Author Archives: SynCaine

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About SynCaine

Former hardcore raider turned casual gamer.

EQN: Leading off with your best

Posted on August 6, 2013 by SynCaine

When someone states their MMO is doing something different from everyone else, which of the following innovations would you rather see: WAR’s Public Quests, changing how you go about getting into a group to do group content. Or EQN’s “parkour”, … Continue reading →

Posted in EQNext, Mass Media, MMO design, SW:TOR, Warhammer Online | 34 Comments

EQN: The next big AAA disaster

Posted on August 5, 2013 by SynCaine

In case you don’t want to sit through the EQNext showing, here are the cliff notes: “If someone should do it, it should be EverQuest. Again” (UO…) Lighting Lighting Lighting Lighting Adventure Lighting Lighting How do you like it? :mild … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, EQNext, Guild Wars, Mass Media, MMO design, Rant, The Elder Scrolls Online, Ultima Online | 33 Comments

The price of fame

Posted on August 2, 2013 by SynCaine

Via Zubon on KTR, we have this Penny Arcade report about a dev quitting his job over negative feedback/threats over Twitter. Zubon’s post is an attempt to help raise awareness for the situation so negativity/threats slow or stop. I couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Mass Media, PvP, Random, Rant | 29 Comments

League of Legends is officially a sport now

Posted on July 31, 2013 by SynCaine

The world, it’s changing! Pretty cool all around, and further proof that LoL is kind of a big deal.

Posted in League of Legends | 5 Comments

DF:UW – High risk harvesting at sea

Posted on July 29, 2013 by SynCaine

MMOs (should) add lots of content over time. What is added and what it accomplishes varies. Sometimes you get more of the same (not a bad thing if ‘the same’ is still good), sometimes you get a revamp/upgrade, and sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP | 2 Comments

Fantasy Football time once again!

Posted on July 26, 2013 by SynCaine

The yearly HC Fantasy Football league needs 3 new managers to replace some inactives. If interested, send me an email (top right of this site) and I’ll send you the invite. No draft date set yet, but should be on … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – Pirate dreams can come true

Posted on July 22, 2013 by SynCaine

Over the last few patches AV has been adding more boats to Darkfall, including two utility boats, one that scoops up fish for mastery-level cooking, and another that scoops up ‘sea junk’ like ship cannons and building mods. Both ships … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, PvP | 4 Comments

Thanks for the spam WordPress

Posted on July 20, 2013 by SynCaine

Back from vacation; nothing like spam-tagging close to a million comments. Dear WordPress, do everyone a favor and just tag anything with a Facebook URL as spam. Thanks, everyone.

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Cancun

Posted on July 12, 2013 by SynCaine

Vacation for a week. What MMO(s) will shut down by the time I get back?

Posted in Random | 5 Comments

The blogs reflect the genre

Posted on July 10, 2013 by SynCaine

This post about blogging over at TAGN, along with the comments, is worth reading, even if you are only vaguely interested in the topic of MMO blogs. As the posts-per-day rate here has slowed over the last two months, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Camelot Unchained, Darkfall Online, DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, Guild Wars, Kickstarter, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rift, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments