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The Queue: I would not hire Tails
Joystiq by Alex Ziebart Feb 27th 2012 at 11:00AM Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today. It's time for an other episode of Dumb … |
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Breakfast Topic: What pieces would you like to see included in World of …
Joystiq by Fox Van Allen Feb 18th 2012 at 8:00AM Blizzard recently unveiled an officially-licensed World of Warcraft Monopoly game to the public at Toy Fair 2012 in New York City. We don't know all the details, but we do know that Blizzard wants us all to vote … |
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Behind the beak of Club Penguin: would you let your child play?
Eurogamer.net We looked at what was out there and we saw this massive audience of kids going towards adult experiences: at the time, World of Warcraft was taking off in big ways; at the time, Facebook was barely out of Harvard; and at the time, MySpace was huge. |
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Would removing legendaries be a benefit for the World of Warcraft?
Joystiq When legendaries were first introduced into World of Warcraft with the beloved Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros, they truly were a thing of legend. Forty-man raids were anything but accessible to the casual player, and this legendary required both a … |
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The Daily Grind: What would you pay for a fancy ride?
Joystiq by Eliot Lefebvre on Jan 8th 2012 8:00AM World of Warcraft set the bar at for a shiny horse. EverQuest II followed suit. You can imitate Marty McFly or Aladdin in City of Heroes for about .50. And for various amounts of cash in Star Trek Online, … |
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Breakfast Topic: Would you mind moving for second?
Joystiq Do you feel irritated and inconvenienced when mechanics force you to move? Does the threat of death make movement seem OK to you? Moving forward in Mists of Pandaria, how should World of Warcraft treat movement in the game? |
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What Would You Do If Your WoW Account Is Deleted?
MMORPG News The whole incident happened when Stephen Quire finds out that his Mother has deleted his beloved World of Warcraft account. One brother (Jack) tapes Stephen's response. Stephen throws a two-minute tantrum, in which he repeatedly bangs his head, … |
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Breakfast Topic: What features from other games would you like to see in WoW?
Joystiq by Robin Torres Dec 19th 2011 at 8:00AM Most of us don't just play World of Warcraft. And WoW is certainly not the only game we've ever played. While I love the game and consider it far better than most MMOs, I do wish it had some of the features other … |
Most of us don’t just play World of Warcraft. And WoW is certainly not the only game we’ve ever played. While I love the game and consider it far better than most MMOs, I do wish it had some of the features other games have.
EverQuest had its issues and Blizzard improved on most of them, but one thing EQ had that WoW doesn’t is surnames. Once you hit level 20, you could choose a surname for your character. Star Wars:The Old Republic is implementing something similar, only you create a family name for all of your characters. I want to have Roblinator Shinycollector or Peenk Sparkles.
I would also love a sidekick or mentor system like in City of Heroes. Two players of vastly different levels can play together by temporarily kicking up the level of the sidekick or temporarily lowering the level of the higher-level character. I know we have Recruit-A-Friend and there are all those levels to be given, but it’s just not the same as playing together in level-appropriate content with balanced experience gain. I want to invite friends to play and run dungeons together, not run them through dungeons.
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Breakfast Topic: What features from other games would you like to see in WoW? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
With 4.3′s introduction of the Raid Finder feature, more players than ever before have the chance to see and participate in the deaths of some of Azeroth’s most destructive villains. The design concept is simple: Take a raid that’s fairly difficult on normal mode and ridiculously hard on heroic, and simplify it to the point that 25 random people who’ve never met before can emerge victorious with a little effort. Casual players who don’t have the time to raid on a weekly schedule get to see endgame content, and heroic raiders can still flex their egos with higher ilevel loot and the knowledge that they were able to take on some of the toughest encounters in modern gaming and win.
Assuming this works and everyone remains happy with the Raid Finder system, is there a future for the Raid Finder model in the Dungeon Finder system? We know now that Blizzard has entirely revamped the 5-man system in Mists of Pandaria, offering new PvE encounter zones, timed instance runs, and no normal versions of level 85 heroic dungeons.
But what if Blizzard decided to follow the Raid Finder system instead and redesigned 5-mans with three tiers of difficulty? The first tier, the Dungeon Finder mode, would be designed to be easy enough that five puggers with no voice chat could queue for it and win. Normal mode would require five dedicated players working in coordination with one another but would still ultimately be easily conquerable without significant effort. Heroic modes would require hours of wiping, retuning of strats, and a dedicated group of players.
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Breakfast Topic: Would the Raid Finder difficulty approach work for 5-man instances? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.