06-24-2004, 08:48 PM
Quote:I still haven't heard for whom the present rest state is going to make the game more fun. Will the casual gamer have more fun because the power gamer is being held back?Many of your complaints that I've read hinge upon how you feel that the power gamers are being "held back." I don't think that Blizzard's goal with the rest system is to hold back the power gamers. Rather, I think they're just trying to give a little help to those who don't play as often.
Let me pose a situation for you. What if Blizzard completely removed the rest system, for now, and balanced the game with just the normal 100% XP. Then, at the very end of the beta or perhaps for the commercial release, they reimplemented the rest system starting every at "Normal" for new character. No change to the XP required to level, just the addition of a small amount of bonus XP for those who don't play as much.
I imagine that this is as close to a "bonus" as you would find. Would you still have the same complaints? What would you say to those people who DO appreciate the rest system and were glad to see it put it back in? In that case, if it were up to you would you tear down the rest system and deny that bonus to the people who enjoy it or would you leave it in so that the hardcore players can play the game at 100% XP and other people get their bonus XP?
-TheDragoon