tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post1836678762044818583..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: Big Cats and Quests That Aren'tShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-79372716080764219862020-03-28T18:29:45.948+00:002020-03-28T18:29:45.948+00:00Yes, I agree that the GW2 gameplay was structured ...Yes, I agree that the GW2 gameplay was structured toward "what's over that hill?" more than "where's my next quest locale?"<br /><br />When I get into playing it, I find that I spend waaay too much time exploring, and it sucks up so much of my time that I look up and "Wow, it's 4 AM. Whoops."<br /><br />Consequently, I've really dialed GW2 gameplay back a bit so I don't slip into that mode where it sucks up all of my available time.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-76205676843206281932020-03-28T15:14:19.968+00:002020-03-28T15:14:19.968+00:00Be careful what you wish for. My blog probably wou...Be careful what you wish for. My blog probably wouldn't show it, but at the start I was kinda wary of WoW, not really interested and didn't immediately jump on the band wagon despite being a Warcraft fan.<br /><br />I played Ragnarok Online at the time and the main draw towards WoW was actually having proper quests instead of 95% grinding and a few (in my opinion) horrible quests. They were high-level char only, I'd easily compare them to the MC attunement chain in length and difficulty (just solo, sometimes you could get help), a lot of running and porting and TLDR: I hated all of them.<br /><br />Might have been me, though :)Nogamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16541775026595839236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-56909166870792454132020-03-28T14:33:15.428+00:002020-03-28T14:33:15.428+00:00Interesting, I never would have thought of GW2 lik...Interesting, I never would have thought of GW2 like that. The way I always understood it was that the original pitch was that it simply had no quests, because quests are badâ„¢ - something I strongly disagreed with at the time and which was one more reason I had no interest in playing it.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-68099690723514586332020-03-28T07:05:35.951+00:002020-03-28T07:05:35.951+00:00I think "an MMORPG where all the quests requi...I think "an MMORPG where all the quests required more "discovery" like that instead of simply always being indicated by UI markers" was pretty much what ArenaNet were shooting for with GW2 in beta and at launch. Some people, myself included, loved it but I can very clearly remember general chat in the first few months being filled with plaintive or frustrated expressions of confusion as many players struggled withthe concept. People were constantly asking where they should go next or what they should do. The Personal Story, the only really obvious questlike structure in the game at launch, moved in ten level steps and people were desperate to get to each decile so they'd have a clear idea what to do. <br /><br />While ANet never went as far as to add quest markers, over the years the whole game had been re-designed to include questlike structures with very clear stages and prompts. It seems there aren't enough people out there willing to structure their own gameplay around events they discover while exploring to keep an AAA title commercialy viable.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-7835590314141829152020-03-28T01:49:04.258+00:002020-03-28T01:49:04.258+00:00Feralas has that great, overgrown, wild feel to it...Feralas has that great, overgrown, wild feel to it that Stranglethorn doesn't quite have. STV is more a "jungle with those damn trolls" in it, whereas Feralas is a "you can't really see what's there from the road, so you have to dismount and go investigate" vibe.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.com