World of Warcraft

Originally posted by IceAge

Originally posted by grimal

Originally posted by FE|Tachyon

I've said it for years,  Blizzard is the best company doing what they do.   They are the benchmark.  Their product may not be the product for everyone, but they produce the highest quality, and functional MMO, ever.    They don't do EVERYTHING better then everyone else, but they do a lot of things VERY VERY WELL.   I won't return to World of Warcraft,  but I can still agree, that it is a great game.   Blizzards NEXT MMO will be the only WoW killer.   Starcraft MMO anyone?  Ohhh I gotta chubby just thinking about it.

 

That's funny.  So if their next MMO flops will you eat your words? 

Blizzard is just another company.  They've produced games I like and games I don't.  No company will ever produce solid hits.

 

Wrong. Tell me a game from Blizzard that has not been a hit. Blizzard isn't just "another company". From my point of view there is : Blizzard and others ...

Sure: Lord of the Rings Vol I release 1992..didnt do too well...

can someone explain what phasing is for a dummy?

Originally posted by nomadian

can someone explain what phasing is for a dummy?

Depending on the players doing certain quest(s), the world changes to him but not to other players who didn't do these adventures.

In TBC it was used for the first time in patch 2.4 but only temporarely and you went to another dimension to do a quest in the same region, changing the region to the player.

In WotLK - while having some quests with this same technique - some other longer questlines, change the landscape FOREVER to that character.

For instance: an important hero from the game could die and the zone changes, while for another player that hero is still alive.

WotLK uses the second step in this process, meaning the change is a CHANGE in the story line of the MMO and it changes the world accordingly forever for that player....

First and second steps are interesting, but it  is clear it will lead up to complete seperate story lines in MMO's where you venture to different ... worlds (hint - hint).

Very interesting stuff. Blizzard or not, but they are using it in its second form right now !

I played wow for a year, Got 2 level 70s, It was not fun, It was entertaining. Like most mmorpgs. Nothing special.

Originally posted by Calintz333

I played wow for a year, Got 2 level 70s, It was not fun, It was entertaining. Like most mmorpgs. Nothing special.

Good for you. Np.

That was not even the meaning of why I publish the post. This is MMORPG.COM and discussing the future of MMO's and their techniques, no ?

Originally posted by grimal

Originally posted by IceAge

Originally posted by grimal

Originally posted by FE|Tachyon

I've said it for years,  Blizzard is the best company doing what they do.   They are the benchmark.  Their product may not be the product for everyone, but they produce the highest quality, and functional MMO, ever.    They don't do EVERYTHING better then everyone else, but they do a lot of things VERY VERY WELL.   I won't return to World of Warcraft,  but I can still agree, that it is a great game.   Blizzards NEXT MMO will be the only WoW killer.   Starcraft MMO anyone?  Ohhh I gotta chubby just thinking about it.

 

That's funny.  So if their next MMO flops will you eat your words? 

Blizzard is just another company.  They've produced games I like and games I don't.  No company will ever produce solid hits.

 

Wrong. Tell me a game from Blizzard that has not been a hit. Blizzard isn't just "another company". From my point of view there is : Blizzard and others ...

 

Sure: Lord of the Rings Vol I release 1992..didnt do too well...

I don't know if u try to be "smart" with that line , but I am not talking about the few games which they made in early '90 . I am talking from the point where they created Warcraft till today. So no, you are not cool and you have no valid points in bashing Blizzard. They are good , very good to be specific. They HAVE the power and knowledge to take MMo's to a higher lvl. I am not saying that other companys can't do that , but Blizzard are in front of them in any way , for now.

Originally posted by strategy

Originally posted by Aethios

Originally posted by strategy 

Here it is being used to change a complete zone. - IN game - depending on the questline and middle in the game. Meaning stories will be uncovered to individual players with complete land reshaping and questgivers.

 

A complete zone? Where? I've seen them add buildings and NPCs and even change the color of the terrain or add fire effects and such, but hardly anything as significant as changing the terrain, and especially not the entire zone.

 

I won't do spoilers: I'll give a few hints: Dragonblight. And do please continue the questlines because the follow ups go on.

At no point does phasing change the "complete zone" as you seem to imply. Not even close.

Originally posted by Aethios

Originally posted by strategy

Originally posted by Aethios

Originally posted by strategy 

Here it is being used to change a complete zone. - IN game - depending on the questline and middle in the game. Meaning stories will be uncovered to individual players with complete land reshaping and questgivers.

 

A complete zone? Where? I've seen them add buildings and NPCs and even change the color of the terrain or add fire effects and such, but hardly anything as significant as changing the terrain, and especially not the entire zone.

 

I won't do spoilers: I'll give a few hints: Dragonblight. And do please continue the questlines because the follow ups go on.

 

At no point does phasing change the "complete zone" as you seem to imply. Not even close.

O yes it does. And upon changing it, it even changes the world and its heroes...for only the characters that do certain questlines. If you mean the "whole complete zone". No

But that is not even a discussion here/ The zones change and the world to that character changed with a definate character.

A first in MMORPG's.

Originally posted by strategy

Originally posted by Aethios

Originally posted by strategy

Originally posted by Aethios

Originally posted by strategy 

Here it is being used to change a complete zone. - IN game - depending on the questline and middle in the game. Meaning stories will be uncovered to individual players with complete land reshaping and questgivers.

 

A complete zone? Where? I've seen them add buildings and NPCs and even change the color of the terrain or add fire effects and such, but hardly anything as significant as changing the terrain, and especially not the entire zone.

 

I won't do spoilers: I'll give a few hints