Tag Archives: MMO

Class Balance 101

Posted on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 by Ferrel

I chat a lot about class balance. I fully believe that it is one of the most important aspects of an MMORPG. These days developers and players just don’t seem to think so. The notion that a lot of shops … Continue reading →

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Honesty in recruitment

Posted on Monday, 19 July 2010 by Ferrel

I’ve done extensive writing about how to recruit for a guild. I’ve also spent a lot of time discussing it with Karen on a View from the Top. It is always funny how giving advice is a lot easier than … Continue reading →

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Templar AA spec

Posted on Saturday, 17 July 2010 by Ferrel

I have noticed a lack of recent information when it comes to templar AA specs. This is exacerbated since the official forums templar board is long dead. You can always swing by flames but that can be a dangerous prospect … Continue reading →

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EQ2, making your fun

Posted on Thursday, 15 July 2010 by Ferrel

On the most recent episode of a View from the Top Karen and I discussed making your own fun in MMORPGs. The gist of that conversation was to simply identify what you enjoy the most and do it. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The virtues of contested content

Posted on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 by Ferrel

I recently talked about risk vs reward and stumbled a bit into the notion of contested content. I enjoyed the comment discussion about whether that was an appropriate linkage or not. I’m not going to rehash that now but I … Continue reading →

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Epic Over Simplification – The PvP Market

Posted on Wednesday, 7 July 2010 by Ferrel

As gamers we went through a long cycle of MMORPGs where developers bought into the hype that the majority wants PvP. In EverQuest we called them the vocal minority. The non-vocal super-majority has spoken and PvP/RvR games are no more … Continue reading →

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