06-06-2005, 11:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-07-2005, 10:52 AM by LochnarITB.)
Very good info. Very well laid out. Very disheartening for this capped PvE explorer type player. Yep, I'm on my rant again. (Darian, it is not a rant against you but against the company and game I love just enough more than I hate.)
This reinforces my contention that Blizzard's love of mega-instances limits the end game for all players, especially the casual gamer. This is a virtual tour guide for players going in. It takes away from the joy of discovery and figuring out problems on your own. If someone wanted to discover this for themselves, they would have to find a dedicated group that wanted to discover along with them. They would then have to make many trips, doing much of the same thing over and over, to learn what is needed and what can finally be ignored.
This is very limiting for all capped players. Except for when you were out PvPing, when is the last time you took your capped toon out exploring? If you can remember, I would bet it was on a trip to farm materials for getting better equipment to run instances or PvP. The world for PvE becomes very small. It becomes DM/Scholo/Strat/LBRS/UBRS/MC/Onyxia, to be done over and over again to get better gear to do it better over and over again...
Dire Maul seems (I have limited experience with it) to be a good compromise that I wish Blizzard would consider doing more of. You are lead into the east side because it is the only way to get in (actually you can get in slightly further on but some people wouldn't find that). Each piece can actually be done in reasonable time. You will come out with a key that allows you to go into later portions (north, west and the door out in Feralas) without needing to repeat what you have already done. This makes it far easier to take small exploration chunks of an instance.
Why do I continue to play? Because it is the best computer game ever. It holds the potential to be so much better! Lochnar will, hopefully, go into these instances with fellow Lurkers, and be taken on the tours, because he is the toon I enjoy most and the only choice becomes to play in instances or not play him at all. I hate hearing him crying from that dark closet in which I lock him.
Again, Darian, good info. Well done. Thank you. It will be very handy for people organizing groups to go in and get things done. I would like to see posts like this pinned so people can continue to access them and not have them drop off the bottom of the front page.
[edit] player ≠ toon
[edit2] crying in that dark closet I lock him into :wacko: bad even by my standards
This reinforces my contention that Blizzard's love of mega-instances limits the end game for all players, especially the casual gamer. This is a virtual tour guide for players going in. It takes away from the joy of discovery and figuring out problems on your own. If someone wanted to discover this for themselves, they would have to find a dedicated group that wanted to discover along with them. They would then have to make many trips, doing much of the same thing over and over, to learn what is needed and what can finally be ignored.
This is very limiting for all capped players. Except for when you were out PvPing, when is the last time you took your capped toon out exploring? If you can remember, I would bet it was on a trip to farm materials for getting better equipment to run instances or PvP. The world for PvE becomes very small. It becomes DM/Scholo/Strat/LBRS/UBRS/MC/Onyxia, to be done over and over again to get better gear to do it better over and over again...
Dire Maul seems (I have limited experience with it) to be a good compromise that I wish Blizzard would consider doing more of. You are lead into the east side because it is the only way to get in (actually you can get in slightly further on but some people wouldn't find that). Each piece can actually be done in reasonable time. You will come out with a key that allows you to go into later portions (north, west and the door out in Feralas) without needing to repeat what you have already done. This makes it far easier to take small exploration chunks of an instance.
Why do I continue to play? Because it is the best computer game ever. It holds the potential to be so much better! Lochnar will, hopefully, go into these instances with fellow Lurkers, and be taken on the tours, because he is the toon I enjoy most and the only choice becomes to play in instances or not play him at all. I hate hearing him crying from that dark closet in which I lock him.
Again, Darian, good info. Well done. Thank you. It will be very handy for people organizing groups to go in and get things done. I would like to see posts like this pinned so people can continue to access them and not have them drop off the bottom of the front page.
[edit] player ≠ toon
[edit2] crying in that dark closet I lock him into :wacko: bad even by my standards
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"I reject your reality and substitute my own."
"You don't know how strong you can be until strong is the only option."
"Think deeply, speak gently, love much, laugh loudly, give freely, be kind."
"Talk, Laugh, Love."