Monthly Archives: August 2015

ARK – Dino fun that is well worth the time investment required

Posted on August 12, 2015 by SynCaine

I wrote before that ARK is RUST with dinosaurs, and that general opinion hasn’t changed. However, I think that statement is somewhat like saying “DayZ is a shooter with zombies”. It’s a true statement, but doesn’t really explain why DayZ … Continue reading →

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CoC: Spot open

Posted on August 11, 2015 by SynCaine

Just a quick programming announcement; we currently have a spot open in the Clash of Clans… clan, “Supreme Cream!”. So long as you are active and willing to learn/improve, please apply mentioning the blog.

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HS: New Blizzard’s method of balancing the game is to not balance it at all

Posted on August 10, 2015 by SynCaine

When Blizzard’s MOBA game was first announced, one of the items I wanted to keep an eye on was how well Blizzard would do at balancing the game, because Blizzard is always slow to make changes, and most recently hasn’t … Continue reading →

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WoW Legion: We get to watch it all burn down to the ground

Posted on August 7, 2015 by SynCaine

Oh New Blizzard. After attempting “We are making the game like Vanilla again, come back!” with WoD, and failing to actually deliver, New Blizzard is back with “We are making the game like TBC, our one good expansion, come back!”, … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 15 Comments

I just fixed WoW, you’re welcome Blizzard

Posted on August 6, 2015 by SynCaine

As I wrote over at TAGN, what the next expansion should be, but won’t because this is New Blizzard, is an expansion of garrisons, with Blizzard taking one of the current most successful games (Clash of Clans) and doing what … Continue reading →

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New Blizzard investor call ‘highlights’

Posted on August 5, 2015 by SynCaine

Items that jumped out at me from the Activision Blizzard investor call: “Destiny now has over 20 million registered players, with an average of about 100 hours of game play each” First, the statement that the average gameplay length from … Continue reading →

Posted in Diablo 3, Final Fantasy XIV, Random, RMT, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

ARK Survival Evolve quick thoughts

Posted on August 3, 2015 by SynCaine

I picked up ARK Survival Evolved because a few people have bugged me to get it, and also because it was on a small Steam sale. I’ve only spend a few hours with it, and currently all of my characters … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 5 Comments