In WoW, you can easily survive till level 50 by just using the loot that you find on enemies you defeat. If you stick with the quests that are given, you get great level specific hand outs.
Works till 80.
Unfortunately, once through in the existence of a higher level, players will not care about the content that they are already in. It is this style of player that is prayed upon by the Gold/gear sellers. They want to experience the high end of a game, and don't care at all about the low end. They do no care about the quality of the level 10 quests, or anything else that doesn't gratify them instantly.
Sounds like you've never raided. I'd hardly call working on a single boss 3-4 hours a night, 4 nights a week for a month instant gratification.
Why is partaking in the game's economy so necessary? Why can't I just go about my own game without having to go repeatedly kill things to earn money?
Because if you could do that, anyone could have anything they wanted whenever they want it, and that's what makes a game shitty. Reward needs to be proportional to the effort put in. Remove effort and the reward becomes pointless/worthless.
PS - Get auctioneer and put in 10 minutes when you log on, you'll have plenty of money in no time. It's not like it takes any real effort.
I could use alternate ways to make money, but I don't find playing the auction house fun. In fact, I find it highly unethical. You're taking advantage of people who don't know what things really should cost. That's flat out wrong. And anti-gold farmers complain about my ethics?
I agree with the first part of your post, but ummm what? I'm unethical for buying peoples under-priced stuff and selling it for what it's worth, but it's OK to violate the TOS and buy from farmers?
Because when I see that people are actually PAYING someone else to play the boring parts of a game for them, it's easy for me to deduce that what we have is not a fun game, but a tedious grindfest designed to keep bored teenagers playing forever and ever.
The solution to goldfarming should be to find out why earning gold in the game is so bloody tedious and focus your design efforts on making the game fun to play. Games are supposed to be fun, not a second job.
I couldn't disagree more. The fact that people are paying money in addition to their subscription means that the game is fun or has value to the player.
Personally, I never 'grind' gold. I play the auction house and can then do whatever I want.
"Oh, but see you are avoiding playing the game!"
No, I AM playing the game. I'm sorry you couldn't figure out a way to do it too.
Does it make sense to pay someone millions of dollars to play a game or pretend to be someone else in front of a camera while millions are losing their homes and jobs?
Yes it does when you remember that hundreds of millions of people watch. It's not like one person is paying an athlete $10 million a year, it's millions of people paying him.
I wonder what would happen if he had a frowny face? Or changing the wording on the flag to be less helpless or even rude?
I've always wondered if I took a postcard, wrote someone's name and city to be delivered to, and gave it to a random person. Would it ever get there? I'm going to try it tonight.
Well they make ~50 billion a year. 35 million is less that a thousandth of that. If someone that made $100,000 said they were going through tough times spent $100 on something, would you be all pissy about it?
Although I wouldn't want the NRA teaching my children anything.
Right... cause they'll teach your precious children to treat it like it is always loaded, never point it at people, make sure the safety is on if you're not ready to shoot, always know what is behind your target, store it with the breech open and have a trigger lock.
We rarely see the cop that lets small infractions slide.
And how do you treat officers when you are pulled over? If you are defensive and angry, you will get fucked.
If you are light and cheerful, you are free to go.
I've been pulled over at least a dozen times in the 11 years I've been driving, and only come away with a ticket once. Half the time I was definitely over the limit.
You treat them with respect and make their job easy and they will return the favor.
You'd never notice a launch, because they're launching aircraft of all sizes out of there night and day with constant training flights and U2 overflight.
If I had to choose whether to chance my family's safety or take out a family half a world away, would I do it? You bet I would. I value me and my family more than I value someone I have never seen nor met that wants to kill me.
Odd's that a terr'ist is going to kill you - 1/100,000,000
There's also slight chance your next-door neighbour is going to kill you in your sleep tonight, better strike first!
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Wow, someone thinks -1 = disagree tonight.
In WoW, you can easily survive till level 50 by just using the loot that you find on enemies you defeat. If you stick with the quests that are given, you get great level specific hand outs.
Works till 80.
Unfortunately, once through in the existence of a higher level, players will not care about the content that they are already in. It is this style of player that is prayed upon by the Gold/gear sellers. They want to experience the high end of a game, and don't care at all about the low end. They do no care about the quality of the level 10 quests, or anything else that doesn't gratify them instantly.
Sounds like you've never raided. I'd hardly call working on a single boss 3-4 hours a night, 4 nights a week for a month instant gratification.
