Here we go again, Cheapening the Game Experience
Selling raid spots for gold… thought that had died out with TBC? Of course not. Hello anti PvP-epics, the PvE version of the honour leechers just called again and said it was going to be back for a bit.
Read the rest here on WoWInsider
I’m holding my breath for all the people who will jump to [...]
Closing the 2007 Welfare Epics Debate with a Look at PvE
As you will have noticed, I’ve had a couple of things to say on the whole PvP loot distribution system and its perception by the playerbase.
From the other side of the issue, Rohan has been using about as much virtual ink over the matter pointing out the flaws of the arena rewards system and why [...]
The Sky is falling, the Sky is falling! Oh wait, it’s not
It’s that time of the year. Or, to be precise, it’s one of these times of the year, when thoughts from different angles come together in a common train just waiting to derail into an argument.
WoWinsider’s Amanda Miller reports on yet another taunt by some unheard-of developer for Age of Conan (currently scheduled for [...]
Putting a few things back into their right place
There’s a strange thing happening in the wowosphere these days. Due to a couple of rants I wrote, and my admittedly vehement participation in certain welfare epics debates, I have apparently become some kind of advocate for the PvP viewpoint on arena reward distribution.
While I appreciate the additional readership this generates, I don’t want to [...]
S3 and the Welfare Epics dead horse redux.
With the Season 1 gear now added to the normal BG honour rewards, the nerf cries about Welfare Epics are back with a Vindication. Yes, I spent some time on the o-boards, poor me.
The current gripes haven’t really evolved much, except there appears to be a slight streamlining of the various arguments:
Some raiders will come [...]
How to solve the issue about PvP purplez
So the raiders are in full QQ mode again about those welfare epics, and that epics aren’t epic anymore if anyone can get them (I remember some of those same raiders having absolutely zero issues selling BWL spots for gold while raiding Naxx and handing out T2 to people who wouldn’t have to put any [...]
Why Nerf Calling is Wrong
OK, this is going to be another rant. Sorry for that.
In connection to my previous venting, there’s another element which annoys me to no end, the endless calls for Nerfing you have to wade through not just on the o-boards but pretty much any generalistic type forum related to the game.
Contrary to wide-spread belief, especially [...]
Of Welfare Epics and Loot Envy
This will be a massive rant. You have been warned.
In a response to those commenting the follow-up to his popular “Blizzard Hates You” post, Fate reposted the old tired complaint many raiders have about Arena, “lose 10 games a week and you’ll end up in great gear nonetheless”.
Let me hasten to say that this isn’t [...]
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