Guild Wars 2 Things I’ve never done in Guild Wars 2 14 Feb 2021 I admit that I never liked playing norn. I do like them in general and I like their culture, but they are just so... huge and slow with their running…
Elder Scrolls Online… My MMOs in 2020 25 Dec 202025 Dec 2020 No new MMO has made it on my list this year. I did give New World a try, but ultimately ended up not liking it. It's okay and I am…
Characters/Classes… 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…
Guild Wars 2 Replaying vanilla Guild Wars 2 4 Nov 2020 I previously tried to get into the necromancer, the thief and the ranger again. For some reason, when I don't play a class for some time, I forget about the…
Crystal Ball… Guild Wars 2: Roadmap for the next 7 months 1 Nov 20201 Nov 2020 I was so happy to see ArenaNet post a roadmap for the game. Even though I fully expect the possibility of delays (as it says: "subject to change"), it is…
Elder Scrolls Online… Which MMO does Halloween best? 13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020 I really like the autumn and halloween events in MMOs! When I saw ArenaNet announce the date for their Halloween event (it starts today, by the way) for Guild Wars…
Account Security… Return to Guild Wars now! 1 Oct 2020 As Massively notes, Guild Wars (1) doesn't require a character name to log in anymore. Well, in my case, the recent change doesn't make a difference. I always kept screenshots…
Community… A friendly competition 19 Sep 202019 Sep 2020 I found this post in my drafts. It was originally written back in 2014 and should have been the teaser post for a roleplaying event in our Guild Wars 2…
Guild Wars 2 GW2: Ascended Armor 2/3 9 Sep 20209 Sep 2020 How late exactly am I? I finally finished my second ascended armor set. That is, my mesmer got her cloth version... years ago, I guess. For a long time, I…
Guild Wars 2… Screenshot Saturday: Fighting Drakkar 22 Aug 2020 I know, I am very late to this fight, but I have never actually done that one before. As always, I hated the amount of boom, bam and colours and…
Games… Games I’ve played in July 2 Aug 2020 Our vacation is over now and work will start again on Monday. The weather wasn't as bad as we had feared, but far from what I would call "summer". So,…
Guild Wars 2… Screenshot Saturday: Being a rebel 1 Aug 2020 Yes, well... In her defence, she came from the other side!
Guild Wars 2 Jumping into Path of Fire again 31 Jul 2020 For some weird reason, I suddenly felt the urge to play Guild Wars 2 again. Since I am now focusing on the warrior and had only played through the expansion…
Characters/Classes… 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…
Games… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Guilds and their leaders 24 May 2020 The members of Dragon Season (a guild on the EU servers in Guild Wars 2) may remember a time where I was actively playing the game and organized our guild…
Blogging Months… 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…
Blogging Months… Bookahneer’s Geekwatch: Free stuff in MMOs 29 Apr 202029 Apr 2020 Lord of the Rings Online extended its period where you can play all content - that is: all quest packs - for free. You can now play the game without…
Blogging Months… What’s the point in housing? 25 Apr 2020 In a post musing about the problems with housing in MMOs, Roger from Contains Moderate Peril said that you can ask 100 players and will get 100 answers as to…
Blogging Months… 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…
Crystal Ball… Guild Wars 2: Third expansion coming! 12 Mar 2020 Now that was a surprise (...and it's not April 1 either!). When reading through ArenaNet's latest news article about upcoming features, I skimmed over it and thought to myself: Okay…
Action RPG… My Top Games of the Decade 31 Dec 2019 Writing about my Top Games of 2019 was a bit too short-sighted, apparently. I have seen others talk about their games of the decade - most recently Rakuno's post. And…
Blogging Months… Screenshot Saturday: Whisper in the Dark 23 Nov 2019 Just a few screenshots, no spoilers of the story! (IntPiPoMo count: 48 in total)
Blood Legion Homelands… Fresh air in Guild Wars 2 20 Oct 2019 While I'm spending most of my time playing WoW Classic at the moment, I did not miss that Guild Wars 2 got a content update for the living story recently.…
Blogging Months… Guild Wars 2 Announcement 30 Aug 201930 Aug 2019 Here I am, disappointed with the recent development of Guild Wars 2. It's not a bad game, just not a good game for me anymore. But I am still watching…
Blogging Months… Screenshot Saturday: 7 years of GW2 24 Aug 201925 Aug 2019 The first characters that were created during the headstart are celebrating their 7th birthday. Now my warrior is proudly wearing armor that's worth more than 700 gold only because of…
Blogging Months… Paeroka’s Ponderings: Why I stopped liking Guild Wars 2 24 Aug 2019 What to do when you're actually just waiting for your nostalgia trip to start in World of Warcraft Classic? I thought I'd like to advance my guardian further into Mirkwood.…
Blogging Months… 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…
Fun!… 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…
Guild Wars 2… 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…
Elder Scrolls Online… 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!…