Why is partaking in the game's economy so necessary? Why can't I just go about my own game without having to go repeatedly kill things to earn money?
Because if you could do that, anyone could have anything they wanted whenever they want it, and that's what makes a game shitty. Reward needs to be proportional to the effort put in. Remove effort and the reward becomes pointless/worthless.
PS - Get auctioneer and put in 10 minutes when you log on, you'll have plenty of money in no time. It's not like it takes any real effort.
I could use alternate ways to make money, but I don't find playing the auction house fun. In fact, I find it highly unethical. You're taking advantage of people who don't know what things really should cost. That's flat out wrong. And anti-gold farmers complain about my ethics?
I agree with the first part of your post, but ummm what? I'm unethical for buying peoples under-priced stuff and selling it for what it's worth, but it's OK to violate the TOS and buy from farmers?
You may want to rethink that.
Because when I see that people are actually PAYING someone else to play the boring parts of a game for them, it's easy for me to deduce that what we have is not a fun game, but a tedious grindfest designed to keep bored teenagers playing forever and ever. The solution to goldfarming should be to find out why earning gold in the game is so bloody tedious and focus your design efforts on making the game fun to play. Games are supposed to be fun, not a second job.
I couldn't disagree more. The fact that people are paying money in addition to their subscription means that the game is fun or has value to the player.
Personally, I never 'grind' gold. I play the auction house and can then do whatever I want.
"Oh, but see you are avoiding playing the game!"
No, I AM playing the game. I'm sorry you couldn't figure out a way to do it too.
No, you'll confuse and worry them. Do what you like and try to get paid for it.
Does it make sense to pay someone millions of dollars to play a game or pretend to be someone else in front of a camera while millions are losing their homes and jobs?
Yes it does when you remember that hundreds of millions of people watch. It's not like one person is paying an athlete $10 million a year, it's millions of people paying him.
I wonder what would happen if he had a frowny face? Or changing the wording on the flag to be less helpless or even rude?
I've always wondered if I took a postcard, wrote someone's name and city to be delivered to, and gave it to a random person. Would it ever get there? I'm going to try it tonight.
don't put it up for free on the internet!
don't put it on the friggin internet!
Looks like they forgot to
I think the analogy would be something more like rather catching a 40mpg baseball than a 400mph bullet. Or a 1mph train.
Anyone who spends $1000 on a laptop for school is an idiot. Take notes on paper and build a desktop for $175.
How is linux holding up?
If you're going to blame video games for the shooting, then they need to let the guy go free.
After all, he is the real victim. How was he to know he'd be "infected" by his video games?
If you're doing serious recording, your computer should be isolated from whatever you are recording anyway.
Noise shouldn't be an issue.
Well they make ~50 billion a year. 35 million is less that a thousandth of that. If someone that made $100,000 said they were going through tough times spent $100 on something, would you be all pissy about it?
Although I wouldn't want the NRA teaching my children anything.
Right... cause they'll teach your precious children to treat it like it is always loaded, never point it at people, make sure the safety is on if you're not ready to shoot, always know what is behind your target, store it with the breech open and have a trigger lock.
WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!??!
We rarely see the cop that lets small infractions slide.
And how do you treat officers when you are pulled over? If you are defensive and angry, you will get fucked.
If you are light and cheerful, you are free to go.
I've been pulled over at least a dozen times in the 11 years I've been driving, and only come away with a ticket once. Half the time I was definitely over the limit.
You treat them with respect and make their job easy and they will return the favor.
You'd never notice a launch, because they're launching aircraft of all sizes out of there night and day with constant training flights and U2 overflight.
Fucking Bono.
If I had to choose whether to chance my family's safety or take out a family half a world away, would I do it? You bet I would. I value me and my family more than I value someone I have never seen nor met that wants to kill me.
Odd's that a terr'ist is going to kill you - 1/100,000,000
There's also slight chance your next-door neighbour is going to kill you in your sleep tonight, better strike first!
Asshole.
So the US used nuclear weapons in WWII to ensure that they lost the war?
My point was that first amendment rights only apply to the government. Not businesses or ordinary people.
Businesses have people signing NDA's! They're taking our first amendment rights!
And neither are they. Just because you think you were a genious when you were 5 doesn't mean anyone else was. Didn't mean you were either.
I'd say start with the alphabet, shapes, colors, and counting, and then maybe you can move to reading, writing, and mathematics.
They're too fucking young for robotics.