tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post20556641625100754..comments2024-03-18T19:38:53.390-04:00Comments on Parallel Context: Whole Lotta Slimming Going OnRedbeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-25270242946519499662014-04-16T19:58:06.458-04:002014-04-16T19:58:06.458-04:00I can't imagine you playing Cat and not meande...I can't imagine you playing Cat and not meandering down different rabbit holes, and this pretty much takes that away.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-28459146925432857052014-04-16T17:38:21.800-04:002014-04-16T17:38:21.800-04:00This sounds awful, the quests they except and the ...This sounds awful, the quests they except and the people who they help along the way are how I get to know my characters. I don't think I'm the only one who's here to live in the world, not endgame.Tomeoftheancienthttp://tomeoftheancient.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-47192310504159330062014-04-16T16:22:04.067-04:002014-04-16T16:22:04.067-04:00Thanks, Rohan.
Afterward, I thought of a bunch of...Thanks, Rohan.<br /><br />Afterward, I thought of a bunch of old Vanilla era quests --like those that sent you to Azshara-- that were completely throwaway, but highlighted the distrust that the Horde had with the Blood Elves.<br /><br />Or the tortuous "have to go run Stratholme fifty times" and then "go run Lower Blackrock Spire another bunch of times" to go and satisfy the demand of Eitrigg and the shade outside of Stratholme. Sure, that wasn't fun, but it sure lent flavor to the game world.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-44498086313526656382014-04-16T16:14:19.291-04:002014-04-16T16:14:19.291-04:00This might actually kill any interest I have in th...This might actually kill any interest I have in the WoD story, because the big surprise for me in Jade Forest was how much of a return to Wrath era questing it was (Dragonblight in particular, which culminated in the Wrathgate event). Where the devs see inefficiency, I see flavor.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-64588101825779254502014-04-16T16:10:43.064-04:002014-04-16T16:10:43.064-04:00I think what'll happen is that --outside of Pv...I think what'll happen is that --outside of PvP-- Blizz simply won't care about old content. Saves them having to tune things, and since they're focusing completely on end game content, it only makes sense.<br /><br />Still, I feel like Blizz is completely throwing away their greatest advantage over all other MMOs: this metric ton of old content.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-36922263183283337742014-04-16T12:21:42.547-04:002014-04-16T12:21:42.547-04:00Presumably, the fun of levelling is also going to ...Presumably, the fun of levelling is also going to be worsened by scaling XP rewards yet again so that it will take as much time to level from 1-100 as it previously did to level from 1-60, meaning more and more grey quests in every zone, and more and more storylines whose quests will be trivial by the time you get halfway through them.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-46411558919287147912014-04-16T11:32:28.299-04:002014-04-16T11:32:28.299-04:00Oh, dear, this sounds like it has the potential to...Oh, dear, this sounds like it has the potential to make leveling alts much less exciting. Sometimes I level alts almost exclusively on the side-quests, ignoring the main storyline of a zone as much as possible. Or I pick and choose among the side quests based on the personality of the character I'm playing. How am I going to make each alt's leveling experience a little different without side-quests?Kamaliahttp://kamaliaetalia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-66865927302593386552014-04-16T11:08:12.337-04:002014-04-16T11:08:12.337-04:00Damn, I wish I had thought of Mankrik's Wife. ...Damn, I wish I had thought of Mankrik's Wife. It's the perfect example of a throwaway side-quest that would be lost under this system. Crystallizes the problem perfectly.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.com