Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Derek Smart is talking, and you won’t believe what he said THIS TIME!

Posted on September 25, 2014 by SynCaine

(About the title, it’s a joke on the beyond stupid trend of trash websites using that style of headlines to draw hits.) Just as we were all remembering the gift that is Derek Smart, out he comes once again to … Continue reading →

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Why we all need AA to be successful

Posted on September 24, 2014 by SynCaine

I should have a “specific to me” post about my ArcheAge experience when I’m around level 30 (currently 23), but today I want to talk more ‘big picture’ about the game and the genre, because I think a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Final Fantasy XIV, MMO design, RMT, World of Warcraft | 35 Comments

CoC: War stats vs Polska Elita 9/24/14

Posted on September 24, 2014 by SynCaine

Delpez is back with more war stats! Required reading for clan members. Readers who don’t care about CoC can probably scroll past this post, unless you really dig numbers. Also if someone could let me know an easy way to … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 10 Comments

Life is Feudal: Top seller

Posted on September 22, 2014 by SynCaine

Interesting item if you look at the top sellers on Steam right now; Life is Feudal: Your Own. For those not up to speed here, LiF:YO (great acronym btw) is basically a demo of LiF. I don’t know all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life is Feudal, Steam Stuff | 9 Comments

AA: Let me pay you for a premium server already Trion!

Posted on September 20, 2014 by SynCaine

Another simple fix for the queue nightmare; open sub-only server(s). Bonus option: Open a sub-only server for $25 a month with all F2P aspects of the game removed. Thanks Trion, and you’re welcome.

Posted in ArcheAge | 15 Comments

AA: Easy fix for the massive queues

Posted on September 19, 2014 by SynCaine

The 3k+ queues for most servers right now means you won’t be playing that day, which is basically WoW-launch terrible in terms of being unable to play an MMO, at all, that you are paying for. You want the easy … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge | 7 Comments

AA: How successful has the launch been?

Posted on September 19, 2014 by SynCaine

I’m not quite at 180 with ArcheAge, but I’m close. It’s growing on me, rapidly, and I’m still just trying to plow through the early questing. I’ll post more once I get a little more time with it and really … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge | 9 Comments

CoC: More war stats than you thought possible, and didn’t know you needed until now!

Posted on September 18, 2014 by SynCaine

Editor note: The following was put together by fellow CoC member Delpez. Excellent work all around, useful for our clan members, but I think also interesting for non-CoC players in terms of showing the depth of the game and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans | 8 Comments

Can we close the book on ‘accessibility’ now?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by SynCaine

File this as example 164,239 of “difficulty is good for everyone, faceroll is bad”: EVE Burner missions killing people make them enjoyable. This is pretty good timing too, given that Blizzard just confirmed example 164,238 (WotLK, the ‘accessible’ age, was … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, EVE Online, MMO design, Random, Rant, World of Warcraft | 18 Comments

AA: Updated 30 min snap judgement

Posted on September 16, 2014 by SynCaine

Sitting in a queue for at least 30min. Although the total was only 860, with an initial estimate of under an hour, which is not bad at all for the first day of F2P. That said it might be worth … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge | 11 Comments