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…
I got an email recently from Egosoft about X-Rebirth. This included some details about the changes from the previous games. Some of the things I want to highlight and ruminate on: You will only control one ship directly. I was concerned with this idea when I first read it, but after Read more…
Last night I received two unusual emails from Bioware. The first one informed me, now that I had tried the SWTOR first hand in beta, that I should go ahead and pre-order the game. The second one asked me to participate in a survey about my beta experience. Since I 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…
Alas, we come to our final installment of the Roles of STO Space Combat. Today we’ll look at the support role of Crowd Control. This play style is all about tricks, buffs, debuffs and keeping the enemy off balance or weakened. 1. Your Player Captain Tactical– Where Tactical captain’s dominated DPS, Read more…
Well, it finally happened. The release date for SWTOR has been announced. December 20, 2011. There couldn’t be a worse date without slipping into 2012. I will be traveling to visit my parents for the holidays, probably leaving the 22nd or 23rd. Not leaving me much time to play before Read more…
I just watched the new SWTOR video on companion characters that is floating around the interwebs. When they got to the part about Blizz I nearly died with laughed. That’s freaking awesome. Watch for understanding. The idea of companion characters is one of those things that I’ve really looked forward Read more…
Continuing the look at roles in STO, today we’re going to look at the good old fashioned damage deal, or as it’s sometimes referred, DPS. 1. Your Player Captain Tactical– Finally, the Tactical captain gets to make good use of his talents. All of Tactical’s abilities are valuable for boosting the Read more…
Continuing my look this week at how to fill the traditional MMO roles in Star Trek Online, today we’re going to look at the cleric of space, the Healer. Unlike most other games, being a dedicated healer in space does not keep you from other roles. A Tank/Healer combo is not a Read more…