Comments on: Times of Change http://mmoquests.com/2009/07/18/times-of-change/ A peek into my world of mmo gaming Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pahblo http://mmoquests.com/2009/07/18/times-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10428 Pahblo Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:20:26 +0000 http://mmoquests.com/?p=2395#comment-10428 Well put Star. and I am living proof :-) *shout* I love this game! Well put Star. and I am living proof :-) *shout* I love this game!

]]> By: Kiara http://mmoquests.com/2009/07/18/times-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10423 Kiara Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:21:51 +0000 http://mmoquests.com/?p=2395#comment-10423 Just a random tidbit of info :) The book quest part (with the note etc) is temporary. We'll be opening up the book for wider release soon :) Just about in time for the next limited time only puzzle out the clue lore bit to go up! Just a random tidbit of info :)

The book quest part (with the note etc) is temporary. We’ll be opening up the book for wider release soon :) Just about in time for the next limited time only puzzle out the clue lore bit to go up!

]]> By: Anjin http://mmoquests.com/2009/07/18/times-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10417 Anjin Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:03:16 +0000 http://mmoquests.com/?p=2395#comment-10417 @Stargrace - While respawning mobs and static world geometry to detract from player impact, I think MMOs and the stories they tell do a better job than people give them credit for. When my raid group cleared Karazhan and I completed the final quest, that story was done for me and I was the hero. Sure, there are there are thousands of other people doing the same quests and running the same instances, but those are meta-game concerns. From my point of view, I'm the hero of my story and everyone else is doing their own thing. @Pete - Considering Eurogamer just put up their re-review of Darkfall (which I wrote about yesterday /plug), the topic of reviewing MMO is at the top of my mind. Since video games straddle that line between product and art, people demand different things from their reviews. I personally think that a review that goes too far down the rabbit hole will be useless to a player looking at the box on the shelf. Assuming people still buy their MMOs in boxes. @Stargrace – While respawning mobs and static world geometry to detract from player impact, I think MMOs and the stories they tell do a better job than people give them credit for. When my raid group cleared Karazhan and I completed the final quest, that story was done for me and I was the hero. Sure, there are there are thousands of other people doing the same quests and running the same instances, but those are meta-game concerns. From my point of view, I’m the hero of my story and everyone else is doing their own thing.

@Pete – Considering Eurogamer just put up their re-review of Darkfall (which I wrote about yesterday /plug), the topic of reviewing MMO is at the top of my mind. Since video games straddle that line between product and art, people demand different things from their reviews. I personally think that a review that goes too far down the rabbit hole will be useless to a player looking at the box on the shelf. Assuming people still buy their MMOs in boxes.

]]> By: Pete S http://mmoquests.com/2009/07/18/times-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-10416 Pete S Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:29:08 +0000 http://mmoquests.com/?p=2395#comment-10416 "Of course, if you’re new to the game or have only been playing for a very short time you may not have gotten to experience any of these things. That’s where dedication to the game comes into play. You can’t play a few short months and experience the events that have gone by in the years past." I think this is really important. As a long time semi-regular player of EQ2 (and living with a diehard EQ2 fangirl! :) ) when I see people try EQ2 for the first time and start dismissing it for this or that without really *knowing* what the game offers, I get frustrated. And then I realize that I probably do the exact same thing to other games that *I* try, and end up irritating die-hard players of *those* games. This goes back to Tipa's suggestion that no one can really review an MMO until they've played for months. “Of course, if you’re new to the game or have only been playing for a very short time you may not have gotten to experience any of these things. That’s where dedication to the game comes into play. You can’t play a few short months and experience the events that have gone by in the years past.”

I think this is really important. As a long time semi-regular player of EQ2 (and living with a diehard EQ2 fangirl! :) ) when I see people try EQ2 for the first time and start dismissing it for this or that without really *knowing* what the game offers, I get frustrated.

And then I realize that I probably do the exact same thing to other games that *I* try, and end up irritating die-hard players of *those* games. This goes back to Tipa’s suggestion that no one can really review an MMO until they’ve played for months.

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