Allods Online (AO) started its Open Beta last week, and the playerbase is irate over the initial pricing of Item Shop virtual goods and the changes announced for version 1.0.07.07. Keen has written an excellent summary of the concerns of…
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The Curious Case of the “F2P” MMORPG Allods Online
Tagged with: Allods Online, F2P, P2P, PVE, PVP
Posted in Allods Online, Business Analysis, Game Design
Posted in Allods Online, Business Analysis, Game Design
I’m Done with Aion
I finally got back from a 3-week business trip overseas. I played Aion very sparsely in January, and the sad thing is I didn’t really miss it. So after only 4.5 months of playing Aion, I’ve de-subbed. The reasons are…
The Implications of the Aion Population Distribution on PVP
This morning while reading legion (guild) chat, I was struck by the different experiences our players were having. One of our two level 50 guildees was expressing how bored he was; he couldn’t find people to run instances with. I…
My First 7 Weeks Playing Aion
It’s been 6 weeks since I’ve posted anything. I’ve been waiting til I had good PVP footage to post on YouTube before I wrote more articles here, and on top of that I’ve been very busy in real life, but…
Swordmaster PVP Video: 2H Damage / Mitigation Tank
The following video has footage from 2 scenarios, Dragon’s Bane and Howling Gorge, with my Swordmaster running a damage / mitigation spec. I made the video to show tactics for surviving heavy focus-fire as a 2h tank. Played correctly, a…
Tagged with: Mechanics, PVP, RVR, SM, Swordmaster, Video, WAR, Warhammer Online
Posted in PVP, Video, Warhammer Online
Posted in PVP, Video, Warhammer Online
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