06-24-2008, 01:52 PM
June 24 News
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Mike Schramm asks if WoW is getting or has gotten Too Easy. There is a lot of unbased whining about this topic, but when you boil it down and look at it as a whole, the question is a good one. I've been playing WoW a long time, and no one would mistake it for the game I started playing, back on Feb 11, 2005 (Man, has it been that long? Account info ftw...) but is it a WORSE game, an easier one, a dumber one? I think that one of those three is accurate, and I think that's not really a bad thing. The game, inarguably, easier. But it's easier where it needs to be. I started out as a complete and total MMO n00b, and I made some pretty big mistakes. I missed a lot of things, I did things the hardest way possible, etc. I hated herbing because even with the minimap dots, I had trouble seeing several of the plants. I missed a lot of quests that I'm finding as I slowly alt my way through thanks to some of the new minimap features as well. Now, one could say that the end game is easier, that it's been dumbed down and made accessible to the slavering hordes. I see that as somewhat of a good thing, too. I'm all about awarding those who have the time and skill to play in the top end guilds. I would have been in one of those top end guilds, but my schedule sank that. But I also feel that things should be 'nerfed' over time so that more folks can see it. That's what this game is all about in the end, really. Seeing all you can of it. So, I don't think that the game is "too easy", you don't see tons and tons of folks putting Kil'Jaeden into the ground, after all, But with their continual tweaking of several aspects, you can see where Blizz is making the game better overall.
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Mike Schramm asks if WoW is getting or has gotten Too Easy. There is a lot of unbased whining about this topic, but when you boil it down and look at it as a whole, the question is a good one. I've been playing WoW a long time, and no one would mistake it for the game I started playing, back on Feb 11, 2005 (Man, has it been that long? Account info ftw...) but is it a WORSE game, an easier one, a dumber one? I think that one of those three is accurate, and I think that's not really a bad thing. The game, inarguably, easier. But it's easier where it needs to be. I started out as a complete and total MMO n00b, and I made some pretty big mistakes. I missed a lot of things, I did things the hardest way possible, etc. I hated herbing because even with the minimap dots, I had trouble seeing several of the plants. I missed a lot of quests that I'm finding as I slowly alt my way through thanks to some of the new minimap features as well. Now, one could say that the end game is easier, that it's been dumbed down and made accessible to the slavering hordes. I see that as somewhat of a good thing, too. I'm all about awarding those who have the time and skill to play in the top end guilds. I would have been in one of those top end guilds, but my schedule sank that. But I also feel that things should be 'nerfed' over time so that more folks can see it. That's what this game is all about in the end, really. Seeing all you can of it. So, I don't think that the game is "too easy", you don't see tons and tons of folks putting Kil'Jaeden into the ground, after all, But with their continual tweaking of several aspects, you can see where Blizz is making the game better overall.
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