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thanks gan,.

2011-08-02T17:57:07.041Z

thanks gan,.

Should be easy enough to do. Basically the identit...

2010-07-12T15:39:10.249Z

Should be easy enough to do. Basically the identity system would provide something like:

Identity:
.... Avatar
.... White Listed Sites
.... Friends

So we would go to a website and it asks us what identity we wish to use, we provide it with real and it redirects us to real and lets us white list the site for our identities. From then that site can pull information from that identity as it needs/wants to (so you can have restrictions on what a site can do so Larisa at your blog may have more privelages than larisa at Blizzard.com).

Yeah. it's not necessarily that our avatars is...

2010-07-12T09:44:55.219Z

Yeah. it's not necessarily that our avatars is a falsarium. It's just the identity we've chosen for that medium. And I'm totally up for "holding it together" over several media - as long as I'm on control over what to link together. If there was an option to link from your character in Armory to my internet persona Larísa and I could link it to my blog for instance, I'd probably go for it. But it would be my option, not someone elses.

:P It is more amusing to read the storm than to st...

2010-07-10T17:03:34.180Z

:P It is more amusing to read the storm than to stand in it and become wet. Well, depending on the company.

It really is a storm in teacup, Blizzard would not actually have put this through without serious issues within their company. A real name is required to sign up and access the service (otherwise a hacked account is irrecoverable) unlike facebook or similar where you can post under any identity you wish to. Blizzard would eventually have reached the lightbulb moment and attached a universal identifier to your real id allowing you to contact people.

Their setup at the moment is a very primitive social network, it will get better as they move from games to social setup.

I understand why people see it as more than a storm in a teacup, however at current all this did was restrict forum access, which is a secondary medium. Once it moved to more than that it would have become an issue but by then they would have realised the lawsuits waiting to happen were a bad idea.

As you say though, it is over for now, but really we should be campaigning for a real like a gravatar giving you a globally recognised ID for anything you want to tie into it with access controls / subnames so you can aggregate multiple identities (professional, personal etc) keeping them together but separate.

I don't agree that this is a storm in a teacup...

2010-07-10T12:39:34.081Z

I don't agree that this is a storm in a teacup. I really don't. I've seriously asked myself whether I'd continue to play or not.
But I'm glad it's over and we can start talk about other stuff.

So... how about some more posting here?
/poke
:)

I suppose the questions are: 1) Would you feel be...

2010-05-20T17:56:47.845Z

I suppose the questions are:

1) Would you feel better with small discrete instances or with a larger instance that could be approached from multiple angles and styles.

2) Is it the linearity of the current instance design that makes it bad or the lack of variation in scenery.

3) How tied into the main story arc should each tier's major dungeon be.

4) Should each tier have a major dungeon?

5) Do you prefer multiple smaller instances for raid lockouts, or single monolithic ones.

Lets say ICC had an armoury consisting of three bo...

2010-05-20T17:54:25.223Z

Lets say ICC had an armoury consisting of three bosses:

Armoury Guard Room: A fight a bit like Akama, continual add spawns with large must be tanked mini-bosses while you defend explosives that will demolish the armoury.

Armoury Lieutenant: Large Undead boss with sub-adds like Sartharion however they must be engaged at the same time. If the armoury is destroyed all three adds will spawn at the start, otherwise they will slowly appear over the course of the fight.

Armoury Captain: Death Knight Boss with a single focus type mechanic (a cross between Zul'jin and Blood boil). If the Armoury is destroyed he has reduced capability (3 instead of 5 phases) however is far tougher (dps fight instead of healer), and if the lieutenant is dead he is automatically enraged.

Of course the layout of the armoury is such that the approach you should take is Armoury -> Lieutenant -> Captain however if you complete the "storage yards" area first you can assault from the rear, thus killing Captain -> Lieutenant -> Armoury making the fights easier and more interesting.

Each sub-area is a separate raid lockout with required pre-cursors for the raid leader.

I still like the idea of multiple instances, but it only makes sense in certain areas. Having tier 9 be a troll raid + ToC would have been sensible, having Tier 10 be ICC + Troll raid makes little sense. If however we had seen a progression along the lines of:

Tier 7:
Naxxramas - Foothold in Northrend
Malygos' Sanctum - Magic War
Sartharion - The Wyrmrest Saga

Tier 8:
Ulduar - The Corruption of Northrend
Zul'Drak - Preparing supply lines
Amber Sanctum - The wyrmrest saga

Tier 9:
ToC - Preparing the champions
Nerubian Tunnels - Preparing for ICC
Blue Sanctum - The Wyrmrest Saga

Tier 10:
Icecrown Citadel
Nerubian Sanctum
Ruby Sanctum

We would have seen a better flow through the expansion. Small instances will often feel disjoint from the main story arc, why are we suddenly purging these trolls when Illidan is over there killing folks we actually like? Linked small raids make a lot more sense to me especially if they are approaching something like ICC which should be a huge fortress.

I don't think the problem is the one huge inst...

