tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post1988237183021494810..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: Level 50 in BfAShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-23821566906135543222020-10-25T10:22:47.457+00:002020-10-25T10:22:47.457+00:00Not have himself killed off, of course, but to ste...Not have himself killed off, of course, but to step aside so she could take over.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-71908263610943914042020-10-25T10:22:11.835+00:002020-10-25T10:22:11.835+00:00Pallais, I'd bet money that a love sopped Kale...Pallais, I'd bet money that a love sopped Kalecgos would go for it just to have her back.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-80304322288662421282020-10-24T03:23:14.451+01:002020-10-24T03:23:14.451+01:00They would need to kill off Kalecgos, the current ...They would need to kill off Kalecgos, the current leader and Jaina's former lover. ^_^ That would also be awkward for anyone who has done the Dragonwrath quest chain as putting Kalecgos in charge was a part of making that legendary staff.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-13716433970964200852020-10-23T16:36:57.541+01:002020-10-23T16:36:57.541+01:00There are some obvious solutions to MMORPGs and th...There are some obvious solutions to MMORPGs and the expac problem. For starters, plan on expacs from the beginning: don't go "oh yeah, we should probably come up with something new".<br /><br />But cheekiness aside, here's a few solutions:<br /><br />--No levels. Make the MMORPG a skill based system where the longer you use something, the better you get at it. Period. And the longer you use something the greater the chance you unlock a new skill using that something. It makes no sense that if I unlock a skill in, say, GW2 I'm going to be an instant expert at it. You have to work at it to become an expert.<br /><br />--No levels extends to health. You've got 100 health (arbitrary setting), deal with it. But so do most of the baddies (that are human/humanesque). Which leads to...<br /><br />--No levels means so-called "low level zones" in game remain dangerous. Sure, your skill with a blade goes up by a ton the longer you play, but there's nothing keeping the "low-level" baddies from getting in a lucky shot and making life hard for you.<br /><br />--Keep new expacs to new zones. No refurbishing of old areas, and no reworking of the storyline to change major events in the older areas. Which leads to....<br /><br />--Keep the focus on the players, not the top level NPCs in the world. When the game becomes a telanovela, you lose sight of what's important to a game: the player. <br /><br /><br />Aside from all of those ides, I agree completely that an expac should be a separate game.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-36049088540563573132020-10-23T15:19:27.279+01:002020-10-23T15:19:27.279+01:00This is a seemingly insoluble problem for all MMOR...This is a seemingly insoluble problem for all MMORPGs with expansions. Other than completely removing all previous expansion content every time a new one launches, which would be incredibly unpopular, no-one seems to have come up with any way to explain to how the past is continuous with the present. Oh, wait, no - ArenaNet have. GW2 had some spurious quasi-lore quasi-metafiction handwaving rationale about how every time you visit any zone outside the current set you are seeing some timelocked pocket univers or something. I never really figured it out. It makes absolutely no sense anyway because they also insist on adding new, current-timeline content to those same old zones.<br /><br />I'm not sure there's any way to avoid the inevitable confusion a latecomer must feel other than making each expansion a cmplete standalone game, something I've long thought would make far more sense.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-73452017520213885232020-10-23T12:52:16.453+01:002020-10-23T12:52:16.453+01:00Can I be the first commenter to officially laugh a...Can I be the first commenter to officially laugh at the fact that they managed to get Magni back into the story? Last I saw of him, he was pretty much dead due to trying to figure out [whatever, can't recall] prior to Cataclysm's release, and he was crystallized in a magical accident.<br /><br />I'm starting to think that my pet theory, that Jaina will get turned into a Blue Dragon and become the head of the Blue Dragonflight, is inching closer and closer to reality. A few years ago I would have considered it purely fan fic, but now? Yeah, you heard it here first.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.com