Category Archives: RMT

P2W changes coming to GW2

Posted on November 15, 2013 by SynCaine

Simply because I like nothing more than tooting my own horn, we have this steller NCSoft earnings report. Shocking that the 3 week wonder that was manifested to change the face of the MMO genre is not the home run … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, RMT | 15 Comments

Pay-2-Win is fine

Posted on November 13, 2013 by SynCaine

I’ll post more about SOE being SOE with EQN once I’m not fiending on XCOM, but I just wanted to throw something out real quick; P2W is fine. Lots of games across history have had the P2W model and been … Continue reading →

Posted in EQNext, Rant, RMT | 41 Comments

One last bonus of playing DDO for 15min

Posted on November 8, 2013 by SynCaine

Now Turbine emails me all the amazing deals they have going in the cash shop! Awesome! It took longer to download your trashheap than I spent playing it, but yea, totally email me about buying more garbage, please. F2P… ALL … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, Rant, RMT | 5 Comments

Another day, another F2P dev digging a way out of his grave

Posted on November 5, 2013 by SynCaine

My notes while watching the video. It’s 45min and about Age of Empires Online, but worthwhile if you have some time to kill and enjoy watching another hotbar salesmen stumble around. (Credit where credit is due, his presentation style was … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Random, RMT | 13 Comments

Path of Exile – Finally the game it had the potential to become

Posted on November 4, 2013 by SynCaine

I’ve been a Path of Exile (PoE) fan for a while now, dating back to whenever they asked for $10 to get access to the beta. I always thought it had some good ideas, but it never clicked with me … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, RMT | 13 Comments

15 minutes of DDO went about as well as expected

Posted on November 3, 2013 by SynCaine

The good: DDO still remembers my beta account, though not the characters. It also remembers my two box set accounts, though again not characters. Seems to have forgotten those were paid account, odd… The bad: Everything else. Before character creation … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, RMT | 26 Comments

I’ll just answer my own challenge

Posted on October 30, 2013 by SynCaine

I’m currently semi-addicted to Steam trading cards and leveling up my Steam account. Why? Because I’m an idiot. F2P ALL THE WAY! PS: If you are not into the cards, please send one or all to me and we can … Continue reading →

Posted in Random, RMT | 21 Comments

F2P challenge, still waiting

Posted on October 28, 2013 by SynCaine

Last week I asked F2P fans to comment/post on why the F2P model for an MMO is better for both devs and players. I’m still waiting…

Posted in RMT | 84 Comments

MMO Future: Suits and timebombs

Posted on October 24, 2013 by SynCaine

A lot of good back and forth dialog happened yesterday, which you should go read if you haven’t. Thanks go out to Brian (Psychochild) Green for putting up more of a fight than the hotbar salesmen from SW:TOR. I’d like … Continue reading →

Posted in EQNext, EVE Online, Kickstarter, MMO design, Rant, RMT, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft | 77 Comments

People of F2P MMOs

Posted on October 23, 2013 by SynCaine

Nope. First, can we stop linking to that 2011 LotRO announcement of how great it’s doing? Please link to the 2013 “still doing great” announcement. Same goes for DDO. Last I heard, Turbine was releasing a response to in-game protests … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Rant, RMT | 38 Comments