Category Archives: MMO design

End-game content is not the ONLY content.

Posted on July 30, 2008 by SynCaine

Tobold, MMOCrunch and Random Battle are three blogs which have recently talked about solo vs group play in an MMO, and everyone brings some good points to the table. One major issue during the leveling process is that far too … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Asheron's Call, Dark Age of Camelot, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 12 Comments

Can Blizzard dig itself out of this hole…

Posted on July 29, 2008 by SynCaine

We have a shortage of tanks, how are we going to fix that? Trick everyone into playing a new tank class. But people hate tank classes… Yea but this one will be more fun, have more utility, and will have … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, World of Warcraft | 12 Comments

Stop bitching about skill points newbtards.

Posted on July 25, 2008 by SynCaine

Read enough EVE-related posts and you will notice a certain complaint always being made: I can never catch up to older players. First of all, the statement is mostly true. If you started a new character today, those pilots with … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Burned out on WotLK already.

Posted on July 24, 2008 by SynCaine

I wanted to expand on a previous post here, and go into a bit more detail about WotLK and my total lack of excitement. I still think that more than anything else, the fact that Warhammer Online is so close … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 42 Comments

Avoiding the WotLK beta.

Posted on July 22, 2008 by SynCaine

The fact that people are actually AVOIDING playing the WotLK beta should tell you all you need to know about how much content they think the next expansion will provide. For me personally WotLK does less than nothing. Another few … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | Tagged | 19 Comments

The small stuff sometimes makes the biggest difference.

Posted on July 17, 2008 by SynCaine

As JoBildo accurately points out, the ‘open group’ feature of Warhammer is one of those ‘no one did this before?’ types of features that just seems so obvious, especially to anyone who has played MMO’s for any length of time. … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Warhammer Online | 10 Comments

Not the hardest shoes to fill…

Posted on July 14, 2008 by SynCaine

If you’re Horde, defending your Relief Hut, and make us spend 10-15 seconds trying to kill you, the rest of your team will be able to support and heal you. And if you do die, you’ll rez at the Relief … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Power to the MMO people!

Posted on July 11, 2008 by SynCaine

/begin rant A good game is one that you enjoy (or enjoyed) playing. You can ‘burn out’ on a good game. (see WoW) It sounds so simple, yet lately I’ve been reading a whole lot of contradictions in both posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, MMO design, Random, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments

The carebear and the ganker, best friends forever.

Posted on July 10, 2008 by SynCaine

In somewhat of a continuation from yesterday’s post, and with the idea sparked after reading MBP’s post here, today’s topic aims to examine why so many PvE ‘carebears’ play PvP-focused MMOs, using EVE Online as the example. Not since Ultima … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments

Asshat or PvPer: Which will Warhammer Online have?

Posted on July 9, 2008 by SynCaine

I read a recent post from MMOG Nation via MMOWTF today that got me thinking, or rather re-visiting an idea. The post pointed out the differences in PvP mentality going from a PvP server to a PvE one in WoW, … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 11 Comments