tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64937465542466253972011-04-22T01:11:46.531+01:00Just zis guy, you know?Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-1048586577074773882008-09-14T12:47:00.002+01:002008-09-14T13:08:59.382+01:00

So once again I brave the black of New Eden, this time resubbing on of my old trial accounts. So far, I've shuttled around my stuff from the trial to be in more useful positions, experimented with how the market works, trading away my refined minerals and got blown up on the second mission I went on. Bugger.Fortunately, I'd insured it a little beforehand, and I'd been given 1m isk by a friend

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...are not coming yet.So the things I'm looking at in the MMO future-possibility space:Age of Conan: Already out, but falls into this category as, in my eyes, its still far to broken. I'm sure people will (actually the won't) be savaging this and saying its teh awesome, but a) they'd be drowned out by number 3, and 2) it is. Also, I don't care for games that go "look, look, we're mature!", even

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And so my brief sojourn into the mythical RL ends. Two weeks after moving in, modem, isp and phone line align, and my third arm (or something) is reattached. And I get to play MMOs again, yay!During my downtime, I finished Half Life 2: Episode 2 (although no gnome yet), and am in the last, insanely hard part of Cave Story, a whimsical little platformer in the vein of Metroid and Castlevania. I've

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While I was mooching around buying Nightfall to expand my Guild Wars horizons, I noticed a couple of interesting things in the GW store. Specifically, for six of your English pounds (approximately $11.75, €7.50 (although priced at €9 and $10, so tough luck Europe I guess)), you can buy unlocked skills from each campaign. To clarify for those not in 'the know'; in Guild Wars, once you learn a

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The Tuesday N00b Club: Survivor EditionLast night saw the beginning of a worryingly hardcore endeavor: reach 1337500 XP in Guild Wars without dying. Not once.To add to the fun, this is in Nightfall, which I've not done yet, so I don't know the tricks to the missions to do them without dying. Fortunately, some of the less n00bish of the Tuesday N00bs do know what they're doing, so I guess I cede

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I found it interesting browsing my feeds this morning just how much bloggers repeat themselves. Keen was (and the entire comments thread besides Cuppy) slavishly fanboying over WAR, despite the game not being out. Again. And yes I know betas, but saying 'WAR is not WoW' leads directly to the quote about Age of Conan in Zero Punctuation because yes it is, thats the way games markets work.Tobold

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-5451365169266918052008-07-25T12:12:00.002+01:002008-07-25T12:32:28.497+01:00

I probably mentioned waaaaay back when I started this blog that my main character was my WoW mage, and probably mentioned the term 'frost 4 life'.Yeah, that didn't last too long.Magey is now an arcane/frost build, after I realised that a couple of gear ever-so-slight downgrades, coupled with a respec would increase my damage considerably. I now do slightly scary amounts of damage spamming arcane

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In an interesting turn of events, I just got evicted from a group. Context:In an alternate life, I'm a bear tonk. I have enough armor/defense/hp to tank heroics. Just about. I'm still in blues and greens, but that's good enough, as you start getting epics in heroics.The others in my group were all Tier 5+. This means they're a full two sets of gear above the gear I'm at. So on the first pull,

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Beta patch notes are upJust wanted to be the first person on my RSS to report it :)

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Unmothballing for a moment here, I'm quite hacked off at everyone complaining about Dr. Bartle comparing WAR to WoW. No, WAR is not a WoW clone, but it is still a graphical DikuMUD requiring the killing of ten foozles to get an extra level to get extra abilities and some abstract points to put into some kind of alternative advancement tree, then a gear grind and mudflation at the top end. So is

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-30838649993518875122008-01-31T12:34:00.000Z2008-01-31T12:35:45.958Z

I've recently started a cow warrior to play with some friends. It starts with a two handed hammer. Yet I can still rend, and eventually hamstring using a blunt weapon. What?

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(oh man, this post is going to get gold selling spam out the whatsit)I managed to find elemental plateau completely empty: it was 5am server time I guess, which was an advantage. I thought I would perform an experiment.I figure that elemental plateau is probably the most profitable place to grind money. Maybe there's somewhere with cloth and gold drops that beats it, or a better drop rate on

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I just finished the Ravenholme section in Half-Life 2 (yes, the original, not one of the episodes).If I hear that screech again, it'll be too soon.

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Tobold and Syncaine (and I will openly admit I haven't come across his blog before) have both made a post on so-called "impact pvp", pvp that affects the world in meaningful ways. The general conclusion from both is you can't have "impact pvp" and successful pve in the same game.I'd like to disagree. I think that there isn't such a game at the moment, but that there could be. It would need a

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-1216633935603115882008-01-23T10:39:00.000Z2008-01-23T10:59:59.762Z

So I've not posted in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages.I blame sunspots. That and just having an absolute ton of stuff happening; a show to stage manage, Christmas, moving back and forth to uni, and exams. Exams still aren't quite over, but I've got something I really want to comment on so, I thought I'd try and catch everything up.Of the three games I can actively play (without setting up a new account or

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Our second session of D&D took place last night, albeit with a slightly different line-up of PCs, and now up to 6 PCs. Seeing as I'm running a from-the-book game, this means encounters are (should be) a bit simpler than they were originally planned to be.That said, it was a cakewalk; the hardest part of the game was organising 6 people's worth of combat rounds, and trying to get them to agree how

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My brain appears to have dribbled out of my skull while trying to become skilled enough at fishing to catch Icefin Bluefish so I can get a nice spell damage buff. So I present my protips for leveling fishing:1) bind 'cast line' to middle mouse buttonb) switch on autolootIII) have two monitorsδ) find a radio show/podcast/something to hold your attentionThe procedure is then this: Middle click and

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So I succumbed. I am now resubscribed to WoW (as of a couple of weeks ago actually). Unfortunately, things move as slowly now as they did before I quit.The problem is, of course, a lack of utility classes. And by utility classes, I actually mean healers and tanks. Anyone can do damage, but taking hits, and stopping the guy taking hits from falling over takes specialist skills, ones that people

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Last night I successfully ran my second D&D game. Well, mostly successfully anyway.Last week saw a group of 9(!) first level adventurers in an inn called 'The Obvious Cliche', whereupon they were attacked by 4 CR1ish zombies. Oddly, they didn't get wiped out, despite their best attempts not to run away, but that game didn't really lead anywhere as I kinda hadn't planned ahead very well ;)This

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Thus endeth the review.Well, kinda. I guess I should elaborate a bit.Portal is excellent. Its a fantastic concept, well executed, and at a beautiful dificulty curve. Then its over, with a wonderful feeling of satisfaction.Although I've not played the bonus challenge maps, I have played through the commentary, which took about an hour, because the second time through you know all the puzzle

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Finished Portal. Finished Portal with commentary. Now 2:45 am. Need sleep.Review tomorrow!

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Blizzard seems to have done a lot of right things with its games (startling revelation, I know!). The fact that they've got me wanting to play it again after just not having played it for a while, and some reasonable looking patch notes is kinda a testament to that. Unfortunately, they have their own set of failings.Yes, I know I said I wouldn't precisely one post ago, but I set up the client

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Long time no see! (well, type, whatever. You know what I mean)Hopefully this will be the start of more bloggage, but I thought I should update the (apparently) 4 or so people a day who read what I throw out here, even when I'm not posting!To update everyone on whats been happening in my absence:I completed Guild Wars: Factions, with the Tuesday n00b Club (check out the picture of me dancing!),

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Due to circumstanes such as moving and cleaning and stuff I've not had much time to play games, let alone blog them recently, so sorry if you actually hang on my every word (and seriously, its a bit creepy if you do). But this morning Melmoth got meme all over me, so I feel I should do something about it :)Four jobs I have had in my life (not including my current job):PaperboyPhotography store

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-49517240868578485772007-09-08T14:05:00.000+01:002007-09-08T14:50:14.492+01:00

What with it being a new game to me, I've been fighting with the City of $dudes interface recently. Its pretty slick, and reasonably customisable, although nowhere near the extent of WoW's 'mod it until it feels right' culture. Everything has its own little 'show this' button, a docking toggle, resizing nubbin, move doohicky, and so on, which facilitates customisation, even if it does take a

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I've figured out Raph Koster's new game. Here’s what works in this new model, according to Koster:- the system is the game, not the interface, not the presentation.- any button will do.- long phases take your time – response time is rough.- be done fast, once you’ve made a decision.- do it side by side. Has to be massively parallel.- extended accumulated state – save your profile.- no roles –

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Last night in Guild Wars, far more importantly than everything else we did, I hit the level cap. Aside from the ironic comments of 'game over' and 'time to go home', life carried on as it had been for the last 5 missions (only 5? Really!? Seems a lot more than that. Sign of a good game I guess). Well, I did the attribute quest that I'd missed, and we're ready and waiting for the next mission next

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-16133583659067186372007-08-28T11:25:00.000+01:002007-08-28T15:55:25.805+01:00

I reached the level cap in World of Warcraft precisely twice: once at 60, once with the same character at 70.When I hit 60, my friends were delving into Blackwing Lair. I've seen inside on my friend's priest and another friend's paladin. I never saw it on my mage. I did see the Molten Core, although only a few bosses. I saw bits and pieces of Zul Gurub and AQ20.When TBC came out, I was mostly

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-9054655328903448672007-08-28T11:24:00.000+01:002007-08-28T11:24:53.423+01:00

I recently saw the film Pan's Labyrinth; it is rather good. I found myself rather disappointed that they didn't do more with some parts of it.I realise that the story would be lost if they went with more of the magical parts, the fact that it is just this girl, but all the same, I want to know what the deal is with the pale guy.For those of you haven't seen it (semi-spoilers zomg!), the

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I got over a fifth of my total traffic over this last weekend, having linked my last post in a comment on Tobold's blog, and then having had that post linked to on Virgin Worlds. As if to prove that I'm now Popular™, I also got my first comment spam. Fortunately I have all comments posted here in a feed on my iGoogle homepage, so I see them as soon as they go up (if I'm online). Interestingly,

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-90729206929744047772007-08-24T09:30:00.000+01:002007-08-24T10:00:22.452+01:00

Tobold made an interesting post today on world persistency, and as I started making a comment, it started getting far too big as my ideas started spawning lots.In a nutshell, Tobold proposes that a reseting game, where the game ends and starts again every $period_of_time, could more interesting and less stagnant than the current persistant worlds.What if it was both? What if, as part of the

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-43281555955351914642007-08-22T11:23:00.000+01:002007-08-22T12:04:52.419+01:00

I haven't had much of a chance for more Guild Wars shenanigans over the weekend, due to visiting friends, but on a shopping trip I (spent considerably more than I was planning to and) bought a couple of DS games. Specifically Sonic Rush and Pokemon Diamond. I also own Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.When the DS and PSP first came out, being but a poor student, I didn't get either; and was thinking I'd

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-18514139203942439012007-08-19T13:52:00.001+01:002007-11-03T15:32:59.081Z

A couple of weeks ago I splashed out and bought a D&D book of amazon.co.uk, then about a week later I spotted another one I wanted in Waterstones, and bought that as well.These books were both 3.5 edition (which I haven't figured out how to pronounce yet)The other day, Wizards of the Coast, who produce D&D have anounced 4th edition.Now, on the one hand, this is a Bad Thing™. I have three 3.5

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As I posted the other day, at the weekend I purchased Guild Wars Factions, so I thought I'd do a quick 'first impressions' post.On the way home, as I often do with a new game, I popped open the box to have a look at the manual. Expecting a flimsy bit of paper saying 'how to install' and a 4 disc behemoth of a game, I was pleasantly surprised to find only two discs and a dirty great manual of

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This is perhaps the downside of Guild Wars: guilt free(ish) impulse buying. It doesn't matter if I play that much as there's no subscription.It also gets bonus points for installing cleanly on linux first time, although it doesn't render a mouse, which is a bit of a bugger. Although I can't seem to zone into the first area past the first town, but I expect thats nothing some more RAM won't fix.

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Having decided to move away from WoW, I'm now kinda between games (even if I do still have access to WoW until October). I've been looking for the cheapest way to get ahold of CoH, and I think amazon is it (at the moment anyway). So sticking it in my basket, I found all three Guild Wars boxes, that I put there a while ago while pondering whether to keep going with WoW.Of course, I don't need all

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I've made my decision. I'm going to shelve my WoW account, and sign up to City of Heroes.I no longer have any kind of longing to log into WoW. My belf rogue is kinda petering out of interesting things to do; I did go to Wailing Caverns (one of my favorite instances in the game) with her, but the newbie zone has run out of interesting things and now consists of 'clear this village of foozles'.My

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-55394629856571063192007-08-07T09:32:00.000+01:002007-08-07T09:42:28.469+01:00

I've been thinking about what I'd like from an expansion for WoW, and had the following thought:I'd use the Emerald Dream, and make it an overlay on Azeroth: mostly the same ground map, but with different doodads. The Kalimdor and Eastern Dreams would each have a selection of content ranging from, probably, 20-80. I'd put portals between particularly 'green' zones, for example Ashenvale, Feralas,

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-78704650535344164772007-08-06T09:28:00.000+01:002007-08-06T09:43:18.715+01:00

I seem to like covering the 'if you've been hiding under a rock' posts, so if you don't know what I'm refering to in the title of this post, I'm sure you can find out plenty more on basically all the sites linked to the right.Frankly, I'm not impressed. Woo, another ten levels. Good point: more leveling, as thats what Blizzard seems to be best at. Bad point: mise well give up raiding again.Woo,

Changling bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319790792209346325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493746554246625397.post-91546092705770118622007-07-25T09:33:00.000+01:002007-07-25T09:56:43.787+01:00

I'm sure that someone, somewhere, will have gone on at length about how important newbie zones are. After all, they're the first thing people see of your game.Last week I started playing WoW again, and have no progressed to the lofty heights of, well, level 15 or so. I thought I'd play through the only bit of content I've not really seen, the Blood Elf starting zones (which I had seen, but only

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I've not logged onto WoW in a couple of weeks. Well, not entirely true; I've logged on to check mail, see if any of my guild are actually there, then logged off again.Seriously, its a horrible game. Heresy!No really, it is. Yet I've played it for about two years now. Why? People.I was quite happy farming away runecloth and felcloth back before TBC, and netherweave, Scryer rep, and any number of

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City of $character is different. It appears to have taken out the crap. And considering its the same age as many of the current 'mainstream' games, eg WoW and EQ2, I don't know where the latter went wrong.There's very little worry about downtime, maybe I'll have to rest every few fights. No need for assist trains, just target the tank and your offensive abilities hit eir target. No fighting over

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On my RSS feed I have a recent post to Kill Ten Rats that gets truncated to 'Did We Mention You Can Play As A Chick...', which, not only means something completely different from what the article's about, but is on my list of things to talk about as well; as material for this first paragraph is the second hardest thing I come to write, having it on a plate makes my decision of topic a lot easier!

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So what with a lack of things to do in WoW, I thought I'd branch out and experiment a bit with other games.I've noted I'm already playing a bit of EVE. Its an interesting game, and I can't quite figure it out. It needs micromanaging in the sense that you need to log on every $skillTrainingTime to keep your advancement going, but also need to grind up money as otherwise that skill training doesn't

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I have nothing to do in WoW.Thats a complete lie of course. What I mean is I have nothing entertaining to do. I could grind money, primals, rep, whatever. I could attempt to run heroics, probably peaking at 3 members (lacking a tank or healer) over a couple of hours while doing the former before the group collapses.See, I'm no longer in a guild. Childish leadership and a bad attitude meant I left

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Of course, if you read official forums, every change is the above. Every single time.I don't buy it of course, as every change kills every class, profession, ability or item out there.(Incidentally, hello again, I hadn't realised I hadn't posted in so long, but I actually have interesting stuff to say again now!)Recently, I journeyed back to my original MMO, Kingdom of Loathing. When I got back

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What with the recent developments in the World of Warcraft attunements, I thought I'd throw in my two copper. For those burried under a rock, attunements are a way of artificially limiting who can enter a raid zone. I believe the theory goes thussly: if you're powerful enough to kill Jim McEvil, then you can probably kill Jim McEvil's boss. Therefore, we will insert a quest to kill Jim before you

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Some time ago, I think it was just before Easter, my sound drivers spontaneously stopped working. "No problem!" thought I, "I'll just reinstall them!"If that had worked, this would be a far less interesting blog post.After digging through the disks that came with my pc, I found the driver disk, reinstalled the driver, and booted up media player. Still no sound drive. "Curious," thought I, "time

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I seem to suffer from creativity. I have Ideas. Lots of them.An example: when I was maybe 15, I created with a friend a collectable card game. We started of with our concept, developed some rules, mocked up some cards, started playtesting, tweaked cards, then gave up because we discovered the concept already existed and had done for several years. Damn (sub-lesson: do your research). I started

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It may (or may not) be obvious that play a mage in WoW. If it isn't, it will be once I change the ghastly green (and arbitrary alliteration) at the top of this page. Mages are awesome. You get to keep doing things all the time, none of this 'not enough rage', or auto attacking. Well, when soloing anyway. In raids its a bit different; I get to pop some trinkets, chug some mana pots, throw down

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So this is what blogging feels like then? How bizarre.I suppose if you're here you'd like to know a bit about me, and about why I'm writing a blog. Well obviously because its what all the cool kids do!But seriously; since I discovered the MMO section of the blogosphere - aside: I'm in my third paragraph and I hate the buzzwords already - I've aquired a folder of RSS feeds to various places:

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