Comments on: The big risk of April Fools http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/ MMOs and game design Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dblade http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14040 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:42:28 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14040 He’s suggesting challenge is pointless, and considering many raids are time-locked, I’d agree. Just open up a field of loot pinatas, slap on a time limit, and go nuts.

If anything that would be a lot more fun. Raid encounters are stupid lists of things not to do. Giving players a zone to go nuts in would probably be more fun.

]]> By: Klepsacovic http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14023 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:38:49 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14023 Are you suggesting that the true challenge in raiding is not execution, organization, or gear, but instead the lack of useful information on how anything works?

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14022 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:50:19 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14022 Because it makes so much difference to the actual difficulty if there’s a user-friendly context sensitive tutorial in place?

]]> By: Stabs http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14021 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:52:16 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14021 Why not just cut out the middle man and replace bosses with clickable free loot piles?

What is the point of difficulty in modern MMO raiding?

]]> By: Tesh http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14020 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:41:02 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14020 Ah, but remember, making players suffer together is the best way to build a community.

…or so they say.

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14019 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:51:12 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14019 Awww! I want a Crabby of my own now, that sounds awesome.

]]> By: Me http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14018 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:47:55 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14018 Well Crabby was also giving advice on their forums today and taking up half the page. With advice reminding posters that we are all human and to be nice to each other, I thought maybe it was serious.

]]> By: UnSubject http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/the-big-risk-of-april-fools/#comment-14017 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:00:35 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5324#comment-14017 My MMO tweetstream was full of incredibly unfunny, incredibly obvious April Fool’s Day stories.

For instance, it wasn’t believable for a second that The Secret World was going high fantasy, or that Wizard 101 wasn’t releasing a pet rock for players, or that City of Heroes hadn’t run out of XP. It’d be preferable if devs didn’t get suckered in, thinking they had to be ‘funny’ on a day when everyone tries to be ‘funny’.

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