Building That Dance Floor

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choices, content, design, group, MMO, players, playstyle, preferences, solo, soloing, vision

…so I sort of missed the original point.

Syl’s comment on my previous blog post about solo playing in MMO’s pointed out a couple of things:

1. I was preaching to the choir.
2. She wasn’t really asking why people solo so much as why said players feel the need to demand such things out of MMO’s–a failure of reading comprehension on my part.

 

Coincidentally, I just ordered this on Amazon! 😀

So let me expound upon this whole thing a little further. I think I touched on why people solo in an MMO. Now I’m going to directly talk about how MMO devs can make good design choices to feed solo players and group players without causing risk to the genre…and like anything else, it’s about striking a balance.

Wolfy’s 2015: Gaming Goodness

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2015, choices, console gaming, gaming, look back, mmos, retrospect, year in review

As we close down the year, it’s kind of expected that everyone has a moment to reflect.  Which is a wonderful idea for blogging material because I am kind of lax right now going through the holidays.

I blame Christmas ham.

So these next few days I’m going to be taking a look at my personal year that was in pieces. starting with the gaming segment…which, thinking back on it now, has been pretty full.

Blaugust Day 18 – The Back Burner and Regret

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back burner, choices, eso, guild wars 2, marvel heroes, regret, tera, tsw

Anyone who plays MMO’s or games in general a lot is familiar with the idea of a “back burner”.  You all know what I mean–the log of titles on Steam you snapped up on sale but have yet to install.  The stack of games on a shelf that you sorta walked away from for whatever reason.  The desktop icons of MMO’s that you haven’t touched or subscribed to in a while but can’t really bear to remove.  Maybe sometimes you even boot up a patcher to keep current, but that’s about it.

I’m such a fan of MMO’s that I can find the joy in almost every title I’ve played.  Even my much-despised Champions Online has its good points.  Namely, the Freeform Powerset, which is one of the most robust and flexible “build your own character” system I have ever experienced in any video game, MMO or otherwise.  Some games, however, carry a sting of regret for me.  Titles that, for whatever reason, didn’t grab me from the word go but I still keep eyes on because I think there’s something wrong with me and not with the game.