Over the course of my last couple years MMO hopping, I’ve noticed a great divide in how some games approach progression. Effectively, your time in a game can be broken down into a series of micro activities and macro activities. Micro activities would be things such as questing, crafting, and exploring the zone you’re in. …
Tag Archive: World of Warcraft
Thoughts on the Worgen Starting Experience
I had a chance to login to the Cataclysm beta early this morning. Since a reader asked to see the Worgen Rogue stealth animation, I decided to go that route and roll alliance. I’m most of the way through it and I’m very impressed. Here are some of the things that stood out to me: …
It Has Begun… (Joining the Cataclysm Beta!)
Normally, I’m not a beta guy. Honestly, under usual circumstances, and as a fan of surprises, I avoid them. But, this time, I’m excited to dig in and see what the new expansion has to offer. The way I figure it, with WoW being such an end-game focused MMO, this preview will not only let …
New Rules
I’m kicking this Real ID business off of the top spot! Yesterday’s news, I say. Instead, I thought I’d take a cue from Bill Maher and drop a couple new rules on world of gaming and blogging. If you see a pile of gold, you should be able to loot it. I mean, really. Do …
Blizzard’s Partnership with Facebook
Victor Stillwater of Games and Geekery dropped an interesting link in a comment to me this morning. Coming from USA Today back in May, apparently word got out that Blizzard had plans to partner with Facebook for its Battle.net service. They make it very clear in the article that RealID was a step towards integrating …
RealID on Forums is an Identity Threat
This topic has been talked to death already, so I won’t rail on it too hard. I don’t like it. Even though I believe that it probably will decrease the amount of forum trolls, it’s still too big of a risk for me to be able to support. From a former banker’s perspective, it’s absolutely …
On Age Discrimination in MMOs
Larisa’s latest post inspired me. In it, she comes out and admits that she is no longer in her teens, that she’s a mother, and is proud to be both. Good for her. I’ve always looked at MMOs as they great equalizer. In them, we can be whoever we want to be. No one need …
The Games We Play (or Why I’ve Enjoyed Gearscore)
As readers of my Lagwar column will know, my death knight recently hit level 80. I topped out with a low 2k gear score, some tanking skills, and enough defense to jump right into heroics. Even so, the late addition ICC 5-mans were still beyond me, so I had some work to do. In the …
Does WoW Need a Graphics Update?
I’ve heard the idea expressed a lot over the three (ish) years I’ve been a WoW player. The game originally released in 2004. It stands to reason the graphics might be showing their age a little bit. But, for all of these complaints, I’m really not seeing it. WoW’s art style is so stylized that …
