Fed up with the easy mode changes? - Page 9

Lyger · 09-08-2009, 05:35 PM

at least you ignorant bastards are arguing something valid now instead of "the game is easymode now, don't ask me why because it just is..."

ah, it was so difficult back in the days of 2 hotbars instead of 7+ and having half you inventory slots full of worthless shit that you have to swap out constantly in order to maximize your toon that we have now.

yep, it's much more easymode now than spamming those 5 buttons and just hoping you didn't die and have to go recover your worthless shard.

quit making stupid excuses and just fucking quit already you whiney bitches.

i still enjoy the game without having to hop on one leg, play with one arm tied behind my back while having blurred vision and a fear effect on me and having to cure that curse in .1 second or the raid wipes. so fuck off and move on.

Lomax · 09-09-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by mafoe

Hi there Captain Obvious. Has it occured to you that one single can might be able to offer content for a number of different playstyles, if done right? Your argumentation is flawed because from the obvious fact you mention (hardcore players alone cannot maintain a big MMO) you imply that hardcore players can kill a game, while in fact hardcore players and the rewards they invariably reap are exactly the carrot that the casual players need as incentive.

If Blizzard had that understanding of an MMO I'd still be playing WoW, having a game where there is still a challenge to look up to (hardcore, or maybe we just call it hard) is key for me. I expect an MMO to be a big enough game to offer several styles of play for different goals, anything less and its not going to be the big wide world experience I want.

Those changes listed really don't qualify as dumbing it down, for example making it easier for new players to gain the 525 levels of mining skill needed to gather mats after mastering the technique at level 1 is fine by me. Making a easy dungeon drop the best gear, reducing mob AI to imbecilic, simplifying gear choices to one stat and leaving mechanisms in the game for people to just auto follow their way to success are.

If we really want hardcore, or at least to make the game require the use of your brain then I don't think we should be demanding that SOE implement more time sinks. How about asking that we don't get simple quests that people can just look up online and follow through paint by numbers style, I want more quests (EQ2 has a few) where you need to make a decision, then make them effect the ones that follow and make it impossible to create an easy to follow online guide for the game. For me that would be more hardcore then any MMO on the market.

Diknak · 09-10-2009, 01:36 PM

I agree with the comment about quest a walk through being available at your fingertips for every quest in the game. I would love to see challenging quests that had randomization to the point that an online guide isn't easy. They love to say that there are THOUSANDS of quests, but they don't tell you that 98% of them are the exact same. I would love it if there weren't quest hubs with dozens of meaningless quests.

For example, I would love to have seen Firmroot have 2 or 3 quest lines that involved repairing the crashed ship and once you have completed them, the ship actually flies off and you no longer see it on your end (others that haven't completed would still see a broken ship of course). These client specific graphics are already used in the game, but nothing this creative.

Uyaem · 09-10-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sulan

Sorry, played since launch day. There were whole strings of triple down gnolls scattered all over the place. I remember because I had to kill them for the Guardian class quest. There was more solo content in Antonica than people seem to want to remember. I guess that makes it so much easier to complain about how EZ-mode the game has become.

There was no triple-up/ or -down on launch.

Traxor · 09-10-2009, 05:36 PM

If your ingame accomplishments included killing gray epics and running to Sol eye. I feel sorry for you.

No one wants to pick up and start a game if its going to start out in a 12 foot deep hole and they have to dig themselves out of that to have any fun at all.

They pretty much upped the potential player base and you are just bitching now....

I would put more effort into just bitching for a game where you solo everything. Add mods to adjust your stats where it is difficult but you aren't a god. Would be more worth while