Tag Archives: MMORPGs

Meaningful PvP?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Razakius

I was playing a little bit of Ultima Online over the past few weeks. I downloaded and started playing on a free shard that tried to stick to the olden days of UO, meaning they had a lot of PvP. Continue reading →

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The Need for a New Map

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Razakius

When I started working on server emulation for Ultima Online, it took no time at all before I started yearning to start over with a completely new map. Creating a completely new map from scratch is actually quite a difficult … Continue reading →

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Re-Creating UO

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Razakius

A few weeks ago, I had a design idea. It was an idea that was so good that I really wanted to try to script a really base version of it to test it out. Originally, I had begun work … Continue reading →

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Player vs. Player in MMOs

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Razakius

PvP is kind of a touchy subject in MMORPGs. Most MMOs have it in some format or another, but more often than not, it is left behind in the wayside. This is largely due to the mistakes that were made … Continue reading →

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Seamless Instanced Worlds

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Razakius

I’ve been playing Champions Online a bit lately, partly because I’ve felt a bigger need to get my MMO fix and partly because I have a Lifetime subscription. One of the things that I find particularly about the game is … Continue reading →

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Dualing in MMOs

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Razakius

I’ve played a lot of Travian over the last few years and perhaps one of the first things you learn as a Travian player is that one player on an account is not enough to be competitive. In my recent … Continue reading →

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Everquest 2 Extended Announced

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Razakius

This week I got an email from Sony Online Entertainment announcing to me that they are launching EverQuest 2 Extended. What this is, is a free-to-play edition of EQ2. They aren’t doing it quite like normal, they are splitting it up … Continue reading →

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Gamey vs. Realistic MMORPGs

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Razakius

I have been thinking a lot of MMORPG design of late. A lot of this design thought has really made me thinking of the gaminess of online games. I personally have always been a fan of realism in my MMOs … Continue reading →

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Websites of Old

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Razakius

In my return to Asheron’s Call, I got to thinking about the times I had in the olden days of AC. I thought of the old blog I used to keep of my adventuring in AC. The blog was titled … Continue reading →

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New MMO Bug

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Razakius

Every now and then I get an itch to play an older game that I enjoyed years ago on a regular basis. If you’ve read this blog regularly at all, you know that almost yearly I return to City of … Continue reading →

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