Meta tags:
description= Originally a pair of views on gaming, it s now musings by Redbeard on video games (mainly MMOs), board games, RPGs, and other geeky hobbies.;
Headings (most frequently used words):
october, 2024, monday, meme, memes, to, wednesday, tuesday, mmo, rpg, the, thursday, podcasts, blogroll, links, in, past, on, guild, of, 31, 28, 24, 23, 22, 21, friday, 18, 16, 15, 14, saturday, pages, reference, youtube, channels, blog, archive, blogs, mothballs, pc, contributors, labels, cheeriest, spooky, theme, around, quirky, some, people, go, vacation, rest, truly, remarkable, life, more, silence, banking, industry, new, mmos, making, sense, incomprehensibility, adding, be, read, pile, kind, busy, day, crowdfunding, land, weekend, warrior, and, here, thought, it, was, lester, imprint, 90s, no, fdic, insurance, for, your, bank, all, that, is, prologue,
Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (374), that (147), and (143), ago (78), from (61), this (57), but (55), was (54), you (47), for (45), share (43), have (36), years (35), blizzard (34), october (33), not (32), all (29), what (28), with (28), wow (26), about (26), games (25), more (25), there (25), some (24), game (23), #people (23), are (22), because (20), story (20), out (20), were (20), can (20), when (20), monday (19), march (19), may (19), post (19), september (18), december (18), february (18), april (18), they (18), time (17), memes (17), meme (17), november (17), january (17), july (17), 2024 (17), get (17), redbeard (16), mmo (16), june (16), august (16), design (16), into (16), other (16), been (16), labels (15), new (15), has (15), comments (15), pinterest (15), posted (15), had (15), classic (14), blog (14), day (14), one (14), going (14), facebook (14), blogthis (14), email (14), who (14), world (13), rpg (13), months (13), know (13), back (13), just (13), past (12), mmos (12), music (12), guild (12), edition (12), here (12), days (12), than (12), those (12), week (11), ars (11), your (11), their (11), way (11), also (11), traffic (11), warcraft (10), retail (10), old (10), magica (10), show (10), 90s (10), year (10), rts (10), yes (10), much (10), which (10), then (10), youtube (9), another (9), end (9), discworld (9), over (9), posts (9), last (9), don (9), only (9), first (9), never (9), lot (9), player (9), any (9), good (9), same (9), like (9), while (9), could (9), still (9), how (9), work (8), diablo (8), crowdfunding (8), kind (8), around (8), make (8), project (8), such (8), see (8), now (8), since (8), items (8), something (8), would (8), think (8), say (8), deck (8), rules (8), gaming (7), videos (7), video (7), context (7), novels (7), kickstarter (7), bank (7), own (7), few (7), better (7), after (7), did (7), doesn (7), will (7), sure (7), them (7), found (7), leaders (7), got (7), terry (7), star (6), online (6), core (6), humor (6), friends (6), era (6), thought (6), players (6), under (6), things (6), put (6), instead (6), where (6), didn (6), main (6), might (6), well (6), actually (6), too (6), far (6), version (6), two (6), internet (6), his (6), knew (6), having (6), working (6), mats (6), life (5), starcraft (5), parallel (5), microsoft (5), massively (5), blogs (5), battle (5), imprint (5), weekend (5), sense (5), rest (5), central (5), atlas (5), goes (5), episode (5), gamer (5), kurn (5), watch (5), details (5), action (5), wouldn (5), simply (5), even (5), off (5), want (5), based (5), emphasis (5), why (5), ever (5), guess (5), wasn (5), before (5), tuesday (5), let (5), she (5), data (5), sort (5), aware (5), del (5), rey (5), sir (5), goal (5), tell (5), current (5), trying (5), through (5), reddit (5), theme (4), wrath (4), light (4), red (4), warrior (4), television (4), swtor (4), wars (4), rpgs (4), playing (4), real (4), raid (4), radio (4), podcasts (4), final (4), works (4), getting (4), friday (4), series (4), free (4), fantasy (4), age (4), developer (4), changes (4), blogging (4), need (4), azeroth (4), lester (4), read (4), pile (4), truly (4), com (4), campaign (4), part (4), short (4), release (4), adventure (4), night (4), times (4), thoughts (4), many (4), weeks (4), wednesday (4), hours (4), wonder (4), plot (4), person (4), surprise (4), moved (4), always (4), try (4), anything (4), isn (4), expect (4), turn (4), tightly (4), seeing (4), blizz (4), driven (4), itself (4), myself (4), pretty (4), involved (4), these (4), meant (4), gotten (4), extra (4), down (4), once (4), our (4), doing (4), done (4), database (4), yeah (4), used (4), viral (4), bit (4), made (4), maybe (4), being (4), today (4), projects (4), definitive (4), 5th (4), mention (4), heath (4), does (4), spike (4), views (4), realized (4), coming (4), quirks (4), halloween (4), blogger (3), season (3), discovery (3), insider (3), art (3), vanilla (3), update (3), self (3), really (3), pathfinder (3), pandaria (3), love (3), non (3), newbie (3), stuff (3), nerd (3), musings (3), effect (3), leveling (3), holidays (3), her (3), group (3), content (3), fomo (3), ffxiv (3), fate (3), expansions (3), corruption (3), books (3), blaugust (3), lair (3), bards (3), addons (3), 2020 (3), altoholic (3), making (3), remarkable (3), paizo (3), month (3), page (3), podcast (3), zone (3), studios (3), wowhead (3), reference (3), come (3), set (3), geek (3), break (3), watching (3), next (3), name (3), older (3), sometimes (3), known (3), however (3), despite (3), base (3), whether (3), keeping (3), place (3), most (3), find (3), integrated (3), take (3), idea (3), point (3), lobby (3), faction (3), service (3), against (3), called (3), great (3), call (3), lich (3), king (3), job (3), basically (3), characters (3), makes (3), eta (3), bars (3), given (3), thursday (3), due (3), behavior (3), again (3), every (3), bad (3), longer (3), seen (3), particularly (3), ought (3), terms (3), 80s (3), imgflip (3), thing (3), early (3), play (3), side (3), worked (3), large (3), felt (3), judy (3), lynn (3), look (3), naturally (3), normal (3), book (3), popular (3), editions (3), takes (3), europe (3), creating (3), decade (3), rather (3), support (3), local (3), layout (3), rulebook (3), toward (3), saw (3), presented (3), board (3), already (3), him (3), very (3), understand (3), typically (3), several (3), surprised (3), problem (3), figure (3), funeral (3), use (3), piece (3), alfred (3), events (2), winter (2), reading (2), draenor (2), twisted (2), nether (2), blogcast (2), trailers (2), total (2), war (2), toons (2), valley (2), trek (2), soundtrack (2), social (2), contract (2), reviews (2), award (2), patch (2), school (2), runescape (2), neverwinter (2), outland (2), names (2), movies (2), mists (2), lotro (2), instances (2), dawn (2), legacy (2), hobbies (2), metal (2), gen (2), mechanics (2), fun (2), fiction (2), list (2), elder (2), scrolls (2), drivethrurpg (2), drama (2), draenei (2), documentaries (2), cooking (2), conan (2), comic (2), college (2), cataclysm (2), burning (2), crusade (2), bugs (2), blood (2), elves (2), blackwing (2), bethesda (2), adventures (2), 2021 (2), souldat (2), pally (2), force (2), manual (2), rage (2), daily (2), 2009 (2), 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2019 (2), 2022 (2), prologue (2), fdic (2), insurance (2), busy (2), land (2), adding (2), incomprehensibility (2), silence (2), banking (2), industry (2), vacation (2), quirky (2), cheeriest (2), spooky (2), 2025 (2), 2026 (2), links (2), small (2), sky (2), hat (2), ends (2), survival (2), blogroll (2), country (2), bonus (2), versus (2), gypsy (2), channel (2), hour (2), channels (2), schedule (2), girl (2), xiv (2), ramblings (2), spotlight (2), sad (2), review (2), dedicated (2), ancient (2), atheren (2), ready (2), legend (2), completed (2), dungeons (2), achievements (2), dump (2), horse (2), continue (2), full (2), saturday (2), fly (2), overpowered (2), ootinicast (2), home (2), influenced (2), expansion (2), polish (2), stories (2), told (2), eventually (2), gets (2), mind (2), somewhere (2), wants (2), proper (2), mean (2), systems (2), accepted (2), larger (2), philosophy (2), likely (2), team (2), line (2), via (2), search (2), business (2), effort (2), prefer (2), fanbase (2), decentralized (2), process (2), best (2), different (2), bring (2), move (2), consider (2), throw (2), took (2), hate (2), knows (2), bunch (2), smaller (2), together (2), chains (2), character (2), went (2), added (2), incorporated (2), compared (2), precisely (2), heist (2), customer (2), companies (2), give (2), crap (2), special (2), toon (2), reset (2), font (2), absolutely (2), huge (2), hadn (2), yet (2), affected (2), response (2), removed (2), answer (2), putting (2), potential (2), seems (2), led (2), banks (2), hasn (2), provided (2), attention (2), care (2), money (2), space (2), commentary (2), result (2), late (2), help (2), head (2), pop (2), google (2), finally (2), car (2), parents (2), christmas (2), during (2), mid (2), young (2), loved (2), wife (2), passed (2), picked (2), anymore (2), often (2), wrote (2), mondays (2), cheezburger (2), knight (2), rider (2), spent (2), weekends (2), push (2), reasons (2), initiatives (2), eye (2), dropped (2), english (2), include (2), link (2), backerkit (2), 130 (2), 549 (2), 000 (2), guide (2), modiphius (2), websites (2), low (2), store (2), mythic (2), setting (2), using (2), releases (2), exactly (2), reworked (2), est (2), launched (2), eastern (2), creative (2), license (2), creators (2), outlet (2), dug (2), system (2), written (2), rails (2), general (2), pratchett (2), couple (2), question (2), decided (2), ask (2), though (2), opening (2), gave (2), dwarf (2), chance (2), popularity (2), appearing (2), flows (2), thankfully (2), case (2), memory (2), hell (2), viewership (2), spikes (2), single (2), level (2), number (2), regular (2), majority (2), specific (2), happened (2), within (2), eyeballs (2), directly (2), caught (2), almost (2), column (2), keep (2), reason (2), else (2), right (2), genre (2), figured (2), hurricane (2), least (2), visibility (2), without (2), expected (2), documentary (2), ibelin (2), bbc (2), feed (2), along (2), miter (2), finish (2), talking (2), satisfaction (2), boards (2), batch (2), wood (2), painter (2), tape (2), attach (2), hands (2), stairs (2), stair (2), finished (2), porch (2), urges (2), presents (2), inner (2), monologue (2), nobody (2), instagram (2), gounod (2), marionette (2), hitchcock (2), critic (2), simple, powered, zul, gurub, zelda, xenoblade, chronicles, wtf, writing, hardcore, anniversary, bosses, women, witcher, veil, winning, wildstar, wildermyth, wil, wheaton, wii, earth, weddings, weather, warlords, warlock, reforged, voice, acting, upgrades, ulduar, ubisoft, tyranny, trion, traveller, transferring, titan, theorycrafting, secret, thanksgiving, thanks, tetris, tera, tbc, tanks, tanking, talents, tabletop, sucking, subscriptions, steam, stardew, sports, spoofs, splatoon, sparkle, pony, soap, opera, snl, smosh, skyrim, skill, sindorei, sid, meier, civilization, shortwave, shaman, security, screenshots, scourge, invasion, scanners, savage, worlds, satanic, panic, runequest, romance, roles, role, rogues, rift, retro, ret, spec, restaurants, neat, lead, races, quitting, quests, pvp, pve, pugs, ptr, pro, wrestling, postmortem, ponderings, planetbase, pillars, eternity, photos, pets, permateam, pcs, patreon, kingmaker, parody, pandemic, pandaren, paladins, p2w, overwatch, operation, spread, lesson, ohio, renaissance, festival, obsidian, entertainment, nostalgia, nintendo, ninjas, news, initiative, neve, naxxramas, nanowrimo, sandrock, portia, evershine, mounts, molten, mods, mobile, mobas, missives, silvermoon, miscellaneous, minis, minecraft, metagame, merp, media, matt, colville, mass, marvel, heroes, market, mages, madruga, lowbies, lore, liebster, lfg, tool, letters, legion, league, legends, kotfe, karazhan, joystiq, josh, strife, hayes, jason, schreier, jade, empire, intro, interviews, idiots, housing, horizon, zero, horde, hor, honest, hogwarts, heroic, universe, heavy, healers, hardware, hacking, gurps, groundhog, graphics, gold, farming, gnomes, genealogy, con, chat, gear, gary, gygax, gankers, gamergate, gambling, funcom, lecture, fps, shooters, fortnite, forsaken, flashpoints, filk, felicia, fashion, fandom, family, failpug, fail, factions, facepalm, f2p, eve, esports, endangered, species, electronics, dragons, dragon, dps, discord, development, houses, appreciation, man, dancing, dalaran, dailies, cyberpunk, 2077, crafting, cosplay, corporations, convoy, l85, console, cons, exiles, computers, complainers, colossal, cave, classes, cheating, census, card, bungie, buffs, brewing, bots, boob, plate, boardgames, blogoversary, bloggy, mas, blogcasts, blizzcon, blackrock, depths, black, desert, bioware, beta, bayonetta, battlegrounds, royale, baldurs, gate, shows, atari, arena, archeage, arcade, aq40, anthem, anniversaries, amateur, alts, alterac, alliance, aircraft, aion, airwaves, activision, blaugust2025, blaugust2024, blaugust2023, blaugust2022, blaugust2021, blapril2020, deftig, satyana, ehna, contributors, pugging, miss, medicina, achtung, panzercow, stoppable, lazy, npc, cow, rise, cynwise, jazz, panda, welcome, spinksville, manalicious, megadirge, dàchéng, diaries, ravalation, bossy, giant, spoon, eight, frostwolf, druid, null, signifier, wanderings, mothballs, 153, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 110, 161, 151, 2023, 175, 187, archive, rpggeek, rpgnet, forums, convention, plans, ardwulf, four, letter, amanita, gift, spirit, gifts, scions, recent, statement, monte, cook, evil, productions, gnomecast, 235, considerations, gnome, stew, 9pm, brp, orc, hearth, harrowing, roleplaying, chaosium, inc, armor, clank, 018, andorra, considered, 104, wpc, random, traits, fear, boot, afterparty, join, party, midsummer, dream, live, columbus, pointy, shintar, syl, ravanel, griffon, jasper, champion, wowpedia, swtorista, spoiler, touched, motivational, moonfang, darkmoon, stream, confessions, 213, endwalker, chick, wandering, nine, galactic, antics, videogame, checking, blessing, kings, decline, alas, weakauras, hunters, ark, evolved, server, welps, genie, prompt, yeebo, fernbottom, visit, palace, tome, direct, chapter, mad, max, jinxed, updates, gnomecore, trolls, seem, bodhi, rana, oricon, commando, exploring, neighbourhood, homes, decor, zeirah, fanfest, aywren, keystone, grind, healing, high, keys, seasonal, myth, umbral, kaylriene, raiding, voidspire, stance, sunday, brain, corner, hounds, house, dynamite, jvt, workshop, avenue, kamalia, alia, e33, jump, bio, queue, die, mistress, nagmara, serves, drinks, turtle, crescent, grove, stormwrought, ruins, priest, cause, binge, apple, noob, muskrat, inventory, screenshot, citizen, adds, missions, nyx, alpha, teases, event, 503, republic, refrain, moving, episodes, 346, 348, 563, windrose, lord, hatred, waiting, room, dark, companion, site, contact, pages, subscribe, atom, newer, unduly, gameplay, apart, defined, apologies, zenimax, opinion, eso, corporate, culture, bean, counter, align, perfectly, silos, fond, less, akin, gauntlet, similarities, funny, its, argues, quality, incentive, reshuffling, cards, basic, stable, destined, stay, lane, dev, yourself, arm, independent, south, park, quick, manner, isometric, larian, monumental, altogether, beats, leads, chief, protagonists, anachronism, nod, broke, company, parameters, shed, vestige, uses, introductory, phase, endgame, begins, included, rail, nature, spiritual, successor, earlier, arpg, built, reputation, shooter, duty, providing, believe, gamers, returned, fold, familiar, developing, facilitate, pattern, formed, bound, dna, departure, change, important, personnel, throughout, revolve, designs, strung, quest, vast, minimal, heroics, charge, second, iii, elements, integrating, unexpected, pivoted, created, tenets, resurrected, screencap, technica, remastered, mission, cutscenes, resetera, empires, incorporates, revolves, subset, write, corrected, fortune, 500, beginning, discover, azure, cloud, aws, services, unlike, outsourcing, firms, datacenters, pull, menus, dungeon, table, size, implemented, confident, resolved, drakes, bugged, wiped, ages, kept, wiping, wonky, drake, sucks, fan, sod, impacting, raids, rollout, settings, enable, respect, front, whole, fixing, removing, temporary, rebuilt, fix, should, gone, hood, deletion, massive, amounts, wipe, activity, cleanups, unstable, databases, contents, potentially, clean, hand, miserable, task, cleaning, ton, needs, amount, transparency, customers, communication, issue, surprising, monolithic, corporation, bobby, kotick, satya, nadella, worry, explicit, lost, stature, micro, shock, bothered, restoration, cost, summary, restored, comment, 70s, kick, listening, tunes, reminiscing, happier, ones, rose, colored, glasses, darker, grunge, ushered, depressing, tone, hair, nirvana, machine, alice, laughed, olympians, ice, skating, cassettes, strong, drawing, exact, model, portable, combo, cassette, adapter, foam, earphones, cds, commute, west, cincinnati, east, pants, thegamer, fall, gilligan, island, odetoclassy, bob, saget, showing, stupid, recordings, throwbacks, dwayne, rock, johnson, remember, innocent, sugar, ray, fascinating, history, woman, mark, genres, dominant, factor, turns, ordinarily, barbara, hambly, blindly, loyal, publisher, enjoy, hunt, nope, bookshelf, represented, favorite, authors, pbs, american, masters, comfort, okay, admit, gif, yarn, carried, morning, per, corporatebish, nfl, thinking, tackle, evenings, variety, tuesdays, launch, understatement, covers, german, spanish, french, handled, helps, source, tender, lovin, aha, value, conversion, dollars, backing, 