WoW doesn't have anything in it that isn't done better by another game.
WoW does transmogrification better than any other game. They have so many armor sets that it works perfect for them and gives players a great reason to do the old raids.
wow has a great variety of armor choices - true
but the method of appearance gear (transmogrification) is less intuitive than other mmos with that feature
(EQ2, LOTRO, RIFT)
in other mmos, you have appearance gear slots to determine your looks
WoW doesn't have anything in it that isn't done better by another game.
WoW does transmogrification better than any other game. They have so many armor sets that it works perfect for them and gives players a great reason to do the old raids.
wow has a great variety of armor choices - true
but the method of appearance gear (transmogrification) is less intuitive than other mmos with that feature
(EQ2, LOTRO, RIFT)
in other mmos, you have appearance gear slots to determine your looks
no need to visit some npc and/or pay a fee
LotRO you have to buy a lot of the cosmetics with real cash and weapons can not be changed. So each has it's trade off.
WoW's graphics engine is so old it's beyond salvation. It has zero scalability too, so they'll need to remake everything. Everything is just paint on flat surfaces instead of high polygon high quality models. It suits their player model, you can play the game on a toaster and you probably won't need to upgrade a single piece of hardware until their die on their own.
It's like those arcade games we were playing as kids, we were nostalgic of them but they really look shitty on any screen bigger than a smartphone. WoW on any screen bigger than 15" and it's fugly and painful to look at.
Wish it had aged more gracefully (ie they had build some scalability into it), but it's more like it was left to rott.
Originally posted by Zeus.CM Don't foget that engine is really old now, it is very limited today and don't expect wonders.
Updating an old engine into a new one is far from impossible, many game engines have been severly updated with the years.
But as I see it is it more likely that Blizzard also will revamp the graphically updated game and cal it "WoW 2", it would also give them the chanse to change whatever they want with the game without upsetting people too much and mean they might get many old players that quit long ago to buy a new box and give the game a new chanse.
It would of course cost more but I am sure they would earn a lot more as well with it.
WoW's graphics engine is so old it's beyond salvation. It has zero scalability too, so they'll need to remake everything. Everything is just paint on flat surfaces instead of high polygon high quality models. It suits their player model, you can play the game on a toaster and you probably won't need to upgrade a single piece of hardware until their die on their own.
It's like those arcade games we were playing as kids, we were nostalgic of them but they really look shitty on any screen bigger than a smartphone. WoW on any screen bigger than 15" and it's fugly and painful to look at.
Wish it had aged more gracefully (ie they had build some scalability into it), but it's more like it was left to rott.
To each their own. I think most of the "realistic" graphics look like crap. Asian anime looking junk. I rather have WoW with their graphics matching the Warcraft 3 so it looks like I step from one to the other. I do not play a game to look for the realistic landscapes I go outside for that. I play a game for the fun.
They already have newer character models. Like the goblin. Even blood elf look better if you compare it to the first races that was part of vanilla.
I believe the graphics are already improved enough to make more detailed less blocky character models possible. Higher quality and more detail can still continue to be the same original art style. IMO, they just need to do it.
WoW doesn't have anything in it that isn't done better by another game.
WoW does transmogrification better than any other game. They have so many armor sets that it works perfect for them and gives players a great reason to do the old raids.
wow has a great variety of armor choices - true
but the method of appearance gear (transmogrification) is less intuitive than other mmos with that feature
(EQ2, LOTRO, RIFT)
in other mmos, you have appearance gear slots to determine your looks
no need to visit some npc and/or pay a fee
I disagree. Many WoW players had kept their old armor sets that they were very proud of in their storage. Transmogrification allows them to wear that armor that they worked hard to get.
I see several games with Apearance gear. You go to the vender or the ingame cash shop and buy it. But WoW is the only game with transmogrification. Where you can change the apearance of your current gear to look like the gear that you had to go into a dungeon or raid and aquire.
Originally posted by Ausare Blizzard is more worried about fluid animations than gimmick personalizations.
I agree with this for the most part. WoW's controls are the smoothest of all mmorpgs with the third person/W,A,S,D type mechanics. GW2 is definitely great, much better then swtor, warhammer, and Aion, but they are still not at the same level of WoW.
WoW doesn't have anything in it that isn't done better by another game.
WoW does transmogrification better than any other game. They have so many armor sets that it works perfect for them and gives players a great reason to do the old raids.
wow has a great variety of armor choices - true
but the method of appearance gear (transmogrification) is less intuitive than other mmos with that feature
(EQ2, LOTRO, RIFT)
in other mmos, you have appearance gear slots to determine your looks
no need to visit some npc and/or pay a fee
I disagree. Many WoW players had kept their old armor sets that they were very proud of in their storage. Transmogrification allows them to wear that armor that they worked hard to get.
I see several games with Apearance gear. You go to the vender or the ingame cash shop and buy it. But WoW is the only game with transmogrification. Where you can change the apearance of your current gear to look like the gear that you had to go into a dungeon or raid and aquire.
Anarchy Online, LotRO, EQ2, Rift, etc. make it very easy to look how you want with an appearance tab. Blizzard, ironically since they're the poster child for so-easy-a-child-could do-it-and-children-in-fact-do, had to make something simple a complicated chore.
