Category Archives: World of Warcraft

The concept of ‘easy’ in MMO land

Posted on February 22, 2010 by SynCaine

A while back GameMonkey made this post, basically stating that “easy is fun”, and that easy is one of the keys to reaching the mass market. He later goes on to state in the comments that the easy version of … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Console Gaming, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 39 Comments

F2P games: nice for the price, or actual competition?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by SynCaine

Something I’ve noticed for a while now, that’s really come to the foreground with the release of Allods, is how some people play both sides of the fence when talking about Free to Play MMOs. In one sentence they will … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design, RMT, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

Allods Online: ‘Open beta’ day 1

Posted on February 17, 2010 by SynCaine

Tell me if this sounds slightly familiar: overcrowding, spawn-stealing, loot lag, idiot chat, kill/collect 10 whatevers. Nope, it’s not 2004 and WoW, it’s 2010 and Allods Online. Amazing how far we have come after all these years! But it’s cool … Continue reading →

Posted in Allods Online, beta, Combat Systems, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 25 Comments

How awfully ‘keen’ of you Tobold

Posted on February 10, 2010 by SynCaine

Whenever Tobold talks about EVE, it’s always entertaining, but sadly it’s the “Keen” kind of entertaining, if you know what I mean. And just a day after making a “WoW is too easy and not fun now” post (wish someone … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, crafting, EVE Online, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 67 Comments

Oh themepark, how I missed you so!

Posted on February 5, 2010 by SynCaine

It looks like Saturday will be the first night Aria (the fiancé) and I try to get back into some MMO gaming together, with the Guild Wars trial up first. Hopefully she likes it, my very brief time with it … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, Guild Wars, MMO design, Rant, World of Warcraft | 33 Comments

Is Vanguard a good choice?

Posted on February 4, 2010 by SynCaine

My fiance would like to get back into the MMO gaming scene with me, and I’m wondering if Vanguard would be a good choice for a duo to tackle? Games we have already played include WoW, LotRO, EQ2, WAR, DDO … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, DDO, EQ2, Fallen Earth, Lord of the Rings Online, Site update, Vanguard, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 64 Comments

This just in: fans cheer/jeer during rivalry

Posted on January 18, 2010 by SynCaine

First off, if you are going to address someone, don’t be cowardly and do it anonymously, if for no other reason than to keep your readers from having to decode what you are talking about. Just trying way, way too … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Mass Media, Random, Rant, Site update, World of Warcraft | 26 Comments

Yup, I lol’ed.

Posted on January 14, 2010 by SynCaine

True story time, gather round. I get a pingback email about this post linking me, go check it out, disagree mildly, and then notice that the two automatically generated posts by WordPress are both from my blog about the tourist … Continue reading →

Posted in Site update, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

2010: Year of the Tourist?

Posted on January 10, 2010 by SynCaine

Tobold is asking who plans to be a tourist in 2010 (continuing his new adult entertainment blog theme in the process), which got me thinking whether 2010 itself might not just be the ‘Year of the Tourist’, and furthermore whether … Continue reading →

Posted in Mass Media, MMO design, Random, SW:TOR, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

What is Realm Pride?

Posted on January 8, 2010 by SynCaine

In the land of MMO PvP setups, we know for sure that one style, freeform PvP, works. We also know that another style, pre-set PvP, has worked, but has also has a history of failure. The one major example of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Asheron's Call, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, RvR, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 28 Comments