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 20207 May 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…

Top Five most viewed posts

2 May 2020

After the Top Five game series, there's now another top five: the most viewed posts. SDWeasel of Unidentified Signal Source started it, I think. Naithin from Time to Loot followed…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Screenshot Saturday: Whisper in the Dark

23 Nov 2019

Just a few screenshots, no spoilers of the story! (IntPiPoMo count: 48 in total)

Gaming nostalgia: What about Guild Wars?

31 Oct 2019

I think it was Rift with their Prime server that started the nostalgia trip into the beginnings of several MMOs. Rift Prime launched in March 2018 and community-wise it was…

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.…

Games I’ve been playing – August 2019

2 Sep 2019

I would like to keep this blog a little more active than it's been in the past months - with the exception of Blaugust, obviously. So while I still have…

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…

Excitedly waiting for an MMO launch

26 Aug 2019

Yesterday, Bookahnerk and I realized that we're as excited about the launch of WoW Classic as we haven't been in ages. I always loved this pre-launch excitement. Not when WoW…

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…

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.…

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…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: Mounts in MMOs

7 Aug 2019

This post isn't about whether MMOs should have mounts or not. I love them and even Guild Wars 2 found a way to implement them in a meaningful way. However,…

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…

Looking for a new MMO-home

27 Oct 201827 Oct 2018

We still have not heard anything from gamigo and their plans with the games they acquired from Trion. Of course, all of this doesn't necessarily mean that Rift will be…

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…