Comments on: The long blogging road to Cataclysm, and other thoughts http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/ MMOs and game design Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:09:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dragon Age 2 Demo! « Welcome to Spinksville! http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-13694 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:25:12 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-13694 [...] storytelling conceit of the unreliable narrator, but it would have been better if the champion had punched the dragon in the face in the first narrative. (Sharp eyed players on rpg.net also suspect that Bethany’s boobs grow a [...]

]]> By: Tam http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-12511 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:46:25 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-12511 Haha, I heard about the flight-master dogpile thing. WHY?! I wasn’t around much on the night-before-Christma..err..Cataclysm, tbh, but several guildies had the digital download and were excitable all over vent and the forums. I’m glad not to be chasing an expansion like I was with Wrath but equally I don’t really see the big advantage of rushing.

Just wanted to say thank you for the random but always interesting blogging. To be honest, I was rather tired of all the Cata-beta stuff and the “how to gear your [spec-class] at 82″ guides. I make a policy decision (heh, by which I mean … a decision) that I *wasn’t* going to read anything about Cata, because I wanted to experience it for myself so actually I was really really appreciative of people who kept the blogging homefires burning.

]]> By: Kuon http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-12507 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:51:41 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-12507 I would put money on that first level 85 be obtained using the recruit-a-friend reward that lets you grant level-ups.

]]> By: Tesh http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-12503 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:08:06 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-12503 Some people *really* want to be told what to do, I guess. It’s a mental wiring I don’t understand, but so long as they aren’t trying to tell me what to do, to each their own.

]]> By: Bronte http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-12501 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:25:13 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-12501 Glad you’re around and still blogging Spinky, I love reading your thoughts, and you make the blogosphere a better place! :D

Rock on!

]]> By: Larísa http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-12495 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:40:19 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-12495 It certainly is an achievement to blog your way through the entire Wrath without being in the beta. Many bloggers went silent towards the end. But we stuck to it. Yay us!
And isn’t it such a blast to open the Christmas gifts now, with everything unbroken and unspoiled, a game full of exploration and surprises!

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-12494 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:07:58 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-12494 I suspect you’ll probably find that the guys who powerlevel really fast will still intend to explore the content – they’ll just do it later on an alt.

The thing that bugs me is that after all the leaps and strides Blizzard is making in making the quest layout accessible (hence all the comments about hand holding), people still feel the need to use levelling guides. Why, people, why? Is it still not easy enough yet?

]]> By: ZombiePirate http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-long-blogging-road-to-cataclysm-and-other-thoughts/#comment-12493 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:05:23 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=4925#comment-12493 I was online last night puttering around in Un’goro levelling mining of all things. When 11pm GMT kicked in I was there for that message to log out and back in for the new stuff to be available after purchasing the digital download. However, the vast majority of players doing that meant I couldn’t even log in, I’ll just have to get on with it later when I can. I do think it’s sad though that people are already at 85, I’ll never be that hardcore and would like to appreciate the expansion rather than rush to the end and then whine about the end-game content not being up to much when the thing has only be released for hours.

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