Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

Final Fantasy XIV: Initial impressions

Posted on August 6, 2014 by SynCaine

My wife and I recently started playing Final Fantasy XIV, in part because it’s been a long while since we played an MMO together, and also because her chain-playing LoL ranked games isn’t healthy for anyone. Currently we are level … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars, MMO design, The Elder Scrolls Online, Warhammer Online | 29 Comments

What happened to all those WoW-babies?

Posted on August 4, 2014 by SynCaine

TAGN, in a post about the closing of Vanguard, brings back a theory that was pretty popular around the 2006(ish) timeframe; mainly that those who played WoW would ‘grow up’ to eventually play a ‘real MMO’. Let’s revisit that theory … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, EVE Online, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pathfinder Online, Rift, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

Need an ArcheAge beta key

Posted on July 31, 2014 by SynCaine

If you have a spare, send one over to the email in the top-right corner. Thanks.

Posted in ArcheAge | 3 Comments

You pulled: “Go directly to F2P, do not go sub, do not collect $15”

Posted on July 31, 2014 by SynCaine

I’m guessing someone has made this point already, but I haven’t seen it so here you go: The recent trend of paying for the beta and/or alpha of an upcoming F2P MMO is just a re-branding of an MMO launching … Continue reading →

Posted in RMT | 8 Comments

ArcheAge: The next big… something

Posted on July 30, 2014 by SynCaine

Thoughts on ArcheAge as my “desperate for anything half-decent at this point” eyes glance over at it and its upcoming release: I still don’t get what a ‘sandpark’ is, in terms of what you are trying to accomplish. I mean … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Inquisition Clan | 7 Comments

CoC: Growing our social mix

Posted on July 29, 2014 by SynCaine

Growing up I always hated movie tie-in videogames. I think part of the hatred was fueled by what magazines like EGM were writing at the time, because the guys working had to actually play those games to review them, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments

DOA: EQ Landmark

Posted on July 27, 2014 by SynCaine

66% off already on Steam huh SOE? Whelp, at least you have EQN coming… soon?

Posted in EQNext | 8 Comments

Missing Jester already

Posted on July 25, 2014 by SynCaine

Out of all the interesting stuff Jester wrote about, I think my favorite were his takes on happenings at CCP and what they likely meant for the game. Now granted, I haven’t looked into how accurate those predictions ended up … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, EVE Online | 10 Comments

Dear Trion

Posted on July 24, 2014 by SynCaine

I can’t ‘reserve’ a beta spot for ArcheAge. I can buy a spot. There is a difference, and pretending there isn’t doesn’t make your emails more appealing.

Posted in ArcheAge | 13 Comments

So Two World II is not good

Posted on July 24, 2014 by SynCaine

As the seemingly endless summer of “wtf do I play now” continues, I fired up Two Worlds 2 to give that a shot. Things aren’t going well on that front. The single biggest annoyance is the voice acting, especially for … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Steam Stuff | 6 Comments