Monthly Archives: July 2011

Crafting with a challenge curve?

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

So I’ve chosen a specialisation for my Inquisitor – he’s doing staves, wooden shields and the like for now as I wanted him to be practical and not just be making furniture to fill up his tiny house! Getting into … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, MMORPG

blind invites

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

Why do people blind invite to group or even to guild in MMOs? Is it really that effective? I would never accept a group invite let alone a guild invite without first chatting to the inviting person. For guild I’d … Continue reading →

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Robots and Dwarves and Asura, oh my!

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

So we decided to play some Guild Wars for a change of pace tonight. We’d recently reached Lion’s Gate with our Prophecies characters when we notice the Eye of the North starter quest is available. Without going into spoilers this … Continue reading →

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Story quest brings the wow factor

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

No, not WoW factor but wow factor! šŸ˜‰ We did a story quest in Scarwood Reach a couple of nights ago involving a special air rift. The story was good enough, but the graphics were truly astounding! The swirling circle … Continue reading →

Posted in MMORPG, Rift

Inquisitor gameplay

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

A quick update on EQ2. I played my Inquisitor some more in Butcherblock last night. This is a *very* fun variant of the Cleric archetype. In particular the spell malevalent diatribeĀ seems like a cool mechanic. So I cast that before … Continue reading →

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A tale of two events

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

Most of my gaming time of late has been in doing the Waves of Madness event in Rift and some Firelands dailies in WoW. I have posted on these, and certainly feel that the events add some nice new content … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, MMORPG, Rift, World of Warcraft

Eerie atmospherics

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

At the end of my session questing in Scarwood Reach, I came back to Meridian under the gloomy dark skies of the Waves of Madness event, only to witness this strange sight on the horizon. Yes, there are giant floating … Continue reading →

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