11-22-2005, 07:13 PM
First off, the sky isn't falling. While I'll admit to being a bit apprehensive, let's give them a chance to flesh this out a bit. Remember, the patch is more then a month away. There could be mitigating details they haven't given out yet. If its in the official patch notes and on the test relms in exactly this form, then you should let them have it.
Also, in that month, you will progress quite a bit. Doing MC over 2 days will probably no longer be appealing.
I think this may be part of a push towards winged dungeons. They are trying to move away from long progressions. For example, what if they redesigned MC to moce Domo from the back of MC to in front of Rag. Essentially you would have a 3 wing dungeon, Lucy-Mag for the nooblets, Gehenias - Golemagg is more advanced, and Domo - Rag for the people who are really getting the hang of it. Now, if dousing the runes resulted in items you could save from week to week, and one set of items summoned Domo, you would have a more flexable system. You could do any of these wings on a week night, if you know what you are doing. You wouldn't need to make the long treck to Domo or park a lock (parking doesn't seem like an intended mechanic to me) to get a lot of attempts on Rag in. And if it fit your schedule better you could do things like Luci - Mag + Domo - Rag.
I just pulled that straight out of my butt. I haven't heard anything that indicates they will do that to existing content. But the winged thing is in the future of new dungeons for sure.
Cascading is bad because it defeats the lockout mechanism.
The reasons for the lockout? Well, it narrows the gap between the medium core raiders and the hard core ones. It keeps the hard core ones semi sane. A lot of people who "beat the game" don't come back as is, and if you could do it in a dedicated push of a week or two, and knew there'd be no new loot for several months, even more wouldn't come back.
PS 33 pages of posts and counting, probably a record. Poor CM's who have to read through all of that. When does the post break?
Also, in that month, you will progress quite a bit. Doing MC over 2 days will probably no longer be appealing.
I think this may be part of a push towards winged dungeons. They are trying to move away from long progressions. For example, what if they redesigned MC to moce Domo from the back of MC to in front of Rag. Essentially you would have a 3 wing dungeon, Lucy-Mag for the nooblets, Gehenias - Golemagg is more advanced, and Domo - Rag for the people who are really getting the hang of it. Now, if dousing the runes resulted in items you could save from week to week, and one set of items summoned Domo, you would have a more flexable system. You could do any of these wings on a week night, if you know what you are doing. You wouldn't need to make the long treck to Domo or park a lock (parking doesn't seem like an intended mechanic to me) to get a lot of attempts on Rag in. And if it fit your schedule better you could do things like Luci - Mag + Domo - Rag.
I just pulled that straight out of my butt. I haven't heard anything that indicates they will do that to existing content. But the winged thing is in the future of new dungeons for sure.
Gnollguy,Nov 22 2005, 08:54 AM Wrote:I'd like to know what is so horrible about cascading anyway?
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Cascading is bad because it defeats the lockout mechanism.
The reasons for the lockout? Well, it narrows the gap between the medium core raiders and the hard core ones. It keeps the hard core ones semi sane. A lot of people who "beat the game" don't come back as is, and if you could do it in a dedicated push of a week or two, and knew there'd be no new loot for several months, even more wouldn't come back.
PS 33 pages of posts and counting, probably a record. Poor CM's who have to read through all of that. When does the post break?