Comments on: The meta-game of MMOs http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/the-meta-game-of-mmos/ MMOs and game design Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:09:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A holiday, a holiday, the first one of the year! Best of 2009. « Welcome to Spinksville! http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/the-meta-game-of-mmos/#comment-5188 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:06:22 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=807#comment-5188 [...] The metagame of MMOs (raid leading and guild leading feel like a different game to the one everyone else is playing) [...]

]]> By: Yakra http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/the-meta-game-of-mmos/#comment-281 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:31:10 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=807#comment-281 One of the things that I enjoy most about WoW, is leading raids. I do my best to make sure I’m not the only one in the guild that does (a surefire formula for burnout and failure), but I certainly gravitate towards it.

When you lead a raid, you get an expanded amount of abilities. Your skull-marking hotkey becomes a one-button death sentence. Your saying “Heroism”/”Bloodlust” makes the whole raid increase in size. You can even restore life to the dead by calling for a battle rez.

Now, of course, this is all dependent on having a cohesive, talented group that is willing to follow your calls – as well as make their own (you can’t 25-box a raid). You also can never forget that alone, your power is no greater then anyone else’s, and that the decisions of others to grant you their time and effort can be swiftly ended by abusive or poor leadership.

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