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« on: April 20, 2005, 05:01:06 AM »
Ok, I won't refute anything you are saying but I guess we just have differing opinions. I mean, most of what you are saying is true, but I (and thousands of others) do think its fun. It's ok if you don't like MMOs... I'm not a huge strategy game fan...just don't say they are poor game design. I think they are awesome.
Saying that there is no strategy in an MMO (FFXI cause its the only I've truly gotten into) is also false. All of the most difficult boss battles have level caps that keep high levels from just slaughtering them. FFXI alone taught me what real strategy in an RPG is..so much so that it has improved my ability to play offline RPGs. I won't argue that occasionally there is a huge level jump, but a lot of times its because players go against the design of the game so I can't really complain. For example, I just achieved Rank 5 at only level 30. I know this may not make sense but bear with me. I basically cheated to get rank 5 that early and had a level 75 person escort me while i was invisible. The Rank 5 mission allowed that sort of cheating. Now, the rank 6 mission requires level 55 to even have a shot at winning. Thats 25 levels and seems outrageous... But its only because of the way i played so I can't really fault myself. The Rank 5 mission is designed for level 40-45.
I dunno, that's why designing MMOs intrigues me so much. All of that stuff needs to be taken into account and thats cool... I guess we should just agree to disagree.
Oh, and you _could_ say that there are chemicals involved inside your body that make Wind Waker fun....does that make it addictive? I still don't understand how you can differentiate between fun and addictivness... =P
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