Comments on: Random thoughts on Welfare and Patch 2.4 http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2008/02/21/patch-2-4-welfare-thoughts/ If One Toon Just Isn't Enough, You Can Always Roll Another 49 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Flaime http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2008/02/21/patch-2-4-welfare-thoughts/#comment-875 Flaime Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:39:43 +0000 http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2008/02/21/patch-2-4-welfare-thoughts/#comment-875 The problem is in raid design...Currently, it requires a hardcore raiding guild to reach 25-man endgame content. This is a design flaw, as the vast majority of WoW players do not have 40 hours to devote to WoW. Hardcore raiding saps all the fun out of what is supposed to be a game. PvP has similar problems, in that it isn't fun but for a very tiny minority of players. And, changes Blizzard makes to balance PvP are devestating to some classes in PvE (druids, shamans). They either need to rebalance all classes and spec to be balanced in PvP then rebalance the rest of the game to make those same classes and specs all viable in PvE, or they need to concentrate on PvE (which is the core of the game) and tell the PvPers to qq more. And 2v2 Arenas should simply be eliminated. The changes required to balance all classes for 2v2 would be SO disruptive as to destroy the game in its entirety. The problem is in raid design…Currently, it requires a hardcore raiding guild to reach 25-man endgame content. This is a design flaw, as the vast majority of WoW players do not have 40 hours to devote to WoW. Hardcore raiding saps all the fun out of what is supposed to be a game.

PvP has similar problems, in that it isn’t fun but for a very tiny minority of players. And, changes Blizzard makes to balance PvP are devestating to some classes in PvE (druids, shamans). They either need to rebalance all classes and spec to be balanced in PvP then rebalance the rest of the game to make those same classes and specs all viable in PvE, or they need to concentrate on PvE (which is the core of the game) and tell the PvPers to qq more. And 2v2 Arenas should simply be eliminated. The changes required to balance all classes for 2v2 would be SO disruptive as to destroy the game in its entirety.

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