tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524333278511288129.post7649303896882587707..comments2023-10-06T06:12:56.214-05:00Comments on Feckless Leader: [Updated] Yep, We're Still Talking About Flyingonetwohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00714492925381422700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524333278511288129.post-25067764519547114682015-05-26T09:59:20.768-05:002015-05-26T09:59:20.768-05:00If Blizzard really wanted us to explore the said &...If Blizzard really wanted us to explore the said "caves", they could have simply hidden a questline for Draenor flight book in those arcade places and be done with it. <br /><br />It's just fascinating how people tell that flights will bring back joy of exploration even with the current lack of content. And Blizzard says: No, you don't understand. Flights will kill your exploration spirit. Ain't it clear now who is right? Players just don't go anywhere, sitting in Garrisons and waiting for raids. Spirit of exploring is just blooming between mine, herb garden and townhall.<br /><br />There's no motivation to explore. Ground content is too little, repeatable, unrewarding and dangerous to get too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524333278511288129.post-91914720788638944842015-05-24T07:39:19.140-05:002015-05-24T07:39:19.140-05:00I really hope the past part is true, that they hav...I really hope the past part is true, that they have a replacement planned. But I don't personally hold out much hope any more.<br /><br />""If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." or similar is often attributed to Henry Ford" What Ford gave with the car was progress, a way to travel faster. It was a faster horse, but a mechanical one.<br /><br />They haven't provided progress, they've provided a regression, and none of their PR answers explain why. As one example, the 'immersion' issue. There are NPCs in Shat'trath that mount up and fly off the platforms, while I take a lift down to the ground. That's not immersive, that's the opposite.<br /><br />I hope they do have a replacement, but I very much fear it will be a rehash of WoD. WoD is the Timeless Isle writ large, and I never liked the Timeless Isle. I have no intention of buying the next expansion, and I've been continuously subbed from almost the beginning. The direction of the game feels like regression to me, and I don't want to go back to how the game was in the beginning. I like the improvements and I don't have any wistful nostalgia that the old ways were better. <br /><br />They've lost me as a customer and it isn't because I want "instant gratification". Iw ould spend hours flying around idly in game doing what took my fancy. I didnt' fly because I wanted something now, I flew because I enjoyed it and I was out exploring the world. <br /><br />Drea Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908493805783972958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524333278511288129.post-71280476808877407472015-05-23T15:03:19.721-05:002015-05-23T15:03:19.721-05:00Great post, Ross! I wonder if we had some way to r...Great post, Ross! I wonder if we had some way to remove flight from our memories, if we'd go out and play the game. If you always biked to the games, you wouldn't mind it. Ignorance is bliss, in a sense. I wonder how many truly tried to play the game and how many just said forget it. No way of knowing, of course.<br /><br />On much deeper level, I do worry about the effect modern society has on us in an "instant gratification" world. Is the game really worse because it asks us to take a little time or effort to do things or have we been too conditioned to want things NOW? Philosophical questions with few answers, but it does concern me anyway.<br /><br />One other note: I expect my own perspective is skewed. I honestly find travel easy in Draenor. But I also have zero fear of riding through a large pack of mobs. If things get hairy, I just pop Detterence, Disengage and Feign Death. Then I get up and go on my merry way. My class choice affects the way I view danger in the world. Even on the ground, very little threatens me. Especially with Heroic raid gear and a pet. So, I find the ground interesting and fun. Dodging those mobs isn't dangerous, but it's entertaining.Skarnhttp://www.twitter.com/Skarn_noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524333278511288129.post-11255806367855190482015-05-23T14:30:52.628-05:002015-05-23T14:30:52.628-05:00Though I didn't put it out there fully above, ...Though I didn't put it out there fully above, it sounds like your experience exactly mirrors mine. Thank you for your thoughts! :)onetwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714492925381422700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524333278511288129.post-24997268678937359632015-05-23T14:26:49.788-05:002015-05-23T14:26:49.788-05:00Great post. Two comments.
One. Regarding "Wh...Great post. Two comments.<br /><br />One. Regarding "Why would Blizzard choose to remove flight, something that deeply upsets half of us, and makes the other half shrug?" Oh if the other half were only just shrugging... On twitter and the forums, you have the anti-flying crowd just as vehement about their position as the pros. Both are trying to shout down what they perceive to be opposing viewpoints. Neither side is behaving well or even allowing for the fact that both opinions are valid. It's more like a triad of reactions with non-judgmental shruggers caught somewhere in the middle in wait-and-see mode.<br /><br />Two. I have always played the achievement game. Pursuing Battle Pet, Archaeology, and other "collectible" achievements during xpac lulls between patches. I'm not doing that this xpac. Travel is too much of a pain in the ass for me. It's not fun for me to spend as much time riding to a dig site as it is actually digging. And it's certainly not fun for me to travel to Trainers for daily Battle Pet quests. Those two activities, among others requiring extensive travel, that I once fully enjoyed in previous expansions are simply not something I am interested in pursuing in WoD. And the *only* reason for that is there is no simpler way to do them, i.e., flying. Somehow, I don't think that's the reaction the devs were shooting for when planning out WoD.<br /><br />Am I quitting WoW over it? No. My sub is paid through December via tokens. But I am certainly not as engaged in the game as I have been in the past. I only log in to raid two nights a week and, if I feel like it, I'll log on to do missions and collect resources every few days. That's it. Anything else that I would normally do during the lull between content patches just takes too much of my time for too little reward. That's been *my* experience, my opinion. And I don't pretend it's one that anyone else has to share, FWIW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com