Category Archives: Combat Systems

Monthly update I guess?

Posted on August 25, 2020 by SynCaine

Previous post was in July huh, yikes. I have been gaming, just not writing about it, so lets me put some words down now and fix that. The Battle Brothers expansion, Blazing Deserts, is out. Surprise, its awesome, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Clash Royale, Combat Systems, Crowfall, Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, Mighty Party, Random | 6 Comments

Mighty Party Raid Overhaul Proposal

Posted on June 26, 2020 by SynCaine

Raids would last 6 days (one day break between event changes and to collect rewards), with each round lasting 48 hours, for a total of 3 rounds each raid event. Initial matchmaking would group 10 players based on total hero … Continue reading →

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Mount and Blade: Bannerlord – Some additional thoughts on the game

Posted on April 10, 2020 by SynCaine

Some more quick thoughts about Bannerlord: I’ve been in a number of large (500v500) battles now, and can safely say they are far better than in Warband. The AI is smarter, the battlefields more varied, and the performance is already … Continue reading →

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Mount and Blade: Bannerlord – Early Access impressions

Posted on April 1, 2020 by SynCaine

The below is based on roughly 12 hours of Bannerlord Early Access, much of it prior to the patch yesterday. In short, Bannerlord is a sequel to Warband; better graphics, newer engine, larger scope, but ultimately the same core game. … Continue reading →

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I paid to skip the fun parts of this game and now I’m mad the game isn’t fun!

Posted on March 13, 2020 by SynCaine

A few gameplay observations for Mighty Party, and then some commentary on the business model. For gameplay, our guild is finishing up our first Turf War, which is the guild-based PvP event. Basically how this works is there is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Inquisition Clan, Mighty Party, Rant, RMT | 3 Comments

New mobile game Might Party review, and maybe guild formation?

Posted on March 9, 2020 by SynCaine

As readers here know, my two longest running games right now are both mobiles game (Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, with CoC going 5+ years now), so I’ve long since crossed over into the idea that not only are … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Inquisition Clan, iPhone, Random | 7 Comments

Kenshi review – Quickly becoming one of my favorite games of all time

Posted on January 9, 2020 by SynCaine

Kenshi had been on my Steam wishlist for, literally, years. It was initially placed there because of the promise of a sandbox RPG, at a time when just those two terms got you on my wishlist. I never pulled the … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Housing, Life is Feudal, Perma-death, Review, Steam Stuff | 2 Comments

WoW Classic: It’s not a hard game, but it does reward player skill

Posted on September 5, 2019 by SynCaine

As we continue to see mountains of feedback about Classic via blogs and forums, one topic keeps coming up that is being misunderstood and/or misrepresented: the difficulty of WoW Classic, either as its own entity or compared to Retail. I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, crafting, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

LoL: Teamfight Tactics is my new addiction

Posted on July 1, 2019 by SynCaine

Riot recently released their version of an auto-battler game (the genre I believe started somewhat recently as a mod for DOTA2, called Autochess), and I have been playing it like crazy. It incredibly addicting, even in its early, still flawed … Continue reading →

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CoC: Thoughts on the new Legends league system

Posted on June 24, 2019 by SynCaine

In Clash of Clans, how matchmaking works in Legend league (5000+ trophies) has been reworked. The reason for the rework was that matchmaking was taking a very, very long time (10+ min) to find a base for you to attack, … Continue reading →

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