Comments on: Shadows of Silithus http://tenfoldhate.com/2008/04/04/shadows-of-silithus/ Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming and Other Antisocial Endeavors Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: shoinan http://tenfoldhate.com/2008/04/04/shadows-of-silithus/#comment-109 shoinan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:31:14 +0000 http://tenfoldhate.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-109 Nice :) I thought I'd commented here but I didn't. I'm hoping that Lich King will do what Burning Crusade did, but I have this feeling that not too much is going to change. And if it doesn't, that could be the end of WOW for me - for good. Nice :) I thought I’d commented here but I didn’t. I’m hoping that Lich King will do what Burning Crusade did, but I have this feeling that not too much is going to change. And if it doesn’t, that could be the end of WOW for me - for good.

]]> By: p@tsh@t http://tenfoldhate.com/2008/04/04/shadows-of-silithus/#comment-106 p@tsh@t Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:06:24 +0000 http://tenfoldhate.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-106 Absolutely. Our little instance group is plodding along in the mid 60s right now and I'm hoping we don't end up plateaued at 70 too long before Lich King hits. Pre-TBC, life at the level cap for a non-raider was purgatory. Those rep grinds are completely unfun and the close we get to 70 with this new group, the more I see it rear its ugly head again. Unfortunately, I think Blizzard is a victim of their own success and their commitment to polishing a game-- the development cycle is so long that they've cynically resorted to kill 20 instead of kill 10 rats and rep grinds to extend the content. I think they can't keep up while at the same time are cynically taxing the playerbase. Absolutely. Our little instance group is plodding along in the mid 60s right now and I’m hoping we don’t end up plateaued at 70 too long before Lich King hits.

Pre-TBC, life at the level cap for a non-raider was purgatory. Those rep grinds are completely unfun and the close we get to 70 with this new group, the more I see it rear its ugly head again.

Unfortunately, I think Blizzard is a victim of their own success and their commitment to polishing a game– the development cycle is so long that they’ve cynically resorted to kill 20 instead of kill 10 rats and rep grinds to extend the content.

I think they can’t keep up while at the same time are cynically taxing the playerbase.

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