tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post5318981668436040136..comments2024-01-18T16:20:09.743+01:00Comments on Nils' Blog: Horde vs. AllianceNilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-12204136923624243352011-10-27T03:29:57.976+02:002011-10-27T03:29:57.976+02:00Reigniting the war between Horde & Alliance en...Reigniting the war between Horde & Alliance ended up as a rejuggle of quest hubs.<br /><br />The most 'war-like' Cataclysm got was the occasional ganking on the bridge to TB.<br /><br />On PvE realms, old world flying seems to have killed all Black Bear raids.<br /><br />Let's not forget that in MoP, Blizzard has abandoned its 'silhouette' design philosophy, so both Horde and Alliance will look the same, populated by pandas...Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08909382806966279602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-17012565723451246852011-10-26T20:28:52.054+02:002011-10-26T20:28:52.054+02:00That's another good point, Blimp. Two-faction ...That's another good point, Blimp. Two-faction MMOs have a tendency to fail at faction vs. faction PvP.Nilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-82515105405273331442011-10-26T20:03:31.642+02:002011-10-26T20:03:31.642+02:00I don't believe in a focus on open world PVP. ...I don't believe in a focus on open world PVP. Too many realms have a strong population imbalance. According to WoWProgress, on 2/3 of the realms, the population of the smaller faction represents less than 60% of the population of the larger one.Blimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523686868859482309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-40192252129762500872011-10-26T16:48:22.318+02:002011-10-26T16:48:22.318+02:00You missed the biggest horde vs alliance battle th...You missed the biggest horde vs alliance battle that happened at least 2 or 3 times a day. Crossroads over in the Barens.<br /><br />Wasn't a day that went by that the alliance weren't attacking that place. Had at least twice the activity that Tarren Mills or Southshore had at least on the servers I played on.Goodmongohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116895654322387056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-49963142450116339792011-10-26T15:28:06.070+02:002011-10-26T15:28:06.070+02:00By the way, while everyone seems to be betting on ...By the way, while everyone seems to be betting on the pet battles, my money would be on the new battlegrounds as the feature that they end up scrapping in the final release. They've repeatedly said in the past that designing new battlegrounds is a lot of work and actually undesirable from their point of view because the more people get spread out, the longer the queues for specific bgs get. I think "more new battlegrounds" was just something that's easy to promise and fits the idea of more faction conflict. (Meanwhile, they actually showed some pictures of the pet battle system, so I think they've already committed themselves to that one.)Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-26145133352915950142011-10-26T14:04:21.276+02:002011-10-26T14:04:21.276+02:00I agree, Kring. My post on PvE Scenarios will have...I agree, Kring. My post on PvE Scenarios will have this as a main point: They said so little about them that everybody seems to project his hopes onto them :)Nilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468755466492675831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801344413612447717.post-79246989097961913082011-10-26T14:01:41.556+02:002011-10-26T14:01:41.556+02:004a) There are scenarios. I can imagine scenarios l...4a) There are scenarios. I can imagine scenarios like "taking Tarrens Mill" or "taking Southshore".<br /><br />4b) Who said that raid must stay the pinnacle of lore development? Maybe raids will be turned into a "2 hour arcade game" like battlegrounds. Maybe we kill leaders in a raid, but it's not canonical.<br /><br />Take a step back and ask yourself: why should raids primarily drive the lore when the majority of player don't raid?<br /><br />4c) They could change the zones with every patch showing progress like "exchanging" outposts.Kringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.com