Category Archives: crafting

EVE: INQ-E’s first Corp Op

Posted on December 20, 2011 by SynCaine

Sunday night Inquisition FiS Division had its first corp Op, a little mining trip into a .5 system near us to grab some Kernite. It was a good night overall, and left us with a few goals to work towards. … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan | 17 Comments

I greatly underestimated the awesome of Farmville

Posted on November 7, 2011 by SynCaine

The new game I tried this weekend is called PlanteteryFarm InteractionVille. “Syn, is it like FarmVille but Sci-Fi? I love clicking cows while tweeting that I’m clicking cows and updating my facebook status that I’m tweeting about clicking cows! Want … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, MMO design | 8 Comments

EVE: World domination, one BPO at a time

Posted on October 31, 2011 by SynCaine

Over the weekend I picked up an Antimatter L blueprint original (BPO) that has 30 material efficiency and 20 production efficiency for 10 million ISK. The plan is to not only make my own ammo for my Rohk, but to … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online | 16 Comments

Darkfall: The only option

Posted on August 26, 2011 by SynCaine

To continue the blog merger, I’ll pick up where I left off on the reset topic and how it applies to Darkfall. It’s true that a character reset would cut millions of players from WoW, or thousands off games like … Continue reading →

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

Is Darkfall vaporware, again?

Posted on August 13, 2011 by SynCaine

With most MMOs you have to deal with a lot of hype pre-release. Ideas looking amazing on paper, fans letting their imagination run wild on what could be, all of that. Is Darkfall the only MMO to ever repeat this … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, crafting, Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes, PvP | 17 Comments

Dawntide: A little more time

Posted on August 9, 2011 by SynCaine

I played a little more Dawntide (I can’t explain why, other than that I’m a sucker for sandboxes I guess), and while I still would not recommend it to most people, I have seen a few noteworthy things. The combat … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Combat Systems, crafting, MMO design, Random | 1 Comment

I need something explained to me

Posted on July 27, 2011 by SynCaine

Why do you put out a PR release that anyone who has every played anything remotely resembling an MMO can immediately spot the major issue with? Discover new stuff to craft by experimenting? Hi in beta someone is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Mass Media, MMO design, Patch Notes, Random, Rant | 32 Comments

Darkfall: 2.0 update needs to come sooner than ‘soon’

Posted on July 15, 2011 by SynCaine

Aventurine has been fairly active of late, releasing a good amount of info related to Darkfall 2.0, and I find myself buying into the hype. The things we know about 2.0 all sound great, and the core of DF is … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Darkfall Online, MMO design | 3 Comments

Rift: Today and tomorrow

Posted on June 7, 2011 by SynCaine

The release of the 1.3 update trailer seems like a pretty good time to give everyone here an update on my status with Rift, and the plans going forward. The 1.2 update, quite simply, killed 5 man dungeons for Inquisition. … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design, Patch Notes, Rift | 19 Comments

Rift 1.2 patch: day after

Posted on May 11, 2011 by SynCaine

One night into 1.2, here is the good, average, and bad. The good: The weekly crafting rift quest is well designed. The rifts themselves are new, look good, and are pretty damn easy (you can duo them at worst, most … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, Inquisition Clan, MMO design, Patch Notes, Rift | 17 Comments