Category Archives: World of Warcraft

Class discrimination.

Posted on September 18, 2007 by SynCaine

Over at Keen and Graev yesterday a great post was made on why the majority of MMO players seem to gravitate towards DPS classes. Here are some clips, along with my thoughts. “Big Number Syndrome, or BNS, is the addiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Looking in the mirror; the sickness that was WoW raiding.

Posted on September 13, 2007 by SynCaine

Recently I was thinking about the time I put into WoW, especially the last year that I played when I was basically logging on to raid or prepare for a raid. At the time I knew it was a major … Continue reading →

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One great big lovefest.

Posted on September 7, 2007 by SynCaine

It’s been very nice reading all the comments in response to my post about the upcoming WoW expansion. If nothing else, it shows that a great variety of people play MMOs, and everyone has a different view of what’s good/bad. … Continue reading →

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It’s not you baby, its me. I’ve changed, and its time we move on.

Posted on September 6, 2007 by SynCaine

Funny how this whole blog traffic thing works, I write a simple ‘don’t care about the new WoW xpac’ post, and I get linked from major web sites and set a new single day hit record. Go figure. Also amusing … Continue reading →

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The love and hate game, WoW style.

Posted on September 4, 2007 by SynCaine

Perhaps it’s just me, but I have a feeling the tide is turning for WoW, especially with the new info released about the next expansion and how the Hero class system will be used. In a nutshell, the Hero class … Continue reading →

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This is the world largest blog with the title ‘Hardcore Casual’ *

Posted on August 30, 2007 by SynCaine

LoTRO recently announced a 7 day free trial (good) and that they have ‘4 million characters’. (stupid) Why anyone today would report the number of characters their game has is beyond me, unless you want to compete with the awesome … Continue reading →

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Lum and I share a moment…

Posted on August 21, 2007 by SynCaine

During a bit of random internet wandering, clicking from one site to another, I stumbled upon an old post made by Scott Jennings (aka Lum the Mad) that is eerily similar to my very first blog post. Granted, his piece … Continue reading →

Posted in EVE Online, MMO design, Ultima Online, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

Quest vacuum

Posted on August 16, 2007 by SynCaine

Having finally gotten a good chunk of time to play LoTRO, it was time to take a trip back to Evendim and continue our adventures there. Previously we had completed a few of the lower level quests, but left the … Continue reading →

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Skillz yo.

Posted on August 2, 2007 by SynCaine

Just some quick stuff today, should be a more substantial entry tomorrow. My wallet hit 1 million ISK in EVE last night. I realize this is basically nothing, but still looks nice for a new pilot. Doubt it will last … Continue reading →

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Warhammer will kill World of Warcraft!

Posted on July 31, 2007 by SynCaine

The latest Virgin Worlds podcast was part 2 of a top ten MMOs of the future series. While the entire podcast is very entertaining, it was not a huge surprise that Warhammer Online was the groups #1 game. That said … Continue reading →

Posted in Dark Age of Camelot, MMO design, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments