New Restrospective Interview

[oberonqa]

http://hamsquestforglory.blogspot.com/2 ... -cole.html

Thought I'd share that...

[Tawmis]

It was an interesting read... to be sure.

One thing is clear - and I didn't need him to admit it to see it - he's addicted to World of Warcraft.

I found it ironic how easy he wants games to be... would rather there be no thinking or need for walk thrus or looking stuff up online...

I've played Warcraft. Got one character to level 80. Another to 70. And others between 20 and 60. If you think you don't need to look things up for WoW, then he's misguided... very, very misguided, and just blind by his addiction to the game, and thinking it has no flaws.

Other than that, fun read.

[oberonqa]

It was an interesting read... to be sure.

One thing is clear - and I didn't need him to admit it to see it - he's addicted to World of Warcraft.

I found it ironic how easy he wants games to be... would rather there be no thinking or need for walk thrus or looking stuff up online...

I've played Warcraft. Got one character to level 80. Another to 70. And others between 20 and 60. If you think you don't need to look things up for WoW, then he's misguided... very, very misguided, and just blind by his addiction to the game, and thinking it has no flaws.

Other than that, fun read.

Oh I agree completely.... especially with raid mechanics. I played WoW as well.... got two characters to level 80 (Night Elf Warrior and Night Elf Priest)... and while general questing can be done without looking stuff up thanks to addons like Carbonite and/or QuestHelper, you have no choice but to look up raid encounter strategies.

I have all the respect in the world for Corey, but he must not be raiding very often... or if he does, he doesn't do level/gear appropriate raid content (i.e. instead of doing Icecrown Citadel at level 80 with Ulduar/ToC epics, he does AQ20 with Naxx epics).

[Tawmis]

Oh I agree completely.... especially with raid mechanics. I played WoW as well.... got two characters to level 80 (Night Elf Warrior and Night Elf Priest)... and while general questing can be done without looking stuff up thanks to addons like Carbonite and/or QuestHelper, you have no choice but to look up raid encounter strategies.

I have all the respect in the world for Corey, but he must not be raiding very often... or if he does, he doesn't do level/gear appropriate raid content (i.e. instead of doing Icecrown Citadel at level 80 with Ulduar/ToC epics, he does AQ20 with Naxx epics).

I will say that WoW is by and far the easiest MMO I have ever played (I started with the original EverQuest for many years, then went on to Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, and others that are slipping my mind - now do Lord of the Rings Online once a week {on my day off - Monday; Sunday is usually spent with the wife})... But WoW was indeed the easiest. And granted, thinks like QuestHelper certainly do help...

There's a matter of researching how spells/skills work for spell casters (since he said he was a spell caster) - and if he's into doing trades, there's no doubt you have to research how trades work and which ones to do and which ones to avoid (as in which are most beneficial, in terms of skilling up and/or selling)... and even if you're a hunter, knowing what pets do what requires some research...

And there is no real "Hint Book" for MMOs, like WoW - it's all online. There's two or three core sites that have all the info you need - but it still takes research.

EDIT: I just want to be clear, it was a fun read. But more than the 50% of it seemed to be "something something something World of Warcraft something something something Like World of Warcraft something something something"...

The other stuff was far more entertaining.

Although, it seems the Monty Python reference slipped by him... or he didn't bother having fun with that question/answer...

[DeadPoolX]

I tried WoW, but I didn't like it. It reminded me too much of EQ and the subscription fee was too high. I hate feeling like I have to play or I'm wasting money.

I'd much rather play Guild Wars. That's definitely an "easy" MMO designed for the casual gamer. No subscription fee at all and the level cap is 20. ArenaNet realized that not everyone has -- or wants to spend -- a million hours grinding away at a game.