In Lord of the Rings Online, you have a choice between playing a human, Dwarf or Elf. This choice has very little to no impact on your game play. What it does have an impact on, is your immersion. When NPC’s fight you, they will often trash talk you. Some Read more…
Now that I’ve had about a week in Isengard expansion, here are some additional thoughts: I’ve gotten to level 68 with moderate play. I know many people have already hit 75, but I don’t play as much, nor as hardcore as I used too. I have 2months+ until SWTOR, so Read more…
The first of the Q4 game releases I’m anticipating came out yesterday, the Lord of the Rings Online expansion Rise of Isengard. I didn’t get to far yesterday, but here are some first impressions: Crafting is annoying. When the Tier 7 level opens up, you only get two items that Read more…
Well, there is a rumor floating around that STO is going Free-2-Play. While this isn’t a new rumor it has a few things backing it up this time. On the STO Forums, a transcript from a meeting with the Perfect Worlds CEO (Cryptic’s new owner) showed up. In it there Read more…
I thought I’d take a quick look at what games are coming down the line in the near future that I have a strong interest in playing. I might make this a theme this week and look at some other things and maybe look at some favorites from the past. Read more…
Today in Tobold’s blog he asked whether people prefer to buy “useful items” or “useless fluff” in Free-to-Play MMO’s. I’d agree with the statement that the discussion is normally dominated by people who wouldn’t buy either, so they naturally don’t want anyone buying anything useful. Since I’m not one of Read more…