Category Archives: Lord of the Rings Online

You can’t have everything, sorry.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by SynCaine

Keen has a post up about his recent experience in DAoC. The gist of it is that after the ‘newness’ of being back in DAoC wore off, the fact that the PvE in DAoC is not as on-rails as more … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Site update, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 24 Comments

Ding 70, now what?

Posted on April 7, 2008 by SynCaine

Over the weekend my girlfriend and I both hit 70 in WoW, marking the first time she has ever hit the cap in an MMO. It’s somewhat bittersweet of course, as part of the fun in WoW is gaining xp … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

Delays, windows, hype, and cake.

Posted on March 26, 2008 by SynCaine

Warhammer Online has been delayed, again. Not a huge shock really, especially considering the whole ‘we are not making DAoC 2… ok fine we are’ design change, something I fully support. Hopefully at some point ‘soon’ anyone who buys a … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Random, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

To the time machine, we need to correct a grave mistake!

Posted on March 14, 2008 by SynCaine

A good topic making the rounds in our blog community asks the question ‘what MMO would you unmake?’ The point being what game do you feel the MMO space would be better off without? Too many blogs to link here … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Goons, EVE, and Freedom!

Posted on January 29, 2008 by SynCaine

This Wired article is making the rounds on various blogs, and as it focuses on griefing, which is somewhat related to PvP, I figured I would throw in my two cents. Go read the article first, if nothing else it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments

Another Warhammer rant, add it to the pile.

Posted on January 23, 2008 by SynCaine

Rant on carebears incoming, you have been warned. Why don’t people understand that Warhammer Online plans to be a PvP focused game? Again, PvP focused. Player vs Player. The focus of Warhammer will be to fight other players. The gameplay … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 41 Comments

Goodbye 07, hello 08.

Posted on January 2, 2008 by SynCaine

So the first calendar year as a blogger is over, and it’s been a very interesting year indeed. The blog was started in June, with the usual ‘all my thoughts in one place’ idea that many bloggers follow. It started … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Site update, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Holding Pattern.

Posted on December 14, 2007 by SynCaine

Dear snow, thanks for that four hour drive yesterday. Nothing like leaving work early, at 2pm, and finally getting home at 6pm. That was awesome… On to a happy topic, gaming, I find myself in somewhat of a standstill. Currently … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization Series, Console Gaming, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Mythos, NWN2, Pirates of the Burning Sea, SotNW, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

From nerd to world domination, one great game at a time.

Posted on November 28, 2007 by SynCaine

Darren over at Common Sense Gamer had a bit of news today based on a quote from Codemasters, with the basis of it being that they want to release one MMO per year. Being the ever lovable doom and gloom … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Gameplay vs crashing, when to call it quits?

Posted on November 16, 2007 by SynCaine

If a game is giving you technical difficulties, be it low FPS, distortion, texture errors, freezing or crashing, at what point do you just get fed up and quit? That’s my current dilemma with NWN2, as I’m deep into chapter … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, NWN2 | 4 Comments