Short term goals in Guild Wars 2

10 May 2022

I am still loving the latest expansion for Guild Wars 2! It's just that with the small amount of gaming time that I have, I do not always decide to…

Which MMO has the most useless housing system?

10 Apr 2022

I saw this article on Massively Overpowered about useless housing systems in MMOs. Of course, this is a more or less subjective question, but that's why I liked reading about…

GW2 End of Dragons: First Impressions

28 Mar 2022

First of all: There won't be story spoilers in the text. I hope the screenshots won't include story spoilers either. I tried to be careful with them! I currently have…

Feeling lost in Guild Wars 2

22 Jan 2022

I got to spend a bit of time in Guild Wars 2 again recently for the first time in months! But there is the feeling that I've been having almost…

Bloganuary: What is your favorite screenshot you’ve ever taken?

20 Jan 202220 Jan 2022

Finally another bloganuary prompt that fits to my blog! The original asks about a photo which doesn't quite fit. But screenshots are close enough, I guess. I don't really want…

Most viewed blog posts in 2021

9 Jan 202210 Jan 2022

I think it's nice to take a look at the blog's stats once in a while, even if I don't care about hits much. As long as there are some…

Games I’m looking forward to in 2022

9 Jan 202216 Jan 2022

My current list of games that I'm looking forward to this year has three games and one expansion... Not that many, although I am quite sure I will find a…

What is an MMO road trip you would love to take?

2 Jan 20222 Jan 2022

The original post from Wordpress' bloganuary asked for a "real world" road trip, but it makes more sense to think about the MMOs I'm playing instead. My first thought was…

GW2 End of Dragons: Mechanist Love

24 Nov 2021

I am so out of the loop with the upcoming new elite specialisations in Guild Wars 2. When it comes to these specializations, I want to know whether it's worth…

Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?

25 Sep 2021

Massively OP mused about this question recently... and since it's a question, of course my brain started trying to answer it for myself. Star Trek Online was mentioned right in…

Finally a gourmet in Guild Wars 2

16 May 2021

One of the good things of returning to an MMO after not having played it much for a longer time is that there is so much to discover (in MMOs…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (May 2021)

2 May 2021

Guild Wars 2: What's coming next I actually wasn't expecting ArenaNet to give us a timeline of what's coming when in the next few months, but they did! The highlight…

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…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Railroading in MMOs

24 Jan 2021

It took me a long time until I could finally step into the Shadowlands expansion in World of Warcraft. And I am immediately longing for WoW Classic again (well, the…

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…

Favourite game intros

12 Nov 2020

A German streamer has a little series where he watches game intros with the viewers and they rate them together. While watching, I was wondering which game intros I personally…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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,…

Screenshot Saturday: Being a rebel

1 Aug 2020

Yes, well... In her defence, she came from the other side!

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…

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…

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…

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…