Category Archives: World of Warcraft

EVE might save the MMO genre

Posted on September 12, 2018 by SynCaine

Continuing the conversation started yesterday about the MMO genre, and how I don’t believe its time has passed or that the genre ‘doesn’t work’ anymore, let’s talk about EVE. But first, what do you see when you look at EQ1 … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, EVE Online, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Should we expect an MMO to last forever?

Posted on March 10, 2018 by SynCaine

Going on day 3 without power thanks to the recent snowstorm, good times. Spent the first night at the house, but once the temp dropped below 50, it was time to go. Luckily my parents’ house has power, and they … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, Housing, Life is Feudal, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

I’d play Classic WoW

Posted on November 7, 2017 by SynCaine

I think I’m in for vanilla WoW if its done right. ‘Done right’ is of course the key, and with New Blizzard, I think its safe to say the odds are great they are going to screw it up by … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquisition Clan, MMO design, World of Warcraft | 7 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

What are the odds of the sun rising in the morning?

Posted on October 9, 2017 by SynCaine

It’s starting! If you had October 9th, 2017 in the office pool of “When will Gevlon fail in PUBG and blame his failure on corrupt devs”, you win. In LoL it took him 1000+ games of being unable to leave … Continue reading →

Posted in MMO design, PUBG, World of Warcraft | 5 Comments

PUBG is to 2017 what WoW was to 2004

Posted on September 14, 2017 by SynCaine

The parallels between the current explosive growth and influence of PUBG and WoW back in 2004 are many, though there are also some very interesting differences. Neither game was the first in its genre. WoW wasn’t the first MMO, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, EQ2, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rift, SOE being SOE, SW:TOR, Tobold being Wrong, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Poor, dumb, and maybe corrupt

Posted on July 25, 2017 by SynCaine

Some high quality posting from Gevlon going on right now related to his favorite tinfoil hat: everything is corrupt! It starting with his theory that the only reason anyone works in the gaming industry is because they are corrupt and … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, Goons, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Rant, RMT, World of Warcraft | 13 Comments

WoW is gankbox, EVE is not

Posted on July 7, 2017 by SynCaine

And the gankbox discussion continues. What I find most interesting about all of this is that it reveals just how little most people understand about MMO design, or even what they themselves want in an MMO. Let’s talk about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheron's Call, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP, Rant, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 8 Comments

EVE – One small step for EVE, one giant leap for MMO-kind

Posted on March 30, 2017 by SynCaine

Over at TAGN, he has a post about the upcoming changes to moon mining. In short, the activity is going from a mostly automated process involving structures processing resources to one that requires a group effort to collect the rewards. … Continue reading →

Posted in crafting, EVE Online, Goons, MMO design, The Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Gaming is pretty great right now

Posted on March 20, 2017 by SynCaine

The “Gaming is in a great spot right now” trend continues, at least outside the MMO space (and in that too, if you happen to be flying a spaceship), so lets talk about a few of the items. Overall if … Continue reading →

Posted in Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Crowfall, DoTA, EVE Online, Inquisition Clan, iPhone, League of Legends, MMO design, Random, Steam Stuff, World of Warcraft | Comments Off on Gaming is pretty great right now