Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

The best PK death ever, thanks DarkFall.

Posted on March 16, 2009 by SynCaine

I’m not really going to talk about the tech issues DarkFall is having, as it’s rather simple. Too many people online, the game never kicks people, lag is bad, queue queue, and all that. It’s an MMO, and in exchange … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP | 18 Comments

Getting my PvE on in DarkFall

Posted on March 13, 2009 by SynCaine

Last night, after a nice 2 hour queue to log in (damn carebear tourists got through!), I had an experience I was not exactly expecting from DarkFall; I had fun doing a PvE dungeon run. Don’t get too excited yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online | 9 Comments

Rats jumping off the Blizzard ship?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by SynCaine

Spotted this while checking financials. Acti-bliz is set to announce earnings later this month. When a director and the CEO start dumping their own companies stock before earnings are set to go public… well it’s not because they know earnings … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, World of Warcraft | 31 Comments

WAR State of the Game: more solid progress being made

Posted on March 11, 2009 by SynCaine

Mark Jacob’s “State of the Game” is up at the herald. It’s a good read, and I think contains a lot of new information for players who don’t follow every forum post made about WAR. It’s very clear that while … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Patch Notes, RvR, Warhammer Online | 9 Comments

More quick thoughts on DarkFall

Posted on March 11, 2009 by SynCaine

My DarkFall time was a bit short yesterday, as Destro CoW had our first Lost Vale run planned, along with the release of the Choppa/Slayer class for those who completed the Bitter Rivals event. Lost Vale was very entertaining, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Warhammer Online | 8 Comments

30 minutes of DarkFall

Posted on March 10, 2009 by SynCaine

I logged in and got insta-ganked by a max level character camping the spawn point. I quit. This game is the suxzorz! As noted yesterday, I finally got my DarkFall account and was able to play for a quick 30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online | 13 Comments

I’m in!

Posted on March 9, 2009 by SynCaine

Finally after a full week of attempts, I got my Darkfall account today. I can already taste the delicious carebear QQ tears.

Posted in Darkfall Online | 12 Comments

More thoughts on Zone Domination in WAR

Posted on March 9, 2009 by SynCaine

Now that everyone has had some time with the 1.2 patch in WAR, I want to talk a bit more about the Zone Domination (ZD) system and how it’s currently affecting tier 4 RvR. The difficult part of this is … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Patch Notes, RvR, Warhammer Online | 4 Comments

Users and profit in the MMO space.

Posted on March 6, 2009 by SynCaine

Both Raph Koster and Tobold have posts up about a games user base and profitability. If this at all interests you, check both links out. The overall theme of the discussion is similar to my feelings about the iPhone app … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantica Online, iPhone, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Getting a Darkfall account, still hardcore.

Posted on March 5, 2009 by SynCaine

The website to order Darkfall has been accepting orders each day for roughly 5-10 minutes before closing again due to availability. During that 5-10 minute window, and roughly 30 minutes before and after, the website is slammed with traffic and … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Random | 22 Comments