Category Archives: RMT

PUBG: I love loot crates

Posted on January 10, 2018 by SynCaine

The most recent PUBG update that went live today includes new loot crates, and the devs also published the drop rates of each item. The rares is set to drop just 0.01% in the free crate. Oh, and there is … Continue reading →

Posted in PUBG, RMT | 5 Comments

Examples of good MTX in good games

Posted on December 6, 2017 by SynCaine

Continuing down the road of what is good MTX, lets talk specific examples today. First and foremost is League of Legends, the most popular game out not just right now, but for the last few years. LoL is a F2P … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, League of Legends, RMT | 4 Comments

MTX is a long-term model, so think long-term

Posted on December 4, 2017 by SynCaine

I posted a few days ago, on the discussion of MTX, that good games do well, and bad games don’t (really a next-level statement if you think about it long enough). While I still stand by that bold proclamation, today … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, EVE Online, League of Legends, MMO design, RMT, SW:TOR | 4 Comments

High cost, low cost; a good game sells, a bad one struggles

Posted on November 30, 2017 by SynCaine

Raph Koster has a post about video game costs, which in large part is a continuation of the discussion from TAGN blog about the topic. In terms of game devs, I like Raph (I obviously don’t know him personally), but … Continue reading →

Posted in ARK, Blogroll, Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, League of Legends, MMO design, PUBG, Rant, RMT, Steam Stuff | 23 Comments

EA disables the ‘rape gaming’ option in SW:BF2, for now

Posted on November 17, 2017 by SynCaine

EA has caved, again, over the lockbox situation in SW:BF2. This time by removing the entire cash shop. Non-sheep rejoice, we won! Sheep people, enjoy your improved game despite your complicit sheep actions. Of course even in their ‘we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogroll, Random, Rant, RMT | 11 Comments

Think we can put a hotbar inside a loot box?

Posted on November 15, 2017 by SynCaine

First off, when did SW:TOR let go of the hotbar saleman? Who the hell is selling you chunks of the UI for the low low price of ‘bend over this barrel please’ in that dumpster fire of a game now? … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant, RMT, SW:TOR | 4 Comments

Rigging, lockboxes, and all the innocent children!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by SynCaine

The topic of lockboxes and matchmaking rigging is making its way around the blog world of late, so lets pile on another post to the fire. I’ll use Az’s post about it as a starting point, because I think it … Continue reading →

Posted in ARK, Camelot Unchained, Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Crowfall, League of Legends, MMO design, PUBG, PvP, Rant, RMT, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments

Asian whales

Posted on October 26, 2017 by SynCaine

The US has more millionaires than not only any other country in the world, but more than the next dozen or so combined. The US and Asia are pretty close in terms of billionaires, but that is a very small … Continue reading →

Posted in PUBG, Random, Rant, RMT, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Why are you not taking my money!?

Posted on October 13, 2017 by SynCaine

I’ve professed my love for Battle Brothers in the past. It’s an awesome, awesome game, so I was a bit sad when the devs announced they are done with the game. Well it seems they changed their minds, because they … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, Rant, RMT, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The older form of Paying-4-Power, and some reading for laugh only

Posted on October 3, 2017 by SynCaine

My old iPhone 5s was starting to break down. For one, the battery was going south, but more importantly, I could only charge it if I put the charger in JUST RIGHT, and it would stop charging if you even … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, PUBG, Rant, RMT, Site update, Ultima Online | 3 Comments