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…

MMOs are weird virtual worlds… – Where’s the toilet?

29 Jul 2019

With the exception of very few MMOs, there are simply no toilets or just in general bathrooms in MMOs. Apparently, there is no need for hygiene? From the top of…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Vertical maps

7 Jul 2019

For a while, I'd been very excitedly levelling my guardian in LotRO and was really happy when she'd gotten to level 50. But then, a few levels into Mines of…

Screenshot Saturday: Dragons

1 Jun 2019

Last weekend we went to Berlin to meet up with two Guild Wars 2 guild mates (from Greece and Poland, respectively). So, we had a very little international guild meeting!…

Screenshot Saturday: Spot the World Boss

11 May 2019

ArenaNet currently has a World Boss Event running where you get an extra chest for each world boss. I decided to jump into the game and kill a few world…

Mixing my MMO

14 Apr 201914 Apr 2019

I am currently playing very different MMOs, because they each give me something I want from this genre while lacking in other areas. Elder Scrolls Online has this seemingly huge…

Screenshot Saturday: Guild Wars 2 through the ages

2 Mar 20192 Mar 2019

With recent news of layoffs at ArenaNet, I wanted to focus on Guild Wars 2 with today's Screenshot Saturday. I have taken thousands of screenshots through the years, but decided…

Games I want to play again this year

4 Jan 201911 Jan 2019

I know that if there is one thing I don't have, it's time. Free time, that is, that I can devote to things like gaming. On the other hand, when…

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…

New Lion’s Arch

11 Nov 20182 Dec 2018

Can you believe that after all the screenshot galleries I've made for Lion's Arch in its various stages, I have never made one of the rebuild town? You can see…

Lake Doric in Kryta

4 Nov 20182 Dec 2018

I admit, it does feel a bit like cheating when I'm filling my picture-count for IntPiPoMo with a blog post like this. But when I thought about what kind of…

Please give me Rift Wars 2 (Blaugust Post 6)

25 Aug 201826 Aug 2018

If Rift and Guild Wars 2 had a baby, I would probably end up with my perfect MMO. Both games have features that I really love while also missing the…

Summer of MMOs: Rift, Defiance, Guild Wars 2

22 Jul 201822 Jul 2018

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…

Cities in MMOs

9 Jan 2018

One thing that's been bothering me about Rift since its release is the lack of "proper" towns and cities. The "main city" of the Guardian faction, Sanctum, is a building…

Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire – First Impressions (NO story spoilers!)

23 Sep 2017

Just as indicated in the subject: I am not going to write about the story here. I, myself, am not far in yet and I certainly wouldn't want to take…

MMO gaming-goals this autumn

13 Sep 20173 Aug 2019

I really miss the time where I played only one MMORPG (World of Warcraft) and Guild Wars 1 for its story whenever I found time. I am currently trying to…

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…

Announcing the winners of our Wintersday 2016 Giveaway!

24 Dec 2016

First things first, we're running a little late here. Preparing the food for our family Christmas took longer than anticipated. So I will not be able to send out the…

Guild Wars 2: Wintersday Giveaway 2016

12 Dec 201624 Dec 2016

This giveaway is closed! Winners will be chosen and announced at a later point! (You can find the German translation below / Scrollt runter für den deutschen Text) It is…

Making friends in Rift and Guild Wars 2

22 Nov 2016

Last week, Rift's expansion "Starfall Prophecy" launched and yesterday, Guild Wars 2 released another content patch. Both games made me very happy as the patches feature my most favourite animal…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (September 2016)

15 Sep 201615 Sep 2016

First of all, we have Rift and some tiny news about its upcoming expansion "Starfall Prophecy". We still do not have a date for the expansion's launch, unfortunately. I speculated…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Gear and level-advantages in PvP

28 Aug 201628 Aug 2016

Some time ago, I read a topic in the German section of the Black Desert Online forum where a player suggested that the game's PvP may be better if there…

GW2: The beginning… – Looking back 4 years (Blaugust Post 17)

20 Aug 2016

Guild Wars 2's fourth anniversary is coming up in a couple of days. The headstart began on August 25, 2012. Gaile asked for screenshots from the launch weekend on the…

Having fun with naming pets (Blaugust Post 8)

8 Aug 2016

With the recent patch, Guild Wars 2 finally allows its players to choose names for their pets that stick. Previously, you could name your pets, but only your two active…

The Daily Post: Carefree (in MMOs)

21 Jul 201621 Jul 2016

Wordpress.com has a daily prompt consisting of one word to give you an idea what to blog about. I will definitely not do this daily, but I do take a…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Bored-out instead of Burnout?

6 Jul 20166 Jul 2016

Excuse the bad pun up there, but something got me thinking... In a conversation about GW2's content drought, somebody wrote (I don't have a link, so I'll paraphrase here out…

NBI 2016: Screenshot prompt “The New”

5 Jun 2016

A prompt to make a blog post with screenshots? I'm in! So, this is part of the "Newbie Blogger Initiative". You can find more information on what the Newbie Blogger…

Guild Wars 2: The upside of having a “content drought”

31 May 201631 May 2016

I saw a post on MMORPG.com about the potential correlation between content updates and increased earnings for ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2 which got me thinking about my gaming behaviour…

Impressions from Foostival Germany 2016

8 May 20168 May 2016

As some of you may know, I am part of the organizing team of the German Foostival. It took place yesterday, on May 7. In the previous two years, we…