05-24-2005, 12:09 AM
First off, the small BG is very fun. Its fast paced, when I played matches lasted about 1/2 hour. So poor Alaric could get 2 matches in probably.
But the instances / gear you seem to want are probably impossible from a design point of view. Let me summarize, just to be sure we are clear: you want a stream of 5 man, lvl 60 instances and soloable quests, that provide a noticable increment to the power of your character.
The problem is that you can't make an infinate amount of gear, each one being an upgrade, and still have it be better then the blue set and worse then the purple. For example, Warrior chest pieces.
The blue http://www.thottbot.com/?i=18832 : 657 AR
The MC http://www.thottbot.com/?i=27194 : 749 AR
The DM piece actually has more armor then either, though worse stats
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=35754 : 777 AR
So, your hypothetical drop/reward would have to be better then the DM piece, and significantly so to make it worth doing, but still worse then the MC piece. Otherwise, all the uber leets would grab it, and then say pffft to MC, and have nothing to do. It would be tough to design one piece like that, much less do it on a monthly basis to keep people like you interested.
But what do I know? I think you should count up the hours you spent playing WoW, and devide by the amount of money you have spent, and realize you have very likely gotten an enormus value for your entertainment dollar. Even books probably run you 1$ per hour, this has got to be cheaper. And you can always come back if they do come out with content you want to see.
But the instances / gear you seem to want are probably impossible from a design point of view. Let me summarize, just to be sure we are clear: you want a stream of 5 man, lvl 60 instances and soloable quests, that provide a noticable increment to the power of your character.
The problem is that you can't make an infinate amount of gear, each one being an upgrade, and still have it be better then the blue set and worse then the purple. For example, Warrior chest pieces.
The blue http://www.thottbot.com/?i=18832 : 657 AR
The MC http://www.thottbot.com/?i=27194 : 749 AR
The DM piece actually has more armor then either, though worse stats
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=35754 : 777 AR
So, your hypothetical drop/reward would have to be better then the DM piece, and significantly so to make it worth doing, but still worse then the MC piece. Otherwise, all the uber leets would grab it, and then say pffft to MC, and have nothing to do. It would be tough to design one piece like that, much less do it on a monthly basis to keep people like you interested.
But what do I know? I think you should count up the hours you spent playing WoW, and devide by the amount of money you have spent, and realize you have very likely gotten an enormus value for your entertainment dollar. Even books probably run you 1$ per hour, this has got to be cheaper. And you can always come back if they do come out with content you want to see.