Tag Archives: PvP

I can’t do public forums anymore

Posted on Thursday, 24 March 2011 by Ferrel

I might just be a cranky old MMORPG player but I swear to the FSM that somehow game specific public forums are getting worse. I’m not sure there is any other place on this planet where you can go and … Continue reading →

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League of Legends is my new addicition

Posted on Sunday, 17 October 2010 by Ferrel

On the last Multiverse we had Jeremy from MMO Voices on the show and he was excited about League of Legends. He explained it a bit to me and I thought it seemed interesting enough to download. Unfortunately I did … Continue reading →

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A PvP/RvR MMORPG Player’s Life-cycle

Posted on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 by Ferrel

Life as a PvP/RvR player has been rough lately. For a while they were on a high. They’d convinced the world that their play style was the dominant one in the market and that every MMORPG had to go that … 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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Lord of Ultima

Posted on Saturday, 1 May 2010 by Ferrel

Lord of Ultima has been officially out for a couple of weeks now and I’ve been finding myself rather addicted to it. I’m a victim of city building games usually. I love to design tiny empires, build them up and … Continue reading →

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I’ll have the MMORPG, hold the BGs!

Posted on Tuesday, 2 March 2010 by Ferrel

Lately there has been a great deal of discussion regarding how PvP affects PvE in MMOs. Anyone who has read Epic Slant for a while knows I’m pretty passionate about the subject. I’ve been quiet on the subject for a … Continue reading →

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Global Agenda first impressions

Posted on Friday, 12 February 2010 by Ferrel

A week before the launch of EverQuest II Sentinel’s Fate, one of my guild mates started talking about Global Agenda. It is no secret that I do not like PvP in my MMOs but in general I don’t mind MMOFPSs … Continue reading →

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MMO Roads less traveled

Posted on Friday, 5 February 2010 by Ferrel

It seems to me that MMOs very rarely stray from the genres of science fiction or fantasy. These two settings seem to be the safest to do and are frequently repeated. So much so that I am frequently surprised that … Continue reading →

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Battlegrounds come to EQ2, doh!

Posted on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 by Ferrel

I had heard a lot of rumors floating around the Sentinel’s Fate beta that battlegrounds would be showing up in EverQuest 2. I hoped that it was just a joke to tease me into a froth but it appears they … Continue reading →

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