2 MMO assumptions that are getting flaky these days …

I am really enjoying levelling characters in SWTOR. One thing I personally get from levelling characters in a new game is a reminder about things I like or dislike about diku type MMOs.I like that when levelling, no one really cares about your spec or gear as long as you are helping the team (in PvP) or able to complete the instance (in PvE). And of course if you are soloing, no one else needs to care anyway. So it’s all about you figuring the game out yourself and trying out different strategies/ ...

Articles tagged with: general mmo, Design, Gear, Levelling, mmo, PvP

DK Mullet Set – pvp tier

The new Death Knight set has been shared by MMO Champ – I’m calling it the mullet set. Business in the front, party in the back. … A mullet joke is better than the “me-so-horny” jokes you’ll see in ...

Days of Yore

Me and my old friends/guildies been talking about the good ole days of DAOC with it’s  PvP, or Realm vs. Realm, and how awesomely fun it was. That no other game has captured that fun gameplay since.
Perhaps I am a Relic like those we use ...

Vengeful Gladiator Screenshot Competition under way


So the Arena Pass is upon us! And here in the EU (well, it's "here" for me, OK?), another gladiatorial competition has kicked off.
Nakatoir announced on the EU PvP forums a few days ago that a Vengeful Gladiator Screenshot ...

Shared Topic: Hardmode PvP

Nightwill gave us this past weeks shared topic:
Mathew McCurley ‏- @gomatgo asked on twitter about ideas for a question for The Queue and I came up with one and thinking about it I wanted to mention it here.
“Why not have ‘hardmode’ ...

The Five Levels Problems: Introduction

I kept thinking about how Cataclysm has only five levels. Was it a good thing? Bad? I was leaning towards bad as I kept finding problems and changes that needed to be made to compensate for only having the five levels. So I decided to really look ...