When you have an MMO that is long-lived, you eventually hit a point where a playerbase saturates and needs new blood to replace people who leave, whether… Read more “New Player Experience Is Important, But WoW and FFXIV Are Kind Of Bad At It”
Tag: gameplay
If You’re Obsessed, You Can Start Preparing For Dawntrail Now (I’m Not Kidding)
One thing that is very nice about FFXIV at times is that it is very, very predictable in terms of content preparation and how things are handled.… Read more “If You’re Obsessed, You Can Start Preparing For Dawntrail Now (I’m Not Kidding)”
The Push To New Shinies – An Issue With Dragonflight Content Design
Dragonflight is perhaps the most ambitious WoW expansion in terms of content schedule and releases. We’re getting more regular content updates, some of which is by virtue… Read more “The Push To New Shinies – An Issue With Dragonflight Content Design”
FFXIV Dawntrail Has Been Announced, My Impressions
I got back from Fanfest 2023 Las Vegas yesterday, and while I have a lot to say about that experience, it can wait for now. With a… Read more “FFXIV Dawntrail Has Been Announced, My Impressions”
Augmentation Evoker and the Support Role in World of Warcraft
WoW has defined its holy trinity paradigm so rigidly that support will never work in WoW. Well, that’s what I would have said a few months ago.… Read more “Augmentation Evoker and the Support Role in World of Warcraft”
On Player Behaviors, Incentive Sets, and Forming Groups in Online Games
On my initial WoW guild exodus in the summer of 2021, I did try to find a replacement guild before going back, then leaving and creating my… Read more “On Player Behaviors, Incentive Sets, and Forming Groups in Online Games”
Blizzcon 2023 And The Challenges It Faces
Well, we finally have the last pieces of the puzzle for the first Blizzcon post-pandemic (I hate this term because it is inaccurate, but also because it… Read more “Blizzcon 2023 And The Challenges It Faces”
Final Fantasy XIV 6.4 Impressions and Fan Fest Thoughts
Endwalker 6.0 was an experience that really, profoundly hit for me. Sure, as time has wound on from the initial shock of it in December 2021, there… Read more “Final Fantasy XIV 6.4 Impressions and Fan Fest Thoughts”
Are Affixes Actually THAT Bad? An Analysis of Mythic Plus in Dragonflight
The morning of June 6th, 2023, some Mythic Plus players thought that Blizzard had brought them a present – keystones, rolled from the Great Vault with no… Read more “Are Affixes Actually THAT Bad? An Analysis of Mythic Plus in Dragonflight”
I’m Not Going To Meet My Four-Week Keystone Hero Goal, and I’m Okay With That – My Dragonflight Season 2 Push So Far
I set a few goals this tier for how I wanted to handle keys going in – I wanted two KSH characters, 3 additional KSM characters on… Read more “I’m Not Going To Meet My Four-Week Keystone Hero Goal, and I’m Okay With That – My Dragonflight Season 2 Push So Far”
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