Redwolf's Journal (continued)

I backed the Kickstarter because Hairbrained Schemes had proved itself with SRR and SR:Dragonfall. I figured even if they churn out just another campaign with no changes, I'd be buying it, so advancing them the purchase price felt low-risk. And then, I didn't pay that much attention, because following a project like that gets maddeningly tiring after a while. The end result isn't dissatisfying. It felt a little on the short side, but that's probably because I didn't have much else in the way of games to play over the weekend. I think I put in around 15 hours. The campaign is pretty solid, though it does structure a couple relationships for your character, which could be a good or bad thing depending on opinion. Decking is pretty well essential at some point, but there's a solid NPC decker available throughout. The only major difficulties I hit on Normal were toward the end - a bug in one area stuck me in-combat with enemies off the main map, and one encounter

Well, I haven't been involved in RP offline in quite a while now. Just too hard to gather motivation and align schedules. Ah well. Online, the Lords of Gossamer and Shadows rolls on. 'tis weekly entertainment, though I'm still perhaps not as into it as I could possibly be. The combination of roster turnover, anything-goes setting, and such contributes to a certain sense of aimlessness. There's also a small D&D (5E) game I've managed a few sessions as player in, set in the MtG realm of Innistrad. That's been interesting, if young yet. And I need to get back to running scenes based in Rym, even if that's just for one person, really. WoW has been on my mind a fair bit the last few weeks with the Legion announcement, but at the same time, my interest in actually playing the game currently seems to be waning. After a big push Saturday, I'm at 30/33 tomes for the (I think) final collection stage of the legendary ring, so I should be able to finish t

Now this is work Jezra would enjoy and be capable of...

So... the next expansion has been announced and teased. I will admit, the whole thing sounds much more appealing to me than Warlords of Draenor did. Honestly, going through the feature list, it sounds like Blizzard up and decided to do as much as they could of what people have been asking for. That's... weird. Examples? - More unique class experiences (with artifact weapons and order halls) - The return of the Burning Legion - Demon Hunter class - Weapons that have bearing on alt-form druids - The Emerald Dream (at least in part) - Azshara and nagas - Alleria and Turalyon I don't know what to think of that. It sounds... good? Is it enough to draw people back in and keep them there? That remains to be seen. It's early yet. They speak of a beta by the end of the year, which doesn't make me think the actual release is any closer than 6-10 months away. A lot is made of the Tomb of Sageras as a major pre-release event that makes it sound more like it might almos