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Reverse WoW-thinking.5 comments

syncaine wrote 1 day ago: Working on Book 3 in LoTRO last night reminded me why MMOs are as great as they are. When you get a … more »

Tags: Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft

Mythic's Paul Barnett Has Interesting Ideas3 comments

JZig wrote 3 days ago: Paul Barnett, Creative Directory at Mythic Entertainment (Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer Online) rec … more »

Tags: Game Development, DAOC, develop, GameDesign, MMO, Mythic, WarhammerOnline

End-game content is not the ONLY content.12 comments

syncaine wrote 1 week ago: Tobold, MMOCrunch and Random Battle are three blogs which have recently talked about solo vs group p … more »

Tags: Age of Conan, asheron's call, Dark Age of Camelot, Lord of the Rings Online, PvP, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft

Can Blizzard dig itself out of this hole...12 comments

syncaine wrote 1 week ago: We have a shortage of tanks, how are we going to fix that? Trick everyone into playing a new tank cl … more »

Tags: World of Warcraft

Stop bitching about skill points newbtards.21 comments

syncaine wrote 1 week ago: Read enough EVE-related posts and you will notice a certain complaint always being made: I can never … more »

Tags: EVE Online, World of Warcraft

Burned out on WotLK already.27 comments

syncaine wrote 2 weeks ago: I wanted to expand on a previous post here, and go into a bit more detail about WotLK and my total l … more »

Tags: Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft

Avoiding the WotLK beta.15 comments

syncaine wrote 2 weeks ago: The fact that people are actually AVOIDING playing the WotLK beta should tell you all you need to kn … more »

Tags: EVE Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft, WotLK

The small stuff sometimes makes the biggest difference.10 comments

syncaine wrote 3 weeks ago: As JoBildo accurately points out, the ‘open group’ feature of Warhammer is one of those ‘n … more »

Tags: Warhammer Online

Not the hardest shoes to fill...6 comments

syncaine wrote 3 weeks ago: If you’re Horde, defending your Relief Hut, and make us spend 10-15 seconds trying to kill you … more »

Tags: World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online, PvP

Power to the MMO people!11 comments

syncaine wrote 3 weeks ago: /begin rant A good game is one that you enjoy (or enjoyed) playing. You can ‘burn out’ on a … more »

Tags: Age of Conan, Random, World of Warcraft

Age of Conan: How to Not Run a Community1 comment

JZig wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m not playing Age of Conan any more, but I’m still following it’s development. T … more »

Tags: Game Development, ageofconan, aoc, Forums, funcom, MMO, Support

The carebear and the ganker, best friends forever.13 comments

syncaine wrote 4 weeks ago: In somewhat of a continuation from yesterday’s post, and with the idea sparked after reading M … more »

Tags: EVE Online, PvP, World of Warcraft

Asshat or PvPer: Which will Warhammer Online have?11 comments

syncaine wrote 4 weeks ago: I read a recent post from MMOG Nation via MMOWTF today that got me thinking, or rather re-visiting a … more »

Tags: asheron's call, EVE Online, PvP, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft

Mass media gets an MMO story right, no joke.

syncaine wrote 1 month ago: In a clear case sign of the apocalypse, NYTimes.com has posted a positive article about an online ga … more »

Tags: EVE Online, Mass media, World of Warcraft

Design Collaboration in MMO's1 comment

kanthalos wrote 1 month ago: I just read an excellent post on Moorgard’s blog about writing vs. storytelling.  If you have … more »

Tags: Quest Writing

Breaking down MMO burnout, and ways to avoid it.18 comments

syncaine wrote 1 month ago: Rick over at /random expressed concern that his longtime guild may not be as hyped for WAR as he is, … more »

Tags: Age of Conan, Console Gaming, Dark Age of Camelot, PvP, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online

MMO history, that Bartle guy, and why WoW2 won't blow your mind.5 comments

syncaine wrote 1 month ago: It seems we had a busy weekend in the MMO blog world, fueled by an interview with Richard Bartle don … more »

Tags: Age of Conan, Console Gaming, EVE Online, Perma-death, PvP, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft

AoC bashing, LoTRO update, ISK talk.13 comments

syncaine wrote 1 month ago: Ah Friday sweetness. Heartless and Rick over at /random both commented on a Massively report about A … more »

Tags: Age of Conan, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, PvP

Focused crafting, not just a bullet point on a box!5 comments

syncaine wrote 1 month ago: Psychochild breaks down the general ideas behind crafting in his recent post, a topic that was addre … more »

Tags: World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, EVE Online, eq2


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