tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.comments2024-01-18T14:59:03.628+00:00The Dàchéng DiariesDàchénghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-78081127015131558932015-09-03T15:26:58.828+01:002015-09-03T15:26:58.828+01:00Quite a few destroyer captains have robustly voice...Quite a few destroyer captains have robustly voiced that opinion, Roger! All the same, wargaming.net hand out bans to team killers in World of Tanks, and I expect they look upon it no more favourably in World of Warships.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-23522180173420816172015-09-01T16:11:44.061+01:002015-09-01T16:11:44.061+01:00Ah, darn accidental team killing. Sometimes I wond...Ah, darn accidental team killing. Sometimes I wonder if that's what they get for stepping in front of the line of fire...<br />Grats and getting through Blaugust.Tyrannodorkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746521719516726415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-91296001684486416042015-08-25T11:51:33.226+01:002015-08-25T11:51:33.226+01:00Thanks, Shintar, that's an easier link to foll...Thanks, Shintar, that's an easier link to follow!Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-80460808711059372512015-08-25T10:40:39.123+01:002015-08-25T10:40:39.123+01:00"...there are big bads out there ..."
D...<i>"...there are big bads out there ..."</i><br /><br />Do you know, I don't feel too bad about the legion. Sure, I wouldn't like them invading my world. But there's already an alien species that <i>has</i> invaded my world, and it's still there, trying to wipe out native species (including humans) on our planet. The orcs. They are the more pressing enemy right now.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-29503960497958829832015-08-23T18:51:33.074+01:002015-08-23T18:51:33.074+01:00I was just browsing some of your old posts... mayb...I was just browsing some of your old posts... maybe you already found out since you wrote this, but the PPI can actually still be accessed under pinkpigtailinn.blogspot.com if you're feeling nostalgic.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-8717589845014900762015-08-22T14:31:06.031+01:002015-08-22T14:31:06.031+01:00I am on the opposite end here. If Horde and Allian...I am on the opposite end here. If Horde and Alliance are going to continue to be idiots and waste resources fighting each other when there are big bads out there, then why not team up with people who think the same as me to push them back? I just really, really hope that there is some kind of, I dunno, backlash in the story against us for teaming up with the opposite faction to fight them off. If they want it to feel real (or as real as a fictional MMO can be) then there would have to be some kind of ramification!Nerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533048064483008231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-52901462602293536992015-08-12T15:14:22.016+01:002015-08-12T15:14:22.016+01:00Agreed. At least phase the other faction out!Agreed. At least phase the other faction out!Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-38747037122942427592015-08-12T14:27:46.843+01:002015-08-12T14:27:46.843+01:00Making it cross-faction cheapens it for me, and li...Making it cross-faction cheapens it for me, and likely for Blizzard too. That's a great way to cut down on resource costs. It's also the best possible way to undercut any real attempt at adding meaningful, class-based content back into the game. "We'll do it after all, but it is going to be the McDonald's mass manufactured sort."<br /><br />Blizzard needs to learn how to make intimate and meaningful changes to their game again. Some of this nonsense is getting out of hand!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289459451344261371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-72696847933091116192015-08-06T12:38:18.105+01:002015-08-06T12:38:18.105+01:00That's an interesting idea!That's an interesting idea!Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-2785184495871832692015-08-05T21:08:58.357+01:002015-08-05T21:08:58.357+01:00I agree. I think you should be required to visit t...I agree. I think you should be required to visit the dungeon first, though I also think they should do more with what they have. I'd really like a personal instance version of dungeons while leveling that focuses on individual challenges and story telling. The max level could be the same ole group-oriented final product then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289459451344261371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-45615975716794131222015-08-04T09:54:32.090+01:002015-08-04T09:54:32.090+01:00I think what will set it apart from a patch is onl...I think what will set it apart from a patch is only that we'll get to level to 110. Otherwise it won't be hugely different from 6.2, I think.<br /><br />It <i>is</i> possible that we'll follow Gul'dan or some other character back to an alternative-timeline Azeroth, but I sincerely hope not. One alternative-timeline expansion is already one too many.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-15197217083838284942015-08-04T02:49:16.646+01:002015-08-04T02:49:16.646+01:00I'm not sure how I feel about it being set in ...I'm not sure how I feel about it being set in Draenor still. At that point, isn't it more of a patch than an expansion? I guess we'll know soon enough :)Nerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533048064483008231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-16645085574771757132015-08-03T17:47:04.669+01:002015-08-03T17:47:04.669+01:00I thoroughly agree, Today I caught two platooned p...I thoroughly agree, Today I caught two platooned players killing a third player, then calling him a moron, when I complained to them! Apparently this was because he wasn't doing what they thought he should do, which was scouting for them.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-46106301605027227802015-08-03T17:15:16.830+01:002015-08-03T17:15:16.830+01:00A pleasure.A pleasure.