How to return to LotRO?

20 May 202220 May 2022

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…

Necromancer or Revenant for rediscovering Guild Wars 2…

8 Nov 20208 Nov 2020

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…

I have finally chosen a main character for Guild Wars 2

20 Jul 202020 Jul 2020

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…

My top five MMO classes

7 May 202020 Jul 2020

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…

When did Lotro sneak back in?

5 May 2020

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…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Choosing the wrong class in MMOs

13 Apr 2020

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…

Hair and MMO characters

6 Apr 20206 Apr 2020

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…

Female Dwarf in Lotro

22 Sep 201924 Sep 2019

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…

Paeroka’s Next Top Warlock

8 Sep 20198 Sep 2019

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 least favourite classes to play

29 Aug 2019

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…

My Classic Mini-Mes

13 Aug 2019

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…

LotRO Dwarves vs. GW2’s Asura

10 Aug 2019

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…

LotRO: New race coming (with female dwarves)

4 Aug 20195 Aug 2019

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…

Screenshot Saturday: Levelling gear

20 Jul 2019

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…

Warlock then and now

10 Jun 201910 Jun 2019

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…

WoW: Choosing a class

2 Jun 2019

As long as a game still has official servers, I am against playing on private servers. On the other hand, WoW Classic is coming up and I am looking forward…

Too many choices in Grim Dawn

7 Apr 20197 Apr 2019

When the 2nd (and last) expansion for Grim Dawn was announced, I didn't think I'd want to buy it on its release day, because I didn't see that it comes…

My new and improved Mini-Me in Elder Scrolls Online

23 Nov 20182 Dec 2018

Just a few days ago, I showed you my characters in Elder Scrolls Online (among my other mains in other MMOs). I hadn't played the game lately, because LotRO snuck…

My Mini-Mes (November 2018)

16 Nov 20182 Dec 2018

I saw Tyler from Superior Realities's posts about his stable of characters (impressive!) and decided I'd do the same or something similar. After searching through my own blog, I found…

Summer of MMOs: Rift, Defiance, Guild Wars 2

22 Jul 201829 Jun 2020

My little rogue in Rift (Prime) is still little. Well, she is a dwarf, but she still hasn't reached the level cap yet. Ember Isle has been released on Prime…

Pet classes and MMOs

27 May 2018

I have often seen people ask "Will there be a pet class?" before an MMO released and it appears that this is the deciding factor in whether they're interested in…

Different game, same problem…

19 Feb 201710 Nov 2018

The last thing I wrote about Elder Scrolls Online was the complaint about the importance of race when choosing a class. I have gotten used to it now - I…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Racial skills?

5 Feb 2017

I have recently tried hopping into Elder Scrolls Online again and as I want a fresh start, I looked up guides and possible builds for the classes, to get a…

Rift: Waiting for the expansion with the primalist

9 Nov 2016

Starfall Prophecy, the next expansion in Rift, will launch on November 16. That's not too far away now! So whenever I log in with my main character, my cleric, I…

Before and after: My Tamer

16 Mar 2016

If you know me, you are probably not surprised to hear that I spent most of my time creating my characters in Black Desert Online. I was a bit disappointed…

GW2: Buffing my playstyle by 100 %

26 Sep 2015

Guild Wars 2 is getting another balance patch this Tuesday and it looks like this one was made especially for me! :D While I have every profession at level 80,…

Guild Wars 2 vs. Rift vs. Trove: Part 3 (Character Creation)

12 Apr 201517 May 2015

This is the third post in the blog post series "Guild Wars 2 vs. Rift vs. Trove". The title may suggest that at the end of this series, I will…

Trove: Candy Barbarian revelead!

15 Nov 201415 Nov 2014

Trion Worlds made a news post revealing the candy barbarian yesterday. Or rather, revealing the skills that new class will have. We already know its name, after all. :) I'm…

Hello there, do I know you?

4 Nov 2014

Perfect timing from Blizzard... Just when I feared I would have nothing to write about on the 4th day of NaBloPoMo, they sent me an email reminder that the offer…

Flummi’s new clothes…

27 Nov 201327 Nov 2013

I had originally wanted to show off my mesmer in her new gear yesterday. But it took me a while to figure out what I want. When I had finally…