Category Archives: Rant

Octo-moms will finally have the gear they deserve

Posted on February 1, 2013 by SynCaine

The current state of WoW raiding everyone: If you wipe in lfr 90% of the time its down to 1 of 2 things. Firstly too many people are afk, I wiped 4x on tsulong last week until we finally had … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant, World of Warcraft | 31 Comments

Commenting on Blogger

Posted on January 23, 2013 by SynCaine

Is it just me or is commenting on Blogger-hosted blogs massively frustrating? Between the login errors, the captcha that is impossible to read half the time, to it eating what you wrote, it takes me ten times as long to … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant, Site update | 18 Comments

Three hours

Posted on January 17, 2013 by SynCaine

In the comments of yesterday’s post, frequent commentator Saucelah suggested that playing an MMO for three straight hours (the comment said five, but let’s work with three, because I think that was my original ask in some post. If not … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 21 Comments

Hell officially freezes over

Posted on January 16, 2013 by SynCaine

What The Fuck? Obviously overall this is awesome. F2P MMOs that are actually good games growing up and becoming sub games is a thing that should happen. I’ve said over and over that I’d pay $30 a month or more to play a sub-based … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, Rant, RMT | 11 Comments

7 minutes in heaven, a month of hell

Posted on January 16, 2013 by SynCaine

One point that I don’t think I made clear enough in my post about UO’s combat was that the slower pace and simplicity leads to longer retention, and so today I want to expand on that a bit (in horribly … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EQ2, EVE Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, Rant, Rift, Ultima Online | 30 Comments

Boxed in

Posted on January 10, 2013 by SynCaine

I bet you are wondering why I’m blogging less huh? Yea, I figured you were. Darkfall NDA is mostly to blame. MMO genre being a pile of crap is another factor. I mean, not only is there not a title … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Civilization Series, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, Rant, SW:TOR, The Witcher | 19 Comments

Honest Pay-2-Win

Posted on January 2, 2013 by SynCaine

Quick note before I get to the topic for today: Is it just me, or is The Witcher 2 freaking hard? I have the game on Normal after doing the tutorial, and I’m getting my ass handed to me every … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantica Online, DDO, Random, Rant, RMT | 11 Comments

LoL: Nitpicking Riot

Posted on December 20, 2012 by SynCaine

I like Riot a lot. I think they are basically the only show in town that does F2P right, and LoL has been the best game out for the last few years. I’ve spent more money on LoL in the … Continue reading →

Posted in League of Legends, Rant, RMT | 6 Comments

Kappa Sigma Turbine

Posted on December 5, 2012 by SynCaine

Forumfall loves to bitch about Aventurine. It’s basically a tradition at this point, and it’s pretty well deserved considering DF2010 is (maybe) coming out 12/12/12. Like how hard would it have been for someone from AV to just provide a … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Rant, RMT | 28 Comments

The ever not-changing MMO genre

Posted on November 16, 2012 by SynCaine

A second post based on a game I’ve never played or even know much about. You’re welcome. The reaction to Glitch closing has been interesting, and very telling about the MMO genre and the average/casual/whatever fan. If I had to … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Random, Rant | 50 Comments