Something my recent forays into Savage raiding and harder EX trial pushing in FFXIV has brought to mind is a key difference between the core combat gameplay… Read more “Boss Mechanics Versus Player Mechanics”
Tag: gameplay
Sylvanas, The Afrasiabi Sabotage, and What It Means For The Story Of Warcraft
If you’ve been on WoW Twitter at all lately, a story that has been damn-near impossible to avoid is that of how Alex Afrasiabi might have “sabotaged”… Read more “Sylvanas, The Afrasiabi Sabotage, and What It Means For The Story Of Warcraft”
My Road Out of World of Warcraft – The Rationale and Evaluating If I Would Return
I talked in early December about having uninstalled World of Warcraft. At the time, I wrote a fairly basic summary that tried to analyze my personal reasons… Read more “My Road Out of World of Warcraft – The Rationale and Evaluating If I Would Return”
Three Genuinely (Mostly) Positive News Items About WoW/ABK From This Week
It’s been fairly obvious as of late that I have been disenchanted with WoW (generating an Eternal Crystal in the process), but I do think there are… Read more “Three Genuinely (Mostly) Positive News Items About WoW/ABK From This Week”
I Parsed Zero On Samurai Twice, And Other Thoughts About My First Journeys Into Savage Raiding in FFXIV
I’ve never done current-tier Savage raiding in FFXIV before Endwalker. In fact, I’d barely done current EX trials, and if I counted up the total number of… Read more “I Parsed Zero On Samurai Twice, And Other Thoughts About My First Journeys Into Savage Raiding in FFXIV”
Some Additional Thoughts And Speculation About WoW Post-Microsoft – Game Pass and Console
The immediate question in the wake of the news that Microsoft was to buy Activision-Blizzard this week was, “Does Bobby Kotick finally pay?” The answer to that… Read more “Some Additional Thoughts And Speculation About WoW Post-Microsoft – Game Pass and Console”
Microsoft Buying Activision-Blizzard And What The Future (Could) Hold
It’s not news I expected to wake up to, but news all the same. Today, Microsoft announced a tentative deal with Activision-Blizzard to acquire the company in… Read more “Microsoft Buying Activision-Blizzard And What The Future (Could) Hold”
Endwalker: The Journey To Level 90 Has Concluded, New Goals and Job Thoughts
(A quick personal note/request: my wife and I are working on a fun project called Mystery Taste Deck, a set of cards used to pick a recipe… Read more “Endwalker: The Journey To Level 90 Has Concluded, New Goals and Job Thoughts”
Wishful Thinking And That Dragon Isles “Leak”
This week, a post from a now-banned MMO-Champion forums user (perhaps the first sign that something is insipid and bad is that it originates from the MMO-Champion… Read more “Wishful Thinking And That Dragon Isles “Leak””
The Double-Legendary Reputation Requirement, On Weasel Words and Grind
Yesterday, Blizzard announced something that felt inevitable and yet also was a surprise – that access to double-legendaries in patch 9.2 of World of Warcraft will require… Read more “The Double-Legendary Reputation Requirement, On Weasel Words and Grind”
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