WoW future mudflation compaired to EQ?

[Quineloe]

You make an MMORPG avoid mudflation (or at least its worst excesses) by getting rid of levels and using only AA-type advancement and using CCG-style itemization and abilities.

Mudflation = Progress

Understand that, then realize that MMORPGs require mudflation

Uncommon: Sword of Poor Damage against non-Undead, Very Good Damage against Undead [Only useful for Undead fights but better than SoGDAA for those fights]

Rare: Sword of Poor Damage to All, but greatly increased defense skill to wielder [Useful for MTs and that's it]

situational equip sucks and you fucking know it. Woohoo, let's see... Scholomance has Demons, undead, humanoids and dragonkin in it, so everyone bring 4 different weapons (8 if you dual wield)

[Angry Amadeus]

Originally Posted by holymight

What is wrong with adding a new flag to the game called TRIVIAL and when you kill a mob that would normally be affected by TLC the loot he drops get that flag added instead. It is like the NO-DROP and NO-VALUE flags combined, but you can still trade the item through your shared bank account so you can twink your alts.

This will allow people that are just exploring and want to see what the mob drops to get what they want, people that want to twink their alts will get what they want, those of us that hate TLC will finally be rid of it, and people that want to farm the bosses will end up with no-trade items that are worthless.

Seriously.

[tad10]

Originally Posted by Quineloe

Mudflation = Progress

Understand that, then realize that MMORPGs require mudflation


situational equip sucks and you fucking know it. Woohoo, let's see... Scholomance has Demons, undead, humanoids and dragonkin in it, so everyone bring 4 different weapons (8 if you dual wield)

Is than any different than carrying around multiple resist gears? And I'm not talking about WoW - I'm talking about a non-existant MMO.

Look at a CCG - there really isn't mudflation - yet folks keep buying new sets. What you get are new ways to fight. You need to structure a non-mudflating MMO the same way.

Look at all the current ways to ccin WoW: banish, MC, sheep, the chain-demon thing locks do, entangling roots - Currently they're divided amongst classes and are COMPLETELY SITUATIONAL (well sheep tends to be more generally useful - but would you rather have a lock or a mage in DM? Banish ftw) - if you go a skill-based system each of those things could be a seperate drop - this is the same deal as the swords - having different spells/swords/armor drop each type being more or less appropriate to whatever encounter you're having.

So I'd say _understand this_ situational equipment/spells/swords = good. Mudflation != progress.

[WarderX]

People are allready soloing all of Scholomance and 90% of dead-strat, btw... Check out the official forums.

[Camerous]

Originally Posted by WarderX

People are allready soloing all of Scholomance and 90% of dead-strat, btw... Check out the official forums.

Can you link it please? I hate wading through that damn place.

Or can you just tell me if any rogs are doing it and if so how cause I have tried it multiple times and always get my ass handed to me due to multiple mobs on each pull. I can go to the library and solo pull there but I don't see how you could solo strat at all as a rog. Might be mages or shammies I guess?

[WarderX]

Originally Posted by Camerous

Can you link it please? I hate wading through that damn place.

Or can you just tell me if any rogs are doing it and if so how cause I have tried it multiple times and always get my ass handed to me due to multiple mobs on each pull. I can go to the library and solo pull there but I don't see how you could solo strat at all as a rog. Might be mages or shammies I guess?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...49&q=dysphoria
Actually pretty boring, and makes you dizzy, but whatever.

Just a whole lot of kiting. Certainly not limited to hunters though, there were many several people posting about doing it, although I don't recall any rogues.