I have a post half written with some advice on getting to be a raid tank in Cataclysm. It’s based on my experiences with raid tanking in Wrath, with some guesses about how the next expansion might differ. And while drafting it out, I learned a few things about how I feel about expansions. First [...]
Archive for October, 2010
On the front loaded nature of expansions
Posted in general mmo, tagged beginning, cataclysm, expansion, finding a guild, finding a raid, first comer, front loaded on October 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It came from the PUG: In which I get kicked!
Posted in general mmo, tagged etiquette, group, kick, lfg, res on October 11, 2010 | 44 Comments »
One of the quirks of the WoW dungeon system is that if you leave a group before the end of an instance voluntarily, you have to wait 30 minutes before you can re-queue. For example, if you zone into a random instance and decide it’s one you don’t like so you leave straight away. However, [...]
Gaming News: Panasonic’s new handheld, DC Online delayed, Chinese gamers bored of MMOs, Layoffs at Paragon, F2P LOTRO doubles revenue
Posted in general mmo, links, tagged dc online, eve, f2p lotro, gaming news, jungle, panadonic, paragon, raid, world mental health day on October 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Today is World Mental Health Day, so not a bad time to consider your own work/ life/ gaming balance, whether you’re getting enough sleep and enough time with your friends, and how you plan to level in Cataclysm without driving yourself into the ground. I really believe that gaming can be a very positive thing [...]
On globalisation, consumerism, and F2P
Posted in general mmo, tagged alt, consumerism, economy, expectation, f2p, globalism, main, server transfer on October 8, 2010 | 12 Comments »
(Even for me, that’s one heck of a subject line.) What if developments in MMOs over the past few years really do model the real life experience in some ways? After all, virtual worlds are modelled on the real one … sort of. Have gamers in virtual worlds been through their own virtual industrial revolution, [...]
My WoW Report
Posted in general mmo, warcraft, tagged history, impressions, level 80, newbie, report, review, warcraft, wrath on October 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Boss: I told my son about you playing, what is it? World of Warcraft? He said ‘I bet she’s like EIGHTY and EVERYTHING’, so I said ‘what level are you, Jack?’, and he said ‘12!’. That is a legitimate exchange between my boss and myself while discussing whether I could have the week of Comic [...]
Eurogamer Expo fails to inspire
Posted in general mmo, tagged 2010, disappointment, earls court, eurogamer expo, free cake, wedding on October 6, 2010 | 15 Comments »
I had an email from Eurogamer today asking for feedback on this weekend’s event. I thought, “What a great idea. But you guys clearly didn’t read my feedback from last year, so I’ll blog about it instead.” The Eurogamer Expo is basically a huge set of demos for upcoming games. Imagine a big convention hall, [...]
[Cataclysm] New race/ class combos in before expansion
Posted in general mmo, warcraft, tagged 4.0.1, 7th december, cataclysm, raid lock, release date, warcraft on October 6, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Ladies and Gentleorcs, start your engines. We have a release date for Cataclysm and it is 7th December. I imagine there was a lot of pressure for Blizzard to get this one out of the door before the end of the year (and not just from bored players.) Player vs Developer notes that the digital download [...]
Delayed F2P — LotRO Europe
Posted in general mmo, tagged codemasters, delays, free to play, lotro, turbine on October 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »
LotRO Europe was supposed to go to Turbine’s Free to Play model on 10th September. It’s been delayed. And delayed again. We’ve had some welcome back weekend promotions, some free travel, some GM-run events, some community competitions, all to make up for it. I’m sure it’s all appreciated. But… I’m disappointed. Not really in the [...]
Is your character race purely cosmetic?
Posted in general mmo, warcraft, tagged archaeology, character, cosmetic, eq2, lore, race, starting area, warcraft on October 4, 2010 | 19 Comments »
There is a long tradition, stretching back to the earliest MUDs, that players have a choice of fantasy races for their characters. It has become part of the MMO scenery, even though in many games it will never much affect your play. So is a race just cosmetic, just another way to customise your character [...]
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Blog news: Ratings on comments, future post schedule
Posted in about me, tagged blog news, comments, post schedule, ratings, spinksville on October 9, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Just a brief update on a couple of changes around here: I had been trialling the WordPress option to let people rate comments on this blog (you may have seen the thumbs up/ thumbs down icons). I’ve turned it off for now, but thought I’d pass on some good and bad things I saw with [...]
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