Training skills in EverQuest

The clock on the cable box in the living room is twenty minutes slow; I know I shouldn’t rely upon it. I was trying to…

August 6, 2008 · 4 min · 834 words · Tipa

HeroEngine licensed again, but where is Hero's Journey?

The number one, market leader middleware for MMO development? Unreal Engine? No, sorry, though I would have thought that. MMOs like DC Universe Online, Stargate…

August 5, 2008 · 2 min · 330 words · Tipa

Guild Wars: Nightfall, Day 1

In search of… Ancient Erudites……

August 4, 2008 · 8 min · 1569 words · Tipa

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I will say, however, that I haven’t been this confused by an MMO in a long time. In a GOOD way. I’m going over the…

August 3, 2008 · 1 min · 34 words · Tipa

EQ: The Last Dragons

Come Hell or high water, we were going to start leveling again after last night’s dragon raids. Everyone has been getting antsy about perpetually staying…

August 2, 2008 · 5 min · 923 words · Tipa

Building an MMO around leveling? A new (to me) approach.

One of the problems with WoW-likes is that leveling is seen as a means to an end. That is, after a time, you reach max…

August 1, 2008 · 4 min · 704 words · Tipa

EQ2: GU47 Dorah stories

Game Update 47 went live yesterday, though not without problems for me. I was a little apprehensive about the patch because it had consistently crashed…

August 1, 2008 · 4 min · 705 words · Tipa

Trying and failing to care about WoW-like MMOs.

I’ve had my level 75 cleric on Luclin for about… four months now. The level cap on EverQuest is 80. There have been three expansions…

July 30, 2008 · 5 min · 1041 words · Tipa

EQ: Tower of Frozen Shadow, Floor 3

After some false starts, the intrepid Tuesday group, full (for the first time in a long time) with the addition of Maromi’s bard, we made…

July 30, 2008 · 2 min · 296 words · Tipa

Let's check in on Wizard 101...

I’m not supposed to be in Marleybone. I’m supposed to be mediating the eons-old feud between the Djesserit and Anjit clans of Kroks, a feud…

July 29, 2008 · 4 min · 839 words · Tipa