Category Archives: Life is Feudal

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

Potential return to Life is Feudal MMO?

Posted on February 20, 2019 by SynCaine

Quick note: We might be heading back to Life is Feudal MMO. The game recently released a major update, which among other things includes a new massive map (everyone on basically one ‘server’ ala EVE), offline training (EVE), vulnerability windows … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal, MMO design, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

2019 Predictions

Posted on December 10, 2018 by SynCaine

Looking back at my 2018 prediction post, two things jump out. One, pretty accurate. And two, pretty sad. CrowFall, Camelot Unchained, and Star Citizen. Those are the three titles mentioned. None of them launched. None of them had a major … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal, Site update, World of Warcraft | 9 Comments

LiF MMO: Postmortem

Posted on May 10, 2018 by SynCaine

The only thing more frustrating than playing a bad gaming is having a good game end early, and Life is Feudal MMO is just such a game. I want to be very clear here, I really, really enjoyed LiF. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal, Rant, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

LiF MMO: Fighting with gondor continues!

Posted on April 18, 2018 by SynCaine

Our regular fighting with gondor continues, and continues to be very entertaining. Every judgement hour (Sat at 10pm EST) they show up, and the last two weeks, thanks to a combinate of lower turnout on our end, and a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Housing, Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal, PvP | 3 Comments

LiF: Guild report April 5th 2018

Posted on April 5, 2018 by SynCaine

Progress continues in LiF:MMO, though slowed since many of us are approaching a ‘finished’ state. On one hand, that’s bad because making progress is fun. It can be good for those who want to focus on the ‘after progress’ stuff, … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, Life is Feudal | 7 Comments

EVE: Instanced battles would mean a lot more headlines for the game

Posted on March 20, 2018 by SynCaine

I wanted to follow up on the last post, talking about the possibility of bringing instanced battles to EVE, specifically the one major area it would greatly help EVE; attention. For most of EVE’s history, the big events have always … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Life is Feudal, MMO design, PvP | 7 Comments

Instanced Battles work great in LiF, would they work in EVE?

Posted on March 17, 2018 by SynCaine

If you go way back in the archives of this blog, I’ve been pretty against the idea of instancing in open world games vs keeping content out in the world. When WoW first started using phasing (personal instances, basically), I … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Life is Feudal, MMO design, PvP | 15 Comments

Its fine, just a little snow…

Posted on March 13, 2018 by SynCaine

Still coming down at an insane rate, but wanted to get this posted now in case we lose power again. The energy company sent us a very reassuring “you’re most likely f’ed, but hey, we brought in extra trucks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life is Feudal, Rant, Site update | 1 Comment

Should we expect an MMO to last forever?

Posted on March 10, 2018 by SynCaine

Going on day 3 without power thanks to the recent snowstorm, good times. Spent the first night at the house, but once the temp dropped below 50, it was time to go. Luckily my parents’ house has power, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, Housing, Life is Feudal, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments