Category Archives: EQ2

Crafting timeline in Luclin #EQ2

Posted on January 28, 2020 by

Playing through the tradeskill quest timeline in Everquest 2’s Luclin expansion, I’ve been struck by all the little details that add such richness to the experience. These crafting quests offer the perfect antidote to the MMORPGs obsession with “kill X … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, MMORPG

Strategic alt choices

Posted on January 21, 2020 by

As always happens when I’m deep into a particular MMORPG, the temptation to create “just one more alt” reared its ugly head recently. I was watching my husband make his new vulpera character in World of Warcraft, whilst also switching … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, MMORPG | 2 Comments

Keeping a balance between MMORPGs

Posted on January 9, 2020 by

As my current WoW Token (World of Warcraft’s virtual item for a month of game time) comes close to its expiry, I’ve become aware of just how much WoW (Retail & Classic) has been dominating my free time since returning … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, MMORPG, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Search engines and blogpost popularity

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

A recent Massively OP post started a discussion about whether Google search rankings relate to or indicate a given game (or MMORPGs) popularity. The comments developed into a bit of a splitting hairs debate about what type of Google search … Continue reading →

Posted in Eden Eternal, EQ2, LotRO, MMORPG, Neverwinter, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Combat pace and progression blocks

Posted on January 3, 2020 by

Roger wrote on the Contains Moderate Peril blog about “The Pace of Combat“: both on how it can affect enjoyment of a game when it varies, and how expansions in older MMOs mess with this via gear resets. Although I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, LotRO, MMORPG, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

Happy New Year (and new decade)!

Posted on January 1, 2020 by

So it’s 2020 and a new decade. Happy New Year, and happy 2020s! Allusions to the roaring 20s aside (anyone who knows history, knows how that ended), I’m feeling more hopeful about the coming year in real life than I … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D, EQ2, Fantasy Grounds, MMORPG, World of Warcraft | 1 Comment

A bird maybe…

Posted on December 30, 2019 by

Tobold has written a post about gaming subscription services that offer so many games that players can “play a different game every day” and thus behave like a butterfly – ever flitting around. The contrasting game style is that of … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, LotRO, MMORPG, SWTOR, World of Warcraft