100, curious, quickstart, pdf, presently, available, both, price, asked, wanted, taking, lite, awesome, wheeling, type, informed, close, target, plugged, dates, rarely, buy, comes, artists, hoping, reorganized, explain, grow, speed, scattered, across, supplements, artwork, definitely, aiming, fans, elaborate, slipcase, cover, holds, storyguide, screen, poster, map, physical, cheap, 150, digital, practical, save, seeking, sizeable, shatter, grand, minutes, noon, announced, commons, attribution, sharealike, international, allow, legally, publish, additions, modifications, allowing, moment, open, planning, format, presentation, lacking, played, previous, tend, limiting, looking, sensitized, weakness, closing, aged, needed, tlc, entry, loudly, thank, goodness, long, became, rate, imagine, million, barrier, tomorrow, arkhane, asylum, midnight, blown, abnormally, precise, underestimated, although, graphic, edward, beatles, taxman, song, mister, attended, session, dayton, suffer, fools, glad, brother, law, introduced, yay, tbr, underscored, monty, python, flying, circus, political, celebrity, caricatures, grasp, surrounding, warren, harding, teapot, dome, scandal, parrot, sketch, ministry, silly, walks, blasted, bureaucracy, gilliam, cartoons, intimidated, puns, concern, flew, british, bonkers, underscores, directed, wondering, advent, icecrown, citadel, corresponding, presume, everybody, ran, currently, strat, fight, icc, couldn, meta, matches, soul, refresh, beyond, basics, hubs, routers, lan, behind, firewall, etc, unknown, occasionally, fickle, beast, half, reinforced, opinions, laugh, types, marketers, create, query, heard, occasion, snap, fingers, magically, appear, manipulate, drives, batty, magic, words, nowhere, assume, drove, dead, between, individual, brought, undercurrent, web, crawlers, whatnot, flow, website, higher, true, readers, three, worth, said, spiky, tells, ecosphere, primarily, upon, readership, greater, pertinent, remains, viewed, steady, results, hurt, effectively, tank, bump, blogosphere, defunct, comparing, spiked, dozen, 2000, whereupon, following, discovered, weekly, reverted, levels, nice, boost, namely, posting, snarky, shouldn, broadest, appeal, opposed, centric, fare, peter, falk, colonoscopy, tenor, technical, networking, tcp, location, feel, picking, starter, pack, mmorpgs, highly, customizable, becomes, sound, focus, anyway, interacting, encourage, toxic, happens, engaged, weaponizing, starting, certain, cynicism, overhwelm, detect, trend, emblematic, particular, hard, lingo, acclimated, curve, ball, thrown, necessarily, scantily, clad, elf, bdo, figuring, provide, evening, add, big, includes, luck, community, collectively, shrugged, helene, milton, stir, pot, matter, tried, bellular, among, acknowledgement, saying, nothing, anybody, navigate, helpdesk, frustrating, michael, bell, urge, multiple, talk, checked, enough, tissues, netflix, concerned, watchable, garnered, awards, nominations, sundance
Text of the page (random words):
ood that led to the deletion of massive amounts of items from some guild banks was actually a data wipe items that were no longer in the game or may have had some potential data corruption from years of activity were simply removed and that was that i ve seen database cleanups that have had this sort of effect before particularly on unstable databases at those times you have to do a manual dump of the database contents and potentially clean up the database by hand it is by far a miserable task but cleaning up a database like this is something that ought to be done it will take a ton of time but there also needs to be a full amount of transparency involved with the customers us i d actually respect blizzard a lot more if they were up front about what they were doing instead of this whole too bad so sad non response after items were removed if the answer to fixing the data meant removing all the items from a guild bank into a temporary guild bank and then putting items back into a rebuilt guild bank to fix any potential corruption that should have been done oh and once again a season of discovery rollout affected classic era as of a week ago all of our bars were reset so you have to go back into every toon on settings and re enable your action bars one of my wow friends was in blackwing lair on thursday night and the drakes in there were massively bugged they hadn t wiped to them in ages and yet they kept wiping due to wonky drake behavior i didn t get any real details other than this crap sucks but let s say she