Category Archives: Lord of the Rings Online

Time to move on, sorry EQ2, but I just don’t get it.

Posted on November 6, 2007 by SynCaine

I think my days in EQ2 are quickly coming to an end. As much as I wanted to force myself to get a character to at least level 30 in order to give it a ‘fair shot’, I don’t think … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Console Gaming, EQ2, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 24 Comments

Screen shot comparison.

Posted on October 25, 2007 by SynCaine

Update: To try and make this a little more accurate, I went to the official pages of EQ2 and LoTRO, and picked two SS, the first a scenery shot, the second a character shot.   ***********************************  Since a nice discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Lord of the Rings Online | 32 Comments

More EQ2 bashing. Is it just me…?

Posted on October 24, 2007 by SynCaine

Something I ran across today while browsing around some blogs. This just floored me. I mean I read it and had to re-read it to make sure the comment was about EQ2 like I thought it was. By Jason, a … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft | 18 Comments

NWN2 praise, EQ2 bashing.

Posted on October 24, 2007 by SynCaine

NWN2 is awesome. So fanboi-ish, I know, but I’m really having a great time with the game, issues and all. ***Minor Spoiler Alert*** I finally made it to the keep, and so far so good. I was not able to … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EQ2, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, NWN2, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Endgame, pick your poison.

Posted on October 1, 2007 by SynCaine

Recently I was thinking about the past MMOs I’ve played and the different ‘end game’ systems they offered. Some had raiding (WoW, LoTRO), some had PvP (DAoC, AC on Darktide, Lineage) and others left it open-ended (UO, EVE). Anyone who … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Class discrimination.

Posted on September 18, 2007 by SynCaine

Over at Keen and Graev yesterday a great post was made on why the majority of MMO players seem to gravitate towards DPS classes. Here are some clips, along with my thoughts. “Big Number Syndrome, or BNS, is the addiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

This is the world largest blog with the title ‘Hardcore Casual’ *

Posted on August 30, 2007 by SynCaine

LoTRO recently announced a 7 day free trial (good) and that they have ‘4 million characters’. (stupid) Why anyone today would report the number of characters their game has is beyond me, unless you want to compete with the awesome … Continue reading →

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LoTRO heat, and EVE missions.

Posted on August 27, 2007 by SynCaine

Quick note about LoTRO before I go into my latest EVE adventures; for whatever reason, LoTRO likes to overheat my computer, resulting in graphic artifacting and eventually a complete crash that results in the comp restarting itself. I have a … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MILK Corp | 5 Comments

On Tap.

Posted on August 24, 2007 by SynCaine

With my Corp (Milk in a Bag) planning a little low sect trading mission soon, I’m eagerly waiting for my Learning skills to finish up so I can start training towards a Caldari Moa and increasing my combat effectiveness overall. … Continue reading →

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Quick Update.

Posted on August 22, 2007 by SynCaine

Not much of an update today. Seems the internet is quiet these days waiting for all the new releases, and with NDA’s on all the big beta’s, not much news is out. Still trying to find the time/will to play … Continue reading →

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