Monthly Archives: March 2008

It’s everyones favorite topic.

Posted on March 20, 2008 by SynCaine

RMT talk time! Tobold has a post up today about the subject, quoting a well written article from Zen of Design by Damion. I’ve made a few comments on Tobold’s blog, but felt the need to get into more detail … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, World of Warcraft | 12 Comments

It’s like the good old days. Thanks SOE!

Posted on March 20, 2008 by SynCaine

Now this is an interesting story. First off I have to say that Massively has really been impressing me lately. First they listened to the community and moved a ton of their Second Life stories to their own section, and … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Random | 8 Comments

Showing some love, an extended blog roll.

Posted on March 19, 2008 by SynCaine

Blogs have blog rolls, which in theory show what other blogs the author enjoys and would recommend his/her reads to look at. While basically functional, blog rolls are somewhat limited in that they are basically just a name and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Site update | 7 Comments

Focused goodness or cheap clones?

Posted on March 18, 2008 by SynCaine

I forget who made this comment, but some developer stated he would rather make four 10 million dollar budget MMOs than make one $40 million dollar budget MMO. My first reaction to that comment was somewhat negative, as I imagined … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

RL > Blog time.

Posted on March 17, 2008 by SynCaine

Busy monday at work today, hence no real update here. Lot of WoW over the weekend, just more leveling and some BG’s thrown in. I can’t wait to hit 70 and be done with PuG BG groups, it’s getting painful. … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Site update, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

To the time machine, we need to correct a grave mistake!

Posted on March 14, 2008 by SynCaine

A good topic making the rounds in our blog community asks the question ‘what MMO would you unmake?’ The point being what game do you feel the MMO space would be better off without? Too many blogs to link here … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Stuck in easy mode.

Posted on March 13, 2008 by SynCaine

As I explore more content in TBC (Hellfire complete, working on Zangermarsh now) a new issue has arisen, or rather I’ve noticed an issue that has likely been going on since just after launch. The better and smarter you play … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, World of Warcraft | 13 Comments

Urge…to…play…EVE…rising…

Posted on March 11, 2008 by SynCaine

The lack of EVE-related posts here is mostly due to one factor; I haven’t been playing EVE much lately. I blame WoW mostly, along with The Witcher whenever the WoW bug has subdued long enough to play something else. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Podcast, Site update | 15 Comments

Giving some credit to Massively, and dumping on SL.

Posted on March 11, 2008 by SynCaine

Due to a combination of WordPress thinking I’m a spam bot and Darren not checking his spam filter, my comment on his post yesterday never showed up. No worries though, the world is not missing much, as it was basically … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 8 Comments

Don’t blame the Deathknight, blame the creator.

Posted on March 10, 2008 by SynCaine

Now that RMT promoter Tobold has returned (kidding), he linked some good blog posts about the upcoming Deathknight class, and what could possibly be done to implement them correctly without pissing off other classes, particularly warriors. All good reads, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments