Category Archives: Guild Wars

A double anniversary

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Telwyn

This blog turns eleven today, the blog’s anniversary is something that I’ve usually missed every year since I stopped posting every day, the anniversary message within WordPress coming a day or two late for me to necessarily mark the event. … Continue reading →

Posted in Guild Wars, MMORPG, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 4 Comments

“May as well not be an MMO”

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Telwyn

Naithin has a post that’s caused some interesting conversation around MMORPGs and how some of us experience them. His post talks about FFXIV and how solo levelling can lack some of the MMO experience. This made me think back to … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, FFXIV, Guild Wars, LotRO, MMORPG, Rift, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 3 Comments

MMORPG gaming history, part 2

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Telwyn

This post continues my blog journey through all the MMORPGs that I’ve played in the order of when I first tried them. Vanguard, Saga of Heroes, 2012 One of the last boxes that I ever purchased for a MMORPG, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Archeage, BDO, Eden Eternal, ESO, FFXIV, Guild Wars, MMORPG, Neverwinter, TSW, Wildstar | 2 Comments

MMORPG gaming history, part 1

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Telwyn

I noticed via Twitter that some MMORPG players were tweeting lists of the games in the genre they had “ever played (even for just for like a day)”. Belghast has done a blog post on the same topic, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, FFXIV, Guild Wars, LotRO, MMORPG, Rift, STO, SWTOR, Tera | 4 Comments

Shaping changes in MMORPGs

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Telwyn

There’s a post I’ve been meaning to write for some time, and a single phrase over at Bhagpuss’ recent article just reminded me of it. The post is about upcoming vs old games and the expectations surrounding them. He mentions … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Guild Wars, MMORPG, World of Warcraft | 1 Comment

Common monsters in MMORPGs #IntPiPoMo 2019

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Telwyn

Here’s another in my schedule International Picture Posting Month posts showing off some more of the many screenshots I’ve collected while playing MMORPGs. Kobolds, Dungeons & Dragons Online They may lack candles, but these little lizard rascals are very, very … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, ESO, Guild Wars, LotRO, MMORPG, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Cities in MMORPGs #IntPiPoMo2019

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Telwyn

For this first installment of screenshots for the 2019 edition of International Picture Posting Month, I’m going to present some of my favourite city views from various MMORPGs. Cities are almost always a major hub or quest giver location in … Continue reading →

Posted in DDO, EQ2, ESO, Guild Wars, LotRO, MMORPG, SWTOR, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

Playing vs reading about MMORPGs

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Telwyn

I read a variety of MMO blogs and have done for years now, many relate to specific games that I play or have played. Certainly the familiarity of gameplay experiences that I can relate to often first attract me to … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Guild Wars, MMORPG, SWTOR, TSW | 8 Comments

Appointment gaming, the positive side

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Telwyn

The ongoing Erollisi event in Everquest 2 has provided a coincidental but well-timed change of gaming pace. I was ill for the best part of four days from mid-last week; it just a nasty dose of flu, but it really … Continue reading →

Posted in EQ2, Guild Wars, MMORPG, Rift | 1 Comment

AFK gaming downsides

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Telwyn

A very interesting issue I came across, rather at random, is that of the downsides of ‘AFK’ gaming. I’ve been messing around in Black Desert Online again so this struck me as particularly applicable. It raises some of the potential … Continue reading →

Posted in BDO, Guild Wars, LotRO, MMORPG | 4 Comments