Rest State

[Bolty]

Well, this is my last post in the thread.  I am certain that no one will have their minds changed by the other side, regardless of what is said, so I will stop bothering to post my thoughts on the matter.  :)

Yeah, I'm pissing people off too, because I'm against the vocal minority :)

But it will help many of my friends who are casual players to level more quickly, and will lessen the disparity problems our groups experienced in EQ and DAoC.

I don't mean to pull you back into the conversation, but I still keep hearing this. The Rest State is not about "pulling up" others or making it easier for them to "catch up" to others. It's ludicrous - the casual gamer will never catch up to the powergamer, even with a 500% bonus. Maybe even a 1000% bonus. Because, as I'm finding, the powergamers have other advantages over the casual gamers than time - they have the knowledge of how to level up quickly, find the best loot, and get the most exp for their time spent. My chars nowadays have advance knowledge of what quests there are, where to get them, where the best places are to level, etc etc.

No, Rest State is simply about giving a casual gamer a better sense that their time in the game is productive. That they can log in for 5 hours a week and level up. That they can actually play such a short time every week and actually see that blue bar of theirs make progress. It's all really down to that. The bonus exp provided by resting allows the casual gamer to have a sense of accomplishment with their limited time.

When the game goes final, the majority of players will like the rest state system, since the majority of players will not put in 50 hours a week. But you can bet that vocal minority will howl to the moon forever, trying to get rid of it. Blizzard knows this, and will NOT remove it - in fact, I have heard that they consider it one of their top innovative features of the game. It will be tweaked. But it will not disappear.

-Bolty