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Guild Name

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

Another post, this one from 1/6/2011. I had returned to the game on New Year’s and a few days in, Wreck, Thraz, and a few others had joined us. We were looking for a name for our guild… We need … Continue reading →

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The ultimate event: AoD

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Remember the orc raid? Well that’s weak compared to what I want to see. How about a knight. With wings and silver armor. He also has minions that are essentially full-size dragons that have to be defeated before he’s even … Continue reading →

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Congrats, douche bag hackers.

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

EQOA’s main site is now shut down and a bunch of people are watching their credit card accounts.. (or should be). I’m still not sure if EQOA’s network was a part of this but I have had my credit card … Continue reading →

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Total Time coaching… loading…

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

It’s a generous estimate that it takes 30 seconds for the coach/death/rez screens to load. I would also estimate that the average player will see that loading screen about 8 times an hour. It takes 5 coaches alone to get … Continue reading →

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Reader comments:

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Every so often, I’ll post some reader comments from recent posts. There’s a trend in these… Kordolin: I had been playing WoW for awhile, but I was getting bored with it around when WotLK came out. As my desire to … Continue reading →

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First day back

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

On Saturday night, I loaded up EQOA for the first time since 2005. While my old characters were on Hodstock, I opted to go straight to CLW and roll a human alchemist named Stonee. For the first 8 levels or … Continue reading →

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Oh how WoW spoiled me…

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

The blind running in EQOA is incredibly frustrating. WoW offered quest helpers, ingame maps, and cords. I’ve already wasted several trips running to the wrong spots… Dying is a pain in the ass for the simple reason that you don’t … Continue reading →

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