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One of the things EQ2 and LOTRO got right was providing trophies that you could use to decorate your house. Hopefully garrisons in WoD will have a trophy room of some type.

Really? My main over the years was always enhance shaman and with multiple abilities for each type of totem, I had way more abilities to hotkey compared to the other classes I played.

"Worship" is the wrong term to use. Gamers today watch MOBA streamers on Twitch for the same reason they read the old FOH forums when EQ1 raiding was the only game in town. If you want to learn how to play the game better, then you go to the Internet medium where you can acquire that information.

Casual: people who want loot handed to them like candy Hardcore: people who want loot to be earned by limiting it to players who beat PVE content Hardcore casual: people with hardcore mentality with real life constraints that limit playing time. They don't measure their self esteem by...

Since real life prevents me from raiding on a regular basis, doing heroic dungeon crawls with challenging boss mechanics is one thing I am looking for in a MMO. WS definitely had the hardest dungeon crawls of any MMO I have played in the last 5 years. Beating them once gave me a sense of...

That brings back some funny memories of the escapades of The Quon.

Is there any MMO that has better scripted raid boss mechanics than WoW? I've always been under the impression that has been one of WoW's biggest selling points over the years.

How well, if at all, do the simulators model Time On Target? A melee DPS should always have higher DPS ceilings compared to Ranged DPS since it is harder for them to have a high TOTarget % due to having to move around more. When you factor in it being easier for RDPS to have a higher...

Lot of comments on the beta boards that feral DPS is way OP right now and likely to get hit with the nerf bat soon.

True but how many of those MMOs did people pay $150 to get into an alpha for a F2P game?

I'm aware of that and not pointing a finger at him. I'm just pointing out the sequence of events on the AAge hype train that started here a few months back. I don't know if alpha testers were under a NDA or not but I do remember the hype train here also started around the same time the Twitch...

He didn't use the specific phrase "better than sliced bread" but his honest review was about as positive as you could possibly be towards a game. I forked out the $150 largely in part because of that review. My fault for that, not his.

If my memory serves me, only a couple of PRX members were invited into the Alpha without having to pay for it. Kedwyn was one of them and he came here and posted about how AAge was going to be the best thing since sliced bread. A couple weeks later is when Trion started selling access to the...

I'm leveling up my 88 warlock in Demo spec with green quest gear so my DPS is average or lower. I have encountered numerous rare mobs in the first three zones (85-87 level mobs) that can take a minute or two to kill but when the fight is over I'm still at 90% or higher mana. Granted a rare mob...

I resubbed about a month ago and the MoP expansion was already active on my account even though I never purchased it. Think some other people mentioned they got it for free as well.

Is there a speed up mechanic to level up fishing quickly? I know with cooking and engineering if your skill level is low you can get 5 skill points per item made. I assume the other trade skills work similarly. I've never bothered with fishing because its boring but if there is a way to speed...

I've always assumed long before the game was launched that the console version would end up B2P with no monthly sub. Just don't see the console generation paying $15 a month to play.

I think you misunderstood my post. Blizzard said part of the reason for reducing the number of abilities across the board was so they could design MORE complex boss mechanics. I'm just curious to know if this is actually the case in WoD dungeons and raids (assuming raids are even in the beta).

I figured that out after about 2 weeks in the alpha a couple of months back. I had fun while I was playing but had to face the reality that players with limited playtime were going to be royally screwed at launch. I decided back then to just wait until the game had been out for a month or two...

Anyone know if the boss encounters in WoD are harder/more complex to offset the squish to abilities which has simplified (some say "dumbed down") the gameplay?

With the reduction in abilities for every class, which DPS classes and specs in WoD are going to have enough reactive ability procs OR have a semi-complex skill rotation so that combat isn't boring? For example, in MoP a Protection warrior has reactive ability procs like Sword and Board...

Did Blizzard release that info recently about flying in 6.1? I was under the impression flying would never be enabled for WoD.

