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Jaffer

Member since: Feb 21st, 2008

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Player vs. Everything: Learning by doing

Apr 15th 2008 11:37PM (Massively)
You bring up a good point with the tutorials, however there are several counterarguments that I would like to bring up.

Firstly: The amount of extra work that would need to be put in to complete a full tutorial for every ability for every class would be a monumental effort. Do you want that new content?

Secondly: Using your example of the hunter with freezing trap, if you had two hunters in the raid. One in full purples, but can’t trap, and the other in blues and greens, but can chain trap effectively, which one would you be more inclined to take back next week if you had room for only one?
Being able to play your class is a badge of honour (just like what you suggested for completing the quests), but it’s forged through trial and blood. I personally believe that it’s worth more as it is, then what it would be worth with a quest system.

My main character is a Night Elf, Hunter. I learnt how to trap the slow way, and I worked very hard to get as good as I possibly could be. One particular event in Shattered Halls, where I managed to save a party wipe through good trapping, kiting and pet control, earned me the title of hunter leader in my guild. Since I was given the title, the hunters in my guild have improved their trapping immensely.
The point of this story is that sometimes you need someone who is doing better then you to show you what you can achieve. If everyone had trapping training through a tutorial, then the exceptional people would be diminished.

I hope I have brought up several points for people to think about.

Pen and paper roleplaying pioneer Gary Gygax is dead

Mar 4th 2008 11:12PM (WoW)
I can't say anything that hasn't already been said.

I don't think he'll be using the spirit healer.

May he rest in peace.

Tuskarr info on official site

Feb 21st 2008 5:47PM (WoW)
they are constantly beset by taunka and local murlocs.
Does that mean that we can go back to killing murlocs?
I love killing them...

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