The Ugly So far this year has been an unsurprising one for MMOs, nothing new has flabbergasted us, yet all the oldies have only gotten better. There are two games I’d like to focus on today. Ageing like a fine…
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Thoughts on Legion & Stormblood – Ability Pruning & More
Tagged with: Final Fantasy, PVP, Stormblood, WoW
Posted in Content, Game, Game Design, PVP, World of Warcraft
Posted in Content, Game, Game Design, PVP, World of Warcraft
Is Class Customization Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
In MMOs, on opposite ends of the spectrum there are two models for class design: Each class supports very high customization, where the player can invest in particular skill trees / talents / abilities to support their preferred playstyle and capabilities. E.g.…
Where the Heck I’ve Been
It occurred to me when looking at my recent (well, not really recent) blog posts that I pretty much disappeared from the face of the earth for the 2nd half of 2016 and didn’t address it here. We had some major…
RIP Armored Warfare, Road to Unicum is Back
As you may have heard, game publisher Mail.Ru is pulling the plug on Armored Warfare (AW) game developer Obsidian Entertainment (OEI) and taking the development effort in-house. This is rather unfortunate, as I had a positive impression of OEI and…
Interview with My.com Senior Producer Josh Morris on Armored Warfare at GDC 2016
I sat down with Josh Morris at Game Developers Conference 2016 for an hour to discuss all things Armored Warfare (AW). Josh is the Senior Producer at My.com and previously worked at Wargaming for three years as NA Producer for…
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