http://faelor.foreststalker.com Where Erik "Faelor" Shafer rambles about MMOs, games, music, and anything else geek related. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:38:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That's right, I am alive! Life has been extremely busy lately, and I apologize for not updating! I have a fair share of posting to do in the coming days, with some interesting stories to tell (as opposed to uninteresting stories). Between my I'm Moving blog post, I managed to do ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/09/30/im-alive-done-with-wow-and-playing-eq/ About two weeks ago I logged in to my guild's Ventrilo server to see what everyone was up to, nothing special. I found out that a handful of my guild mates had downloaded the 10 day trial of Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO), and were enjoying it a lot. ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/07/10/dungeons-dragons-10-day-trial/ That's right. My site Vanguard Rangers, once an affiliate of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, has expanded its horizons. Now being hosted by the UberGuilds Network (yes, the folks that host the Fire of Heaven message boards), the can only grow. It'll cover a handful of games that have Ranger (or ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/07/06/vanguard-rangers-is-now-foreststalkercom/ Through the wonderful world of the blogosphere (I'll use that word as much as possible thank you very much) I saw an extremely interesting post by Cuppycake at Cuppytalk. It seems Funcom has secured an additional $30 million USD for their their upcoming MMO Age of Conan. As seen here: Additional ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/06/27/funcom-gains-30-million-for-age-of-conan/ As you can see in my lovely update on my guild's website (Halcyon Affinity), we found a lil ole dragon all the way at the bottom of Stiirhad, a tier 3 raid area. For those that don't know, Stiirhad isn't even suppose to raid-ready for another two months (don't quote ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/05/30/a-dragon-in-vanguard/ Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, the game I've been playing primarily since beta phase 2 (early 2006). The game has struggled on my computer for over a year now, and it is finally getting to me. Many people know me for my high-tolerance, but it is reaching an end. I don't ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/05/27/vanguards-performance-as-of-late-may/ Since I hit level 50 in Vanguard and farmed a good chunk of level 50+ rare/heroic/legendary gear, I've been enjoying a thing called Life. I've been able to talk to old friends, play Magic: the Gathering (how I missed ye), and even "chill" and go out with buddies. Am I ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/04/14/there-is-life-after-560/ Well, on March 12th, somewhere around 4am CST I managed to hit level 50 in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. I was the first Ranger to 50 on Florendyl and about the 12th worldwide (not 100% sure on that, VGPlayers is so iffy at the moment). The last week I've been taking ... http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/03/18/time-moves-swiftful-i-do-not/ Is me being busy. http://faelor.foreststalker.com/2007/01/10/this/