Hi,
The interesting question to me is not "Is it fair?" [Answer: Duh.] but rather "Will it get more people to take bigger chunks out of their lives to play the silly thing?" I'll even reduce it further and ask "Is the Rest State going to help rake in the cash?" I have no idea, but it's clear what Blizzard thinks the answer is.
If I were discussing this from the point of view of what will make Blizzard the most money instead of what will make WoW the best game, then I would look at the crap that has been the most successful (The Sims, Myst and its spin offs, DOOM and its spin offs) and take the lowest denominator, least challenging part of each of those and put it all together. Sort of WoW meets WWF. Not Role Playing for Dummies but Role Playing for Total Idiots.
And it would make a mint for a little while.
--Pete
The interesting question to me is not "Is it fair?" [Answer: Duh.] but rather "Will it get more people to take bigger chunks out of their lives to play the silly thing?" I'll even reduce it further and ask "Is the Rest State going to help rake in the cash?" I have no idea, but it's clear what Blizzard thinks the answer is.
If I were discussing this from the point of view of what will make Blizzard the most money instead of what will make WoW the best game, then I would look at the crap that has been the most successful (The Sims, Myst and its spin offs, DOOM and its spin offs) and take the lowest denominator, least challenging part of each of those and put it all together. Sort of WoW meets WWF. Not Role Playing for Dummies but Role Playing for Total Idiots.
And it would make a mint for a little while.
--Pete
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