2010-05-20T17:54:19.624Z

I don't think the problem is the one huge instance syndrome, but rather one huge linear instance syndrome.

With SSC, TK, Karazhan we had a lot of freedom as to which order we approached the bosses in (in the T5 ones practically any boss bar the two attunement ones could be worked on at anytime). Moving into WotLK we instead got large instances (similar size to Karazhan) but instead of being easily completable or sectioned we got instances we got saved to easily.

My first thought is that raids should be sectioned into groups of about 4-5 bosses, with progression controlled by previous raids in that dungeon. So to access ICC's inner bosses you must have completed either the ramparts approach (first 4 bosses) or the Nerubian tunnels (a different instance). This lets pugs approach the instance in a manageable way (4/12, 3/12, 2/12, 2/12, 1/12) without losing your lockout to all 12 bosses for a bad pug. At the same time it helps to resolve the "raid id" vs "boss id" dilemma. If you haven't cleared a previous section you have 3 options:

1: Cannot enter the future sections
2: Become locked to the older sections
3: Only locked to sections you have done

Until you actually complete the instance I would say 1/2 are fair (sort a kingslayer lock, if no one has gone further than this section, then you cannot be advanced to a new section, if someone has you can advance but become locked, and if you have then you can remain unlocked to previous sections).

Large instances are thus approachable and let us maintain a theme and epic nature of an instance - Icecrown citadel should be massive, complex, and yet approachable from several angles (Frostmourne room / Pit of Saron, Nerubian Tunnels, Ramparts approach).

Different instances are good, but they use up design time (new skins for walls etc), single large instances get repetitive with a single scheme but are interesting. What we lack with current large instances is the ability to flow through them in different ways.

Taking Ulduar:

The first time we assault it, we need to go through the siege section. Once we down the keepers however and do some daily / associated quests our raid team gets the option to enter via air-drop into the prison (letting us start on the keepers as the first four bosses). Eventually reaching into directly penetrating to Yogg Saron's Prison in one attempt, but doing these insertion methods alters the fights (Yogg would always be +0 if you entered directly, and have additional defences).

This also lets you link instances together to reflect their geography within the world. The Nerubian tunnels run under the whole of Icecrown... make a 2nd instance which once you progress far enough into it allows you to enter the inner parts of ICC without doing the outer.

I suppose its a thematic thing really. SSC and TK were small installations, a pumping facility and and a crashed spacecraft. Black temple, Icecrown Citadel etc are all massive edifices with huge volume and scope for large interesting interactions.

If you think of them as an actual citadel, then your approach matters, while the first sections you clear will be surprised (normal mode) the later ones will be more prepared (more trash, more bosses, more abilities) because you gave them the time to do so. Of course you don't want to push that aspect too far thus sub-instances within the instance itself and approaches. It allows the developers more freedom to link things together in interesting ways.

I don't quite follow the idea about making it ...

2010-05-20T07:06:20.019Z

I don't quite follow the idea about making it so incredibly huge. Apart from feeling "epic". What people were pretty annoyed at in Wrath as far as I know of is that we got stuck doing ONE instance all the time. Rather than having instances with 12-15 bosses people would prefer having two different isntances with half each. More like SSC and TK in TBC. Something to wary between for guilds. And that's what they say they plan to do for Cata, which I'm cool with. But you want to go the opposite way. Why?

Alas not really, I suddenly developed Altitis... 3...

2010-05-15T16:41:42.461Z

Alas not really, I suddenly developed Altitis... 3 Tanks, 2 Healers, 1 DPS (and possibly a third healer coming up), all in ICC.

Its still ridiculously dull pugging ICC, the expansion as a whole has lacked the feeling of older ones, thought thats perhaps because I have been more at the cutting edge (lol) so have spent far more time farming than otherwise.

I still occasionally write long posts, just I tend to delete them because I feel they don't say enough :).

Hm...I'd say the same... You've forgotten ...

2010-05-15T08:04:03.454Z

Hm...I'd say the same... You've forgotten me? You used to write text wall comments, remember?

Don't worry so much abut what to write... just... write!

You don't have to be so damned informative all the time.

What have you been up to in game?
You used to be a bit miserable and desillusioned towards the end of your blogging. Have you settled somewhere and got a renewed interest?

Problem is finding content that interests me :). ...

2010-05-14T13:45:59.151Z

Problem is finding content that interests me :).

Thanks for the read though Larisa, thought you had forgotten me :).

Hi there and greetings! It's been ages since ...

2010-05-13T22:58:11.865Z

Hi there and greetings!

It's been ages since you last posted. Hope you'll get back into it again!

cheers

I recently came accross your blog and have been re...

2009-08-18T04:29:19.233Z

I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Margaret

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Are you sure? The formulas are non-identical so (a...

2009-08-02T13:12:20.807Z

Are you sure? The formulas are non-identical so (and I haven't graphed them) I assumed there was a divergence at some point from that relationship.

The increase in stats for Rare -> Epic at the s...

2009-08-01T14:51:04.876Z

The increase in stats for Rare -> Epic at the same ilvl is identical to Epic -> Epic + 13 ilvl.

