Is Blizzard robbing players blind?
In an article posted last April 20 on DailyTech, Tuan Nguyen had a lot to say about Blizzard and the way they are “stifling their players” of World of Warcraft. Now this is not the first time this has been said, although he may have a point if you take into consideration the points he raised.
One of the main caveats he had was the US$ 15 a month cost of the game. Now, he expected that the Burning Crusades expansion would be better considering the funds the company is receiving. But he noted that not much was introduced into the game with an “extremely high percentage of mob models in this expansion was ripped directly from the original game. Colors were changed and names were edited, but overall, only a small handful of new models were added.” He also pointed out that “much of the new popular features of the game were added outside of the expansion”
Another beef he raised had to do with some of strange occurrences in the game. He has given some examples on this such as: the Hunter pets which can swim deeper and faster than a druid in aquatic form, infantry that can run faster than the fastest ground mount in the game, and the Druid epic flight form which costs 5000 gold to learn the epic riding skill (it’s a transformation, not a mount).
Finally, he spoke on the problem of class balance. He said that Blizzard has attempted to adjust class features on almost a monthly basis and just ruins everything. One important thing to note though, is that in spite of all these problems he enumerated, there are still eight million WoW players on-board and it doesn’t seem to be going down anytime soon. It’s therefore your call what to make out of this.
Via DailyTech
In an article posted last April 20 on DailyTech, Tuan Nguyen had a lot to say about Blizzard and the way they are “stifling their players” of World of Warcraft. Now this is not the first time this has been said, although he may have a point if you take into consideration the points he raised.
One of the main caveats he had was the US$ 15 a month cost of the game. Now, he expected that the Burning Crusades expansion would be better considering the funds the company is receiving. But he noted that not much was introduced into the game with an “extremely high percentage of mob models in this expansion was ripped directly from the original game. Colors were changed and names were edited, but overall, only a small handful of new models were added.” He also pointed out that “much of the new popular features of the game were added outside of the expansion”
Another beef he raised had to do with some of strange occurrences in the game. He has given some examples on this such as: the Hunter pets which can swim deeper and faster than a druid in aquatic form, infantry that can run faster than the fastest ground mount in the game, and the Druid epic flight form which costs 5000 gold to learn the epic riding skill (it’s a transformation, not a mount).
Finally, he spoke on the problem of class balance. He said that Blizzard has attempted to adjust class features on almost a monthly basis and just ruins everything. One important thing to note though, is that in spite of all these problems he enumerated, there are still eight million WoW players on-board and it doesn’t seem to be going down anytime soon. It’s therefore your call what to make out of this.
Via DailyTech