Don't feel bad. I only had 8K across all characters when I resubbed. After buying the last flying skill and glyphs for my boosted 90 I was down to 4K.

Doesn't have anything to do about the sense of accomplishment of downing a raid boss for the first time. I've been away from the game for over 3 years. Last time I ever did serious raiding was in WotLK. I've essentially got 2 expansions worth of raid content I haven't done that I can go back...

I bought the $150 founders pack but won't be able to devote any serious time playing AA until football season is over. Anyone know if it's possible to go ahead and create a F2P account and then switch over to patron status from the founders pack a couple of months down the road?

Level 90 guildmates decked out in gear and just waiting for WoD have been going back to old raid content and soloing or doing it with just a couple of other players in order to try and get the unique mounts dropped by raid bosses. Is it safe to assume that once WoD 6.0 patch goes live and...

That's a big "if". I only played alpha for around 3 weeks and with the exception of building a castle and guild vs guild sieges, I didn't see anything at end game that would keep it interesting long term. How exactly do you foresee the server community being able to create content?

I don't see how this game would be any fun without a good guild. The PVE is horrible so pretty much everything that is fun is group PVP oriented. Once you get to mid 30s and get to contested zones, if you are solo you're probably going to get nonstop ganked by same faction players. The trade...

Along with the tank squish is a mob damage squish that balances everything out so that tanking ability isn't nerfed. On top of that, supposedly the tank changes also increase the risk to non-tanks taking damage. In other words, if your tank sucks or your DPS can't manage their threat, the...

Just to make sure I understand you, it is your belief that hardcore players dominate the narrative about any given game and casual players make their decision to purchase (or keep playing) a game based on the narrative/opinions of the hardcore players?

Well I'm neither so try again. I'm one of the few posters here who doesn't state my opinion as fact. No one here can prove one way or the other what the sub numbers are since that info private. How do you know with 100% certainty the population is "obviously" declining? When was the last...

I'm primarily a PVE player who likes to raid and do group dungeons. When I PVP, I prefer instanced PVP with equal sized teams so that skill and teamwork matter more than who has the biggest zerg.

You have a bad habit of twisting my words and resorting to strawman arguments. I did not say the influx from Steam was more than it was at launch. It was nowhere close to the number of initial box sales. What I did say was that the number of new players via Steam was noticeable. If you...

Let me know if you resub and I'll make sure you get an invite. I do find it odd how you now state there have been "too many times you've put out unsubstantiated bullshit" when in the past you have been the one mod who was willing to admit I was telling the truth while confirming others were...

I don't have anyway to provide any concrete evidence. Just like the assumptions that the game is losing players, all I can do is make assumptions based on anecdotal evidence. There is no question the population visibly decreased after the first month. There was also a visible decrease when...

What I mean is that cities are not phased so when you go to a city you see everyone in the entire faction who happens to be in the city. Phasing doesn't kick in until you go out into the questing areas at which point you don't see people unless they are on the same phase of the quest you are on.

Simple logic question. If the megaserver tech does not phase the social hubs like banks, crafting stations, etc. and you personally witnessed an obvious increase in the number of players in these areas, would that lead you to conclude the number of players was increasing or decreasing?

Based on what? Your assumption that because you and most of the people on this forum have quit playing that most everyone else has quit? Hate to be the bearer of bad news but the game is more crowded now than it was after the initial 30 day subscriptions ran out. Adding it to Steam created...

My invite to the closed beta came in early January after those changes. While I fully agree with you on almost all of them, what you fail to mention is that for all the TONS of feedback you and the rest of PRX gave, there were TONS of feedback on the forum disagreeing with your (and my)...

Aside from the nameplate issue, what huge design flaws are you referring to? In the past you have posted PRX' recommendations to improve PVP so I assume that is what you are referring to. Also, when you say the "the community", are you referring to a majority consensus amongst the entire...