2008年2月21日
Relmstein is at it again, this time with a look at class trinity in MMORPGs. This is old, old RPG strategy stuff-- basically almost every RPG out there is based around three different class roles: that of tank, DPS or healing. Tanks (like Warriors and Fighters) take damage, DPS classes (like Mage and Rogue) dish the damage out, and healing classes (obviously) keep the party alive long enough to win the battle. For a while now, game developers have tried to vary up this class trinity, so that you don't just have the same options in every game. In WoW, hybrid classes like Paladin and Shaman can play more than one role, and classes like Hunters and Warlocks have extra abilities (crowd control and buffing/debuffing) that help them be something more than what the class trinity lays out for them. Or there are classes like Druids, who can play all three roles at various times.
2008年2月15日
When I came into this world (of Warcraft), I was innocent and unspoiled. I made some friends in Northshire Abbey. Rogue and Mage were their names. We had so much fun killing wolves and kobolds. Rogue would stab. Mage would nuke. I would Smite. Good times. We got a house together just outside Goldshire. It seemed kind of weird for three friends to live together, but we were poor and the house was cozy with a bedroom for each of us. We loved that house.
It wasn't until about level 5 or so when I noticed I wasn't the same as Rogue or Mage. My spells weren't doing nearly as much damage as Mage's Fireball or Rogue's Eviscerate. And I also noticed these odd spells in my spellbook that made health go up, not down. How am I supposed to kill monsters with those? I decided to keep these strange spells a secret. Rogue and Mage had certainly noticed that I was... different... but revealing this "Lesser Heal" spell to them would remove all doubt.
2008年2月3日
WoW is a game and is not a job. Although this may sound obvious to many of you, think about how you spend your time in WoW. You log on and farm something (honor or money) so you can get more gear to better farm something else.
This lead me to a very profound rhetorical question. Am I the only person who actually enjoys playing WoW without considering it a real grind?
Take for instance, honor. During the past couple weeks, I've been gathering a lot of it. Why? Simple.