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Tag Archives: MMO Design
Diary of a warhorse owner
Dear Diary Today has been particularly vexing. I had called a meeting in Sanctum to discuss freeing Telara from the grips of Prince Hylas with Iniquity’s faithful. Every Thursday we enter Greenscale’s Blight, fight our way through his minions, and … Continue reading
The Old Republic and the Illusion of Choice
In preparing for tonight’s Multiverse Chris sent me an article to read about Morality Gear in Star Wars the Old Republic (Thank you to Darth Hater for taking the time to write it). He wanted to be sure I was … Continue reading
Posted in MMO Design
Tagged Bioware, Loot, MMO, MMO Design, MMORPG, PvE, Star Wars the Old Republic, SWtOR
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It is no longer cool to hate on WoW
An interesting thing has happened in the World of Ferrel lately. I’ve lost all interest in raging against and/or hating on World of Warcraft. I have to stop and wonder why that is? What could turn a person like me … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged Blizzard, EverQuest, Ferrel, MMO, MMO Design, MMORPG, SWtOR, World of Warcraft
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Rift Guild Perks show how to do it right
For quite some time I’ve been campaigning for MMORPG developers to add some sort of feature to guilds that will make them more attractive to players. I was seeking something that would be useful but not overly powerful. I also … Continue reading
Posted in MMO Design
Tagged Guild, Guild Leadership, MMO, MMO Design, MMORPG, Rift, Trion
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Trion Memo Re: Raid Boss Design
Dresden has spent some time auditing Trion internal memos for secret information. I’m still not sure how he got access to the archives but I do believe he used the word “seduction.” At any rate he found some fairly interesting … Continue reading
Obsolete Mechanics – Two faction MMORPGs
An interesting thing happened to me the other day in Rift. I was roaming around Stillmoor in the off hours and came across a level 50 tear. I can generally solo these through the forth stage but on the fifth … Continue reading
Posted in MMO Design
Tagged Dark Age of Camelot, Ferrel, MMO, MMO Design, MMORPG, PvE, Rift, Trion, World of Warcraft
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The Multiverse, back and awesome!
Chris and I are back in the saddle after my long trip and we managed to put together a decent show. I had to cut a bunch of stuff because we went long but, on the whole, it came out … Continue reading
I don’t care if you’re overpowered
There is a phenomenon with MMORPG players that I can’t really understand. Everyone is so concerned with the power level of other characters. Solo focused folks froth at the mouth when they explain why they should have the same access … Continue reading
Fan Faire 2011 in review
I’ve returned from Las Vegas (and immediately left back out on a business trip) after an extremely brief meeting with my friends at SOE during Fan Faire. I wasn’t able to attend any of the panels outside of the one … Continue reading
