Polar Gazing
Posted by: Anromir
On: May 01, 2009 at 05:42pm
Grimnir has a good look at new strategies for the expanded Nordenwatch scenario Mythic slipped out unannounced this weekend. Personally, I think this idea is a great bit of thievery on their part, with their own twist.
What? Thievery? Of course, that's how all the big boys do it nowadays. WoW has achievements (Tome of Knowledge knockoff, if you ask me). WaR, and just about every MMO models itself after WoW somewhat. In this case, WaR is stealing from Guild Wars.
GW is a great MMO if you haven't tried it. It's not the same as other MMO's so don't expect it to be "better" than your favorite. But I think it brings a lot of new ideas to the table and it is definitely fun. That said, GW has been running weekend events for just about three years. Every weekend, there's an incentive to get out and focus on a different specific part of the game. But GW has several different types of PvP as well as PvE areas. One weekend they may double faction for playing in Alliance Battles (PvP), the next double it for Competitive Missions like the Jade Quarry or Fort Aspenwood (basically scens). The next week might be doubling the chance of green weapons (think set item armor). Next, double faction for a certain title track.
One thing WAR added that's great is the tie in with the Tome of Knowledge. A set of tasks to complete for the weekend. Do them all and get a neat title. This is Mythic's own twist on it, and I think it's a great way to make this kind of thing WAR's own.
So what else can Mythic learn from this? Right now, they have made the focus a scenario, and that's a great place to start. I think they should definitely make something like this happen every weekend. But they can expand it to other areas:
As you can see, there are a lot of directions Mythic can take this. I think this Nordenwatch scen a great idea and a way to give people reasons to try different things on a regular basis if they continue doing this kind of thing every weekend. Doing different things is a way to keep the game fresh for people and help prevent burnout.
--Anromir
What? Thievery? Of course, that's how all the big boys do it nowadays. WoW has achievements (Tome of Knowledge knockoff, if you ask me). WaR, and just about every MMO models itself after WoW somewhat. In this case, WaR is stealing from Guild Wars.
GW is a great MMO if you haven't tried it. It's not the same as other MMO's so don't expect it to be "better" than your favorite. But I think it brings a lot of new ideas to the table and it is definitely fun. That said, GW has been running weekend events for just about three years. Every weekend, there's an incentive to get out and focus on a different specific part of the game. But GW has several different types of PvP as well as PvE areas. One weekend they may double faction for playing in Alliance Battles (PvP), the next double it for Competitive Missions like the Jade Quarry or Fort Aspenwood (basically scens). The next week might be doubling the chance of green weapons (think set item armor). Next, double faction for a certain title track.
One thing WAR added that's great is the tie in with the Tome of Knowledge. A set of tasks to complete for the weekend. Do them all and get a neat title. This is Mythic's own twist on it, and I think it's a great way to make this kind of thing WAR's own.
So what else can Mythic learn from this? Right now, they have made the focus a scenario, and that's a great place to start. I think they should definitely make something like this happen every weekend. But they can expand it to other areas:
- Double influence for PQs
- Double influence for RvR
- More gold bags in Keeps
- Double gold drops in dungeons
- Double influence in dungeons
- Double renown for skirmish kills
- Double renown for capturing BOs
- Double chance to drop/number dropped of medallions/crests
- A title/quest/ToK tie in for a Dungeon/PQ/RvR goal
- etc.
As you can see, there are a lot of directions Mythic can take this. I think this Nordenwatch scen a great idea and a way to give people reasons to try different things on a regular basis if they continue doing this kind of thing every weekend. Doing different things is a way to keep the game fresh for people and help prevent burnout.
--Anromir
