Category Archives: Trion being Trion

WoW is dead. Long live WoW!

Posted on September 12, 2019 by SynCaine

WoW Retail, born Nov 23rd, 2004, has sadly passed away at the age of (almost) 15 on Aug 26th, 2019. Cause of death: WoW Classic. RIP in peace. Ever since WoW Retail become a monster hit sometime around 2005, ‘WoW … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, Rant, Rift, SW:TOR, Tobold being Wrong, Trion being Trion, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 19 Comments

2015 predictions review

Posted on December 15, 2015 by SynCaine

Prompted by Wilhelm again, lets look back at my 2015 predictions. DF:UW will shut down. The population is at an all-time low, AV is completely lost with the title, and Forumfall continues to stick daggers into the one game even … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Camelot Unchained, Clash of Clans, Crowfall, Darkfall Online, EQNext, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Kickstarter, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Random, Site update, SOE being SOE, SW:TOR, Trion being Trion, World of Warcraft | 16 Comments

Trion being Trion: Trove edition

Posted on August 20, 2015 by SynCaine

Trion’s statement: One million monthly users. Scott’s clarification: It’s anyone who has ever created a free account since launch. Trion launched July 9th. So Trion it hurts.

Posted in Rant, Trion being Trion | 4 Comments

Trion bring Trion: Even I don’t care at this point

Posted on March 20, 2015 by SynCaine

Blah blah blah Trion being Trion, blah blah blah. Even when failing Trion is boring me now. Sad times all around.  

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Looking back at 2014, looking forward into 2015

Posted on December 15, 2014 by SynCaine

Time to review 2014 and make some 2015 predictions (I don’t get as fancy as some people and do two posts!) Here are the 2014 predictions: EQNL will have everyone loving it the first month of release. Shortly after just … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Camelot Unchained, Clash of Clans, Darkfall Online, EQ2, EQNext, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Guild Wars, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Star Citizen, SW:TOR, The Elder Scrolls Online, Trion being Trion, WildStar, World of Warcraft | 43 Comments

Trion being Trion: Server rollbacks are technically impossible

Posted on November 17, 2014 by SynCaine

(Inside reader note: The title should be read while thinking back to the time Blizzard told us open-world PvP without instancing was technically impossible and that’s why Wintergrasp was made, likely the same week some 2000 or whatever EVE battle … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Trion being Trion | 5 Comments

Trion being Trion: Player taking down servers at will

Posted on November 8, 2014 by SynCaine

Oh Trion. On the plus side, this guy taking down the servers is ultimately doing humanity a great service by helping everyone else get off this failtrain. What great adventure will Trion take us on next? Perhaps ‘accidentally’ leave GM-mode … Continue reading →

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Trion being Trion: RNG land grab

Posted on November 5, 2014 by SynCaine

Editor’s note: These are far more enjoyable from afar rather than having to suffer through them hoping Trion eventually figures out how to run an MMO. Spoiler: they won’t! You know what would make a guild-based land rush limited to … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Trion being Trion | 9 Comments

AA: Good design can’t overcome a bad business model and stupidity

Posted on October 27, 2014 by SynCaine

Whelp, things went downhill fast huh? To some extent this should have been obvious, given that ArcheAge is a F2P MMO, the very clear minor-leagues of the genre. Maybe I was trying to convince myself otherwise, or maybe a particularly … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, MMO design, Trion being Trion | 37 Comments

AA: Trion being Trion at it’s finest

Posted on October 21, 2014 by SynCaine

If even half of this is true, Trion is far more incompetent than even I have joked about. It honestly has taken most of the wind out of the game for me, which is a complete shame because the game … Continue reading →

Posted in ArcheAge, Trion being Trion | 20 Comments