The problem is, when you have 10 million plus players, you have to develop content to please the majority who usually happen to be people who want near instant gratification on completing something. Blizzard has realized this, and so make the game easier with every patch so that those who whine the loudest can get their (insert class name here) leveled out faster so they can "rayd and g3tz teh ub4r geer to pwn" AI mobs that much faster.
I quit the game close to one year ago, and the only reason I would go back would be because there is nothing else to play on the market. Thankfully, the MMO market being as it is, I can usually find something else to take my attention away from games like this where FOTM classes run the game.
Those who enjoy WoW, by all means, continue doing so. I think though you will get bored eventually with the ease at which you succeed at things. It is comparable to someone starting in AP English, then watching as it gets turned into remedial just because everyone is given the thought that they should be there too.
And LOTRO probably got the idea from existing games, such as Guild Wars and City of Heroes (mind you, both made and run by NCSoft).
As usual, its the idea that "if it works in a competitors game, why not put it in ours and see what happens?"
Look at every game thats out there right now, people can point to one of the others and say "this game had it first" or "they are ripping this game off". Its simply seeing what other players like and dislike, and then finding out if your community of players would accept those changes in your own game.
More times than not, it works, and the players welcome it with open arms.
In some cases, like this, it may need to be thought out some more (I mean, come on, "Super Quest Dude"?) before actually being added to a game where getting the "uber leet gear" is more important than finding out if you killed your 5,000,000th Murloc.
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The problem is, when you have 10 million plus players, you have to develop content to please the majority who usually happen to be people who want near instant gratification on completing something. Blizzard has realized this, and so make the game easier with every patch so that those who whine the loudest can get their (insert class name here) leveled out faster so they can "rayd and g3tz teh ub4r geer to pwn" AI mobs that much faster. I quit the game close to one year ago, and the only reason I would go back would be because there is nothing else to play on the market. Thankfully, the MMO market being as it is, I can usually find something else to take my attention away from games like this where FOTM classes run the game. Those who enjoy WoW, by all means, continue doing so. I think though you will get bored eventually with the ease at which you succeed at things. It is comparable to someone starting in AP English, then watching as it gets turned into remedial just because everyone is given the thought that they should be there too.
I wonder if it can handle SLI finally. I mean, if it can run under RAID, why cant it take use of full video enhancements?
So, I guess the saying would now go to "Our country is being defended by the lowest 50% of our school system?"
And LOTRO probably got the idea from existing games, such as Guild Wars and City of Heroes (mind you, both made and run by NCSoft). As usual, its the idea that "if it works in a competitors game, why not put it in ours and see what happens?" Look at every game thats out there right now, people can point to one of the others and say "this game had it first" or "they are ripping this game off". Its simply seeing what other players like and dislike, and then finding out if your community of players would accept those changes in your own game. More times than not, it works, and the players welcome it with open arms. In some cases, like this, it may need to be thought out some more (I mean, come on, "Super Quest Dude"?) before actually being added to a game where getting the "uber leet gear" is more important than finding out if you killed your 5,000,000th Murloc.