I Hate Equipment Bonuses (My Dream MMO, Part 1) | Castle in the Air http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/ Thoughts on games and other passions Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:38:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 I Hate Equipment Bonuses (My Dream MMO, Part 1) | Castle in the Air http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-496 Keira Peney Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:05:09 +0000 http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-496 I so agree! I've never understood the equipment thing. Sometimes you get something really nice... but you're not a high enough level to use it. So by the time you are, the bonus is practically negligible anyway. Why do I have to be level 200 to use a different kind of staff anyway?? I so agree! I’ve never understood the equipment thing. Sometimes you get something really nice… but you’re not a high enough level to use it. So by the time you are, the bonus is practically negligible anyway. Why do I have to be level 200 to use a different kind of staff anyway??

]]> I Hate Equipment Bonuses (My Dream MMO, Part 1) | Castle in the Air http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-420 Pai Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:20:46 +0000 http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-420 What actually has upset me a bit lately, is that most of those clever 'fun' items are now being put onto the WoW Card Game (like paper airplane design, a dragon shaped kite you can fly, etc) so in order to get those kinds of things, I'd have to shell out money for cards that I would never play with. =/ And I think that's a flaw in the game - everything's min/maxing and stats, and not enough community/customization tools. And I don't just mean character customization like housing, hairstyles, etc... I mean more options of how you want to play the game that don't involve raiding or farming mobs for rep. What actually has upset me a bit lately, is that most of those clever ‘fun’ items are now being put onto the WoW Card Game (like paper airplane design, a dragon shaped kite you can fly, etc) so in order to get those kinds of things, I’d have to shell out money for cards that I would never play with. =/

And I think that’s a flaw in the game - everything’s min/maxing and stats, and not enough community/customization tools. And I don’t just mean character customization like housing, hairstyles, etc… I mean more options of how you want to play the game that don’t involve raiding or farming mobs for rep.

]]> I Hate Equipment Bonuses (My Dream MMO, Part 1) | Castle in the Air http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-411 Alec Bings Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:27:56 +0000 http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-411 Hey Pai! Yes, I agree completely. Unfortunately, because of the competitive element in the game, these fun items are, of necessity, not relevant to what is for most players the core of actual gameplay. Hey Pai! Yes, I agree completely. Unfortunately, because of the competitive element in the game, these fun items are, of necessity, not relevant to what is for most players the core of actual gameplay.

]]> I Hate Equipment Bonuses (My Dream MMO, Part 1) | Castle in the Air http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-384 Pai Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:53:27 +0000 http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-384 This is why I collect 'fun' items obsessively... Unconscious Dig Rat (a temp pet), Orb of Deception (Makes your char look like another race), etc... and mini pets. Fun value > min/maxing stats. This is why I collect ‘fun’ items obsessively… Unconscious Dig Rat (a temp pet), Orb of Deception (Makes your char look like another race), etc… and mini pets. Fun value > min/maxing stats.

]]> I Hate Equipment Bonuses (My Dream MMO, Part 1) | Castle in the Air http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-379 Santa Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:17:03 +0000 http://castle-in-the-air.com/2007/11/19/i-hate-equipment-bonuses-my-dream-mmo-part-1/#comment-379 How would flying reindeer look on such a list? How would flying reindeer look on such a list?

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