Paeroka’s Ponderings: Goodbye, Rift?

23 Oct 201823 Oct 2018

As some of you know, I love Trion Worlds and the games they have created - well, most of them, at least. I have not always agreed with their decisions,…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Defiance 2050

4 May 2018

I had originally planned to write about my impressions of the Defiance 2050 beta, but for several reasons, I have not been playing it enough to warrant a whole and…

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…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: When is a game worth your money?

17 Sep 201617 Sep 2016

I know there are a lot of gamers with a huge backlog of games and a bad conscience whenever they get yet another game even though there is this long…

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…

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…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Original vs. expansion “maps”

16 May 201616 May 2016

When an MMO originally launches, I often find myself exploring the world and simply enjoying the stories that can be found. When you play a hobbit in Lord of the…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Splitting your game in two

27 Feb 201617 Apr 2016

A few weeks ago, Daybreak Games announced H1Z1 being split into two games, H1Z1: Just Survive and H1Z1: King of the Hill. Is splitting your games in two about to…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Spending money in Trion’s games

29 Jan 2016

A side note first: I am very late with continuing the "Blogging 101" challenges, as I did not have any good ideas for some of the last tasks. Blogging 101…

Blogging 101: A little fly on the wall…

20 Jan 201631 Jan 2016

Day 11 of "Blogging 101" asked me to take a daily prompt and make it fit to my blog's content. The first prompt was boring as I had more or…

Busy October

10 Oct 201531 Jan 2016

As I mentioned back in August, October is a pretty busy month with several games releasing or adding updates that I've been looking forward to. There is one notable exception.…

Why the rush? – Blaugust Day 16

14 Aug 201531 Jan 2016

I was so close to level 18 with my spellslinger, that I headed off to a nearby quest hub, grabbed all the quests I saw, killed whatever had the quest-icon…