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-85759712241484130622015-08-02T22:18:29.851+01:002015-08-02T22:18:29.851+01:00I do think creating accountable through reporting ...I do think creating accountable through reporting and feedback helps, but toxic gamers aren't born in a vacuum. They exist because the community has allowed them to. For my own experience in other games, I make sure I always stand up for the regular player who doesn't deserve to be demeaned by someone else, or I walk away from toxicity and encourage others to do so.<br /><br />Reporting helps, but I feel like it's a few steps removed from really pointing out to the person their behavior. It's kind of like throwing a fine on someone for breaking the law after the fact and expecting that alone to be enough to discourage them in the future. It isn't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289459451344261371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-46688901462864221082015-08-02T21:57:32.206+01:002015-08-02T21:57:32.206+01:00I didn't know anything about this bit of Irish...I didn't know anything about this bit of Irish history. Thanks for sharing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289459451344261371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-1930044579723215752015-07-25T10:42:34.873+01:002015-07-25T10:42:34.873+01:00Possibly, Redbeard, but I think that by and large ...Possibly, Redbeard, but I think that by and large they're happy with the mess they've made of the lore.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-21587896495044935312015-07-24T20:28:03.265+01:002015-07-24T20:28:03.265+01:00It could also be that they realized that the lore ...It could also be that they realized that the lore is so out of whack with whatever will be found in the movie that maybe they need to re-evaluate what they need to do.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-66501318829696861502015-06-19T10:23:57.912+01:002015-06-19T10:23:57.912+01:00I'm afraid it is as you say. Blizzard rush us ...I'm afraid it is as you say. Blizzard rush us to the level cap, because that's where they think the fun is, and the world atrophies to just a garrison that acts as a lobby for the mini-games Blizzard has designed for us.Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-18002535891821124812015-06-18T17:02:28.156+01:002015-06-18T17:02:28.156+01:00Excellent post. Thank you :) I also agree with you...Excellent post. Thank you :) I also agree with you that the days of the *World* of Warcraft are long gone and I don’t think we’ll ever see them again in the retail version. WoW has long abandoned what little simulation aspects it had in order to become increasingly more gamey.Maldwizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726258842496198525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-72830739625376583302015-06-12T13:26:43.323+01:002015-06-12T13:26:43.323+01:00@Tridis: I've argued before that WoW makes a b...@Tridis: I've argued before that WoW makes a better "lobby style" game than MMO much for the reasons you mention. And to give them credit, it would be one of the best lobby based multiplayer games. It is just a shadow of an MMO now.<br /><br />@Dacheng: they should hire me! :)Iseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489936780809266112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-60290381916023470312015-06-12T13:07:12.950+01:002015-06-12T13:07:12.950+01:00That doesn't surprise me anymore, sadly. The &...That doesn't surprise me anymore, sadly. The "world" in World of Warcraft isn't really a thing anymore. It's just the place you slog through to get back to level cap before you sit in your garrison until the dungeon finder pops.<br /><br />They've been willing to change the world and lore in absurd ways to suit whatever new thing they want to do for so long that it lost any kind of coherence long ago. Given that, it's not surprising that a lot of players also stopped giving a damn about the world making sense.<br /><br />I mean, practically speaking, once you're at endgame you could eliminate the world entirely and a lot of people wouldn't notice. You don't need any of that stuff to go from your garrison to wherever the dungeon finder puts you.Tridushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14207065992394675380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-8439839110341614072015-06-12T10:56:40.300+01:002015-06-12T10:56:40.300+01:00Tridus, what amazes me is how many commentators do...Tridus, what amazes me is how many commentators don't even expect it to make sense to our adventurers in Azeroth and its neighbourhood. The incongruity of it all is barely remarked upon.<br /><br />Isey, don't be giving them ideas!<br />Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-7040222385879743382015-06-12T01:37:53.490+01:002015-06-12T01:37:53.490+01:00It works out to about 30 days of game time for the...It works out to about 30 days of game time for the average player, just enough for an extra sub month! /cynicism off.<br /><br />They should just sell flying in their cash shop. Costs 1 wow/plex thingy /cynicism really off this time :)<br /><br />Iseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489936780809266112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-60474070320597776422015-06-11T19:16:49.021+01:002015-06-11T19:16:49.021+01:00I was thinking the same thing. What do rep grinds ...I was thinking the same thing. What do rep grinds have to do with flying? It makes no sense whatsoever. Why do your alts automatically get it? Not only does that not make in game sense, it seems to contradict Blizzard's own reasoning (that the content is best done on foot), since now you won't have to do it on foot ever again.<br /><br />I get that Blizzard doesn't seem to give a damn about internal world consistency anymore, but geez. This seems more like they got backed into a corner and wanted to copy what Square is doing in Heavensward, but didn't have any time or budget to implement that. So instead, they used the tools they have available... and then threw a rep grind in out of spite.Tridushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14207065992394675380noreply@blogger.com