The Cranky Sysadmin

November 28, 2009

Leveling in Runes of Magic

Filed under: Runes of Magic — John Jorgensen @ 1:47 pm

After several weeks of playing RoM, my mage/priest is at levels 40/33. My old strategy was to keep the two class levels even, but I found that I was running out of quests. Besides, while leveling the priest side is fun, it’s noticeably slower then leveling the mage side.
Read on about my new leveling strategy

November 23, 2009

Money is Freedom

Filed under: Navel Gazing, Politics — John Jorgensen @ 8:50 am

Most people seem to think that money is something one exchanges to get goods and services. It is that but at a deeper level, money is freedom.
What can money buy?

November 20, 2009

Attribute Runes

Filed under: Runes of Magic — John Jorgensen @ 8:14 am

In WoW, one of the ways to permanently enhance your gear is through the use of gems. To “gem” your equipment, you need to have a gem of a particular color, and a matching or compatible socket. The equivelent process in Runes of Magic involves using runes and gear with rune sockets.
Read about combining and using runes

November 9, 2009

How is RoM Different from WoW?

Filed under: Games — John Jorgensen @ 11:53 am

Below the fold, I will be talking about the Runes of Magic dual class system, the item shop, and housing. These are things which are different or missing in WoW. I won’t talk much about upgrading weapons, which is entirely different then WoW because I haven’t tried it yet.
The Fold (read on)

November 4, 2009

Runes of Magic is Still Interesting

Filed under: Games — John Jorgensen @ 10:59 am

Now that I’ve been playing Runes of Magic for a while, I figured I’d share my thoughts about the game so far. Currently, I am leveling a Mage/Priest (mage 20, priest 15). When the mage is the primary class, I do an amazing amount of damage. The priest side does less damage, but feels more survivable.
Why am I still playing RoM?

October 27, 2009

Runes of Magic After Two Days

Filed under: Games — John Jorgensen @ 10:02 pm

Runes of Magic is as addictive as other MMO’s. It has enough in common with WoW, that it feels familiar, but there are enough differences so it doesn’t feel like a ripoff. I’ve read that it has similarities with Lord of the Rings Online, and other games as well. I can’t speak to that, but I can tell you how it compares to WoW.
See My Opinions about RoM

October 25, 2009

Runes of Magic on Ubuntu 9.04

Filed under: Games — John Jorgensen @ 12:00 pm

After a lot of work, I got Runes of Magic to work on Ubuntu. Runes of Magic is a fantasy RPG which plays a lot like WoW to my inexperienced eyes. It’s free to play. Their business model is based around an item shop where you buy extra stuff for real-world currency.
More on running RoM on Ubuntu

October 20, 2009

RV Living Part 2

Filed under: Eve-Online — John Jorgensen @ 2:58 pm

Five days later, I don’t regret buying the Orca. I notice my habits changing though. I am more willing to keep stuff since there is a much higher limit to the stuff I can move around.
See more about my packrat tendencies

October 15, 2009

RV Living

Filed under: Eve-Online — John Jorgensen @ 12:19 pm

I spent almost all of the ISK I had to buy and insure an Orca. My two characters are now living out of the Orca. The way I use it now is to park the Orca near a planet cloaked while my combat character goes out and finds exploration sites. I then switch and fit ships with the maintenance bay to handle actually going into the sites.
read on about living out of a bus

October 10, 2009

John the Plumber

Filed under: Life — John Jorgensen @ 3:08 pm

I bought my wife a new stove, a new dish washer (the old one broke), and a new fan over the stove for our anniversary. Before you tell me what a cad I am, I’ll have you know that she asked for them. She practically dragged me to the store to have some input in the appliances that she had already picked out. They were nice. We cheaped out and decided to install them ourselves (myself actually).
Read about boring appliance installs

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