Category Archives: Rant

EVE: PUG’ing Incursions

Posted on March 5, 2012 by SynCaine

The last few days in EVE have been very interesting and entertaining, and the result will be at least two blog posts. Today I’ll talk about Incursions, and hopefully tomorrow I’ll have a post about a great PvP roam I … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, MMO design, Rant | 29 Comments

The more things change…

Posted on March 1, 2012 by SynCaine

In a sign of the apocalypse, Keen is playing Darkfall again (100% joking, everyone should be playing Darkfall (unless they are playing EVE)), which brings about the old “I’m playing Darkfall until the minute something better comes along” comment we … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Allods Online, Darkfall Online, EQ2, EVE Online, Fallen Earth, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 20 Comments

SW:TOR is the most entertaining MMO of 2012

Posted on February 24, 2012 by SynCaine

Oh the game sucks. We all know that. But this is without a doubt the most entertaining and hilarious thing I have read all week. (hat-tip Massively) “You can tell when things are going really well in the game,” Zeschuk … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant, SW:TOR | 28 Comments

EVE: 1400 in local, no big deal

Posted on February 9, 2012 by SynCaine

Great battle report, and good example of TiDi in EVE. I’ll keep hammering the lag point until every last person understands what’s technically possible, and why MMOs with servers the size of a game from 97 are doing it wrong. I … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, Rant | 18 Comments

What’s a man to a king, what’s a king to a god, what’s a god to a non-believer?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by SynCaine

My post about the 1% in F2P games did not finish my thoughts on that topic completely, and hopefully in this post I can bring all of this around and wrap it up (not likely). The predatory nature of the … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant, RMT, World of Warcraft | 25 Comments

Preying on the weak

Posted on January 26, 2012 by SynCaine

I have a friend who is in the 1%. No, not the Occupy nonsense, but the 1% of F2P players that spend a silly amount of money in the cash shop. He is the guy who buys up every DLC … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, Atlantica Online, EQ2, FreeRealms, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant, RMT | 13 Comments

All the blame, none of the credit

Posted on January 26, 2012 by SynCaine

Can people please make up their minds? Are raiders an insignificant niche that devs should not spend time developing content ‘exclusively’ for or listening to, or are they so important that they are the reason a seemingly unstoppable social freight … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 13 Comments

Stop it already, let me blog about something else, PLEASE

Posted on January 19, 2012 by SynCaine

I mean come on. Stop the trolling already. Take a break. It’s NOT EVEN FRIDAY! “We kept the team together” – Over/under layoffs get announced next month? “Rise of the ghouls took over a year to produce” – No shit. … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant, SW:TOR | 16 Comments

Medical License Revoked

Posted on January 19, 2012 by SynCaine

People are lucky I’m too lazy to find my own “told you so” quotes about stuff. You know, stuff like “EA might shut down thanks to SW:TOR”. Because, um… EA might shut down thanks to SW:TOR. This is the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, Rant, SW:TOR | 25 Comments

Rebuilding the genre on SW:TOR’s ashes

Posted on January 18, 2012 by SynCaine

I get the feeling that people misunderstand me when I say that I hope SW:TOR is the death of the AAA themepark MMO. I’m not saying the genre would be better if people did not spend 300m to make an … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Darkfall Online, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 48 Comments