Appearance gear is you paying money in a cash shop or to a vender and buy gear.
Appearance gear may be great for other games but Transmogrification is perfect for WoW. Way to many players had their old armor sets in their banks collecting dusts and Transmogrification rewards them with the ability to wear that gear again with the stats of their current gear.
Originally posted by Johnie-Marz Appearance gear is you paying money in a cash shop or to a vender and buy gear.
Appearance gear may be great for other games but Transmogrification is perfect for WoW. Way to many players had their old armor sets in their banks collecting dusts and Transmogrification rewards them with the ability to wear that gear again with the stats of their current gear.
same applies for other mmos
Appearance slots allows you to wear whatever gear you like
- including old armor sets, old quest gear
as i mentioned earlier, RIFT has no cash shop
i was constantly reviewing my quest rewards for "looks"
to decide if i wanted the quest gear shown on my character or not
I quit Wow after my first 85 because i was just bored of it, but i still think it looks good til this day stop worrying about graphics and enjoy the well done aesthetics and gameplay.
If it bugs you that much, move on, the games old...
There are rumors going around that they're going to give all the races a model update to match the increased polygon count that pandarian models have.
Not sure if its been confirmed, but there's that. Full game graphical update? don't count on it.
Why you still waiting for The Secret World? It's been out months?
simply put? too lazy to change my signature.
Playing Nothing waiting for The secret world Played WoW, DCU online, star wars: the old republic, city of heroes, city of villains, everquest, plenty more I'm probably forgetting or aren't worth noting.
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wow has a great variety of armor choices - true
but the method of appearance gear (transmogrification) is less intuitive than other mmos with that feature
(EQ2, LOTRO, RIFT)
in other mmos, you have appearance gear slots to determine your looks
no need to visit some npc and/or pay a fee
EQ2 fan sites
LotRO you have to buy a lot of the cosmetics with real cash and weapons can not be changed. So each has it's trade off.
i dont think RIFT has any cosmetics on their store
EQ2 fan sites
WoW's graphics engine is so old it's beyond salvation. It has zero scalability too, so they'll need to remake everything. Everything is just paint on flat surfaces instead of high polygon high quality models. It suits their player model, you can play the game on a toaster and you probably won't need to upgrade a single piece of hardware until their die on their own.
It's like those arcade games we were playing as kids, we were nostalgic of them but they really look shitty on any screen bigger than a smartphone. WoW on any screen bigger than 15" and it's fugly and painful to look at.
Wish it had aged more gracefully (ie they had build some scalability into it), but it's more like it was left to rott.
RIFT needed to do something....their models are crap.
Updating an old engine into a new one is far from impossible, many game engines have been severly updated with the years.
But as I see it is it more likely that Blizzard also will revamp the graphically updated game and cal it "WoW 2", it would also give them the chanse to change whatever they want with the game without upsetting people too much and mean they might get many old players that quit long ago to buy a new box and give the game a new chanse.
It would of course cost more but I am sure they would earn a lot more as well with it.
To each their own. I think most of the "realistic" graphics look like crap. Asian anime looking junk. I rather have WoW with their graphics matching the Warcraft 3 so it looks like I step from one to the other. I do not play a game to look for the realistic landscapes I go outside for that. I play a game for the fun.
They already have newer character models. Like the goblin. Even blood elf look better if you compare it to the first races that was part of vanilla.
I believe the graphics are already improved enough to make more detailed less blocky character models possible. Higher quality and more detail can still continue to be the same original art style. IMO, they just need to do it.
I disagree. Many WoW players had kept their old armor sets that they were very proud of in their storage. Transmogrification allows them to wear that armor that they worked hard to get.
I see several games with Apearance gear. You go to the vender or the ingame cash shop and buy it. But WoW is the only game with transmogrification. Where you can change the apearance of your current gear to look like the gear that you had to go into a dungeon or raid and aquire.
I agree with this for the most part. WoW's controls are the smoothest of all mmorpgs with the third person/W,A,S,D type mechanics. GW2 is definitely great, much better then swtor, warhammer, and Aion, but they are still not at the same level of WoW.
Appearance gear is you paying money in a cash shop or to a vender and buy gear.
Appearance gear may be great for other games but Transmogrification is perfect for WoW. Way to many players had their old armor sets in their banks collecting dusts and Transmogrification rewards them with the ability to wear that gear again with the stats of their current gear.
same applies for other mmos
Appearance slots allows you to wear whatever gear you like
- including old armor sets, old quest gear
as i mentioned earlier, RIFT has no cash shop
i was constantly reviewing my quest rewards for "looks"
to decide if i wanted the quest gear shown on my character or not
EQ2 fan sites
wow looks so fugly lol
its funny people pay for that crap when games like tera online and secret world are around looking so much nicer
I quit Wow after my first 85 because i was just bored of it, but i still think it looks good til this day
stop worrying about graphics and enjoy the well done aesthetics and gameplay.
If it bugs you that much, move on, the games old...
Why you still waiting for The Secret World? It's been out months?
simply put? too lazy to change my signature.
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The secret world
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WoW, DCU online, star wars: the old republic, city of heroes, city of villains, everquest, plenty more I'm probably forgetting or aren't worth noting.