little more accurate, I went to the official pages of EQ2 and LoTRO, and picked two SS, the first a scenery shot, the second a character shot.   ***********************************  Since a nice discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Lord of the Rings Online | 32 Comments

More EQ2 bashing. Is it just me…?

Posted on October 24, 2007 by SynCaine

Something I ran across today while browsing around some blogs. This just floored me. I mean I read it and had to re-read it to make sure the comment was about EQ2 like I thought it was. By Jason, a … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft | 18 Comments

NWN2 praise, EQ2 bashing.

Posted on October 24, 2007 by SynCaine

NWN2 is awesome. So fanboi-ish, I know, but I’m really having a great time with the game, issues and all. ***Minor Spoiler Alert*** I finally made it to the keep, and so far so good. I was not able to … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EQ2, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, NWN2, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

The Orange Box, coming soon.

Posted on October 23, 2007 by SynCaine

  Not much of an update today, other than to say it looks like I’ll be picking up the Orange Box soon. The amount of praise Portal has received has convinced me it’s worth the purchase, and getting Team Fortress … Continue reading →

Posted in Site update | 1 Comment

Mythos beta, and more NWN2

Posted on October 22, 2007 by SynCaine

Ah what a weekend. Redsox in the world series, Patriots 7-0 and blowing everyone out, BC ranked #2 in the country, the Celtics season about to start with the new big three, and the Bruins… well I think the Bruins … Continue reading →

Posted in Mythos, NWN2 | 3 Comments

Focus RvR combat.

Posted on October 19, 2007 by SynCaine

Tobold made a post today about cross continent servers, and how they can impact a game. He brings up the point that if you have a multi-continent server, there will never be a downtime since it will be peak hours … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Warhammer Online | Comments Off on Focus RvR combat.

EVE is a sandbox with land mines, deal with it.

Posted on October 18, 2007 by SynCaine

Stole the title from a forum poster, name escapes me now. Sums up EVE well though.

Posted in EVE Online | 7 Comments