Category Archives: Rant

Five hours

Posted on December 7, 2010 by SynCaine

For some, it will take longer to download an expansion than to reach it’s level cap. That is most impressive for 25 months, hundreds of devs, and millions of dollars later. Lowering the bar (of accessibility!) yet again.

Posted in Rant, World of Warcraft | 15 Comments

I’m going to player impact the shit out of this instance!

Posted on December 6, 2010 by SynCaine

“We’ll throw you into your very first instance, to get a feel for a very player directed experience.” Um… what? Oh and two faction in the Warhammer universe, good call. Have they announced a coordinated dance animation between Chaos Warriors … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Mass Media, Rant, WAR40k | 10 Comments

Losing on the interwebz

Posted on December 3, 2010 by SynCaine

You admit defeat on the internet when talking about an upcoming game when you state “this is just the beginning; they have future plans for feature X that could make it really great”. The game is not out yet, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 11 Comments

“It seems much easier to make interesting, sandbox PvP content then it is to maintain and create PvE treadmill content”

Posted on November 30, 2010 by SynCaine

Every now and then you come across something shocking it’s just too hard to ignore. Today is one of those days. This is a comment from a post Keen made, waiting for WoW to embrace its PvP nature (pro-tip: HKO … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 39 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

100% pure entertainment rant

Posted on November 17, 2010 by SynCaine

Not MMO or even gaming related, but this rant is one of the best I’ve heard in… ever? I mean it’s passionate, it’s angry, and unlike many rants, it’s not just the same few sentences repeated over and over. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant | 3 Comments

Character grind

Posted on November 16, 2010 by SynCaine

Darkfall has come a long way since launch in almost all areas. The PvE is much better (and in sync!), PvP balance is at a good level (it’s never going to be perfect, but can always improve), server and client … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, Rant | 9 Comments

Mythic beats SOE for Cash Shop stupidity

Posted on November 4, 2010 by SynCaine

In the race to see which studio is more incompetent at cash shops, Mythic surges past current champion SOE to claim the Clown Crown of Crazy (the highly coveted CCC). Congrats, let the server shutdown party commence! Here is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, EQ2, MMO design, Rant, RMT, Warhammer Online | 14 Comments

Technology from the future

Posted on November 1, 2010 by SynCaine

Food for thought: The company making 500m in profit a year can’t figure out how to get a couple hundred people fighting in one area (it’s technically impossible, yo), while a ‘niche’ game just had a little issue with 3100 … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Rant, World of Warcraft | 38 Comments

Great potential, utter failure.

Posted on October 28, 2010 by SynCaine

Bad games are easy to move on from and forget, but bad games with a ton of potential are a bit harder to let go off, and certainly cause more rage. This post is going to focus around Disciples III, … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, WAR40k, Warhammer Online | 9 Comments