Category Archives: SW:TOR

300m buys you a thesaurus!

Posted on January 13, 2012 by SynCaine

INNOVATION! (By means of a Paragus remark prior, but this truly merits its own editorial*) *CwutIdidthur?

Posted in SW:TOR | 5 Comments

Seems a loaded failtrain has pulled into the station

Posted on January 12, 2012 by SynCaine

A lot of great stuff floating around today. First is this comment from Rammstein, responding to Azuriel yesterday, related to his and Blizzard’s claim that Cata failed because it was too hard: Anything that Chilton says to the New York … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EQ2, EVE Online, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 42 Comments

Getting back to the source

Posted on January 11, 2012 by SynCaine

Jester has a post up about how Sovereignty works in EVE, and how the game might benefit from borrowing some ideas from Perpetuum in that area. A good read as always, and it brings up a larger point: competition amongst … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Asheron's Call, beta, EQ2, EVE Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 45 Comments

I find it really sad how the dominance of World of Warcraft has led so many people to believe that the way WoW does it is the only possible way to make a MMORPG.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by SynCaine

I still don’t have an answer for how SWTOR will do. But increasingly I think the playerbase for MMOs won’t ever let another game do a WoW, they just have lost the patience we used to have for long term … Continue reading →

Posted in DoTA, EVE Online, League of Legends, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, SW:TOR, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 48 Comments

SW:TOR – Unreal

Posted on December 24, 2011 by SynCaine

This can’t be real life right? First they LotRO us with “number of character created” (how many people are sitting on 8 character to reserve Hannn Solololo?), Xfire us with “hours played” (I wonder if people play a game more … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, Rant, SW:TOR | 41 Comments

What 2012 may bring

Posted on December 23, 2011 by SynCaine

Stealing a blog post idea from TAGN today (not that he invented it, but reading his sparked mine, so yea). MMOs in 2012. EVE: Assuming the server is still up (bhahaha), I’ll be playing EVE. My last go with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, League of Legends, Random, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

SW:TOR – How is the end-game?

Posted on December 20, 2011 by SynCaine

Random thought: What if the end-game in SW:TOR is awesome? Most people right now are talking about the leveling experience in SW. The pace, the voice, the story, the mechanics, etc. And rightfully so in many ways. Pre-release, almost all … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, MMO design, PvP, Rant, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 25 Comments

Life after the AAA MMO

Posted on December 19, 2011 by SynCaine

Last week I wrote about SW:TOR being a bad business deal (something I also stated more than a year go). Today I want to continue that line of thought, focusing on why I want current-day AAA MMOs to go the … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, Random, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 22 Comments

Why SW:TOR is a big bad deal

Posted on December 16, 2011 by SynCaine

Note: If you read blogs in absolutes, this post is not going to work for you. The discussion around SW costing 300m or not, whether selling 4m box copies puts it in the black, or why anyone should care, is … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 32 Comments

A whole two days!?!?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by SynCaine

BioWare gives SW players a two day grace period. Game costs 300m+ to make. Probably another 300m+ spent in marketing hype. Another $30 or so spend on soon-to-be-regrettable tattoos (Hey cool tattoo, what is it? Oh this, it’s the logo from … Continue reading →

Posted in SW:TOR | 49 Comments