Make stupid DPS who stand in front of a boss take my damage instead. Keeps the healer healing, and and boss pissed at me.
Oh, and because I get to 1up Lancers. Screw you and your hiding behind something, I will just jump out of the way :) Much more exciting. Plus, Soloing lvl 44 Nagas is fun and more intensive than 'hold block when you see red / incoming attack, use damage abilities, repeat'
A good Warrior rarely to never gets hit by a boss's most powerful attack.
Was meaning longevity through alts and new players late to the game being actually able to do the content, as opposed to just having to quest grind and skip it when groups get too difficult to find. Which in the end leads to frustration and the canceling of subs since dungeons are where you get all your better gear and enough of said gear to enchant it up to a decent level. Content wise.. no argument from me, this game has none really as you can easily hit 60 within 10 days without trying. Within he first week if your even a little dedicated to it.
Frustration actually keeps people playing when done correctly. It causes 'the addictive' nature of games. The harder a game is to play, the more addictive it is. But it can't be impossible and it needs to reward well. WoW had this up till WOTLK. It was like a drug. You felt compelled to keep playing, even though it pissed you off when people didn't do their part. I can't count how many times I wanted to quit but i couldnt because i just wanted that stupid mount no matter what. Skyrim had this kind of drug feel. It was fun, took time, and could keep you addicted... up until everything is done and you pretty much seen everything. Making it easy =/= longevity. easy == more content needed to keep people interested. These changes, will have an apparent affect should EME and BH not regularly update the game with new content. Lack of making things easy means they get more time to come up with new content while they make money.
Now everything is just handed to you these days in MMOs... Game makers are to afraid to step outside of the so called 'what mmo's must have' thanks to WoW. And no, don't try to quote SWTOR... That game was a glorified single player with a multilayer aspect. it was a bad game.
And if this game can't cater to people who are 1 character wonders, this game wont last either Seriadon. I know a lot of people who hate leveling with a passion and will only do it once. After that, all they want is end content. Fast gearing and fast end game content only makes them bored and they leave because there is nothing new to do.
I think an issue that everyone is missing is how the cross server grouping adds longevity to the game. When most people are passed say the lvl 40 point and you roll an alt, who you going to group with? The cross server function greatly speeds up the ability to run the content you want.
I think your forgetting something
Making people get through content faster is not longevity....
It simply means you get content done faster and get tired to the same thing faster.
But w/e... not arguing this point beyond that since it would mean no lfd :/
We will see in a few months time what happens from all these decisions, not just the LFD.
You will find something else to blame things on should people just leave to go back to WoW. Just a Glorified WoW clone at this point. Might as well go play that... oh wait- WoW sucks and I refuse to play it unless MOP is actually good (laughs).
Yea...... you're right. It's just like WOW. I mean, WOW has a political system, guild wars, territorial control, active combat, crystal system, a more engaging enchanting system, master glyphs, customized skill augmentations, clearly defined classes tied to specific roles, revolutionary healing implementation, server vs. server warfare (in the pipe), and one of the smoothest most beautiful game engines we've seen in an MMO.
YEP, WOW CLONE all the way Mr. Trololololol. GL with Azeroth bro. You're about 8 years late to the party.
lets see.
Political system - pointless if people don't interact.
Guild Wars - agreed. but will it matter if its not a mutual war? everyone will be in safe zones.
Territory control - I like it, but its pointless when everyone can just bypass anything to do with it.
Active combat - one of 3 things this game has running for it still
Crystal System - fancy way of letting the user choose the stats on a weapon. Good idea, but reward system makes this unfruitful... if you don't have cookie cut gear, gtfo.
Enchanting - was more engaging.... until announced changes... Now its about the same.
Master Glyphs - ...... just the name..
Customized Skill Aug - tis cool... but doesnt really change much.
Defined classes to specific roll - is that the fancy way of saying no hybrids? cause last I checked warriors were. Also, classes to specific roll is defined in WoW.... Its just theres the convenience of hybrids.
Revolutionary healing - two of 3 things this game has going for it.
Server vs Server warfare - neat idea.... If people actually cared about their servers. No one going to care if they don't have to care.
Graphics - the last thing this game has going for it. NO one can deny this. Again, GLORIFIED WoW clone.
Just because something is there and different, doesn't mean people will use it as intended if something else is easier to do.
So? You told me. And I told you.
We will see in a few months time what happens from all these decisions, not just the LFD.
You will find something else to blame things on should people just leave to go back to WoW. Just a Glorified WoW clone at this point. Might as well go play that... oh wait- WoW sucks and I refuse to play it unless MOP is actually good (laughs).
I'm very happy to hear that a cross server LFD tool will be in at launch, I have no patience for spaming chat channels looking for people to group with and completely out leveling instances before I'm able to find a group.
The lack of a LFD tool was the main reason I left SWTOR, although I will probably resub at some point once they have one. I enjoy being able to hop in a que, go pass the time by actually you know playing the game, rather than trolling around the chat channels.
Looking forward to good times!
Question: What does LFD being cross server have to do with spamming chat channels??? I think most people can agree with the no spamming chat channels but not with cross-server. Get it right, then try again.
If the only reason to go out into the world is to walk 30 minutes to meet up with your group at a dungeon portal, the game is dead anyway.
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so i say, GG EME.
If one completely optional feature that's already in KTERA ruins the game for this KID,
than he's obviously totally spoiled and not worth trying to please.
That's what happens in a single parent home with your mom on welfare.
Welcome to the ME generation!
I like how you both completely ignore everything on there. You make it sound like everything is a good thing. And everyone is wrong. It is Optional. Optional just like Easy > Normal > Hard > Expert > Master. KTera was Expert. It is now Hard. EME? Is now Easy or Easier.
Any idiot could probably play with this stuff. OH wait... Sounds like WoW.... Why bother playing Tera when its just like WoW without tab targeting. Good for a cheap laugh for a while, but after that, whats the point? I can just play WoW with people I already know. <- type="true"><-- Internetz 101
