tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post859684070916617571..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: The Coming Of The Megaserver : GW2Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-41086629475502367572014-04-15T15:25:02.813+01:002014-04-15T15:25:02.813+01:00The bag loot scales with your current level so it&...The bag loot scales with your current level so it's slightly worth opening them all at 80 if you are leveling on the train, you get 20 a level more or less, 3 weeks later 1400 bags.<br /><br />It really didn't feel like an ordeal, the Champ Train on Deso is lovely, although I'll confess to using a scroll to ding from 79 - 80.Electroluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387150279953837398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-52461508303921731362014-04-15T15:05:22.553+01:002014-04-15T15:05:22.553+01:00Geez! 1400? Someone in WvW week before last, when ...Geez! 1400? Someone in WvW week before last, when we were winning by 200k and all there was to do was run KTrains, linked 500 tower lord bags and I thought that was crazy. I don't believe I have ever had more than fifteen on me at once. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-29961761694481907262014-04-15T15:03:17.172+01:002014-04-15T15:03:17.172+01:00Well I won't sniff at the extra bank space but...Well I won't sniff at the extra bank space but are you suggesting there's ever been an armor or weapon skin in GW2 worth applying? If so I must have missed it. If it wasn't that I'm a complete packrat I could have saved myself the space by just destroying them all as I got them since I've yet to see a look I'd use on a bet. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-46450861885138891732014-04-15T12:45:38.271+01:002014-04-15T12:45:38.271+01:00Megaserver, schmegawhatever.
WARDROBE! I have on...Megaserver, schmegawhatever. <br /><br />WARDROBE! I have only eyes for it! *gleefully hopes to free up even more bank space with skins that won't be lost forever with one application*<br />Jeromaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206083433625986970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-6705483998366176782014-04-15T11:37:38.257+01:002014-04-15T11:37:38.257+01:00So I finished leveling up a warrior in preparation...So I finished leveling up a warrior in preparation for this patch. Opening 1400 champ bags in one go is a LOT less fun than it sounds by the way. Using 1000+ Essence of Luck isn't at all pleasant.<br /><br />Over the last few days I've been playing Age of Wonders 3. Now I'm faced with the prospect of logging in for the patch and I'm troubled by the same sense of foreboding you get when your girlfriend tells you that she is sick of long hair because it's really impractical and is going to get it all cut off. Sure if I'd loved her I'd have married her so I can't really complain but...<br /><br /><br />Electroluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387150279953837398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-53355626217484756992014-04-15T01:00:26.242+01:002014-04-15T01:00:26.242+01:00Yak's Bend is a well-populated server as far a...Yak's Bend is a well-populated server as far as I know. T3/4 WvW and a much bigger PvE population. People just don't want to do the big events any more because you can do three or four champions in the time it takes to do FE/Maw or a dozen or so in the time it takes to do Jormag. <br /><br />Interesting to hear that other servers have made different choices. All our World Bosses were heavily farmed prior to the change to Champion loot but it didn't take long for people to work out the path of maximum efficiency. Which server are you on? Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-88818261289720058882014-04-15T00:36:48.325+01:002014-04-15T00:36:48.325+01:00Precursors are just exotics, fyi. :P
I suppose yo...Precursors are just exotics, fyi. :P<br /><br />I suppose you're on a small server as the crowds for the Claw never died down on mine. Every world event is crowded all the time, so I'll not see any changes regarding that. Where I'll get screwed over (as with everyone else) is the ability to do quite a few of them in a small amount of time and do Orr temples as well. Also, I may have had my last Tequatl/Wurm runs today (Tequatl 3 times at that!) We'll just have to see.<br /><br />But don't worry. The Maw doesn't melt in seconds with a huge zerg. It'll still take a while. :PLothiriethhttp://wanderingthroughdigitalworlds.