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EQNext Lore Panel Analysis
I’d like to go over the topics that were brought up in the Everquest Next Lore panel (part 1 and part 2) and share with you my concerns. What I am not particularly concerned about is the question of...
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EQNext Lore Panel Analysis 2
I’m not particularly excited about the lore details SOE has released so far. I won’t delve on the differences between the original games and this reboot because I am not familiar enough with the former...
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Missing World PvP in TESO and FFXIV
When I started out in WoW around the end of Vanilla I first became acquainted with World PvP. In the beginning, my dad and I, who leveled together, did our own ganking of unsuspecting victims in this...
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FFXIV: Three-monther?
On the blogosphere we no longer even discuss whether the newest MMO will succeed (as in becoming a successor, or as in being a success). We have begun to take for granted that we are there to consume...
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So you want to play Emerald Dream’s Vanilla WoW
I’m seeing lately some vanilla WoW action since my boyfriend picked it up a few weeks ago, probably enticed by The Noisy Rogue’s adventure log. I peek over his shoulder as I go about my stuff. Does it...
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[NBI2] On being unique and interactable (person)
The Newbie Blogger Initiative is starting again this year, brought about by T. R. Redskies and Contains Moderate Peril. I signed up for the sponsor role and will be writing throughout this month about...
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[NBI2] Common sense advice
Since prospective bloggers can find very good and detailed technical advice elsewhere, I thought I would share some more personal tips that could benefit those whose common sense is a bit defective...
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The Politics of Tanking and Healing
There is more to picking a role than choosing the playstyle that you enjoy the most. Different roles act in a different manner within a group setting; they are roles in the sense of ‘part played by a...
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The Allure of Mystery in old JRPGs
Some days ago I was listening to the excellent soundtrack of the JRPG Chrono Trigger when I realised that I miss those elements of secrecy and magic that many (early) Japanese Role-playing Games had. I...
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Challenge and Grind in MMOs
There is a certain kind of achievements that I appreciate very much: the challenge-based ones; the ones that compel you to change that mindless strategy that had until then worked fine because...
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