Category Archives: Lord of the Rings Online

Monday Update, keeping it short.

Posted on June 2, 2008 by SynCaine

Stupid busy Monday = no blog time. Not much to report over the weekend really, just some more quality time with LoTRO, finished up the Greater Barrows with the help of our Kin. We made two trips with a level … Continue reading →

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Quest pacing, and why killing boars is cool.

Posted on May 28, 2008 by SynCaine

Being part of the blog community, and spending a decent (read: too much) amount of time reading other blogs, you pick up on trends and common rants. Having been around the MMO block since UO, I’ve also seen my fair … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 29 Comments

Finally, Syncaine has come BACK to blogging!

Posted on May 27, 2008 by SynCaine

Ah finally back. After so many days off, the ‘blogging itch’ has certainly hit me hard, especially with MMO land finally seeing some activity with the AoC release. I’m still not sold on the idea that AoC will become a … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Site update, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

Greater Barrows owns us, hard.

Posted on May 14, 2008 by SynCaine

Last night Aria and I made our first trip into the Greater Barrows instance in LoTRO. Our group featured all kin members save for the tank. Here is our fellowship: Level 25 and 21 burglars Level 20 guardian (the pug) … Continue reading →

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WotLK, too little too late?

Posted on May 12, 2008 by SynCaine

Blizzard went on a bit of an info spree this weekend, flooding sites with news about WotLK. Most of it sounds good, like the 10/25 man raid changes, better heroic itemization, and inscription. Some of it sounds a bit suspect, … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 17 Comments

LoTRO progress update.

Posted on May 9, 2008 by SynCaine

A quick LoTRO update today to end the week. Aria and I hit level 18 after wrapping up our first trip into the Barrows. Since most of the quests in that place are multi-part, we will be making another trip … Continue reading →

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Too WoW-like, a positive or negative?

Posted on May 5, 2008 by SynCaine

Tobold has a post up today questioning the wisdom of designing an MMO with features too similar to WoW, speaking specifically about Age of Conan. His point is that why would someone play something WoW-like when they could just play … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Dark Age of Camelot, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Pirates of the Burning Sea, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 23 Comments

I will kill you with nagging

Posted on May 2, 2008 by SynCaine

Between my Man Captain and Aria’s Elf Minstrel, your little duo+herald do a LOT of yelling. I mean like 3-4 yells a regular mob. We kill bosses by making either eardrums bleed. I don’t mind the yelling, it’s kinda cool … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, Random | 4 Comments

MMO gaming from the ultra-casual perspective.

Posted on May 1, 2008 by SynCaine

At the request of my bf that is swamped at work, I am writing my first blog post ever. And ironically, it is about something that a year and a half ago, I knew virtually nothing about. I am a … Continue reading →

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Returning to Middle Earth.

Posted on April 30, 2008 by SynCaine

Having hit 70 in WoW, and with Kara raiding being a once a week event currently, some gaming time has opened up for the gf and I. Since we had to stop playing LoTRO due to a technical issue and … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments