Class is in session -- please pull your desks into a circle and let's get into a good discussion here.

The scene: last night, I've joined a hearty warband that's seeking Action(tm) wherever it can get it. First Black Crag -- yup, did everything you could in the RvR lake there. Then we skedaddled over to Caledor. Both Dwarf vs. Greenskin and Elfie vs. Elfie pairings were brushing up against Destruction's fortresses, and buzz in our guild's vent speculated on when we might (if ever) attack the I…  More

A few months ago, we were witness to something pretty common in most new MMOs: the false apocalypse. This happens when a game launches to increased hype, lots of players flood in and get excited, then there's a public falling out of a chunk of them as they don't find the game to meet their standards. I call it just a shakedown of the population, but to a person who's never gone through a MMO launch before, it's pretty easy to get the impression that everyone's leaving, the game sucks, get out …  More

I die a lot. You know this, I know this, Destruction certainly knows this (I'm working under the theory that there's a Tome unlock for me right now... I wouldn't put it past Mythic). But it wasn't until tonight that dying cost me a lot more than a 12 silver fee at a healer.

I joined the swarm of fishies that was a Black Crag warband, skittering here and there to deliver BOs and Keeps into the hands of Order. Good times. Gotta love those "1 renown earned!" messages, as they're there to keep my…  More

"I'm thinking about rolling a healer," one of my guildmates says on vent. "I looked down our guild roster, and we're pretty short on healers."

Gee, I replied. Wonder why? Could it be that it's a thankless job with no retirement benefits?

Cue sighs and various murmurs of assent. Healing really is the blue collar working force of MMO characters, the ones that get down in the muck and do the dirty job so that the rest can enjoy slashing things with pretty swords and calling down fireballs from …  More

Normally in MMO economies, I play the role of the supplier -- I figure out what basic components (crafting, usually) are most needed, focus on harvesting them like a happy dwarf, and sell them to line my pockets with heavy, malleable gold.  Normally, that is.  Let others be the crafters and extreme farmers -- I prefer to take the safe if boring route of steady cash infusion, saving up until I need to buy the stuff others slave for hours making.

In WAR, not so much.  Obviously, the economy is s…  More

Down some egg nog, shred some gifts, and let's march down this past week's 17 most interesting, weird or informative WAR articles (at least, to me) (why 17? because I haven't had time to catch up on blog posts the past couple days):

"Keep Improvement: Door Control" @ Werit - Everybody's a backdoor door dev!"My Stand on Keg's End" @ Doppler - The fireworks WERE great, weren't they?"Tier 4 Not As Epic As It Could Be" @ Wizards & Wenches - Could we play on a server where we never left Tier 1? T…  More

Who says Christmas miracles don't happen?

Now, for that 3.2 levels I need to actually wear it...

/grind on!

With that, I just want to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas.  Spend time with family, friends and large quantities of foods, then head back into WAR!  More

We're back! Can you believe it? I can't. But we are. The first ChaosCast since October 2nd features more content then you can shake a nerfbat at!


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I might be out for the next few days -- y'know, Christmas and eggnog and all that -- so you guys be good, enjoy the increased XP and send me a Keg End backpack for the 25th!…  More

The less we talk about the Bataan Death March that is grinding for the Keg End backpack, the better. You want to know how many explosive snotlings I've killed? Let's just say I got a bestial trophy for killing snotlings (that's 1,000 kills) two days ago. The UN has listed me as a war criminal for my attempts at genocide, that's how many I've killed.

And reading casual stories of "oh, I wasn't even trying and I got one on my second kill" makes veins pop out on my forehead.

So instead, let's disc…  More

When the borders between sanity and insanity come into view, it's time to take a break from whatever scary obsessive task you're performing -- you know, like endlessly grinding explosive snotlings for a backpack which NEVER DROPS FOR ME.

So /logout, followed by the near-unfamiliar character creation screen.  I've been tinkering around with the idea of trying out Destruction, y'know, just on the side, and after talking with Keen and Snafzg while making ChaosCast, I felt convicted to give the Squi…  More