Monthly Archives: May 2010

Epic Over Simplification – Fighters

Posted on Sunday, 30 May 2010 by Ferrel

When I think of perfect class balance in an MMORPG I think about EverQuest II. I have no doubt that balancing 24 classes and their AAs in both PvE and PvP is an easy thing to do! Last time I … Continue reading →

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Itemization Primer II

Posted on Friday, 28 May 2010 by Ferrel

The original Itemization Primer post came out so long that I just had to break it into two posts to avoid the new standard (and quite sad) “to long did not read” crowd. Enjoy the second half of the primer … Continue reading →

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Itemization Primer I

Posted on Friday, 28 May 2010 by Ferrel

It is certainly easy to play arm-chair developer these days and most bloggers get a lot of criticism for doing so. Readers seem to delight in pointing out that we aren’t developers and that we can’t possibly see the big … Continue reading →

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Epic Over Simplication – Healers

Posted on Thursday, 27 May 2010 by Ferrel

I’ve been a long time player of the cleric class in pretty much every game that contains something like it. Being a plate healer is just who I am and everything I want to be! These days it seems that … Continue reading →

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Multiverse Episode 18

Posted on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 by Ferrel

Like most Fridays we decided to record another Multiverse episode. We shall continue to do this until they take us off the air! As always we do appreciate and enjoy our one listener! On this week’s show we invited Syp … Continue reading →

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New Halas and Squishy Templars

Posted on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 by Ferrel

It took all of my professionalism not to sneak out of work early yesterday to get home and log into EverQuest II. The New Halas patch is something I’ve been super excited about and it offers up the “second half” … Continue reading →

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Being Uber

Posted on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 by Ferrel

Ferrel arrived on the Brell server with nothing. To many of you that probably sounds like it isn’t that big of an issue considering how easy gear is to come by these days. In EverQuest being nude was devastating. I … Continue reading →

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Virtual Goods becoming less fictional?

Posted on Friday, 21 May 2010 by Ferrel

Historically speaking there has always been a debate on the periphery about who owns your MMORPG character. Players have argued that we invest both time and money into the virtual items, real estate, and levels we collect in any given … Continue reading →

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Ferrel in the big league

Posted on Friday, 21 May 2010 by Ferrel

It is here where the story is going to slow down and in some cases be disjointed. I know what events happened in my career and I also am aware of the dates history has assigned to the releases of … Continue reading →

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