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MMOGs Only For the Hardcore?
Gamepro has an editorial up asking the question are Massive Games only for the hardcore? From the article: "Part of it has to do with the conventional pricing model. With a game demanding $15 a month, you can't afford to just casually log in a few hours on the weekend without feeling jipped. So the casual gamer's MMO has to be a game entertaining enough to pull people away from their usual games (let's face it, most MMOs are boring), and rewarding enough in a 1-2 hour timeframe so it doesn't require you to neglect your daily routines."
I'd like to take this time to point out that all remaining employees of Blizzard are caprophagous cretins who would do well to have themselves sterilized, for the good of humanity.
-Signed, a former paladin/former subscriber
PS - the reason I write this is because it is clear now that fun is not a consideration in where the devs focus their attention. Paladins may be balanced, but they're boring as hell to play because of extremely poor design and an almost complete lack of testing. If this were a good game, made by a good company, a class being widely recognized as not fun to play (by the majority of the people who have experience with that class) would be a priority. It's obviously not a priority, so Blizzard will not be getting any more of my money.
To any paladins out who still subscribe: do yourself a favour and cancel.
Your snobbery is too tiny to whip out in public.
But it's fun to type "nigger" at all these people, isn't it?
So do it. Lose the quotes.
No one's more annoying than self-hating loves-to-say-"nigger" guy.
Limiting daily gameplay per character would definatly force everyone to be a casual player.
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Haha, my god would ganking rule then. If someone had only 4 hours a week to play, I would be doing a lot more corpse camping!