Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Playing in our sandbox

Posted on March 25, 2009 by SynCaine

Take a short break from the MMO martyr Crusade of the Miserable, Inquisition decided to play around in our DarkFall sandbox and just have some fun. (don’t worry, we were calling everyone the N word and talking non-stop about how … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP, Random | 16 Comments

A final trip into the mind of a WoW tourist

Posted on March 24, 2009 by SynCaine

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts, but I always have fun with them. This should (but won’t) also conclude the whole “who is a WoW tourist” thing. Once again this comes from WoW tourist representative … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 90 Comments

What playing way too much DarkFall gets you.

Posted on March 23, 2009 by SynCaine

Things change quickly in DarkFall, on both a personal scale and on the grand political scale. With the game still in its infancy, everyone is scrambling to establish and maintain alliances, and guilds that were allies just hours ago are … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, PvP | 14 Comments

Quick DarkFall funny

Posted on March 21, 2009 by SynCaine

DarkFall is being patched right now, so you get a weekend post. Thank DarkFall. Found this on the forum: Every patch without patch notes is a slap in the face of a paying customer. DarkFall, too hardcore for patch notes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes, Random | 8 Comments

Solo vs Group MMO design

Posted on March 20, 2009 by SynCaine

If you’ve been keeping up with DarkFall impressions you might have noticed a trend. Solo players hate it; people in active guilds love it. If you are thinking of this breakdown in terms of a MMORPG, it’s not all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 13 Comments

Some DarkFall issues

Posted on March 19, 2009 by SynCaine

DarkFall has been a very pleasant surprise so far, as I really was not expecting so many things to actually work right out of the gate, and the game to overall be so solid and fun. I was not expecting … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes | 19 Comments

If WoW tourists ran DarkFall

Posted on March 18, 2009 by SynCaine

I came across something rather terrifying. I saw what the world would be like if WoW tourists had full control of DarkFall. Allow me to explain. Thanks to a comment on Keen’s site, I found Ixobelle’s blog with three posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 60 Comments

Forbes says WoW is hardcore

Posted on March 17, 2009 by SynCaine

I know poking fun at mass media is easy, but this article is just full of win. It’s a good thing someone is finally going to expand the MMO market beyond the complex world Warcraft has with all those troll … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

Still no DarkFall for you

Posted on March 17, 2009 by SynCaine

Looks like DarkFall won’t go back on sale until the current server has had it’s queue issue resolved. That will happen ‘soon’,  like Blizzard content patch or SOE patcher ‘soon’. Good thing people avoided that ‘scam’ of pre-orders being limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EQ2, Random, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Dear DarkFall, WoW called, they want their launch plan back.

Posted on March 17, 2009 by SynCaine

Tell me if this sounds familiar: Hyped game launches, servers get swarmed, queues go up, people bitch about queues and in-game lag, massive server outages which include the company compensating all accounts with additional game time, forum idiots asking how … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Rant, World of Warcraft | 30 Comments