Monthly Archives: August 2012

A distant storm

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

Where I am sat in Caracas, Venezuela the frenzy of blogging and news updates about Guild Wars 2 seems a distant storm. I’ve had little free time to read blogs or news but have read what I can. Also my boxed … Continue reading →

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Pss1 = no deal

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Well there we have it from the “horse’s mouth” as it were. I’ve just read a quote of a twitter exchange between a player and Mr Smedley, head honcho at SoE. John Smedley ‏@j_smedley if the community can work with us … Continue reading →

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Afk

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

I’m travelling for research for two weeks, so there’ll be an interruption to posting till I get back and start my Guild Wars 2 adventures.

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The Mists of Pandaria cinematic

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

Shintar has a great post on the recently revealed Mists of Pandaria cinematic, and how it falls far short of the original WoW trailer. I agree very much with this sentiment. The Mists trailer seems to me to be about … Continue reading →

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Last SWTOR session – Grand Acquisitions Race

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Surprisingly (to me anyway) I did get to glimpse a bit of the new Grand Acquisitions Race event in SWTOR in my last session. I got the impression from the teaser video that it was ‘coming soon’, but in fact … Continue reading →

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Another annual pass offer, RUN AWAY!

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

Trion are trying for most eager / productive / most worthy of support design studio ever. They have now announced a rather tempting 12 month deal which includes the expansion free. As this news item points out it’s not quite … Continue reading →

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Too little, too late

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Quelle surprise! Blizzard have announced that the pre-patch for Mists of Pandaria, which will include all the talent nerfs.. ahem changes and presumably some story quests like with previous pre-expansion mega-patches. The date for this to launch is, of course, … Continue reading →

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SWTOR my consular’s journey

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

I have (finally) finished my Jedi consular’s journey leveling from 1 to 50. This post is my thoughts on the leveling game in SWTOR and some thoughts on the class mechanics and playstyle. I won’t go heavily into story spoilers … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars 1: HoM points and a farewell?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

I’ve spent a good amount of time this weekend with my partner duo’ing through Guild Wars 1 trying to get a few more points for our Hall of Monuments. It’s the last weekend we’ll have to play it together before … Continue reading →

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New mage soul revealed

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

Trion has announced the first of the new souls for the four archetypal base classes of Rift. The Harbinger is a melee, summoned weapon based soul for the mage class. The MMORPG intro live stream video featuring Trion staff gives … Continue reading →

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