WildStar head start drops tonight at 3am EST. Best of luck to their team and the players partaking in it. This will be interesting and fun to watch – there are a lot of eyes on WildStar. This is also the first MMO launch I have been a part of since Warhammer Online (and we…
Month: May 2014
Player Servers
Is SOE trying to be a company for the people suddenly? The idea of separate server rulesets is not new in MMOs with PVP, RP, PVE and other combinations but they don’t go far enough to offer real player choice. While not released (and just being discussed) I am liking the thought that SOE will give…
Quote worth Quoting
I love reading Bio Break’s quote of the day and read Syp’s blog daily. Sometimes I find quotes on other blogs I really enjoy, so I may throw one up now and again. Here is one I read today! “SOE has sent a message that H1Z1 isn’t just another Zombie-themed survival sim where the story…
Housing I Would Buy Into (or Rent/Lease)
Housing is all the craze and I’m loving the options. My first (and best) experience with housing in general was in DAOC. We had this nice, big, shiny Guild House! It had crafting, and portals, and trophies.. and was an awesome place where guildmates would spend downtime or whittle away at their trade skills. While…
40 Man Raids (Redux)
There is plenty of healthy debate about WildStar bringing back 40 man raids. This is also connected to a broader raid difficulty discussion. I will share my raiding experience and opinion. (Since you asked) EQ – I was on the testserver and as such, raids were a server wide event for the most part – there…
Zombie Defcon Orange
I like zombies. When I checked my tags I was sad to see that I actually only have 4 posts that talk about Zombies. And while I have a Zombie category, I typically only categorize by design house. Of course, I did change my tag system to a series of misguided, oft-not-funny, sarcastic remarks since…
Star Citizen – SERIOUSLY
continuing my ‘intriguing’ web series of pulling old draft posts from the grave and completing them whether they are relevant or not (this one is! (I think)). This one I started in January – naught 6 months old! 39M in funding? (43.5 at the time of this draft necro..)Â That’s crazy. Nuts, even. I don’t spend…
Refusing to Repeat Content
One challenge with all these fun beta and alpha tests (WildStar and Landmark, respectively) is that I don’t want to play too long or too far – because I know when the game launches, if I decide to play, I will have to do this all over again. Also, if the beta is a “doomed…
Flex Builds Ruining Immersion?
I am starting to feel that flexibility on my characters is hurting immersion. I am very flip-floppy on this subject so please help! In movies and high fantasy typically a hero is “good at one thing”. Legolas has short swords/daggers but really, he uses his bow. And he is famous for it. Luke Skywalker has…
The Newbie Blogger Initiative
I am not “officially” participating in the NBI this year and it definitely has nothing to do with not being interested – this year is just bad timing for me with a whirlwind of work and family commitments I’ll barely get around to posting (but am trying!) All that being said, I think it is…
I Must Have Been Trolled =)
I took down my last post – turns out the guys I was running the WildStar dungeons with must have been trolling me. I have read the truth and turns out the medals are grouped base. After the run I asked what everyone else got and they told me differently. So, I was either trolled…