s not a fan of sod impacting era s raids and some pull down menus like that found on your toon to reset a dungeon have that table s font and font size absolutely huge compared to the rest of the ui given that blizz has implemented some changes into era in the past few months i m not confident that this will ever get resolved if you think that if you were a larger customer you d get better customer service well let s just say that some fortune 500 companies are beginning to discover that azure cloud and aws don t really give a crap about any special services for them unlike when they might have gotten that extra service in the past from outsourcing firms that had their own datacenters eta i meant to write action bars corrected posted by redbeard at 6 00 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blogs retail videos tuesday october 1 2024 all that s past is prologue sometimes i wonder if blizzard s legacy of an rts game developer has unduly influenced their world of warcraft expansion design oh not that wow is going to turn into an rts despite what a subset of the player base might want but where or more precisely who the emphasis is on in an expansion compared to some rts games such as age of empires blizzard s rts design incorporates leaders into a story and makes them the central part of the story the warcraft and starcraft games told sure you re there as the player but the story revolves around these central characters from starcraft remastered you can see that the leaders are incorporated into the mission design and not just cutscenes from resetera not only did the polish and gameplay set blizzard s rts games apart but the stories they told influenced their design of the diablo games as an action rpg with a defined plot from diablo 2 resurrected screencap from ars technica blizzard s second last rts game warcraft iii went all in on the story and leaders where more rpg elements were added into the rts design than ever before more tightly integrating the story with the rts game itself so blizzard did something unexpected they pivoted and created an mmo that doesn t have any of those central design tenets the release of vanilla world of warcraft was not only a departure from blizzard s rts core but a change in design emphasis sure there are faction leaders and other important personnel around throughout azeroth but the game design didn t revolve around them there wasn t a main story in the same way that other blizzard designs had but a bunch of smaller stories that were strung together with quest chains instead of a tightly integrated story with an emphasis on the leaders as main characters the player was the main character in a vast world with minimal emphasis on the heroics of the few people in charge i guess that wasn t bound to last because a decentralized game world wasn t in blizzard s dna it took a few expansions but by wrath of the lich king wow had pretty much returned to the blizzard fold in that the leaders and a central story were tightly integrated into the game and it s been that way ever since this is what blizzard is most familiar with developing and your job as the player is to basically facilitate the story that the faction leaders are involved with like or hate the story this is the pattern that formed in the warcraft and starcraft games and that is what blizzard knows best people myself included rail against the so called lobby based nature of retail wow but when you consider it is the spiritual successor to the earlier rts and arpg games that built blizzard s reputation it s not a great surprise when you throw in the lobby based story found in shooter games such as call of duty blizzard is providing what they believe gamers expect out of a game in the same manner that turn based isometric rpgs are tightly integrated into larian studios business what we are seeing out of retail wow is in blizzard s it would take a monumental effort to break out of that design philosophy and i m not altogether sure it would be a good idea for blizz at this point to do so as much as i prefer classic era blizzard s fanbase doesn t expect that decentralized non story driven design out of them they expect lobby based story beats with an emphasis on the faction leads and the other chief protagonists if anything the leveling process in the game world is the anachronism here it s a nod to an era when blizzard broke out of what they did best as a company to try something new