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They are sucking everything good out of WAR to add to WoW... man thats sad. I guess they are stepping it up since they have competition.
I'm losing respect--scratch that, already lost all respect for the Warcraft division of Blizzard. I'm still looking forward to Starcraft 2 and more importantly Diablo 3, but i'll never go back to WoW.
agree.
Actually, we have been discussing new battlegrounds quite a bit lately. Wrath of the Lich King will feature Strand of the Ancients (attack/defend) as well as Wintergrasp (non-instanced, world PvP).
But past that, we are exploring ideas that would involve expanding our Battleground content in future patches and beyond. We believe we have some strong ideas for improving Battlegrounds and PvP as a whole in the game and we're definitely going to focus on improvements in the future. Now, it's very early to be talking about some of this stuff but I think it's important for the community to know that it's on our minds.
Our general thought is that we could provide more BG content over time. The BG content that we could provide could be of higher quality with a higher degree of accessibility. Overall, we'd like to have more content and variety. We also want the gameplay experience in the BGs to be better directed. We're also exploring the concept of a complimentary %26quot;competitive%26quot; bg system as well. Over time, we'd like the focus of PvP to shift back to being more BG-centric and more focused on Horde versus Alliance -- the core of our game.
We're also planning on improving some Battleground and PvP features in general. For example, we want to give you the ability to queue for Battlegrounds from anywhere in the world. We're also going to explore EXP gain through the PvP system as well as low level itemization to support that.
Please don't take this post as a promise. This won't be an overnight process. Not all of these things are set in stone and guaranteed to happen. It would take us a while to shift in this direction. But these are some of the current thoughts on the development team. I think it's important for you guys to know some of our thought process in regards to PvP.
Looks like WAR is having a larger impact on WoW than people had orginally planned. Only thing is, they have arena and as a poster on the WoW forums posted:
There is none. Same reason Wintergrasp is going to fail. It's real simple: people follow the eq. Since arena = pvp gear, people will do arena for the gear. Then go to bgs to 1-shot people who hate arena (thus probably leading to them quitting).
Blizzard is failling hard at pvp right now.
Well said.
Damage control indeed, inb4WoWFanboys%26amp;Trolls
Blizzard can try to copy WAR's PvP elements but in the end they will always pander to the PvE people. Their team is full of PvE-minded developers anyway.
Well thats marketing.
actually sounds quite good to me, and might bring me back.
Reason I stopped is cause I don't feel the PvP (or BGs really) get enough focus from Blizzard compared to the PvE.
This actually sounds rather good.
We're also going to explore EXP gain through the PvP system as well as low level itemization to support that.
I mean been wanting that for ages. And lol Twinks if it happens.
Personally, so far I do prefer WoWs PvP in BGs compared to this games scenarios (mainly cause Scenarios so far have been nothing but a Zerg rush). So, good news.
Also won't be surprised if they implement Public Quests at some point. Hell, won't be surprised if most MMOs released in future have Public Quests.
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I've just locked an open door! Strange, yet symbolically compelling.
That's what WoW and Warcraft are. A collection of stolen ideas. Thing is, they often implement those stolen ideas better than the game they stole them from.
Oh please, like Warhammer would exist were it not for J.R.R. Tolkien and Gary Gygax. Everything has been %26quot;stolen%26quot; from someone else since antiquity. It's just a matter of recreating and refining what's already been done. It's not like Warhammer isn't just a restyled Middle-Earth.
Warhammer wasnt directly based on LOTR. Warcraft came into existance because Blizzard failed to aquire the rights to make a Warhammer RTS, so instead they made Warcraft which was basically their version of warhammer. bad comparison is bad. i see what you are saying but youre still somewhat incorrect.
tl;dr warhammer may have been influenced by LOTR but Warcraft was a direct Warhammer clone. Not that it was a bad thing, i loved the old warcraft games, but the universe was a clone nonetheless.