tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post786786956569449250..comments2024-01-04T06:27:01.723-06:00Comments on Troll Racials are Overpowered: A game designed for lazy moronsKlepsacovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-81641250745726630222010-09-21T03:27:05.000-05:002010-09-21T03:27:05.000-05:00The main difference in WoW vanilla and WotLK is im...The main difference in WoW vanilla and WotLK is immersion and community. Teleportation, random groups, all max lvl items being "epic", ...<br /><br />and, yes: Vanilla had a slightly harder open world and mana users could actually go oom. This, however, seems to be something Cataclysm could fix.<br /><br />It was not that Vanilla open world combat required more skill. It was just better at creating the illusion that the mobs you fight don't want to die as desperately.Nilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-5684115847510393132010-09-20T18:28:42.836-05:002010-09-20T18:28:42.836-05:00Gevlon, you're confusing inaccessible and excl...Gevlon, you're confusing inaccessible and exclusive. If 100% of players wanted to raid but there were only slots for 5%, then it would be exclusive and bads would be systematically removed. But if instead 95% of players cannot raid due to the structure of raiding being inacessible, but raid leaders are still trying to fill 40 slots, then the standards get lowered.<br /><br />So no, the smart didn't have the keys. "so even if there were no less stupid, they had to behave themselves and ACT like they were not stupid. " But at least you agreed with my post.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-39742102687817291932010-09-20T14:23:02.220-05:002010-09-20T14:23:02.220-05:00Idiots and bads were hardly blocked from progress,...Idiots and bads were hardly blocked from progress, not when you needed that many warm bodies to fill a raid. I think my favorite was the keyboard turner mage with Atiesh, who I can vividly recall killing in AB multiple times.iapetesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-6377727713831861952010-09-20T11:59:26.120-05:002010-09-20T11:59:26.120-05:00Inaccessible means "no stupid", simply b...Inaccessible means "no stupid", simply because the stupid has no other options. If you were kicked by the GM for being useless you had no epics. Now you can just farm some more Nexus HC. The smart had the keys, so even if there were no less stupid, they had to behave themselves and ACT like they were not stupid.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-62938652202018218592010-09-20T11:41:34.859-05:002010-09-20T11:41:34.859-05:00whats with bashing peeps for bragging about making...whats with bashing peeps for bragging about making gold cap just curios. Normal wow players normally don't make over 10k hell if i had more than 200g in classic i was happy. In BC this moved up to around 400g. In WOTLK i began perfecting the art of making gold now if im less than 20k i become panicky. Either way it does take time and dedication to make gold now just like it did in BC it just like you said is easier. But thats why the gold cap is awe inspiring while just making 50k is not.bo-breazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637667565122535672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-31722002261123252422010-09-20T10:32:33.798-05:002010-09-20T10:32:33.798-05:00Good post, and I particularly agree with "goa...Good post, and I particularly agree with "goals change behavior, not the player". I don't think that people are <i>stupid</i> for instantly dropping group after a wipe for example - as you said it can be perfectly logical considering their goals - but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. That's why I wish the reward system wasn't quite as generous as it is right now, because then that kind of behaviour <i>wouldn't</i> make sense anymore.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462978744516866472.post-54621347371663897322010-09-20T10:01:24.067-05:002010-09-20T10:01:24.067-05:00A very good post and amen to that : "Simpler ...A very good post and amen to that : "Simpler or more complex are not better or worse, merely different".<br /><br />sometimes simpler is better though ;) imo they overdid it with stats in wotlk, manaregen for example..oh boy.<br /><br />I've tried to show in my post last week that vanilla wasn't better because hard equals exclusive, but different. it was the same players we have today and today's players would've done fine back then too (most at least). but behavior is forced to adapt and it's a lot more fun beating a real challenge with people all forced to perform well than steamrolling stuff together that a 5-year old could manage. the feeling of accomplishment is simply a different one and I fail to see why not every player would want this.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.com