This thread is not ment as a rant.
We have all noticed that serverpopulation has decreased since WoW. What have SoE done to try and keep the players?
They have done alot. But IMO what they have done might be bad the game in the long run.
1. They made the game easier and easier by adding more xp for quests, solo, duo and small groups.
2. They increased the rare drops when harvesting.
3. They seperated mitigation and aviodence.
4. Making mobs less likly to agro you.
5. Decreased group debt.
6. Added augmentations (the new rares).
7. Making some nameds and instances easier to win.
All theese changes might seem good at first look.
I will tell you point by point why theese changes imo are not good once.
1. People will level to fast, being newbies even though they are lvl 40+. A few days ago in CT I saw this /ooc "Group looking for dmg or dps". People tried to explain to him in ooc that there was no diffrence, a few mins later he /ooc'ed "Group looking for dmg or wizard". Also, leveling fast will mean you miss out on alot of great content. You can say 'turn of xp' or 'do it later while mentoring' but not many people see this as an option.
Also, with the lack of endgame content alot of people will stop playing when they hit level 50, we have allready seen this happen alot.
2. Everyone will have the same armor at high levels. Ok, good some of our casuals say. But really? is it? Do you want to look like everyone else when you are level 50? Wouldn't it feel alot better when you finally get one rare and have to decide what armor piece you will use it on?
3. Surely this is a good change? Imo no. This allready caused alot of whining and it will get worse. Whine like "Why bother using a shield?", "Why is xx class so much better then xx and dont even use shields" etc etc. Why isnt this good? People get upset and SoE are slow so before they 'fix' things noone knew where broken before alot will have cancelled there accounts.
4. Whats fun playing a game that has no challange?
5. No feeling of punishment = no feeling of achievment.
6. Adding augmentations is cool! Its nice we had HoTT in one of the first patches too. But it gets me thinking, SoE just keeps tossing out nice cool stuff in patches just to keep there players.. But can they really come up with enough stuff in expansions if they keep adding such cool things allready? I dont know, mby. I just hope they dont get drained with ideas for the upcoming expansion, I dont only want a few new zones and quests in the first expansion.
7. When stuff gets easier you will not have the same feeling of reward.
There is more I can add really but I thought I start with this.
Whats my reason with this thread?
Well, I want to find out what you guys think, most here are casuall gamers unlike me. I want your oppinions.
Am I completly stupid for thinking like I do?
Or do you agree to some extent that SoE bends to easy to all whiners and it might be bad for the game in the long run?
Please dont answer with flames etc, explain why you disagree if you disagree.
Happy hunting.
Edited, Wed Mar 23 06:16:27 2005 by BumbiRagnar