Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

The case for expansions

Posted on October 3, 2013 by SynCaine

The recent lack of Darkfall posts is due, surprise, to an overall lack of playing DF lately. It’s moved from a game I played daily to something I put a few hours into a week, which in turn moves me … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online | 25 Comments

NBI: Quantity > Quality

Posted on October 1, 2013 by SynCaine

Blogger Initiative Post As a general rule, quantity>quality in the MMO blogging game. I’d rather read an active (once-a-day) blog of short thoughts than someone who writes once every two weeks and publishes a fully edited, completely thought-out essay. Granted … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll | 2 Comments

Payday 2 is good co-op fun

Posted on September 30, 2013 by SynCaine

I picked up Payday 2 on the insistence of some friends, and it’s been a very worthwhile purchase. It’s a great co-op sneak-or-shoot style game with an interesting leveling system and nice randomization on the maps. For the leveling system, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | 1 Comment

Blood Bowl: First come first server

Posted on September 28, 2013 by SynCaine

The Blood Bowl league is up, but needs one more coach. First to sign up is in! League: HC/Inquistion League, Season 3 Password: inq

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Someone should say something about WAR

Posted on September 26, 2013 by SynCaine

As you might have heard, Warhammer Online is shutting down. TAGN has a post that links to many others; use that if you still need a background or more opinions. There is a lot that can be (and has been) … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

BloodBowl reminder

Posted on September 20, 2013 by SynCaine

See previous post for details, but we still need at least one team to put our league together. Anyone?

Posted in Blood Bowl | 4 Comments

Rift closing in China, Death accountability.

Posted on September 18, 2013 by SynCaine

Things are not looking so hot over in Rift-land, including the upcoming closing of Rift China. The mighty MMO 3.0 seems to be falling, and falling fast. I can’t do a real comprehensive “why” analysis because I’ve not played the … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EQ2, MMO design, PvP, Rift, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 16 Comments

Is it Bloodbowl time again?

Posted on September 18, 2013 by SynCaine

Thanks to a Steam sale a few weeks ago, I picked up Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition, and have been slowly getting myself back into the game. I few people have asked me about running another league, so here is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood Bowl | 12 Comments

F2P sub options, and NFS: Hot Persuit

Posted on September 11, 2013 by SynCaine

Sorry for the lack of blogging around here in the last week or so, RL kicking my ass a bit. Quick observation; if F2P is so great, why do they often provide a subscription-like option? And, why is it that … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, RMT | 24 Comments

DF:UW – Dungeons, not instances

Posted on September 4, 2013 by SynCaine

Dungeons in Ultima Online were much different than instances in WoW. In UO, you went into a dungeon to farm for however long you wanted (or until PvP showed up), while in WoW an instance is ‘run’ from point A … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP | 8 Comments