PvE groups and PvP are not the only massive multiplayer interaction

nariusseldon

Originally posted by Banaghran

Originally posted by nariusseldon

Originally posted by PsiKahn
Look, combat is fun and I don't necessarily want that to disappear wholesale from MMOs, but it's also true that  the genre could benefit from some goal diversity, or at least games that faciliate multiple ways of playing.  I would be all for a game that gives crafting, politics, and combat equal weight such that one person could play the game solely for one aspect and feel like they have a meaningful role in the game world.  For that to work though I think would require a pretty substantial reinvention of the way these games work.  You'll never be able to have a true economy in a game that has completely unlimited resources.  Things don't have real value if you can farm them indefinitely and sell them off to NPCs indefinitely for a fixed price.

Crafting and politics .. don't want it.

Stealth gameplay .. on the other hand .. can be fun (for me) although you don't need a MMO to get that. I suppose an online MP version can be fun .. just like a 5-man dungeon run .. but again, you don't need a virtual to do that.

Well, one has to ask, what do you need a mmo for then? 

You argue agains crafting and politics.

You argue against socialisation and anything that requires player interaction beyound clicking "join".

What is it? The usual feeling that you are better than the next avatar which may or may not be run by blizz as a experiment in AI ?

Just curious.

Flame on!

 

Actually i did not. I state my preference against them. There is a big difference. I did not say some players cannot like them, and that devs cannot provide for whatever market that like crafting and politics.

Just don't expect me to participate .. which of course it is my perogative to spend my free time as i please.