Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

It’s just so accurate

Posted on March 22, 2018 by SynCaine
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EVE: Instanced battles would mean a lot more headlines for the game

Posted on March 20, 2018 by SynCaine

I wanted to follow up on the last post, talking about the possibility of bringing instanced battles to EVE, specifically the one major area it would greatly help EVE; attention. For most of EVE’s history, the big events have always … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Life is Feudal, MMO design, PvP | 7 Comments

Instanced Battles work great in LiF, would they work in EVE?

Posted on March 17, 2018 by SynCaine

If you go way back in the archives of this blog, I’ve been pretty against the idea of instancing in open world games vs keeping content out in the world. When WoW first started using phasing (personal instances, basically), I … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Life is Feudal, MMO design, PvP | 15 Comments

Its fine, just a little snow…

Posted on March 13, 2018 by SynCaine

Still coming down at an insane rate, but wanted to get this posted now in case we lose power again. The energy company sent us a very reassuring “you’re most likely f’ed, but hey, we brought in extra trucks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life is Feudal, Rant, Site update | 1 Comment

Should we expect an MMO to last forever?

Posted on March 10, 2018 by SynCaine

Going on day 3 without power thanks to the recent snowstorm, good times. Spent the first night at the house, but once the temp dropped below 50, it was time to go. Luckily my parents’ house has power, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, Housing, Life is Feudal, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

LiF: Guild report Feb 28th 2018

Posted on February 28, 2018 by SynCaine

Our guild went from having not nearly enough wood, to cutting down so many of our matured trees that we didn’t know what to do with all the logs. It’s honestly a pretty common pattern in LiF, where one minute … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal, MMO design | 2 Comments

Pillars of Eternity 2 preview

Posted on February 21, 2018 by SynCaine

I received a preview copy of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire through one of my usual sources, so here are some initial thought after about two hours of playtime (oddly Steam only tracked the game the first time I started … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Kickstarter, Random | 7 Comments

LiF: Guild update Feb 20th 2018

Posted on February 20, 2018 by SynCaine

Smaller update this time as it was a surprisingly quiet few days. Judgement Hour came and went without issue for us, which means all our trees on our realm claim continue to grow. Once they are fully mature, we will … Continue reading →

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LiF: Guild update Feb 14th 2018

Posted on February 14, 2018 by SynCaine

In a game with a long grind and a slower pace, why is so much happening so quickly?! Last update I talked about our local enemies gondor. Well now we are at peace with gondor, because our allies Revenant was … Continue reading →

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Lif: Guild report Feb 8th 2018

Posted on February 8, 2018 by SynCaine

We are no longer just farmers! In my last update I talked about our new conflict with the Chinese guild gondor. The big takeaway was that at the time of the war declaration, we were not ready to fight. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal, MMO design, PvP | 7 Comments