Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Xfire, TES MMO, and a lost EVE pilot

Posted on May 4, 2012 by SynCaine

Xfire: When I link Xfire stats, I don’t do it with the belief that Xfire is 100% accurate and to show exact sub numbers. I do it because Xfire trending has, historically, been accurate in painting how a game is … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, Random, SW:TOR | 47 Comments

EVE: 9 years

Posted on May 3, 2012 by SynCaine

9 years. What do 9 year old MMOs look like today? What will your current MMO look like after 9 years? Odds are, it won’t be growing, won’t be a technological marvel, and won’t be pushing the genre forward. It … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design | 31 Comments

I miss Massively

Posted on May 2, 2012 by SynCaine

Remember when Massively was a solid MMO news site that reported all things MMO and did not Tobold its comments section? Good times back then. Today, the site somehow misses reporting on the biggest MMO player event of the year, … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, Rant, SW:TOR | 84 Comments

EVE: CCP on Burn Jita

Posted on May 2, 2012 by SynCaine

Overall fantastic write-up about Burn Jita from CCP. For all you budding MMO bloggers out there (sarcasm = traffic), read up before you write something silly like 100+ players fighting it out without lag is ‘technically impossible’. More about EVE … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 41 Comments

EVE: Dying to one ship at a time

Posted on May 1, 2012 by SynCaine

Quick little EVE note for today: Now that we are getting better/faster at clearing out our WH, we have time to do other activities. The two immediate options available to use are invade other WHs, or look for trouble out … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, PvP | 3 Comments

GW2: The game Mythic tried to make

Posted on April 30, 2012 by SynCaine

Let me get this out of the way first; GW2 is worth the $60. If it had a sub I’d feel differently, but as it does not, what GW2 does is worth the $60. All of the below is based … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, PvP, RvR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

GW2: First Impressions

Posted on April 27, 2012 by SynCaine

Super white login screen that initially blurs your text + loud music you can’t turn off + not being able to play thanks to some random error = Jesus MMO has finally arrived. But hey, its only beta and it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars | 38 Comments

EVE: Jita Burns Trammel

Posted on April 27, 2012 by SynCaine

I was there. Jita Burns also reminds me why Trammel was such a horrible mistake. Most days, for most people, Empire space in EVE is ‘safe’ unless you do something stupid. Not all of New Eden is a FFA PvP … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Ultima Online | 28 Comments

EVE: Wormhole opportunities and threats

Posted on April 26, 2012 by SynCaine

One challenging aspect of wormhole life is how dynamic the environment truly is. One day sites won’t spawn and you won’t have any connections besides your static, and the next you have three hostile connections and more sites than you … Continue reading →

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GW2: Might as well

Posted on April 25, 2012 by SynCaine

I pre-ordered GW2 today in order to buy my way into the beta weekends. I was going to hold off, but since I don’t expect GW2 to failcascade like SW:TOR, I doubt the box price is going to drop anytime … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, Inquisition Clan | 45 Comments