03-02-2010, 02:13 AM
Hi,
It would be nice if Blizzard kept some realms at the original game play, others at the intermediate stages, etc. But that probably isn't practical since it greatly increases the code base they have to support. A shame.
--Pete
Quote:Actually, though, this feels like further dumbing down the game. It may just be a shift in how we understand the game, but I'll have to see it to believe it. It does make sense for Blizz to dumb it down from a business stand, I guess. There are a lot of people that want to just kill stuff and get phat lewtz, but I have always preferred to have to gain knowledge along with skill. I think that the easier they make it, the faster people lose interest. It is quite a way off yet, so I have no doubt there will be huge changes in what we actually see.Sadly, I think this is all too true. The early adopters are typically the more hard core gamers. Each succeeding wave tends to be more casual. Blizzard seems to have the magical ability to match the game style to the wave of the present. This has the down side of causing the early adopters to lose interest and leave, but they would typically be leaving anyway as new games come out, so the impact on Blizzard's cash flow is minimal.
It would be nice if Blizzard kept some realms at the original game play, others at the intermediate stages, etc. But that probably isn't practical since it greatly increases the code base they have to support. A shame.
--Pete
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