Characters/Classes
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How to return to LotRO?
I wanted to start this post by saying that I was surprised about the urge to return to Lord of the Rings Online, but honestly, I am not. This MMO – as well as the classic World of Warcraft – give me something that newer MMOs do not give me: Slower combat. No need to…
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Necromancer or Revenant for rediscovering Guild Wars 2…
After writing here that I want to replay through the old zones of Guild Wars 2 with my new necromancer, I decided to take a look at the revenant. A profession that I had always wanted to play, but never really “got into” it. I boosted my asuran revenant to level 80 and felt completely…
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I have finally chosen a main character for Guild Wars 2
Since before the game’s launch (August 2012), I’ve been switching between the mesmer and the warrior as my main characters, not knowing which one to choose and focus on. I even realized at some point that it’s mostly the playstyle that catches my attention: I love playing classes with one-handed swords available. Yesterday, almost 8…
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My top five MMO classes
There seem to be a few “top five” lists going around and with my recent post about returning to Lotro and figuring out which class I actually like, I thought it may be a nice idea to write about my favourite classes. First things first, I can only decide if a class can be in…
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When did Lotro sneak back in?
A couple of days ago, all of a sudden, me and some friends started playing Lotro again. I don’t even remember who started the conversation or who decided to return first. It was also not so much a decision as it was rather some of us just logging in again. But my problem still remains:…
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Paeroka’s Ponderings: Choosing the wrong class in MMOs
I usually like the levelling process in MMOs. The amount of alts I have is proof enough! But it does get tedious at some point – both in MMOs with vertical as well as horizontal progression. While levelling per se is fun in Guild Wars 2, having to recollect enough Hero Points to unlock the…
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Hair and MMO characters
MassivelyOP had a fun yet fascinating topic for their Daily Grind column. Which MMO has the best character hair in the genre? I decided to muse about that here instead of leaving a comment over there, mainly because I had previously complained about some hair styles and it’s one thing that often annoys me, too.…
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Female Dwarf in Lotro
So, with the recent announcement of female dwarves being an option in Lotro with the addition of the Stout-Axe dwarves, I’ve been curious how they will implement it. To be honest, I did not think I’d get anything with breasts or visibly female, but I was still hoping for some androgynous face options (with a…
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Paeroka’s Next Top Warlock
I know I previously claimed that my undead warlock in retail World of Warcraft never reached max level before Burning Crusade came out. But that’s not true. She was actually my first level 60 character. I just never raided with her and when Burning Crusade came, I switched servers and played on a PvE server…
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My least favourite classes to play
Rakuno recently wrote about his least favourite class – or a class he refuses to play – and since I’ve now been pondering and wondering which class to play in World of Warcraft, it’s a fitting topic for me as well. My answer is two-fold. I would have listed very different classes 2.5 years ago…
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My Classic Mini-Mes
After posting my mini mes yesterday, I realized that I’ll have to add another post today in order to show you the next ones. It hadn’t been clear to me whether we would get to reserve our character names only or already create the characters we want to play when WoW Classic launches. It was…
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LotRO Dwarves vs. GW2’s Asura
With the recent announcement that the new race, the Stout Axe Dwarves will have the option to be female, there’s been a discussion about the lore behind the Lord of the Rings dwarves and how female dwarves could and should be handled. It has since been clarified that SSG will not make us create dwarves…
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LotRO: New race coming (with female dwarves)
I was surprised when I saw on MassivelyOP that Standing Stone Games, the developers of Lord of the Rings Online, announced a new race for the game. The news was originally shared and posted by Drac from LOTRO Players, who was there for the announcement at Gen Con. Additionally, being able to change your race…
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Screenshot Saturday: Levelling gear
Is it just me or does the gear you get while levelling through any expansion of WoW generally look ridiculous? I remember back in classic WoW that I liked the items I got. There was a black leather set that my hunter wore for a bit and I tried to get the Robes of Arugal…
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Warlock then and now
As I mentioned before, I decided to give the “old-school” World of Warcraft a try on a private server. Directly after playing a warlock over there, I went back to the “real” World of Warcraft for an immediate comparison with the warlock nowadays. My memory told me that I had only played a warlock in…
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