Rift
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Massively’s The Daily Grind: What MMO should Daybreak buy next?
Here is another prompt that I took from Massively OP. My first thought was: Rift! Please, please buy Rift! Gamigo is keeping the lights on, but that’s it. And even if I wanted to still play the game, I do not have any trust in gamigo whatsoever. At some point, I tried to stay informed…
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MMOs and me: 2022
I find myself playing MMOs a lot less often than I have two years ago. There are several reasons for that, I think. One is the lack of time and focus. MMOs can’t be played when you’ve only got half an hour in the evening or even with just one hour. But I still love…
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Which MMO mount do you like using the most?
Justin from MassivelyOP asked this question in their column “The Daily Grind” and rather than leaving a comment there, I prefer answering this question here. I do go with mounts that fit my characters best, I think. In LotRO, my hobbit has her Cremello Pony. I don’t even remember how I got it and only…
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Which MMO has the most useless housing system?
I saw this article on Massively Overpowered about useless housing systems in MMOs. Of course, this is a more or less subjective question, but that’s why I liked reading about their choices. Massively Overthinking: Which MMO suffers from the most useless housing system? My first thought – I’m only going with the MMOs I have…
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Call to Action: Rift is getting updates again?
I dared ask the question with the word “updates” – yes, plural! About a month ago, gamigo was teasing about Rift possibly getting something new. They said that in Q1 2022 we would be getting a “first great update”. Quite obviously, this does not mean “expansion” and nobody should interpret it as Rift getting one…
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What to do with gamigo…
I totally missed this piece of news from the latest investor report about gamigo’s plans for their games in 2022. Massively reported about it in November (other outlets, too, but this is where I found the news now): Rift is supposed to be getting “a first great update […] in Q1 2022”. On the one…
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Happy 10th birthday, Rift…?
Rift launched on March 1, 2011 which means that it’s currently “celebrating” its 10th anniversary! Or it should be, given it’s such a nice round number! Trion Worlds was acquired by gamigo in October 2018. So gamigo could be proud to have an MMO that is 10 years old now and still has a community…
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Which MMO does Halloween best?
I really like the autumn and halloween events in MMOs! When I saw ArenaNet announce the date for their Halloween event (it starts today, by the way) for Guild Wars 2 this year, I started to wonder: What other MMOs do them? It is a bit of a silly question because I play these MMOs,…
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Why I stopped loving Rift
Justin from Massively came up with a really good question about why Rift didn’t do better. Quite obviously, I cannot answer this question in general or even for the majority of players and it may even be something different for everybody. For me, it’s not that hard to answer, actually. I didn’t mind their switch…
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Gamigo’s goodies for Rift, Trove and maybe Defiance 2050
Gamigo is telling you to tell your friends to play their games with them. Perfect for social distancing (which should still be called physical distancing to properly reflect what it is, but eh, it’s close enough). On their website, they list their games and each one gives you a code (a generic one) that they…
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What’s the point in housing?
In a post musing about the problems with housing in MMOs, Roger from Contains Moderate Peril said that you can ask 100 players and will get 100 answers as to what makes good housing good. And this made me think when is housing good for me? For example, I love the housing in Rift and…
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My Top Games of the Decade
Writing about my Top Games of 2019 was a bit too short-sighted, apparently. I have seen others talk about their games of the decade – most recently Rakuno’s post. And then I figured that I could add another “top games” post here. I mean, it is my blog and it has been filled with lots…
favourite games, games of the decade, grim dawn, Guild Wars 2, jurassic world evolution, L. A. Noire, life is strange, pc gaming, Rift, secret world legends, sherlock holmes: crimes and punishments, Terraria, the painscreek killings, the secret world, torchlight 2, tropico 4, Trove, Warlock II: The Exiled, warlock master of the arcane
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Excitedly waiting for an MMO launch
Yesterday, Bookahnerk and I realized that we’re as excited about the launch of WoW Classic as we haven’t been in ages. I always loved this pre-launch excitement. Not when WoW launched, because I didn’t play it then! Bookahnerk did, though. I joined him several months later. For Burning Crusade, we drove to a midnight sale…
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Paeroka’s Ponderings: Mounts in MMOs
This post isn’t about whether MMOs should have mounts or not. I love them and even Guild Wars 2 found a way to implement them in a meaningful way. However, what I’m wondering is if I’m the only one who loves collecting mounts but then only uses one or two of them most of the…
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MMOs are weird virtual worlds… – Where’s the toilet?
With the exception of very few MMOs, there are simply no toilets or just in general bathrooms in MMOs. Apparently, there is no need for hygiene? From the top of my head, I know that there are a few in World of Warcraft, but they’re mostly related to corresponding quests. I don’t remember the zone…
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