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-11799325483555501892014-04-15T00:18:38.593+01:002014-04-15T00:18:38.593+01:00That's true, for a given definition of "w...That's true, for a given definition of "work". It's close to my own definition, certainly. Not long after I left University I came up with a definition of "work" that I've kept to ever since: work is anything you wouldn't do if you weren't being paid to do it. <br /><br />I have to say, though, that I've met *lots* of people who do not define "work" as anything remotely resembling that. They don't consider work to be "boring, repetitive and dull" - rather they think of work as the better, bigger part of their lives and the things that aren't work they think of as lesser, even trivial concerns. Those people, were they to consider playing video games at all, which in itself seems highly unlikely and yet look, there they are, would most likely be much more comfortable with traditional raiding than the all-pile-on mechanics of post-Warhammer PQ open content. <br /><br />It's yet another example of why designing MMOs is such a thankless task; anything that pleases one person is pretty much guaranteed to drive someone else to distraction. <br /><br /><br /><br />Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-81217573355822747432014-04-14T23:52:44.734+01:002014-04-14T23:52:44.734+01:00People that actually have work and responsibilitie...People that actually have work and responsibilities outside gaming aren't particularly interested in more work.<br /><br />Work is generally boring, repetitive and dull.<br /><br />10-15 years ago, when I was a teenager and after a university student, I enjoyed that kind of thing, but these days I still like to play and I'm not interested in a game about work.<br /><br />I like competition and whatnot, but please no competition based in having free time 24/7.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925345204945426269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-82520137341545780432014-04-14T22:16:33.429+01:002014-04-14T22:16:33.429+01:00I completely agree with the theory behind this. It...I completely agree with the theory behind this. It's clear that a large number of MMO players love the look and feel of big, spectacular "raid" content but for whatever reason don't enjoy the logistics and/or responsibilities of raiding. To some extent I'm one of them. <br /><br />I'd love to see an MMO developer target this demographic and make a whole game based around the assumption that players will flock to big, flashy fights where they are guaranteed lots of loot no matter how badly they perform. As you suggest there are umpteen ways that better performance and participation could be rewarded, but instead of starting at "win or get nothing" you start at "just turn up and get plenty" and move on to "do more than the minimum and get even more".<br /><br />On the other hand, as GW2 demonstrates, MMO players are rarely if ever satisfied. I fear that no matter how good the loot was and how little you had to do for it there would always be plenty of people complaining that it wasn't worth the effort involved. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-7726544711810780742014-04-14T21:26:40.970+01:002014-04-14T21:26:40.970+01:00I suspect people like giant loot pinata bosses bec...I suspect people like giant loot pinata bosses because they remove personal responsibility. I am not trying to be subtly superior or insulting here either, I totally understand it. When you can just show up to the 'raid' whenever you feel like and don't have to worry that you're letting everyone down when you screw up and die or do subpar dps because your gear is kinda sucky or whatever, it's a lot more appealing. <br /><br />Maybe the key to making big group content more alluring to people is to stop making it so that 'one person screws up, everyone gets punished' and make it more 'the group will almost certainly succeed, but you get out of it what you put into it. Die five times because you can't avoid the fire and your loot is downgraded, but no one else's is'. The Guilty Partyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113955236856777152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-41001313391625289902014-04-14T15:53:04.760+01:002014-04-14T15:53:04.760+01:00Pretty sure that was me! I completely agree about ...Pretty sure that was me! I completely agree about the World Boss Phenomenon, too. Ridiculous. But that's just what GW2 has become and, as people are prone to say, it is what it is. It could have grown into something very much more but apparently that's not what the majority of players wanted so there you go. At least what it has become is is still fun - in a way. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-3549835209012841072014-04-14T15:35:36.314+01:002014-04-14T15:35:36.314+01:00I always thought the excessive outdoor boss farmin...I always thought the excessive outdoor boss farming in GW2 was somewhat weird or even offputting; I totally get the source of income but essentially making the big baddies so trivial in a game takes away much of the glamour for me. reminds me of my dragon topic a while back where someone commented that they don't want dragons to come a dime a dozen in MMOs...now I wonder if it wasn't you in fact who commented that :D I'll go check now!Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.com