For comparison, see:
mage PVP robes

They certainly could add additional colors - EQ2 has separate loot quality within its green and blue equivalent tiers for crafted versus dropped items - but would that really add more information? For example, you might imagine that someone who has "teal" ilvl 213 items from actually learning Ulduar-10 might be a more valuable addition to your group than someone with the "real" ilvl 213 purples from Naxx-25 pug zergs.

Also, the epic achievement is a singularly stupid way to gate for gear. I will have all but the wand and the weapon (which I got in a Naxx-25 pug) through PVP and Archavon zergs by the time the patch hits.

I guess if its worth the conflict, its worth the c...

2009-07-23T11:54:06.803Z

I guess if its worth the conflict, its worth the conflict.

Wanted to comment as I have had a similar disagreement with my GM recently, but I couldnt honestly be arsed to create a fight with someone I usually like over 30g.

I see flasking on raids (bar serious progression raids) as a statement of community. A "Hey, I will flask up to, lets do it for the team". After all, my gear is more adequate for the situation and as a healer with no mana issues and enough overhealing - none of the flasks really provide me with any substantial/meaningful buff. I have consoled myself with flasking as a way of encouraging the new members and lesser geared members (or just the underperfoming ones) to pull out that extra stop.

I put it down as one of those silly things I just have to live with cause raiding is a team effort...

Still, good job for standing up for yourself and beeing critical to the sentiments that are taken for granted. After all, flasking up takes one click. Beeing invested in the raid takes many ;)

Agree with you Nin. Merge the badges, it will be a...

2009-07-23T11:43:26.602Z

Agree with you Nin. Merge the badges, it will be a benefit for the majority of players.

The importance of badges vastly overstated. Beeing a regular 25 man raider in Ulduar, I have bought only one item with my conquest badges (a tierpiece I didnt want to wait for). Rest of the loot available through badges are inferiour to the Ulduar drops (I know this will differ slightly from class to class) - meaning that those who raid activly in 25 man content will still have better gear then those doing heroics and dailies in 3.2.

For the rest, its just more to gain possible - making all efforts (from heroics to 25 man Naxx) more rewarding. Seems like a good deal to me :)

Good point. Often overlooked in the discussion abo...

2009-07-23T11:37:41.509Z

Good point. Often overlooked in the discussion about "free lewt" which has mulled around lately in the expectation of 3.2 coming up.

Not only is it expected to have gear higher then the tier you are playing to get into PuG raids, you are also expected to link achievements. That baffles me.
I understand why people started asking for achievements, but it is really disregarding how many have several level 80s. After all, if I wanted a quick kill would much rather take a fresh lvl 80 alt of a guy who did OS+3 then the guy who has the OS+0 achi...
I guess I am still willing to give people the benefit of doubt :P

It shouldn't really be a major issue, a raider...

2009-07-02T18:16:20.973Z

It shouldn't really be a major issue, a raider will get both badges and the gear through the instance itself (1-2 tier pieces + random from each boss?), meaning gearing will be as fast as Ulduar was, the badges will be for people that are unlucky or need assistance, who will be happy farming.

The farming rate is never normally bad, and I would expect the bosses in a short instance to drop them faster than a normal instance does (2-3 per boss) making daily farming largely unnecessary.

Well, the handing out of top-tier badges for daily...

2009-07-02T07:59:34.338Z

Well, the handing out of top-tier badges for daily heroics is a bit of a problem to me. I don't play every day, but of course I want to keep up with my fellow raiders and try to get as good gear as possible. Now my not-playing-every-day policy will mean that I'll risk to fall behind my fellow raiders gearwise.

It's supposed to help the casual raiders, but if you're kind of serious, but with limited playtime, it puts quite a bit of stress on you.

Easiest plan for those that come in late is badge ...

2009-06-09T14:44:34.638Z

Easiest plan for those that come in late is badge gear. Unlike a large proportion of raiders who view badge grinding as bad I see it as a way to bridge gaps in content and especially in rng gearing.

The current concept of badges per tier is a nice one in that it rewards you for doing the current tier of content however it fails in that there is no way to make up for lost time. My suggestion would simply be to allow you to buy up badges rather than buy down.

10 Emblems of Heroism = 1 Emblem of Valor
10 Emblems of Valor = 1 Emblem of Conquest
10 Emblems of Conquest = 1 Emblem of Victory
10 Emblems of Victory = 1 Emblem of Getting Silly Now

Thus it is possible to farm heroics for top tier gear (10 heroics averaging 4 badges an instance = 40 badges a day = 4 emblems of Valor, meaning rough top end valors would be about 50 valor badges a weeke or 5 conquest... its not a fast route but its faster than nothing) and this can be devalued over time through daily quests, "Utgarde Pinnacle has been invaded by - 'Minion of Arthas', kill him for 2 Emblems of Getting Silly Now".

Thus people that work at it can achieve gear through perseverence, and actually advance without a guild (sometimes it happens, you are in a guild that cannot do content but do not currently want to leave - Gevlon would hate it but its a social factor).