Rest State

[Bolty]

And if you can come up with a non-whining communist answer to that, tell me just what an "even playing field" even means in an RPG?  Isn't an even playing field where everybody has the same chance to advance according to the effort they put into it and the skill they have?

Pete, I think the problem here is perception of what WoW is. You seem to be relating the leveling-up and exp-obtainal as a job that someone has to do, such that those who reach high levels and get "phat loot" are the ones who deserve it because they "worked hard."

It's a game.

It's about fun.

Powergamers will have fun gaining the levels quickly and being more powerful than the casual gamers.

Casual gamers will have fun because they can log on for a few hours a week and actually make some progress in the game - maybe even level up once a week, and do some quests.

It's not supposed to be fair. It's supposed to be fun. If it pisses you off so much that the casual gamer gets more experience per kill than you do, then it looks like Everquest is for you. I'm being "penalized" all the time by this rest state system. But you know what? I'm still higher level with my Night Elf priest than any other Lurker here who started a new char in this push, because I'm on vacation this week and have played a crapload. 90% of the time that char has been playing, she's been at the Tired rest state.

Here's what should be fixed: forget inns. It's too annoying to be forced to log off at specific places in order to build up rest state at a decent pace. Just let us bloody well log off anywhere.

Anyhow, it's clear that I'm not changing your mind and you're not changing mine. But I have accepted that Blizzard intends the rest state to be in the game; they consider this to be their innovative idea to make the game more enjoyable for the casual gamer. It's not going away, and frankly, I like the concept (but not its current execution). But it's still a long way from being finalized. I ask you this:

Given that there WILL BE a rest state system, and nothing you say or do will change that, how would you implement it in such a way that you would consider yourself satisfied? Note: the answer "get rid of it" is not valid. :)

-Bolty