So, like probably everyone else, I’m playing Starcraft 2. And, like probably every other WoW guild out there, people are drying up at a phenomenal rate. I’m left to wonder, is the only thing that can steal playtime away from WoW, another Blizzard game? Well, to be fair you see this quite often when a [...]

Skurmish is changing hosts to
http://forums.prophecy.co.za/blogs/skurm
Why, you may ask? WordPress is warm and cozy and familiar! Well, here’s the thing:  while wordpress is an awesome host and software, the best I’ve used to date, I’m also part of a gaming community, one with aspirations to grow and expand. Prophecy just launched a blog hosting service to [...]

1.2 looks set to be the biggest patch since 1.1. It’ll bring the two new classes alongside some rather radical changes to some classes. Some nerfs (poor Witchelves), some buffs (me!), some fixes (no more disorient stacking). So what am I looking forward to?
Two things. I’ll be able to drop Scavenging for Butchering and level [...]

The good folks from Mythic are at New York Comic Con and hamming it up in style.  Ten Ton Hammer has some footage of the convention including gameplay vids of the new classes. Lots of new information coming out, such as the Orc Choppa having an ability called ‘Get to da Choppa’. The name alone [...]

It’s been a whirlwind week, or two. Let’s break it down

The Good: Two new classes, lots of new content, fixes announced in the coming months, official forums, and simply stuff.
The Bad. Only 300K subscribers remaining.
The Ugly. Anywhere between 60 and 130 Mythic employees laid off.

Looking at everything together it looks like we’re in for a [...]

It has been said that, in WAR, there is no benefit to defense, only to offense. This may be true, indeed, although at the same time denying your opponent resources is a valid strategy in and of itself, and in a real world situation, would be victory enough.
Much of the problem with trying to simulate [...]

On cue, Mythic released the news. But it’s more than just the return of the Choppa and the unveiling of the new Slayer. They’ve also announced a Darkness Falls type zone/dungeon, something the old DAoC community has been clamouring for.
Looking back at what the community has asked for since release, it’s a pretty interesting  story. [...]

I picked up Mines of Moria the other day. No, I’m not abandoning WAR, and that short stint through Middle Earth probably reinforced my love for WAR. But I’m not exactly resigning myself to playing a single MMO again, either. LotrO certainly has it’s charms. Charms that grow on ye the more ye play.
After a [...]

It’s not what you think.

A rambling, newsy post today…
Mythic continues it’s assault on the WAR blogosphere with packages sent to some well known WAR bloggers hinting at something coming up involving Witch Elves and…pink hearts? Hmm. Can only mean that love is in the air, although when it comes to Dark Elves that becomes a worrying prospect.
2 days to [...]

A thought that has occurred to me, and popped up in the community as well, is why not enable an XP lock option that would let us prevent our character from levelling past a Tier. Many, if not most, WAR players right now who enjoy the ORvR have taken an interesting stand. They’ve rerolled and [...]

A random consideration for today:
Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t another Destruction > Order rant. No sir, this is far more important. This is a Greenskins > * rant.
If Mythic had spent as much time polishing the other races, as they did Greenskins, this game would be well past the 1 million subscribers mark already. [...]

Warhammer’s UI is eminently moddable. Out of the box it serves every purpose you could think of, certainly. There is no real need for mods. But would we be human if we didn’t attempt to fix things that didn’t need to be fixed? No sir!

That’s not very clear or readable, is it. Hmm. Well, after [...]

So I’m re-re-rerolling. This is something completely new to me. Previously I was never big into alts or rerolls. I’d make a character, level it to the cap ASAP, and begin work on the gearing process. Potentially looking at a new char months down the line.
Last night  instead of levelling my Witch Elf, I took [...]

A few things I’d love to see as a Witch Elf this year. Granted I’m still relatively noobish to this class so much of it may be without merit. But that’s why I have a blog. To post unbiased, raving random demands.
1. Un-suck stealth. No seriously. Stealth in this game sucks giant donkey balls. It’s [...]