11-17-2004, 01:39 PM
And this is different from other Blizzard storylines how? The "high and noble" races are always corrupt from within and lead by some crazed idiot, or shapeshifted dragon or something else. The "beast races" are always tricked into horrible deeds by some twisted and warped power. Blizzard uses the same plot twists a lot. They vilify the 'good' races and ennoble the 'evil' races, with a few exceptions.
But this is flaw in this game. Other 2nd gen MMORPG's have at least claimed you can have a real impact on the world. If you don't like where the leaders are taking you, you can replace them. WoW seems to allow you to really have very little impact on the world. There don't really seem to be world event type of deals. You build this tunnel or bridge and now you can get to this area that you were never at before, or you create a new town, or you kill this guy and he is really dead and no one else can kill him.
Sure you don't want all your quests that way, and having instances where everyone gets a chance to kill VanCleef is fine or whatever, but the overall impact your character has in WoW feels pretty limited.
This is one of the reason it's a shame that Horizons had so many other failings. At least you could feel the impact of the players there. This is also another reason why I'm leaning more towards PvP servers as they will at least give a little bit of illusion of this.
But this is flaw in this game. Other 2nd gen MMORPG's have at least claimed you can have a real impact on the world. If you don't like where the leaders are taking you, you can replace them. WoW seems to allow you to really have very little impact on the world. There don't really seem to be world event type of deals. You build this tunnel or bridge and now you can get to this area that you were never at before, or you create a new town, or you kill this guy and he is really dead and no one else can kill him.
Sure you don't want all your quests that way, and having instances where everyone gets a chance to kill VanCleef is fine or whatever, but the overall impact your character has in WoW feels pretty limited.
This is one of the reason it's a shame that Horizons had so many other failings. At least you could feel the impact of the players there. This is also another reason why I'm leaning more towards PvP servers as they will at least give a little bit of illusion of this.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.