Writing on the beta boards:<\/p>\n
My 2 cents:<\/p>\n
Some of the players here point to the elite classes as the “possible endgame”. Instead I fear them, because they can possibly disrupt the game for everyone. I really hope that Jedis in SWG have taught how these ideas for “elite players” can damage the game beyond repair.<\/p>\n
We cannot comment this because right now we don’t know how they’ll be implemented (even if I fear the apotheosis of grind). The point is that:
\n– Or they are worthless paths enstricted with rules so they’ll be mantained as “rare”. Like it’s happening in SWG.
\n– Or they’ll be simply an extension of the treadmill.<\/p>\n
The first case is a danger. The second is pointless.<\/p>\n
Why pointless? Because we already have a ladder to climb, this ladder has already its issues with balance, boringness and grind. Some of the players complain about the fact that WoW feels like a single-player game. We need an opening to really create a mmorpg, with the players involved together and playing in a world. With an interaction. Something solid and not something “faked” on the lore-level. Where interesting fiction is turned into obvious and stale gameplay.<\/p>\n
What I mean is that the game has already its ladder. Blizzard shouldn’t plan the endgame by building and offering another one.<\/p>\n
We climb a ladder, we finally reach the top, we look around expectantly and we see… another ladder.<\/p>\n
If I was working at Blizzard I’d try to work and evolve the game into a different, positive direction. Where the world and the players start to work together. To realize the potential that is specific to this genre and makes the expereince more involving than a tweak to a single-player game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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