AFK – April 5

Good Sunday, everyone!  Welcome to another edition of AFK — where we encourage you to (oh so temporarily) leave Bio Break for vistas beyond with some of the more interesting posts we’ve read this past week:

• New blogs I’m checking out this week: Lim is Lamenting, War Lady’s View, Saving the World, Holocron in a Hobbit Hole
• Avien on Warhammer Alliance’s WAH took a pre- and post-launch look at WAR’s marketing strategy, and while he doesn’t come to much of a conclusion on whether or not they did the right things or made the right moves, it is a solid read.
• Who Made Who? @ NecroRogIcon — Hmm… I think Desert Bus made them all.
• Bow & Stab found a cool little morbid easter egg in Warhammer… check it out!
• Does WAR need daily quests? Girl IRL thinks so — I agree to a point, as I’d love to see daily PQs (that give extra influence or rewards or what have you).
• Codpiece finds a good reason for AOE attacks in WAR, even though that goes against the grain of popular thought these days. It’s… an interesting thought.
• Wall of Text bemoans that there’s too many games, too little time these days… and I completely agree. They also rip into why damage meters have gone a long way to sour games like World of Warcraft.
• Who’s praising PUGs these days? Kill ten Rats, that’s who, the crazy nerfherders!
• Ysharros makes an important distinction between heroes and heroism in MMOs — and which we should strive for.
• The Homunculus designs a “Super Epic Chosen Armor Prototype”, which ends up looking surprisingly awesome.
• Theoryhammer, you make me laugh.  You too, Breakfast at War.
• Tome of Knowledge puts another finger on just why I don’t trust no elves…
• No matter what game you’re currently playing, you should read “WAR: Victim of Progress Paradox”. Good stuff.
• “Variable Enjoyment” @ Girl IRL – Insert joke here.
• Check out a variety of different Warhammer dye colors over at the Homunculus — I can’t wait to see more!
• Julian over at KTR tells us exactly “Why Your Game Turns Me Off” — and while I don’t fully agree with his point about achievements, most of this is spot-on.
• Have you been thinking about starting up your own MMO blog and are looking for a good host? There’s a lot of them out there, but MMO Fansites contacted me this past week, asking me to pass along an invitation to check them out as your blog host. So… do it. Or else. Something.
• Breakfast at War sums up (with pictures!) the April Fool’s pranks that the WAR blogging community pulled.
• Codpeace expands on Warhammer’s tip system. So say we all.
• Wolfshead wants to know if we always have to kill our way through MMOs. Enough is enough, I say!  It’s time for a combat system based on hugging!
• Spinks looks forward to and covers three major science fiction MMOs on the horizon.  May the Force be with her, always.
• STOP THE PRESSES!!!  Snafzg actually likes something in Warhammer these days?  Whaaaa?  Check out his thoughts on crafting post-1.2.
• Lots of WAR questions answered in Grab Bag 14, so go on and soak it up!