Send in the Clones

NWO has a new update (U16) called "Undermountain".  And with it come major changes to several mechanics, including character creation and class progression.  Though it has been out for less than a week, so far, I'm not a big fan.

Sad News

It is with a heavy heart that I am making this post.

The Fix is In

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... a bug occurred on my main Neverwinter (NWO) toon.  Not a major bug; in the grand scheme of things a very minor bug - one that if it never got fixed would not be the end of the world.  But a bug nonetheless.  And now, finally, after only a 3.5-year wait (and multiple tickets), it is fixed.  Woohoo!

Cycling Through

As I have mentioned before, I currently have (7*) different MMOs that I currently play.  Although, I suppose that might kind of depend on your definition of 'currently'...

Walk the Dinosaur

Boom, Boom, Acka-Lacka-Lacka-Boom; Boom, Boom, Acka-lacka Boom-Boom.

Team Solo?

For those of you in a "Star Wars" frame-of-mind, the title of this post has nothing to do with Han (or any of his family).

Festivals

This time of year, more than any other, I think, MMOs love to hold some type of 'winter' festival.  Many, at least the ones I play, give out free stuff and/or let you earn certain items not usually available by running certain content.  This presents a dilemma...

Customer (Dis-)Service?

What makes "good" customer service (CS)?  Is it just getting the issue resolved, quickly?  What if that's not possible?

Contest-ing

Ah, there is nothing like holding a contest.  If you never have, just know that they can be...contested.

Tales from PnP: RP'ing Alignment

Pop Quiz:  Your LG (Lawful Good) Paladin has been fighting a CE (Chaotic Evil) being, when all of a sudden, the CE mob surrenders and promises to leave and never darken that part of the world again, if you'll just let him go.  What will you do?

Guilds of One

MMO - "Massively Multi-player Online".  The very name indicates that you are not alone in whatever game-world you choose to play in.  But just because there are (a lot of) other players, does that mean you are not allowed to play the game by yourself?

NWO Delays EE Launch

NWO's "Elemental Evil" module, which was scheduled to launch this Tuesday (3/17), has been delayed.

The Best Laid Plans

Between Christmas and New Years', I was on vacation.  I typically take that time of year off, for a couple of reasons.  Not the least of which is always having that week off from school (when I was attending, of course) - I got used to having it off, so I've just continued that tradition.

Better, Worse, or Just Different?

WARNING:  Lengthy post ahead...

{In my best "ring announcer" voice:} LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!  TONIGHT'S MATCH-UP:

IN THIS CORNER WE HAVE THE CAGEY VETERAN, WEIGHING IN WITH THE "TRIED AND TRUE", VERY POPULAR, D&D 3.5E RULES, WITH  AN ASTONISHING, RAPIDLY  APPROACHING 9 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - TURBINE'S "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE" (DDO).

VS.

IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER, THE WILEY NEWCOMER, WEIGHING IN USING THE NEWER, D&D 4E RULES, AND JUST OVER 1 YEAR OLD - CRYPTIC'S "NEVERWINTER" (NWO).

*Cough* Excuse me.

Is There Anything Worse

...than unsorted lists.  Of course there are, but unsorted lists (including, if not especially, multi-column "lists", aka "tables") are one of my (many?) pet peeves (maybe it's the engineer in me [*burp* - 'scuse me...], but unsorted lists just grind my gears [pun intended].  And what does one feed a pet peeve anyway?  "Peeve Chow"?).  How hard is it to sort - or at least allow to be sorted - a list (in this post "list" also refers to "tables")?  And yet, it seems that unsorted lists are on the rise.  Are today's coders just lazy?  Did no one ever bother to teach them about sorting functions?

"Not Gandalf" is Coming

This coming Thursday, Neverwinter Online (NWO) will be celebrating it's one year anniversary.  And who did they invite to help celebrate?  Elminster (or as I call him, "Not Gandalf").  Great - we're all dead...