with different design parameters and blizzard can t bring itself to shed that vestige of it s old mmo design instead blizzard uses the leveling process to move the story from the introductory phase to the why of group content at the end it s not an end in itself as it was in vanilla wow but in service to the endgame which is where the real story in retail wow begins no i was not going to put that line from south park in here if you want it you can go find it via a quick search from youtube it is kind of funny in its own way that the retail wow player base argues about details in expansions such as systems whether the group content is any good or the quality of the story but they have simply accepted the larger design philosophy as is what you see out of blizzard now is what you will get because they have no incentive to try anything truly new even season of discovery isn t that new it s just a reshuffling of the cards as it were but keeping the same basic design in place since blizzard is now the mmo and action rpg developer in microsoft s stable they are most likely destined to stay in their lane and only work on those items if you ve a dev team that wants to try something new don t expect to find yourself under the blizzard arm of microsoft game studios you re better off going independent yes i know i m not that fond of the plot in diablo there s a lot more action and a lot less rpg in the diablo games that doesn t mean there s no plot however no plot is more akin to playing gauntlet than diablo despite the mechanics similarities apologies to the elder scrolls online but zenimax bethesda is known for first person rpgs not mmos in my opinion it wouldn t surprise me if eso eventually gets moved under blizzard because they re the mmo developer for microsoft never mind the game world or the corporate culture there s always a bean counter somewhere who wants things to align perfectly under their proper silos posted by redbeard at 6 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blizzard diablo retail starcraft warcraft wow newer posts older posts home subscribe to comments atom pages home about parallel context about redbeard contact us azeroth after dark a parallel context companion site mmo podcasts blizzard watch diablo 4 lord of hatred waiting room 1 day ago podcasts massively overpowered massively op podcast episode 563 in the name of the windrose 4 days ago twisted nether blogcast moving to youtube episodes 346 348 3 months ago battle bards the final refrain 1 year ago ootinicast a star wars the old republic swtor podcast ootinicast episode 503 1 year ago mmo blogroll massively overpowered star citizen adds more missions to nyx details alpha 4 8 and teases the next free fly event 14 hours ago atheren s azeroth screenshot saturday 4 25 26 15 hours ago inventory full muskrat love 22 hours ago the ancient gaming noob binge watching the continue watching list apple tv edition 23 hours ago priest with a cause turtle wow dungeons crescent grove vs stormwrought ruins 1 day ago blizzard watch the queue people die and mistress nagmara serves drinks 1 day ago bio break world of warcraft jump the guild 2 days ago in an age e33 back on the horse 3 days ago kamalia et alia wednesday on the avenue 19 3 days ago jvt workshop hounds of war and a house of dynamite 5 days ago kurn s corner kurn s sunday brain dump 3 6 days ago battle stance raiding the voidspire week 4 6 days ago kaylriene the keystone legend grind completed thoughts on healing high keys seasonal dungeons and the new myth and umbral legend achievements 1 week ago aywren s gaming and geek blog ffxiv getting ready for fanfest 2026 1 week ago z is for zeirah exploring neighbourhood homes a decor adventure 2 weeks ago going commando a week on oricon 2 weeks ago bodhi rana trolls seem to make e v e r y t h i n g better 3 weeks ago gnomecore ffxiv swtor a few updates 3 weeks ago jinxed thoughts mad max 2015 review 1 month ago the last chapter gaming blog re direct to atheren s adventures 1 month ago tome of the ancient visit to a palace 2 months ago yeebo fernbottom s mmo blog project genie make your own world with a prompt 2 months ago many welps i set up an ark survival evolved dedicated server 3 months ago not all hunters alas weakauras 5 months ago nerd girl thoughts blaugust 2025 in review 7 months ago neverwinter thoughts a sad decline 7 months ago blessing of kings checking in 1 year ago mmo gypsy videogame radio and soundtrack