tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post200717665138910907..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Jog On! : WoW ClassicBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-88033369559123680602019-09-16T07:28:26.882+01:002019-09-16T07:28:26.882+01:00Anarchy Online, which I played at launch for a few...Anarchy Online, which I played at launch for a few weeks, was as you describe AC, only without the Flash speed. The zones seemed never-ending. I remember running for what seemed like hours. It was fun at first but the thrill of exploring a vast world that was mainly empty but occasionally extremely deadly wore off after a while.<br /><br />I feel quite differently about run speed in general, though. I find the base run speed in Classic very comfortable and with the 30% buff it's about as fast as I would want it to be. Ever since I started playing MMORPGs I've had this theory that base run speed for the character should be the exact equivalent of run speed in real life. I frequently find myself mentally estimating the distances my characters are travelling and then guesstimating how long it would take a fit cross-country runner to cover tehm (I assume our characters are all pretty fit, given their adventuring lifestyles).<br /><br />Mostly it seems to me that the base run speed is already five or ten times what it should be. Not that I think we should all move at that speed all the time but I think that mounts (sensible ones, not silly ones) should be standard at much lower levels and that there should be on-road fast travel, the exact equivalent of griffins but with horses or camels or even carriages. For several expansions EQII used this system and it works very well.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-17189803673108648932019-09-15T21:14:22.597+01:002019-09-15T21:14:22.597+01:00Hehe. I don't know about in WoW Classic, but I...Hehe. I don't know about in WoW Classic, but I love the freedom to run and explore in Asheron's Call.<br /><br />It is helped of course by the fact that at higher levels, assuming you're unencumbered (or at least not to any significant degree) your character does a really good impression of the Flash.<br /><br />But even at those speeds a straight run from one end of Dereth (or Ireth Lassel, as it was known before we turned up) would take *hours* upon *hours* if you were to forgo the portal loops setup by the Empyrean.<br /><br />So my theory is that it is less about the time it takes to do the travel and the speed and freedom of movement you experience throughout. My follow-up hypothesis being then that I think I'd fall into the camp ultimately frustrated by the on-foot exploration experience of WoW C.<br /><br />As for your story though, I can already imagine STV. xD That area is *brutal*. Look forward to reading your retelling.Naithinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830174305806727004noreply@blogger.com