Monthly Archives: November 2014

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Posted on November 28, 2014 by SynCaine

Can’t use till after Christmas.   Not playing Total War: Rome 2, Farcry 4, FFXIV, and Endless Legends right now because I want to play them without a single hitch maxed out. Luckily The Settlers II – 10th Anniversary edition … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Site update | 6 Comments

Burnout is a myth

Posted on November 25, 2014 by SynCaine

When WoW was declining due to one crappy expansion after another featuring accessibility-inspired dumbing down, some people tried to write this off as not being about the content, but just due to ‘burnout’. They would have you believe that after … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, DoTA, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 36 Comments

CoC: Supreme Cream! vs Kakakoko Team 11/23/2014

Posted on November 25, 2014 by SynCaine

(Stats and writeup provided by Delpez) Supreme Cream! vs Kakakoko Team Supreme Cream! Enemy Average TH Level 7.60 7.62 Score 128 122 Total Attacks Used 84 83 Total 3 Star Attacks 43 37 Total 3 Star % 51.2 44.6 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 6 Comments

Someone make this: Necromunda

Posted on November 24, 2014 by SynCaine

So when Mordheim was announced/posted on Steam, I mentioned how I’ve been mulling over the idea of a Necromunda game. Much like the PvE sandbox posts (though far shorter), here goes. All of the game rules, setting, and characters would … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 5 Comments

EVE: 10/10

Posted on November 22, 2014 by SynCaine

Great new video by CCP, kinda adding on to the recent Rooks and Kings video. Both are great due to the player voice recordings. Basically video form of the sandbox peaks I’ve talked about in the past. I also like … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 1 Comment

Raph on WoW, WoW players on WoW

Posted on November 21, 2014 by SynCaine

Solid read all around right here. In basically all respects Raph is right, especially at the end with “World of Warcraft effectively made MMOs perfect, and in the process, it killed them.” It’s sad to imagine what the genre could … Continue reading →

Posted in World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

Mordheim is coming!

Posted on November 21, 2014 by SynCaine

I am interested in this. Two immediate thoughts; one is that I love the grid-less turn-based system. Assuming its pulled off correctly it should fit Mordheim perfectly. Two, the game looks slow as hell based on the videos, which I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 3 Comments

CoC: Dragon stats and analysis

Posted on November 20, 2014 by SynCaine

(More amazing work from Delpez, and just one example of the depth and number of interesting decisions  CoC has. The main comment I have is that more data is needed overall, which we will collect as more wars happen, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 6 Comments

WoW: Still kinda bitter over those spacegoats

Posted on November 19, 2014 by SynCaine

Random little thing; Stu has produced a table of characters from WoW, styled after the periodic table of elements. Honestly I don’t recognize half the names, but I did get a chuckle out of characters being alive, deceased, or undead. … Continue reading →

Posted in World of Warcraft | 10 Comments

Hearthstone: This kiddie pool sure has a lot of leaks

Posted on November 18, 2014 by SynCaine

More observations as I roll my face across the iPad ‘playing’ Hearthstone: Just like MtG (or basically most card games of this type), Hearthstone is a major Pay-4-Power game. Epic and Legendary cards are silly strong, and as soon as … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, RMT | 20 Comments