Fear of not being the best

I was reflecting on something I said on the BioWare forums, recently, about skills-based character progression, which can create all manner of “hybrid” characters, versus the more common (and, let me be honest, more boring), concept of levelling a particular class of character in MMORPGs.
It occurs to me that there are people out there who [...]

Bothered by BioWare

You know, I never thought to write this up when it happened at the time but, the more I think about it, days later, the more it niggles at the part of my brain which is reserved for conversations that aren’t allowed to run their full course and leave me with more questions than answers. [...]

What if Bioware’s Star Wars MMO is Legacy-based?

Bioware’s forthcoming MMORPG, widely tipped to be Star Wars-based, is on everyone’s mind at present. I can’t mention it here, or on my personal blog, without a flurry of responses. People are crazy for it. People want to think about it. People want to talk about it.
So in the timeless words of C-3PO, “Here we [...]

Jedi… the #1 problem for Bioware’s Star Wars MMORPG

You know folks, the more I poke around the Bioware forums of late, in addition to throwing the odd piece on my personal blog, the more I realise how completely at odds I am with some people re: the concept of playing Jedi in its upcoming Star Wars MMORPG.
Jedi, people tell me, should be freely [...]

New BioWare MMO to be in Starwars Universe?!

Primotechnology has an article about a rumor that a new MMORPG based in the Starwars universe is in the works by BioWare.   The story says that this new MMORPG will be based in KOTOR (Knights of the Old Republic), which was release in 2003 and later followed up with a sequel.  Having played both KOTOR [...]