tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post2345519534149718171..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: That's When My Patience Went Away : GW2Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-2106650903188114382021-07-03T19:42:57.322+01:002021-07-03T19:42:57.322+01:00We live to serve!We live to serve!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-65570539465027908932021-07-03T18:18:26.121+01:002021-07-03T18:18:26.121+01:00Heh, I sympathise with the expansion chaos because...Heh, I sympathise with the expansion chaos because SWTOR has been the same or worse over the years.<br /><br />They started with having a couple of content expansions, mixed with feature expansions - but only Bioware really called those expansions, because does adding housing and nothing else really qualify as an expansion?<br /><br />Then they pivoted towards serialised single player content that was supposed to keep people entertained like a TV show! Except nobody watches TV that way nowadays, so that crashed and burned quickly, at which point we changed to irregular content updates but not expansions because we don't like those (?).<br /><br />It was only two years ago now that they committed to returning to making expansions, with the idea of getting one out every one and a half to two years. They've just announced the second of those and I'm hyped because I do like this system, but at this point I don't feel I can count on anything lasting. :)<br /><br />Look on the bright side of that sort of approach though... every new content announcement is a genuine surprise!Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-50151990926226580832021-07-03T17:25:20.114+01:002021-07-03T17:25:20.114+01:00Came here for a meaty rant after reading the news ...Came here for a meaty rant after reading the news on MOP and wasn't disappointed. ;-)Mailvaltarhttp://mailvaltar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-46311702441159075622021-07-03T15:38:25.107+01:002021-07-03T15:38:25.107+01:00Heh! I like to get my rant on once in a while, jus...Heh! I like to get my rant on once in a while, just for practice. You never know when you might need the skills and I'd hate to come up rusty when it mattered. I love reading other people's rants so it seems a bit unfair not to return the favor now and then.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure most of mine have been about GW2, too. It's the most frustrating of games. I always enjoy playing it but development there moves at such a crazily slow pace, all the time. It's completely expected so I don't know why I ever act as if it would be any different. Remember the endless build-up to launch? That seemed to take years.<br /><br />The really frustrating thing, though, is the perpetual lack of direction. Most mmorpgs have swings and lurches as they go along but GW2 just never seems able to settle on anything, particularly release cadences. They've never even been able to put up a consistent line on whether or not they want to do expansions at all, let alone get them out on any kind of schedule.<br /><br />It's my feeling that for a successful mmorpg, someone should at the very least be working on the design brief for the expansion after next while the main team is working on the current one. Expansions should be seamless and coherent, not a scattershot of sporadic, unconnected events. (From the outside, Blizzard seem to suffer from some of the same issues but they do at least manage to get something done every couple of years). If you keep changing your mind about whether you're even going to do expansions at all, that's not going to happen.<br /><br />As for why I play, it's mostly because I really like the game and always have. It's the most physically satisfying mmorpg I've played since EverQuest in that the UI and controls feel more like thinking than doing. That alone counts for a huge amount. Habit and lack of good alternatives also play a big part. While I play a lot of mmorpgs in small, short sessions, all of them are really what I would call background games by now, with the possible exception of EQII. I just haven't been able to find a new foreground mmorpg for a decade. GW2 is literally the most recent major mmorpg I've played full time and I'm still waiting for a replacement. <br /><br />It's easy and comfortable and I can play it without really thinking, which means I tend to default to it if I don't have anything better to do. The fact that Mrs Bhagpuss plays is a factor but we very rarely do anything together in game and often we're not even online at the same time so it doesn't really explain why I keep logging in every day. It's not like either of us play "properly", anyway. We pretty much both only do dailies and some WvW although I have been working through the "Return to Living Story" event (I'm not sure Mrs Bhagpuss even knows it exists). I only started doing that to get the pre-cursor for the expansion, though. If I'd known the thing wouldn't be here until 2022 I wouldn't have bothered.<br /><br />I'll most likely still be playing GW2 in some fashion until either it goes or I do. I tend not to stop playing mmorpgs I like. I do play them less and less over time, though, but only if new ones come along to replace them. I'm still waiting for the one that will replace GW2 permanently.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-86833060123573564402021-07-03T14:40:28.591+01:002021-07-03T14:40:28.591+01:00Oh my, Mr B! For a moment I wasn't sure whethe...Oh my, Mr B! For a moment I wasn't sure whether I was reading the right blog... such an angry tone is quite unusual from you, who tends to generally find artistry and things to praise about in every game you play, even those you drop and forget about after two weeks.<br /><br />It seems strange that you feel so compelled to play GW2 even though you find it stale. Is it just because of Mrs B? It seems like an odd juxtaposition that there are apparently a hundred games you'd like to play and for which you don't have enough time, but you play GW2 every day even though it annoys you now? Or is it still genuinely much more fun to you than <i>any</i> of those other games despite the annoyances expressed in this post?Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-43400545265060896412021-07-03T14:07:51.510+01:002021-07-03T14:07:51.510+01:00When ANet actually began work on EoD has no standi...When ANet actually began work on EoD has no standing with me. I count from the day of release of the previous expansion. If they chose to waste three years doing nothing, those years still count.<br /><br />As for Alliances, I understand exactly what they are - or rather what they were purported to be, should they ever happen. There have been many, many discussions over whether what's proposed is practical, possible or desirable. Personally, I feel it's none of those but I guess now we'll find out - unless this is yet another in the long sequence of broken promises and missed dates. Whatever the truth of it all, there's now so little left of the original concept you could build whatever you wanted on the ruins. Whether it will stand up is another matter entirely.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-53236030135357873342021-07-03T12:44:49.986+01:002021-07-03T12:44:49.986+01:00"EoD will have been four and a half years in ..."EoD will have been four and a half years in the making"<br /><br />It's not and I'm not sure what made you think so. There are no reasons to believe EoD development started before initial lukewarm (to put it mildly) reception to Icebrood Saga announcement and subsequent release. It was announced in April 2020 and it's likely when it just left pre-production. Same way Heart of Thorns development has probably started in the final stages of Season 1.<br /><br />Also Alliances are an attempt to give WvW proper population. It's course correction rather than experiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com