Category Archives: Rant

Man, I’m glad I’m not playing THAT game.

Posted on January 22, 2009 by SynCaine

Dear Warhammer fans, We know the recent patch was a bit of a letdown, but please let us explain. We have a lot going on around here, and we are still new to this MMO thing. We also don’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Patch Notes, Rant, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments

WoW tourists attack DarkFall.

Posted on January 15, 2009 by SynCaine

Let’s pretend this press release about Darkfall is being honest, and not just painting a delay in a positive light. I know, it’s a stretch, but “zomg vaporware lulz” posts have been done and bring little to the table. Thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Darkfall Online, Rant, World of Warcraft | 24 Comments

Boosting XP gain, why?

Posted on December 22, 2008 by SynCaine

Mythic recently increased the overall leveling rate in WAR, and most players/blogs have openly called this a much needed change. I’m somewhat neutral about it concerning WAR in particular, as on the one hand the pace never bothered me, but … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 14 Comments

Some Monday thoughts on WAR and Monolith RvR

Posted on December 22, 2008 by SynCaine

So many thoughts are going through my head right now. Overall I had a really, really great weekend with WAR, but on Monday some issue are nagging me. This is likely to jump around a bit, so sorry in advance … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online | 4 Comments

RMT, the great fail of MMOs

Posted on December 18, 2008 by SynCaine

Before we get into the details of this post, I think it’s very important to keep one thing in mind; no matter the payment method, someone is going to end up paying more for option A than option B, and … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, RMT | 46 Comments

Accessible to you means trivial to me, and elitist to him.

Posted on December 15, 2008 by SynCaine

It seems Tobold was having a rough day Friday. Aside from missing the true point of my post, a few days later Tobold describes a similar situation, only from the ‘raid leech’ perspective rather than an officer’s. As seen here, … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 35 Comments

I see your silly RMT, and raise you $15

Posted on December 11, 2008 by SynCaine

$15 for a sex change? It’s not even close to April 1st… Now finally EVERYONE can be a naked female dancing on a mailbox. Long overdue really,  I mean since you removed anything close to a challenge, you have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant, World of Warcraft | 20 Comments

SW:TOR and RMT, awesome!

Posted on December 10, 2008 by SynCaine

Well we can officially move on from this potential MMO baby jesus, looks like SW:TOR is going to have RMT. Sweet, I can’t wait to afk grind sci-fi foozles while chugging $5 xp potions  wearing my $10 hot pink R2D2 … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, RMT, SW:TOR | 10 Comments

What is raiding in WoW today?

Posted on December 9, 2008 by SynCaine

In somewhat of an odd coincidence, the day Tobold posts about mini-Naxx is also around the time the topic of raiding was brought up in our vent. We were discussing what made raiding fun for us back in vanilla WoW, … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Fallout 3, youtube, forums, and RvR.

Posted on December 8, 2008 by SynCaine

So many topics, so little time. Well not really, I have all day, but wall of text crits are not always cool, so I’ll try to be brief with everything. First up, the internet gets butthurt over a youtube video. … Continue reading →

Posted in Console Gaming, Fallout 3, Rant, RvR, Warhammer Online | 4 Comments