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CLIMBING - Will Blizzard ever add it?
Zorlac
Member Posts: 101
Has Blizzard ever commented on adding climbing as a game play element in WoW? Would be fun to have dungeons with ropes, ladders, walls, etc., that required climbing.
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It is more likely that they will add that in their next game.
The game engine in itself allows it (after all it allows you to fly, fall and jump so climbing shouldn't be a problem) but it do demands them to revamp the whole world since climbing should work everywhere.
They could of course add it in Cataclysm but I still doubt that. If you want to climb you should probably play AoC instead, there it is common and based on a skill. EQ2 have it without a skill in some places but it is much more common in AoC where you can climb up on rooftops to access the "thiefs-way".
The first thought that came into my mind was all the ladders in DDO dungeons with climbing. Thinking about what it would be like in wow dungeons, I cant help but think it would be great. It makes me think why they never added it into the first place. Blizzard has so many other great gameplay inovations though that they probubly more then likly dismised it as a being part of the game and never looked back.
I don't see any need for the ability to climb.
Climbing just for climbing means a different form of display when moving.
Climbing and implications on combat makes it more meaningful. When you caste a spell you got dismounted. When you cast a spell when casting you fall off. When you are climbing you lose dodging, parrying and blocking. And so on.