Monthly Archives: October 2008

The bored WoW player wave comes and goes, leaving empty servers behind

Posted on October 31, 2008 by SynCaine

With WAR’s recent server transfers, the natural first reaction would be that since so many players are jumping ship, WAR is dying and needs to consolidate. It’s generally the statement we make whenever we hear an MMO is merging servers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 25 Comments

More Witching fun, this time in Tier 3.

Posted on October 31, 2008 by SynCaine

Night two of Warhammer’s event started off disappointingly, as tier 2 was completely empty, and no amount of goading would get Order to come out and play. I would mention how being on a low pop server sucks, but that … Continue reading →

Posted in RvR, Warhammer Online | 1 Comment

The Witching Night battle report.

Posted on October 30, 2008 by SynCaine

It’s amazing what a little motivation can do. Yesterday was the first day of Warhammer Online’s current event, The Witching Night, and so far it looks to be a hit. It’s not perfect, but it’s a huge step in the … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, RvR, Warhammer Online | 7 Comments

17 is the new 13.

Posted on October 29, 2008 by SynCaine

I can’t wait for November, and I don’t mean the 13th. On November 17th (right around the time you run out of unique WotLK content) Mythic is bringing us Heavy Metal, Warhammer Online’s next live event. It’s a bit crazy … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Patch Notes, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

The Witching Night, a hopefully positive addition to RvR.

Posted on October 29, 2008 by SynCaine

Today marks the start of Mythic’s first event in Warhammer Online, titled The Witching Night. As with most MMO seasonal events, it adds a bit of themed content and likely some cute-but-ultimately-useless gear. It will be interesting to see how … Continue reading →

Posted in RvR, Warhammer Online | 6 Comments

Remove 2/3rd of the content in WAR, and we might actually have a game.

Posted on October 27, 2008 by SynCaine

Warhammer Online has just too much content. I think back to pre-release, and the announcement that Mythic had cut 4 cities, and the player outcry of “oh now we will just be repeating the same city all the time, boring”. … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 31 Comments

How to cure the scenario plague in Warhammer Online.

Posted on October 24, 2008 by SynCaine

Out of all the possible post-launch issues, I wonder if “the players are in the wrong place” was ever considered. On the one hand, a player choice, rather than a technical issue, would indicate that you avoided the usual MMO … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, RvR, Warhammer Online | 19 Comments

Civilization 4: Colonization review.

Posted on October 22, 2008 by SynCaine

I purchased Colonization through a deal with the devil (direct2drive), lured by that all-too-easy ‘just click me and you can play’ thing that D2D has going for it. Bastards get me every time! At first I was really put off … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series | 2 Comments

Stating the obvious, but this time it’s official.

Posted on October 21, 2008 by SynCaine

Not to toot my own horn but…. Beep Beep. Self pat on the back asshattery aside, it’s a good interview and sheds some light on Mythic’s stance with WAR and it’s future. (for the lazy, the pat on the back … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

One month of WAR, some thoughts.

Posted on October 21, 2008 by SynCaine

With my free month up in Warhammer Online, it was time to make the decision to pay up or move on. Given how WAR sucks, and all the new awesome in WoW, that decision was easy. On to grind those … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, RvR, Warhammer Online | 23 Comments