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Loot Containers: The End of Loot Drama?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Blackferne

‘Loot containers’ (name is still a work in progress!) do indeed exist and are designed to alleviate the frustration some feel around high-level loot drops. As it’s currently implemented, at the end of a key encounter within an Operation, upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged drama, loot, loot systems, operations

Back to Basics

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Blackferne

Waiting for a game is sometimes really hard. Star Wars the Old Republic was announced two and half years ago, and we still don’t have a release date. The best estimates say this fall, but we shall see. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming, The Church of Alvis | Tagged Pen and Paper, Role Playing, Star Wars

Permanent and Non-Permanent Choices in Your Character

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Blackferne

Listening to Mos Eisley Radio Episode 29 Forum Assault, Zach and Brooks briefly discussed the issue about whether at some point down the road whether players would be able to change their spec or even their advanced class choice. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming, General SWTOR | Tagged Class Balance, Game Theory, Speculation

The Importance of Balance

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Blackferne

By now most people have seen the new Trooper video put out by Bioware. What I love is the action sequence starting about 55 seconds into this video. We see some kind of Sith force user getting ready for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Class Balance, Game Theory, Trooper

The Launch Pressures on a Guild

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Blackferne

SW:Tor is still a good ways off. We don’t even have a definite launch date yet, but that doesn’t stop people from laying plans for what they and their friends should do once it launches. But this excitement is full … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming, The Church of Alvis | Tagged Alvis History, Guild Leadership, Server Types

ToR Crafting and the Casual Gamer

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Furiel

This weeks reveal brought us even more information about the crew skills system in SW:ToR, including revealing a new crafting specialization – Armstech (correctly predicted by yours truly a few weeks ago here).  However the real interesting part of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafting, Gaming | Tagged Casual Gamer, Crafting

Crafting Speculation

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Furiel

Recently Bioware released a large chunk of information about the crafting system in ToR, how it’s going to work, what the limitations are and what SOME of the available professions are going to be. Note the important use of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafting, Gaming | Tagged Crafting, Speculation

The Choices in Crafting

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Blackferne

Darth Hater has an interview with SWTOR Lead Writer Daniel Erickson in which he better flushes out how crafting will work. The minigame seems considerably less grindy than what is currently available in WoW, and reminds me a bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafting, Gaming | Tagged Companions, Crafting

The Virtues of Gaming

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Blackferne

Games are a universal part of human culture. People from every part of the world play some form of game whether it is a simple game of tag between kids or a sophisticated MMO among adults. Games have two broad … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming, The Church of Alvis | Tagged Church, Gaming, Social Experience

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