Comments on: World of Warcraft Discovered By Mainstream Media: “Like Second Life, But With Orcs”

By: brent

brent — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:23:33 +0000

A closer look reveals that this guy may just not like MMOs, but he isn’t really wrong:

http://www.virginworlds.com/pg.php?n=4518

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:56:00 +0000

Yea, I picked the right time to bail. Once the mainstream enters virtual worlds they fuck it up as fast as they can.

"You've ruined your own lands, you'll not ruin mine!"

Oh lesser_orc00, how you mock me with your wisdom.

By: Ghiest

Ghiest — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:52:41 +0000

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=83668953&pageNo=1&sid=1#0

for reference

By: Ghiest

Ghiest — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:52:58 +0000

“However, the inability to customize your avatar really hurts WoW, particularly when everyone who isn\’e2\’80\’99t wearing an epic set of armor looks like a mismatched multi-colored clown. At least in DAoC, I could make a decent-looking outfit with dyes.”

I completely agree, Dyes in wow would give another angle to the game. It’s suprising the amount of people don’t pick up a certain item (even raiders in my guild) because it’s ugly or just doesn’t fit in with their current suit of gear (we aint Mc raiders either … cleared 3/4 naxx already).

As for those who got banned for supposedly using, there is an official response on the WoW boards denying it is soley down to the linux port, after beign a CSR in eq the majority of people who cheat and get caught/banned will scream and shout they are innocent to anyone who will listen, and the amount of different excuses I have heard could fill a few books.

By: Squeax

Squeax — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:18:15 +0000

I’d have to side with Serpilian on this one. Long, long time ago I’d take any word from a DesignerDragon as gospel. Not anymore. I believe, the last drop to change my attitude was when Holocron declared on SWG Beta forum that “Grind is a state of mind”.

By: bullet

bullet — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:06:53 +0000

UO was an incredible success. 100,000 players… ten years ago… on dial-up! If EA hadn’t eaten them, Origin would still be a player in the industry that they, essentially, created.

By: Serpilian

Serpilian — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:30:40 +0000

@Cael
Obviously the “I am designer you are loser mindset” landed a little close to home.
And what would work? I just suggested he go make his miracle game. That wasn’t even a humanoid response. Oh well. =P

By: Robin Kestrel

Robin Kestrel — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:39:00 +0000

The Slate article was a bit simplistic. Combat, particulary PvP combat, is a lot more than “if you are bigger you win, if you are smaller, better run”.

However, the inability to customize your avatar really hurts WoW, particularly when everyone who isn’t wearing an epic set of armor looks like a mismatched multi-colored clown. At least in DAoC, I could make a decent-looking outfit with dyes.

By: xzzy

xzzy — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:09:17 +0000

Considering my S.O. spends more time making characters in the Sims than actually playing the game, I think customizable hair would be a great way to destroy the already tiny female population.

Granted, when they show up at the zone line they’ll turn every head, but you’ll have to put up with the snotty attitudes when two girls show up wearing the same robe.

By: Zubon

Zubon — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:19:45 +0000

As an aside I assume Lum Online will allow for instantaneous hair cut reformulation, a new pony every week, and everyone will be allowed to rent a studio in a never ending sprawl of tenements.

My wife would totally play the game with the weekly pony update. The hair would just be a bonus at that point.