The level 19 Marksmanship Hunter twink setup is arguably the most deadly twink setup of any class in any …

Immense variety in the character development and skill system of Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic offers a very interesting system for character development besides its dualclass system already explained. To equip a character in Frogster’s upcoming fantasy MMOG …

New update, Gracia – Part 1, completely changes the way Lineage II is played

NCsoft® Europe, the world’s leading publisher and developer of online computer games, today announced major changes in its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, Lineage® II. In a ‘free to subscriber’ update from The Chaotic Throne® series called Gracia™ – Part 1, …

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I look back on games I’ve played before in the MMO genre and tend to have fond memories of friends, adventures and being lost in the game world.  But then I also have memories of tedious grinds, stressful situations and general time sinks called raids.  Why do game designers keep putting this mechanic into games?

Well, first …

Along with all the new content in the Wrath of the Lich King update, Blizzard will be releasing a new feature called the Achievement System.  Basically, it’s a list of things a player can do to gain titles and rewards.  Mostly through things they are already doing, like PVP, exploring the game world or progressing …

This your first time twinking? Maybe you are getting bored with high level raids in World of …

In a recent letter for the game director, Gaute Godager announces what Funcom has been up to behind the scenes working on Age of Conan.  It’s a rather lengthy letter but I’ll some up the key points and what I took out of it.  Before I begin, I should say that the biggest reason I …

I’ve been leveling my fire mage now for a while off and on to get him into the 49 bracket for some serious twinkage but I’ve stopped for a bit along the way at 39 to do some battleground PVP to start working on my PVP gear for my mage.  I need enough marks of …

In my ever growing quest to see some changes take place in our fast-becoming stale MMORPG template I’m going to publish more and more ideas. Out of the box thinking is what it will take to spice up upcoming titles and give them something different from the World of Warcraft mold so many games seem to be …