03-18-2004, 07:29 AM
Well, I think if you have a large enough base of seriously interested players, dedicated individuals to manage a web site will follow (and maybe even if you don't).
It's true that code-reading will be curtailed in WoW, and with constant server-side updating the game becomes a moving target; but then a lot of investigation went on in the early days of Diablo without code reading, even if the answers were never as definitive. (How many times did Da O'Toth's warrior swing his sword in the Brazilian jungles to figure out to-hit formulas, or whatever it was?)
But who knows if a MMORPG will be as compatible for the LL as Diablo was? I think you should try it out and see how it goes (easy for me to say, of course ;) ). WoW will surely attract a huge audience, for better or worse, and you're absolutely right that the LL being just another community site wouldn't make sense.
It's true that code-reading will be curtailed in WoW, and with constant server-side updating the game becomes a moving target; but then a lot of investigation went on in the early days of Diablo without code reading, even if the answers were never as definitive. (How many times did Da O'Toth's warrior swing his sword in the Brazilian jungles to figure out to-hit formulas, or whatever it was?)
But who knows if a MMORPG will be as compatible for the LL as Diablo was? I think you should try it out and see how it goes (easy for me to say, of course ;) ). WoW will surely attract a huge audience, for better or worse, and you're absolutely right that the LL being just another community site wouldn't make sense.