tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post1876885020430163642..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: Algalon Thanks You For P(l)ayingGreen Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-54653321372774465292009-04-23T07:55:00.000-04:002009-04-23T07:55:00.000-04:00I believe the best way to look at the 1 hour timer...I believe the best way to look at the 1 hour timer, is as a 1 hour pre-university exam that makes or break your grades.<br /><br />Basically you have all of 1 week to prepare for it, by either shaping up(running 10 and 25 ulduar for gear), planning and studying (looking at what other guilds has done, formulating your own strategies, and outline mindmaps that shows if algalon does this we do that) and then bring your A-game for 1 whole hour.<br /><br />If you fail at it, then you must wait a week.<br /><br />Essentially, like the be all end all of epic wow tests and examinations.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672586997421950443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-58765361114877419632009-04-23T07:00:00.000-04:002009-04-23T07:00:00.000-04:00I'd give it a couple months, and Blizz will expand...I'd give it a couple months, and Blizz will expand it to couple or three hours, or maybe remove the timer altogether. Honestly, I basically agree with Blizzard's decision--I mean, I rarely spend more than an hour on the last boss of an encounter anyway, as it's usually late and I have to work the next day. But if you're from Ensidia, you can just zerg the thing over and over and over and over and over until he finally goes down.Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-2087643044131998772009-04-22T23:14:00.000-04:002009-04-22T23:14:00.000-04:00Doesn't Blizzard remember the proper way to delay ...Doesn't Blizzard remember the proper way to delay content burn? Make the boss bugged and unkillable or so overtuned that you would need to beat the next two tiers of content to stand a chance. Or resist sets... *shudder*Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-90224008412224583022009-04-22T21:49:00.000-04:002009-04-22T21:49:00.000-04:00I agree with Stabs. The whole thing is artificial;...I agree with Stabs. The whole thing is artificial; I'm not sure that once you have peaked behind the theater curtain the show will ever be the same. <br /><br />I do agree that this method is a little bit "ham fisted" but I don't think it's really all that more ham fisted than some of the other things they have done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-40880584683904737762009-04-22T21:29:00.000-04:002009-04-22T21:29:00.000-04:00I can't agree with your conclusion. For guilds and...I can't agree with your conclusion. For guilds and individual raiders who only play to beat the game it adds longevity.<br /><br />Artificial? Possibly but everything is artificial. Enrage timers for instance - if a boss can go Enraged and one-shot the tank why on earth wouldn't he do it immediately? Does he not want to win or something?<br /><br />Previous methods of gating content have tended to be more punitive to casuals than hardcore raiders. This is the first game mechanism that is significantly more punitive to hardcore (unless you count the overall nerfs that made is easier for guilds to clear SSC in, say Oct 2008 than it had been for hardcore guilds in April 2007).<br /><br />I don't think you can simply dismiss it as a gimmick to keep people subscribing because every method of slowing raid progress from attunements to lockouts falls into the same category.<br /><br />What remains to be seen of course is whether people will accept it. If raiders get too frustrated they may change game, but I don't think this change impacts enough people to make it a real issue.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.com