Francis Crawford

Ether Renewal/Earth -- highly versatile farming build

Searing Flames nerf

Intensity -- not feeling it

Identify skins by name

Thoughts on database management in MMORPGs such as Guild Wars

Interview with Mike O'Brien and Pat Wyatt

Which quests should one save for farming?

Swords -- rare skins, 30 HP, purple bargains, simple mods, and more

Fiery Blade Axe of Warding req 9

Glitch -- no Kormir

Quote: Originally Posted by GranDeWun As to other games, I'm pretty sure the EVE developers have a fully relational database, IIRC the...

I enjoyed farming again for the first time in quite a while when HM came out. I don't try for max speed; rather, I use nice relaxed...

The AL cap will have some annoying consequences even beyond totally breaking the old Kinetic Armor/Armor of Earth combo. E.g., Watch Yourself will...

Quote: Originally Posted by Antheus The difference is in that in order to access this data, they need to write code, rather than use SQL. Good...

So much for classical Earth farming unless you have Nightfall. Armor of Earth and Kinetic Armor don't stack any more. And for that matter, so...

Well said, Mr. Harrison! Meanwhile, I've started a new thread based on a new blog post I made on these subjects. It's focused on...

Following up on my three prior blog posts, and the discussion thread here around them, I have added some new thoughts on how database technology...

Quote: Originally Posted by edwinna elbert Of course, Auction Houses would not increase the number of transactions or database lookups per second...

If you're looking for boss-killing builds with those professions, I suggest you look around for W/N Grenths Balance builds, and for 55 HP...

Quote: Originally Posted by GranDeWun As a long time database developer, that is very disheartening. BLOBs are simple, but woefully inefficient,...