I'm speaking of when the world changes around a quest hub for story telling purposes. I tried grouping with someone and they would vanish when they got around the quest area and would reappear when they got away from it. It made mentoring useless since I couldn't see them or them me.
I fully understand the issue with that but consider the developer's perspective. The entire point of phasing in PVE content is to make the SINGLE player questing experience more immersive. The world changes around you based on your actions. In exchange for making the PVE content specifically designed for solo players more immersive, the developers are making the conscious decision to screw over the Teekey's of the world because because figuring out how to make phased content visible to players who have already completed the content but are mentored down is just not worth the time and effort. It is as simple as that.
I hadn't run into that, but that's just dumb. I still don't understand why game companies continue to add mechanisms that limit people from playing with their friends in an MMO. Stupid.
Number one complaint I heard in low level zone chats.
And we all saw how successful that type of mentality worked out for TESO when devs chose their "vision" over what the players wanted/desired.
Are you just making that up? I didn't start playing until launch day so all the head start people were well already past the starter zones. The zone (Algoroc) was still packed full of players and you saw them everywhere. For any given area there were always a significant number of players in the same vicinity doing the same quest I was. Same thing in Galeras.
Having a shit ton of quests doesn't necessarily make the game more fun. Even as a veteran MMO player I was pretty overwhelmed walking into the behemoth starting zone and getting so many quests having me go every which way. And it's not like most of the quests are particularly fun or engaging. The combat system somewhat makes up for it, but not by a lot.
TESO's phasing had absolutely nothing to do with the lack of meaningful PVP, the massive bot infestation, or the disapproval of the Veteran rank system, which were the main complaints with that game.
I know. But if you're under level 13 (as Furry said he was) - quests are all you really know or care about.
I'm not sure if that comment is directed at me or Furry? I've leveled beyond 13. I was just speaking from his point of view. The low level quests aren't exactly enticing.
Once again, what does TESO's bad decision to not have nameplates have anything to do with phasing in PVE?
I like it when you play the "I'm obtuse" card in these arguments because it makes you looks like a complete idiot. The common thread is the developer thinking they know what's "best" for their player base. Limits on adding friends into your phase (TESO/Wildstar), lack of an auction house (TESO), no PvP nameplates (TESO), etc. are all developer decisions that fly in the face of what the players want/need.
I don't think anyone disagrees with that, especially if you've been playing MMOs for 20 years. The reality is, though, it doesn't take very long to get past it and the quantity of activities increases significantly, which was Tarrant's point. If you like MMOs, it's really hard to believe how you can be bored in Wildstar that has launched with more content than any MMO I can remember.
Yes, I'm making that up, because clearly I have an agenda. It seems we had different experiences. That's not entirely unheard of in MMORPGS. I don't have any screenshots to back it up, so you can choose whether you believe my statement or not. This is my experience with both exile and dominion side, Widow (PvP) during the crazy queue times of day 2 or 3 of head start up until around one or two days ago when I suddenly lost the urge to expend any further energy on this game for the time being. I did see people, obviously, but not as many as I would expect. Not to mention, most of the characters, even the ones that acted like players, were actually NPCs running around randomly. Obviously my experience won't be the same as that of everyone else, and it's interesting to see that some people enjoy how the WS devs have implemented phasing into this game enough to post about it as much as you do. Not so sure I'd be claiming that you're in the majority though.