spotlight 1 year ago galactic antics the ramblings of another star wars gaming blogger nine and so the time has come 2 years ago the wandering altoholic new friends that are old 3 years ago mmo gamer chick battle bards episode 213 final fantasy xiv endwalker 3 years ago gamer girl confessions stream schedule april 18 24 2022 4 years ago darkmoon times make the world motivational moonfang 7 years ago i have touched the sky the last spoiler 8 years ago show 10 show all mmo reference links swtorista wowpedia wowhead classic mmo champion youtube channels jasper hour classic ravanel griffon s channel mmo gypsy syl shintar s videos pointy hat studios rpg podcasts the adventure zone the adventure zone versus a midsummer night s dream live in columbus 3 days ago join the party podcast the afterparty at the end of the show 2 months ago fear the boot bonus episode 104 wpc 1 random traits 1 year ago all games considered armor goes clank 018 february 5 2020 i don t know what this andorra country here is 55 45 6 years ago rpg blogroll chaosium inc another brp release under the orc of hearth and the harrowing fantasy survival roleplaying 1 day ago atlas games kickstarter last day ends 9pm central 2 days ago gnome stew gnomecast 235 short campaign considerations 4 days ago evil hat productions one page at a time 1 week ago monte cook make your statement 1 month ago paizo com recent blog posts in paizo blog the sky scions part 2 5 months ago the spirit of small gifts letter 9 amanita s gift 7 months ago up to four players campaign s end 2 years ago ardwulf s lair 2024 convention plans 2 years ago show 5 show all rpg links rpgnet forums drivethrurpg com paizo rpggeek blog archive 2026 58 april 9 march 18 february 18 january 13 2025 187 december 13 november 17 october 12 september 15 august 31 july 16 june 16 may 11 april 14 march 14 february 12 january 16 2024 175 december 13 november 15 october 14 the cheeriest spooky theme around meme monday quirky memes some people go on vacation to rest a truly remarkable life more silence on the guild banking industry meme monday new to mmos memes making sense of incomprehensibility adding to the to be read pile kind of a busy day in crowdfunding land meme monday weekend warrior memes and here i thought it was lester s imprint meme monday 90s memes no fdic insurance for your guild bank all that s past is prologue september 18 august 31 july 14 june 9 may 11 april 14 march 11 february 11 january 14 2023 151 december 13 november 10 october 12 september 9 august 31 july 9 june 11 may 14 april 11 march 9 february 10 january 12 2022 161 december 12 november 11 october 12 september 14 august 31 july 13 june 12 may 13 april 10 march 10 february 11 january 12 2021 88 december 6 november 6 october 5 september 8 august 9 july 8 june 10 may 10 april 6 march 9 february 6 january 5 2020 110 december 9 november 5 october 7 september 11 august 9 july 6 june 8 may 9 april 18 march 16 february 6 january 6 2019 67 december 7 november 7 october 7 september 6 august 6 july 6 june 5 may 5 april 5 march 4 february 5 january 4 2018 69 december 6 november 11 october 6 september 5 august 8 july 4 june 4 may 5 april 4 march 5 february 5 january 6 2017 62 december 5 november 6 october 5 september 5 august 7 july 6 june 3 may 6 april 5 march 6 february 4 january 4 2016 71 december 5 november 7 october 6 september 5 august 6 july 5 june 8 may 6 april 6 march 5 february 6 january 6 2015 69 december 8 november 4 october 5 september 6 august 5 july 8 june 6 may 4 april 7 march 4 february 6 january 6 2014 71 december 6 november 5 october 6 september 8 august 9 july 6 june 6 may 7 april 5 march 5 february 4 january 4 2013 74 december 6 november 7 october 6 september 5 august 7 july 6 june 7 may 7 april 6 march 6 february 6 january 5 2012 75 december 3 november 6 october 8 september 6 august 10 july 8 june 4 may 10 april 7 march 5 february 5 january 3 2011 86 december 7 november 4 october 9 september 8 august 8 july 6 june 6 may 5 april 8 march 8 february 7 january 10 2010 153 december 8 november 8 october 12 september 11 august 13 july 13 june 15 may 22 april 18 march 17 february 5 january 11 2009 22 december 10 november 3 october 7 september 2 blogs in mothballs the wanderings of an altoholic 4 years ago null signifier 6 years ago the daily frostwolf druid edition 6 years ago eight years in azeroth 7 years ago the bossy pally and the giant spoon 7 years ago ravalation 8 years ago the ...
|
