World of Warcraft Patch Q&A
1UP has posted a Q&A with Jeff Kaplan, asking the World of Warcraft lead designer about patch 1.10. Questions are about Priests and their redone talent tree, newly added weather effects, and endgame armor.
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SilverSnake
replyHaha... first comment on that page:
please come to 360
Right... MMORPGs are awesome on console, right? :) I know I wouldn't want to navigate my 30-40 spells with a controller, nor do I want a keyboard/mouse in my living room. :D
Sounds nice though, can't wait for the weather effects... Any ETA rumors? :)-
FFXI handles well with a controller. But then again the game/UI was built around the PS2 controller. I set WoW up with a saitek controller and it works great for casual play but I don't use it in instances. It lacks the speed and precision to play as a warrior and dance between several mobs to hold aggro.
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As it is I can already run circles around a keyboard only player in 1 on 1 fights. Just run right through them and do a quick 180 and you get a hit in and they get a "You're facing the wrong way." I couldn't imagine how bad I'd womp on someone trying to handle all their abilities on a gamepad, plus keep oriented in the right direction.
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Yes, actually, they are, and this is coming from a hardcore pc mmo/fps/rts player
The comfort factor is through the roof, and with the proper setup, you can manage the bulk of your important abilities with enough speed to be competent - you'd have issues in pvp to be sure, but pve content would be manageable with some effort
It would however, assuming server cross compatibility, introduce a whole new wave of utterly incompetent players to the game, making pickup groups even more horrific than they already are-
Yeah, it would work fine as long as you didn't have cross-server compatibility. PC players would just pee on consolers because of
a) the mouse and the fact that the direction you face is a factor
b) pc gamers have been playing wow since it launched-
Players would demand a way to determine which players were on consoles, so they could avoid inviting them into groups.
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^^ Agreed.
Give me an MMO I can play on my bigscreen and home theatre system while sitting on my futon and I'll be all up ons. If FFXI gets a 360 server to itself I'd be tempted to start playing it again.
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