Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

DarkFall: New Player Protection, possible free trial setup?

Posted on February 4, 2010 by SynCaine

Aventurine today announced some upcoming changes to the new player experience in DarkFall, which can be found here. Surprisingly only a few on the forums are crying “Trammel”, and most seem to agree this is a good step to getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes | 9 Comments

DarkFall: Areas for improvement, housing.

Posted on February 2, 2010 by SynCaine

In my one year review of DarkFall, I mentioned that certain areas of the game are incomplete or not yet fully fleshed out, and I want to spend a few posts talking about some of those areas, the first one … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Housing, MMO design, Patch Notes | 8 Comments

DarkFall Review: One Year Later

Posted on February 1, 2010 by SynCaine

Before I get into the review itself, I want to just set straight why I’m writing this review, as judging from the pre-post there was some confusion. It should be very clear to anyone around here that I really enjoy … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, crafting, Darkfall Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Patch Notes, PvP | 50 Comments

Saturday night sieges: just the beginning.

Posted on February 1, 2010 by SynCaine

Since I made a post about it over the weekend, I just want to make a quick follow-up post about the siege activity Saturday night. While the battles we were involved with did not go as planned, it was still … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, PvP | 5 Comments

Rumor has it a siege might happen?

Posted on January 30, 2010 by SynCaine

Busy Friday night… 08:00:44 PM Black Watch was challenged by BIood Thirst for control over Vellenyth. The challenge will active in 22.0 hours. 08:48:53 PM brutaLity was challenged by FruitaLity for control over Aradoth. The challenge will active in 22.0 … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP | 24 Comments

DarkFall review prep work

Posted on January 29, 2010 by SynCaine

I’m planning to do a review of DarkFall soon (since our 1yr anniversary is coming up and I want to get it something special), but I’m trying to decide the best way to write it. I know for the thousands … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Site update | 20 Comments

Why you DON’T want to hit the cap

Posted on January 28, 2010 by SynCaine

The topic of character progression, and more specifically how long it should take to reach ‘the end’, came up when a noted member of the community (ValRoth, the guy who did the newbie videos linked on the right) made a … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design | 25 Comments

Out for some solo PvP

Posted on January 27, 2010 by SynCaine

I’ve been bound to VAMP’s city of Dagamyr (near the center of the map) for a few weeks now, mainly due to its ideal local PvE. Between Shadow Knights that drop Full Plate, Blood Knights that drop a ton of … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, PvP | 7 Comments

Bank Heists in DarkFall

Posted on January 26, 2010 by SynCaine

A player by the name of Darwoth recently compiled and posted 20 of his DarkFall clan vault heists (part one here, part two here), including how he did it, the conversations related to the events, and the contents of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 28 Comments

More on Friday’s fighting.

Posted on January 25, 2010 by SynCaine

In addition to the great video I linked in the post just below this one, here is another video from Covert Operations that not only shows off more of the action, but also give a brief intro about the war. … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, PvP | 9 Comments