tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post7510761187278492996..comments2024-03-18T19:38:53.390-04:00Comments on Parallel Context: A Bottle of Pinot Noir, PleaseRedbeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-5402440823139778012019-10-26T21:30:16.414-04:002019-10-26T21:30:16.414-04:00Yes, it's the things that make a game a world ...Yes, it's the things that make a game a world that are important, and they're frequently lost in rush to complete quests and reach endgame.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-323284452271124352019-10-26T21:25:57.920-04:002019-10-26T21:25:57.920-04:00Yes, the Stormwind shops are quirky, because --for...Yes, the Stormwind shops are quirky, because --for example-- there are at least 2 and I think 3 or 4 shops just for Tailoring alone. The concept of spreading the trainers out like that, in what are essentially competing shops, is a really cool idea.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-19258917818766133372019-10-26T21:24:48.164-04:002019-10-26T21:24:48.164-04:00Wow... I've never seen that quest before. (No,...Wow... I've never seen that quest before. (No, I didn't do much of anything in Redridge with Az, and I think this was removed in Cataclysm.)<br /><br />That looks exactly like some of the quests in LOTRO, particularly during their numerous festivals. The best part about the LOTRO ones is that they're timed, so if you dilly dally too much, you're not going to finish the quest.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-58247603286779180862019-10-26T14:37:31.397-04:002019-10-26T14:37:31.397-04:00I haven't played enough other Mmo's to rea...I haven't played enough other Mmo's to really compare but I think you make an interesting point. Especially the fact that there are tons of little details around you that you don't really think about 99% of the time but that make the world around you feel more immersive and real. It could be a broken down wagon in some ditch somewhere, a scuttled boat, an old bucket… thousand little things that are there to make you think that things have happened here before you came along and they'll continue happening once you leave. The stores that you mention are a big part of that too (and then there is the RP aspect that you mention).Zinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935881612077507321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-42238229595736397142019-10-26T04:29:23.514-04:002019-10-26T04:29:23.514-04:00I saw that, but I'm talking about a different,...I saw that, but I'm talking about a different, longer quest, the one from Redridge that asks you to gather spirits from different zones (see link in the previous comment). :)Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-50142974409201815822019-10-25T22:38:29.167-04:002019-10-25T22:38:29.167-04:00I love all the little Stormwind shops, particularl...I love all the little Stormwind shops, particularly in Classic where everything is actually useful. Modern Dalaran has lots of fun shops as well, doesn't it? In LOTRO, there's a mall in Bree that I think has some of the flavor you're talking about. Also, I'm thinking in EQ2 there may be some vendors mostly for fun, in Queynos, in any case.<br />I do love Classic Stormwind, even down to the multiple Profession level trainers who add to the atmosphere for me.Atherenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773969634802702992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-14202028738999032022019-10-25T20:41:54.245-04:002019-10-25T20:41:54.245-04:00Yes on both counts (and I called out the Wine ques...Yes on both counts (and I called out the Wine quest in the comment under the pic), but those people could have been in any vendor, really. The Cheese Shop does have a link to the Defias quests, but that's for a quest giver who's hiding in the upper balcony of the Cheese Shop itself. The Wine quest is totally superfluous, and if you arrive in Stormwind at 11th level (like I've done already) you are already too advanced to even see the quest.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-13681015368534362612019-10-25T20:27:50.629-04:002019-10-25T20:27:50.629-04:00Just want to say that the wine shop is a bad examp...Just want to say that the wine shop is a bad example for this, considering that there's <a href="https://classic.wowhead.com/quest=116/dry-times" rel="nofollow">an actual quest</a> asking you to buy wine there. ;) And isn't an SI:7 guy hiding in the cheese shop?Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com