It’s been a while since I’ve posted.  I’m still kicking around LotRO at the moment.  I was subscribed to SWG but my old PC bit the dust and I had to get a new one.  SWG is a moderately fun game but, with the new machine, I don’t feel like reinstalling a game I’ll hardly play across the Internet.

I’m interested to see what will come up in the Siege of Mirkwood expansion for LotRO.  There’s a dev diary about the skirmish system – sounds neat.  I’ll have to wait and see how the whole thing turns out.  I know MoM was devastating for my kinship.

Speaking of which, my kinship, a group of casual players who liked to do it all, is no more.  We’d been around since open beta, been through the Rift and Helegrod, raided the Moors together and generally had a lot of fun.  Sadly, the raid changes in MoM cost us too many good players (most of whom went to hardcore raiding kinships).  We also had several officers leave the game or take extended breaks as well as some members.  It was the perfect storm of crappiness.

We merged with an ally who wasn’t experiencing quite the same level of burnout and attrition.  Generally, I view the move as positive.  I’m still getting to know the new players.

I’m already being considered for an officer position in the new kinship.  I’m not sure I’ll take it though.  I’m a tad burned out from all the drama of the last couple of weeks and I’d like to spend some time with nothing more pressing to do than stab the snot out of some orcs.

Some of the folks taking a break from LotRO have been trying Champions Online.  I’ve also had a friend at work try the game.  The feedback I’ve been hearing is that it’s a good game and an interesting take on the superhero MMO but the story lines aren’t as developed as they could be.  I have no first-hand knowledge so I couldn’t say.  I’m sticking to fantasy at the moment so a new superhero MMO isn’t going to be in my near-future.

And that’s what’s going on.

Happy gaming!