tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post4428968545498622673..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: Only lazy sissy noobs want a challengeKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-51612949019813145412011-09-15T13:36:47.966-05:002011-09-15T13:36:47.966-05:00@Tesh: Obviously players have to take some action....@Tesh: Obviously players have to take some action. I don't expect us to have portals from Stormwind to Challenge Land. But we seem to disagree on whether Challenge Land should be created by the devs or whether there should simply be Land and players have to figure out how to make it challenging.<br /><br />@Christopher: "needing to feel better than everyone else makes you incredibly tedious to share a game with"<br />See, their strategy is working!Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-76141635030545446682011-09-15T12:21:35.969-05:002011-09-15T12:21:35.969-05:00It seems to me that the same group of people who c...It seems to me that the same group of people who complain about the game being too easy also complain about how bad everybody else is at it. Just a heads up to the bad-haters out there (Gevlon) - needing to feel better than everyone else makes you incredibly tedious to share a game with. The people who are actually really good don't act this way, so if you want to impress us with your leet skillz, start off by shutting your damn mouth! /rantChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528041261411665995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-22493019007720523242011-09-15T10:34:22.956-05:002011-09-15T10:34:22.956-05:00Indeed.
I maintain that "challenge" is ...Indeed.<br /><br />I maintain that "challenge" is based on player "skill", though, and that's a sufficiently variable variable that personal initiative has to be a component. We should challenge ourselves rather than wait to be challenged. It's that passivity that strikes me as curiously lazy. Wanting to be pushed is not the same as pushing yourself, and devs can't possibly address everyone's needs. Players have to shoulder some of the responsibility of making playing fun.Teshhttp://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-87277467997003434192011-09-14T18:12:05.167-05:002011-09-14T18:12:05.167-05:00@Michael: In solo games, your skill has no effect ...@Michael: In solo games, your skill has no effect on me. If you're bad, you won't make me wipe. You play on easy and I can still play on hard. Everyone can have their own bubble and piece of virtual reality.<br /><br />You might find this post helpful. It has graphs.<br />http://trollshaman.blogspot.com/2010/10/would-wow-have-better-community-if-it.html<br /><br />@Tesh: Neat idea. But it seems strange to have to actively resist the game to find a challenge.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-75390580955999778102011-09-13T21:51:10.450-05:002011-09-13T21:51:10.450-05:00http://psynister.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/wow-iron...http://psynister.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/wow-ironman-challenge/Teshhttp://tishtoshtesh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-67073219791294887272011-09-13T08:32:55.890-05:002011-09-13T08:32:55.890-05:00>First off, players may not want challenges as ...>First off, players may not want challenges as much as they want things that other people will fail at.<br /><br />This always makes me sad. Some of the people in my guild are like this. We're moderately well progressed, but we're not the top guild on our server. Those people in my guild have pushed to transfer to another server where we would be the top guild.<br /><br />I truly don't understand why people need to feel better than other people to have fun, instead of simply striving for excellence on their own.<br /><br />Probably one of the most fun and challenging games I've played recently are the Portal games. Lots and lots of other players have played them also, and that actually _adds_ to the enjoyment of the game, because now you're in the community of portal fans, and can get the in-jokes and proclaim how the cake is a lie.<br /><br />Why does WoW work the other way?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09827557339032342430noreply@blogger.com