Monthly Archives: January 2010

2010: Year of the Tourist?

Posted on January 10, 2010 by SynCaine

Tobold is asking who plans to be a tourist in 2010 (continuing his new adult entertainment blog theme in the process), which got me thinking whether 2010 itself might not just be the ‘Year of the Tourist’, and furthermore whether … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, Random, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

What is Realm Pride?

Posted on January 8, 2010 by SynCaine

In the land of MMO PvP setups, we know for sure that one style, freeform PvP, works. We also know that another style, pre-set PvP, has worked, but has also has a history of failure. The one major example of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Asheron's Call, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, RvR, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 28 Comments

Why the WoW PUG scene is so great now

Posted on January 7, 2010 by SynCaine

EZmode = happy masses. It really is that simple. The reason your PUG group today does not implode halfway through an instance like before is because short of getting the five absolute worst players on the server in one group, … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 44 Comments

New Player Guide vidoes for DarkFall

Posted on January 7, 2010 by SynCaine

You might have noticed the two youtube video links just below the DarkFall Community Publisher image that were added yesterday. The series does a great job of showing any new player how best to spend their first 8 hours or … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Site update | Comments Off on New Player Guide vidoes for DarkFall

Noobs all over Agon!

Posted on January 6, 2010 by SynCaine

While it’s been some months since I’ve felt like a noob in DarkFall, a few sources are just getting their feet wet in the game. I’ve written here on numerous occasions that DF is growing, and the only way you … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online | 10 Comments

PvP happened

Posted on January 6, 2010 by SynCaine

PvP happens daily in DarkFall, as after all it’s the basis for the game and the primary reason most are playing. Every once in a while though things come together and some really, really good PvP happens, and that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, PvP | 3 Comments

New mouse, Torchlight, DarkFall

Posted on January 5, 2010 by SynCaine

A little collection of random bits incoming. A bought a Razer Imperator mouse recently, due to my old MX518 crapping out, and I must say I’m very impressed. Much like my G15 replacing my old ‘standard’ keyboard, I never thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Diablo 3, Mythos, Random, Site update | 8 Comments

World of Warcraft is this decades Final Fantasy 7

Posted on January 4, 2010 by SynCaine

By now I’m sure many of you have read/seen the Gamasutra top 12 games of the decade piece, which has World of Warcraft at #1. The whole piece is a nice look back at many of the big games in … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Fallen Earth, Random, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments