MMOs

This was a long post filled with gems of eloquence and insight, but it was lost because I had work to do and my session timed out. EQ2’s Update #19 went live yesterday. This patch introduced a new newbie experience – characters level 1-19 now start out as their final class, get their class-defining abilities … Read more

Last night, I was just gathering tier 3 resources in Thundering Steppes to prepare for Etha and Dina blazing through their twenties in their respective tradeskills. As mentioned before, when I’m not doing much, I participate in the Faydark community channel, “Heritage” (ostensibly for coordinating heritage quests). And… they mention that SOE is consolidating servers. … Read more

Though in a couple of weeks, Nashuya could have been a Shadow Knight from level one, here and now, you still have to level to 20 before you learn the mysteries of pain and suffering. Perhaps best to lead up to it, to talk around the subject… to make someone beg for it. But gosh … Read more

Took me hours to make that Iron Chainmail armor for Nashuya after she became capable of wearing chain. With previous characters, I have just bought vendor armor until I could fill in spots with quest or dropped armor – but since Dina could make it, and I had Etha to make the stacks and stacks … Read more