Avid MMO gamer and long-time blogger. Star Wars: The Old Republic is my main game, but I'm also a casual World of Warcraft player. My SWTOR blog: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/ My WoW blog: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/https://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mjdbtjp6zs2mI've continued to play a lot of Midnight over the past two weeks. This expansion definitely knows how to push my buttons - or should I say it knows how to make me want to push buttons? Delves, professions and prey, mostly. #WorldofWarcraft https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/04/more-notes-from-midnight.html12 Apr 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdbtjp6zs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mj3iryxf5c2jBooted off Darth Malgus in the middle of a boss attempt. Guess the DDoS attacks against AWS are still going on. 🥲09 Apr 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3iryxf5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3miu7a2ctk22zToday in blog posts nobody asked for: Experiences on Oricon and how to work around all the bugs you'll encounter if trying to do the storyline and the daily missions at the same time: #SWTOR https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-week-on-oricon.html06 Apr 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu7a2ctk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mi5u3t4u2k23WoW Midnight continues to be a lot of fun - more so than I'd expected even: #Warcraft https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/03/casual-midnight-endgame.html29 Mar 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5u3t4u2k23https://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mhrbqr42ss2gHow's everyone liking the new Galactic Season so far? #SWTOR https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/2026/03/first-impressions-of-galactic-season-10.html24 Mar 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrbqr42ss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mhdjptj5m22dGiving this a repost because I thought I could get the achievement on Star Forge this week and everyone was just totally ignoring me, even if they were doing the encounter right next to me and I was politely asking for assistance. Help your fellow players out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdjptj5m22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mh7jhrxwdk2rThe problem with content-rich patches and new expansions is that you're too busy actually playing to write about everything! I've got so many ideas right now that I just haven't had the time to put onto the page yet. Anyway, here are some second impressions of WoW Midnight from a casual perspective: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/03/exploring-midnight-professions-abundance.html16 Mar 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7jhrxwdk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mgvewc4yxs2lHappy days! \o/ https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/2026/03/gates-crashed.html12 Mar 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvewc4yxs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mglkgjtzvk2gOK, doing GLORIOUS ABUNDANCE in a raid group was easily one of the most hilarious things I've ever done in WoW. I hope Blizzard doesn't nerf it but I imagine they might, considering it seemed to make the whole zone lag. 😂 #WorldofWarcraft09 Mar 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglkgjtzvk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mgkgxqqwl22gThe other MMO that I play also had some things going on this past week - you might have heard of it? Early (spoiler-free) impressions of Midnight: #Warcraft https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-quiet-at-midnight.html08 Mar 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkgxqqwl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mgfkqfzsns2cThat dev livestream *checks calendar* nine days ago sure was something, huh?! I did have some thoughts: #SWTOR https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/2026/03/delayed-781-dev-livestream-reaction.html06 Mar 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfkqfzsns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mg6ug76etk2d*bleary-eyed blinking* So, uh... I was kind of preoccupied for the last week... #SWTOR https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/2026/03/total-galactic-war-challenge-over-taris.html03 Mar 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6ug76etk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mfk4ozdnik2bAnd of course as I say that... they finally confirmed a date for the stream. 🙂 News on Wednesday! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk4ozdnik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mfk4mqtu3s2bWhile I continue to wait for news about the SWTOR dev stream, here's another #WorldofWarcaft post: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-wod-classic-question.html23 Feb 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk4mqtu3s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mfejc3n37k2eOne of those blog posts about blogging, in this case in the context of #WorldofWarcraft: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-writing-wow-blog-in-2026.html21 Feb 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfejc3n37k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mfe4peaeus2wI think I just saw my first AI written article about SWTOR. It was an almost 10,000 word monstrosity seemingly trying to cover every SEO topic about playing through the story (I couldn't stand reading it because of the obvious AI style but that's what I got from skimming). Huh.21 Feb 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfe4peaeus2whttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mfakcfp6ic2iGood stuff 😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfakcfp6ic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mf64iknlj22vI checked my SWTOR drafts folder and found a half-completed post about the history of Conquest. With another Total Galactic War looming next week (uh-oh!) now seemed a good time to finish it: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/2026/02/back-in-my-day-conquest.html18 Feb 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf64iknlj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3mf26ncamqc24I had some thoughts about Midnight class changes last night. As a casual, I don't care about (knowing) the perfect rotation. I just want some buttons that are fun to press and make sense. That's... not the case right now. #WorldofWarcraft https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/02/casual-thoughts-on-midnight-class.html17 Feb 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf26ncamqc24https://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3merfolmikc2rI've seen a lot of talk about /played time in #WorldofWarcraft over the past couple of weeks and decided to do a bit of introspection of my own: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2026/02/my-most-played-characters.html13 Feb 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3merfolmikc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shintar.bsky.social/post/3meouy457e22wI know @thisweekinaurebesh.bsky.social already posted some screenshots, but I just had to make a short post about last weekend's #SWTOR adventure as well: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/2026/02/out-of-bounds-into-volcano.html12 Feb 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:4zcqg3sqlxt7vwba465cp6fq/app.bsky.feed.post/3meouy457e22w