Category Archives: Lord of the Rings Online

Ghost town, population you.

Posted on July 10, 2007 by SynCaine

One feature either already in a MMO, or always talked about as ‘coming soon’ is player housing. Seemingly always difficult to implement, highly demanded, and always a hot button issue on forums, housing seems to polarize players almost as much … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

Lord of the Rings Online is good, and getting even better.

Posted on July 9, 2007 by SynCaine

Lord of the Rings Online is a good game, and at level 31 now, I feel fairly confident to say it’s got a lot going for it now and in the future. Over the weekend a few events took place … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Optimus Prime is the man…bot.

Posted on July 6, 2007 by SynCaine

First things first, Transformers was an awesome, awesome movie. Go see it.   Final day of my crusade to take away your epics, I promise. Judging from some of the comments, I think people are having a tough time with … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Random, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

World of Clone Craft, Lord of the Clones.

Posted on July 4, 2007 by SynCaine

MMO’s have one major goal, to build up your character/persona. You start very weak, and progress until you are able to take down demi-gods at will. That’s the hook. Developers place screenshots on the back of the box with high … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Hard Mode please.

Posted on July 2, 2007 by SynCaine

With my last post, I took a shot at Turbine for including a silly time sink in the form of mass kill deeds without really providing a good solution to the problem. Here is one possible solution.   Hard mode. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

When more is less.

Posted on June 30, 2007 by SynCaine

Let’s say you are sitting around a table in a game design studio. You are putting down ideas of what will make your MMO fun and enjoyable. Someone comes up with the idea of rewarding players with killing a said … Continue reading →

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