Monthly Archives: December 2011

It’s only a problem if you can’t afford it

Posted on December 7, 2011 by SynCaine

I find the discussion around gold ammo/tanks/accounts in WoT fascinating for a number of reasons, and the subject reveals a lot about gamers and their tolerance for different things, especially in a PvP game. First let’s start with some facts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, Atlantica Online, Combat Systems, League of Legends, PvP, Rant, RMT | 25 Comments

Silly WoWbies make up your minds already

Posted on December 7, 2011 by SynCaine

Wasn’t someone always arguing with me that 2004 WoW difficulty was not better than WotLK+ for leveling/instances, yet now claims SW:TOR is ‘just right’ because it feels like 2004 WoW difficulty? Where are all those ‘rose tinted glasses’ comments now? … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Rift, RMT, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 33 Comments

Skyrim mods through Steam

Posted on December 6, 2011 by SynCaine

Link. Can not even begin to express how great it’s going to be to pull mods and have them auto-install through Steam. I absolutely HATE doing that stuff manually in other games, especially when so many mods are little fixes … Continue reading →

Posted in Patch Notes, Random | 2 Comments

EVE: My enemies are my friends

Posted on December 6, 2011 by SynCaine

DiS’s second war is coming to an end today. To call it a war is somewhat misleading, because in reality it was a week of DiS ships going boom. Early in the week we gave it our all, and had … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, PvP | 25 Comments

The greatest voice acting ever

Posted on December 5, 2011 by SynCaine

Warning: Super-minor Skyrim spoiler included. It’s one isolated event unrelated to anything else in the game, and will spoil only this one location/encounter for you, but it’s still technically a spoiler. I was on a quest for the mages guild, … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

EA is already trying to compete with me in the social ‘gaming’ space

Posted on December 2, 2011 by SynCaine

Not long after my announcement to purchase Zynga, EA jumps into the “if you blink you’ll miss the end” social ‘gaming’ space. Damn them! Picking up such a hot commodity too. That company just went from 400k to 1.3m players. … Continue reading →

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EVE: Dodging the tax man

Posted on December 2, 2011 by SynCaine

Via Jester’s Trek, Letrange does some of the Excel work on the new Planetary Interaction (PI) taxes, what impact they have, and what the risk/reward ratios might look like if a Corp moves to low/null sec space to setup their … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design | 10 Comments

I’m thinking of buying Zynga

Posted on December 2, 2011 by SynCaine

If I get one more person to buy Darkfall through the image on the right, by next week I’ll be able to afford Zynga. Any theme requests for the next clicker ‘game’?

Posted in Random, RMT | 13 Comments

The more things change…

Posted on December 1, 2011 by SynCaine

Timing is everything. Today Raph has a post showing a 3-part “History of MMOs” video. (well worth watching btw, especially for those who started playing post-2004) Also today Tobold has a post about how bots could easily play certain MMOs … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Console Gaming, Dark Age of Camelot, EQ2, EVE Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, Random, Rant, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 13 Comments