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I consider myself an avid fan of the MMORPG genre. I started playing them when I was in high school with the game EverQuest. I have a lot of fond memories of playing with my friends, even camping the infamous Raster of Guk for weeks on end. These days fighting […]

Death of Socialization in MMORPGs

November 22, 2017 in MMO / Opinion / RPG tagged dark age of camelot / everquest / lfg / lfr / MMO / MMORPG / opinion / pug / RPG / shadowbane / wow by Kamriel

It all started with a scene in space pulling away to reveal a huge ship and a few smaller ships with slow detailed fly bys of the camera in what we were told are CryEngine3 renderings. Then the internals of a ship with the smaller ships landing and people moving […]

Star Citizen

November 6, 2015 in MMO / RPG / Simulators tagged AAA game / Chris Roberts / CryEngine3 / CryEngine4 / Elite: Dangerous / MMORPG / Oculus Rift / PBR / PC gaming / Shut up and take my money! / Space Combat Simulator / Space Simulator / Squadron 42 / Star Citizen by JVerb

Guild Wars 2 is an MMORPG with PvE and PvP, with some distinction for World-Versus-Word being separate from PvP, as the core game play elements. Did I mention PvP? When it first launched, I found myself at maximum level very quickly. The next task was dungeons and gearing. I was […]

Guild Wars 2: Micro-Transactions Done Better?

July 11, 2015 in MMO / RPG tagged Archeage / Guild Wars / Guild Wars 2 / GW2 / Microtransactions / MMO / MMORPG / RPG by JVerb

Introduction Hello, I’m JVerb. I have played games since the NES and later SNES, so for about as long as I can remember, and plan on continuing to do so in the future. I play for entertainment, achievement and competitiveness. Highlights include two notable points: CAL-O in college for CS […]

Archeage: Micro-Transactions, Free-to-Play, and Pay-to-Win?

July 1, 2015 in MMO / RPG tagged Archeage / MMO / MMORPG / RPG by JVerb