The Daily Grind: How easy is too easy?

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Ronix IMO hit the nail on the head, using the biggest one as an example, WoW got easy because theres no chance happenings. Every boss has 100% success rate as long as you have the gear and know the three or four things they will do. Theres no chance during a fight that a monster will appear from the shadows and knock out a healer, tanks are required to even have enough gear that makes a critical hit on them impossible.

But thats not easy to fix with any MMORPG, because its an RPG, unless there is an unlimited amount of content eventually you have the gear and the information to do anything PvE related with ease.

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Taking WoW as an example, the furore on the forums every time they have tried to do anything even remotely like you suggest would has stopped designers doing anything like that.

Everything you do, there will be some group of people who will complain that it's unfair. Monsters materializing out of shadows and attacking healers? "OMFG BLIZZ WTF!!! CHEAP!! NOT FAIR!!!"

The kiddies would cry long, hot tears of rage about it all over the forums.

If something is challenging, the majority of players will just skip it and find something easier. It's quite possible to complete a heroic instance with 4 or even 3 players in WoW. Now you try finding a group who will actually attempt that... Even from your own guild.

The simple reason why most MMOs today are easy is not because developers can't create challenging events, it's because since MMOs became popular, the whiny, entitled keyboard turners that actually just want a chatroom with graphics have infested everything.

The same reason that MMOs are one of the biggest segments of the gaming industry is the same reason they're ridiculously easy.

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