Category Archives: Patch Notes

Patching like its 1999

Posted on April 1, 2011 by SynCaine

I appreciate the rapid pace of patching. It’s impressive, even by “first month of a new MMO” standards. And as we saw with 1.1, the updates are not all just bug fixes but actual content additions. Major bonus points for … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, EQ2, EVE Online, MMO design, Patch Notes, Rift, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments

Patch giveth, and patch… not giveth as much?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by SynCaine

The bad news is that today’s Darkfall patch did not deliver the items I was hoping it would, and instead ended up just tweaking a few things for balance purposes along with adding in the holiday update. Still nice, and … Continue reading →

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Darkfall: Meditation thoughts + next patch

Posted on December 15, 2010 by SynCaine

It would seem that I picked a great time to get back into Darkfall, as this update mentions a lot of rather exciting things, chief among them fixes to clan warfare and the expanding of the meditation (offline skilling) system. … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes, PvP | 5 Comments

Random thoughts or updates on not-so-random titles

Posted on November 29, 2010 by SynCaine

Thanks to Comcast being… well Comcast, online gaming for the last week has been sporadic and rage-inducing. I mean nothing says “I’m having fun now” like lagging in League of Legends, where for some insane reason you can still see … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Blood Bowl, Civilization Series, Darkfall Online, League of Legends, Patch Notes, Random, Site update | 5 Comments

Brolaf, bro

Posted on November 24, 2010 by SynCaine

League of Legends gameplay is perhaps only surpassed by Riot’s interaction with their community. One glance at the dev tracker will show you that they troll the forums more than most trolls, reveal more game info than Blizzard at Blizcon… … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Patch Notes | 5 Comments

The real Cataclysm

Posted on November 23, 2010 by SynCaine

Everyone and their uncreative grandmother blogging and gushing over the excitement of $8 levels, partial zone revamps (oh wait, those are free and not technically part of that $40, oops), and two character reskins. Please, please tell me how you … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Patch Notes, Rant, World of Warcraft | 24 Comments

League of Lengeds update: Halloween, 1300 ELO, Yi

Posted on October 20, 2010 by SynCaine

If I made a post about every League of Legends patch or updated, things would get a little out of hand. Riot, despite only selling the highest-priced reskins at less than 50% of a pony, pump out content so fast … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, Patch Notes, Site update | 5 Comments

Darkfall Re-Launch

Posted on October 18, 2010 by SynCaine

Tasos has clearly started trolling ForumFall. With his brief mention of Darkfall 2, new servers, and ‘future plans’, ForumFall has been working itself silly speculating and trying to figure it all out. He somewhat ruins the fun with this explanation, … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, crafting, Darkfall Online, DDO, MMO design, Patch Notes | 19 Comments

30 minutes with Hellfreeze

Posted on October 8, 2010 by SynCaine

I’ve only managed to log about 30 minutes or so into Darkfall since the expansion, but even in EuroGamer time I’ve seen some good things. With the upcoming weekend, I should have a much better report come Monday. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, MMO design, Patch Notes | 9 Comments

What 6gigs really brings

Posted on October 7, 2010 by SynCaine

A lot of funny things happen when a large number of people are waiting for 6gigs to download, especially when they have been waiting a good number of months to get it. It’s also interesting to watch the feeding frenzy … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Patch Notes | 4 Comments