Category Archives: EVE Online

My 15

Posted on March 24, 2014 by SynCaine

Via TAGN, my top 15 influential games. 1: Ultima Online This is an MMO blog, and UO was the first major MMO as we know them today. It’s also had the Ultima IP, which was huge for me. And as … Continue reading →

Posted in Bungie Studios, Console Gaming, EVE Online, League of Legends, Random, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments

Smed talks sandbox

Posted on February 12, 2014 by SynCaine

Smed has a new blog that yells at you with giant text. I wish he had named it “MMOs are still a niche market”, but no dice on that. His first post is about sandbox design. “When we first began … Continue reading →

Posted in EQNext, EVE Online, MMO design, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

EVE: Learning skills in a F2P world

Posted on February 11, 2014 by SynCaine

A few years ago CCP removed the Learning skills from EVE Online. To quickly recap, the Learning skills took about three months to train, and their only benefit was a boost to training other skills faster. They were, overall, a … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, RMT | 13 Comments

EVE: CCP you are the worst, besides everyone else

Posted on February 7, 2014 by SynCaine

Jester has, as always, a great post up about the reaction to the real life EVE monument CCP recently unveiled, which as his post shows, has largely been negative. EVE is famous for having lots of bitter vets, and as … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Darkfall Online, EQNext, EVE Online, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, Rant, SW:TOR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments

EVE: Required reading

Posted on January 30, 2014 by SynCaine

CCP dev blog about the longest and one of the largest battles in MMO history. If you consider yourself an MMO fan, consider it required reading, start to finish. A few quick notes: CCP gets it. Not only does the … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design | 24 Comments

Economy: Sinks, as only EVE can do them

Posted on January 28, 2014 by SynCaine

So this happened. 3 TRILLION ISK. Edit: Make that 11 trillion. I’m sure in a few hours/days you will see fully detailed reports, not to mention wildly inaccurate crap from the now-reliable sources, but yea, only EVE with this kind … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online | 17 Comments

This is what I’m working with…

Posted on January 26, 2014 by SynCaine

Per ForumFall: EVE online is a hybrid theme park game with the biggest safe zone of any pvp mmo ever in existence. EVE has sandbox elements that are manifested in 0.0 space where alliances can drop permanent stations that can … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online | 14 Comments

Taking genius for granted

Posted on January 15, 2014 by SynCaine

As I interact with MMO players across the genre in different games, a common theme has started to develop; either you are an MMO player with EVE experience, or you aren’t. And I don’t mean ‘EVE experience’ in terms of … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design | 58 Comments

Closing out 2013. 2014 predictions

Posted on December 30, 2013 by SynCaine

2013 ends much like it began for the MMO genre, with a collective ‘meh’, and this blog overall has reflected that both in post volume and the number of posts about MMOs vs other games. My most played MMO this … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EQNext, EVE Online, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, Ultima Online, WildStar, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Smartest dummy I know

Posted on December 16, 2013 by SynCaine

Jester is a bit of a weird bird (and I say that with upmost respect). On the one hand, he is that rare player that is worth hundreds if not thousands of subscriptions in EVE. He is exactly the type … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, EVE Online, Guild Wars, The Elder Scrolls Online | 20 Comments