Legendary Heroes

A long time ago, in a state not so far a way a group of intrepid bloggers visited Mythic HQ and got a look at Wrath of Heroes.  During our talks with the developers, it was mentioned that we might be able to play some famous Warhammer characters...

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Sink or Swim

This weekend I got bitten by the competitive bug.  That lead me to playing League of Legends for most of my free time.  I had recently reached 30, so was eligible to start ranked matches.  I had a limited stable of champions, a single...

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Dev Spy Updates

This week, I have made some more improvements to my multi-MMO dev tracker, Dev Spy.  A good bit of the work was on the backend, but I added some more features to the site as well. The Secret World.  Developer posts from the forums are now...

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Legacy Crafting

The Legacy system is one of my favorite features of Star Wars: The Old Republic.  It does a really good job of making all of my characters feel connected, even if they are on different sides of the war.  One area this can be seen is in their...

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Wrath of Heroes gets Rankings

Included in yesterdays patch, a new ranking system was introduced for Wrath of Heroes.  I have always felt something was lacking with WoH, mainly 'what's the point?'  Competition is a great way to fill that void.  Does the ranking system...

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Bring it to Market

My side project, tentatively named Pioneer, is progressing nicely.  I've recently added an important game system, the Market.  If you have played a MMO before, it's basically an Auction House, minus the auction aspect.  So, very similar to...

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End of Nations Beta

Going into the weekend, I had planned on playing some SWTOR (which I did) and some TSW (which I did not).  What ruined this nicely laid out course of action?  End of Nations, that's what.  Normally, when I hear the term MMORTS, I lose...

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LoTRO brings the PvP

Long ago, before the days of Warhammer Online, I used to play Lord of the Rings Online.  In fact, most of my time was spent in their world pvp area ( Ettenmoors ).  I had a great time too, but there was always a problem.  LoTRO is a PvE...

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Solving Dead Air the Fun Way

One step of the quest Dead Air in The Secret World is to decipher some Morse Code.  Sounds fun, but the audio (and video) go pretty quickly.  I'm sure it can be done, but I was getting pretty frustrated.  I'm not the kind of guy to go...

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Goal Reached

Since SWTOR's 1.3 patch, I have been working on an in-game project.  The goal:  Earn 1 million credits by playing the Auction House.  I'm happy to say that I reached this goal a couple of weeks ago.  It turned out to be pretty quick...

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HK-51 Approaches

Yesterday, BioWare released a trailer for their upcoming SWTOR companion character HK-51.  This HK unit is a newer model of the infamous HK-47 from Knights of the Old Republic.  I dare say he was one of the most entertaining video...

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Back

I have returned from my pseudo-vacation. It turned out to be a pretty lame weak, as I was under the weather most of the time.  On the positive side, I did get ample time to catch up on TV and gaming.  I did more of the first though with a lot...

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Explore

I'm pretty much on vacation this week.  That has meant free time for development, yay!  Just a quick post today.  I hooked up a 'fog of war' system for tiles that you have explored.  Explore is an action, which lets you find items...

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Limitations

With Dev Spy working and usable, I've started on a new venture.  This one is back in the realm of web-based games.  I'm still in the early stages of the idea, but basically it is:  Multiplayer, Exploration focused, hex grid world.  I've...

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Suit Up

One of the things I like about The Secret War is its modern setting.  It's nice to be wearing something familiar, rather than chain-mail and a cod piece.  TSW has a wide array of clothing to choose from, so yesterday I did a little shopping. I...

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I think TSW is...

You know, I still don't know what to make of The Secret World.  I played a healthy amount over the weekend and am still undecided.  My Templar (Werit) is still doing work around downtown Kingsmouth.  For a small general area, there is...

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Life on The Ebon Hawk

A couple of weeks ago, SWTOR started their free transfer program.  It was a very large consolidation, with most players being funneled into a few select servers.  My server, Sanctum of the Exalted, was selected to move to The Ebon...

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