Category Archives: Guild Wars

Free to play MMOs – what kind of stuff do you buy?

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

The title of this post is a question I’m mulling over at present, do you buy stuff with money in free to play games, and do you set any limits on what kind of items you’d buy? Each free to … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, Gaming, Guild Wars, SWTOR | 6 Comments

Game expansions and those left behind

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

This week, in which I’m away some days and have next to no gaming time for the rest, happens to be one of potentially exciting gaming news. For instance the latest and last part of Flame and Frost launches today. … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Gaming, Guild Wars, LotRO, Neverwinter, SWTOR | 1 Comment

Update on the games I’m playing

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Back in January I did a post on my plan for a “stricter MMO rotation“, here are my thoughts on how this will evolve for the summer: World of Warcraft I’m subbed up to June but will cancel the sub … Continue reading →

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Happy St George’s Day: some virtual dragon slaying

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Since yesterday’s evening gaming session coincided with Saint George’s Day in the UK, I felt it appropriate to go looking for some dragons to slay. First stop Guild Wars 2, since when I sat down to game I found that … Continue reading →

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GW2: fractals foray

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

My friends and family guild managed to field enough players online for a fractals dungeon run last night. Going in we knew it’d be tough as only two of the party were at level cap (the asura mesmer and elementalist … Continue reading →

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GW2: armour grades

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Bhagpuss has a post that raises some interesting issues surrounding armour in Guild Wars 2, but also the common practice in MMOs of having ‘grades’ (usually colour-differentiated) of armour. This always reminds me of a wandering bread seller who wandered … Continue reading →

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The old(est) debate & keeping a healthy population

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

The EQ2 forums has a growing debate thread on whether the game is too “raid-oriented”. This same argument has played out countless times before across many games – I’ve certainly seen similar on the WoW, LOTRO and Rift forums over … Continue reading →

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GW2: living story update

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Yesterday we played Guild Wars 2 for the first time with a guildmate. It was a well timed dip back in as there was new living story content and the April Fools style Asuran madness that is the Super Adventure Box. … Continue reading →

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GW2: the future

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

After our last duo game of Tera my partner commented that we must log back into Guild Wars 2 sometime. I agreed of course, but that sort of stuck in my mind afterwards, for whatever reason GW2 just hasn’t been … Continue reading →

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Training grounds for PVE skills and roles

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

A discussion yesterday got me thinking about the need to actually train players new to a specific MMO, or to the genre, on certain basic skills. Movement can be a challenge if you’re not used to 3D gaming for instance. … Continue reading →

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