Monday, October 09, 2006

Fix WoW in Eleven Steps

(A post I made on the WoW forums that will probably be lost instantly)

I don't like you, and you don't like me. So let's just do this.



"PUG" doesn't need to stand for "Punched in the Jewels"

Mercs? Cross-realm instance groups? Maybe. All I know is that right now a good LBRS group should be colored orange.


Player Housing

Blizzard keeps saying they need time to "get it right". That's not the Guns Blazing, Original-Honor-System (aka Death by PvP) releasing Blizzard I know. If you get it wrong, so what? That's why God gives us expansion packs.


Player Shops or an Enhanced AH

If you can't sell things quickly they can't be sold (or bought). Other items glut and disappear regularly. It gets old.


Some Gnome Love

No Gnome Healers, no Gnomeland. Come on.


Useless Vendors

There are so many ways to get gear ... why can't vendors be one? Would it kill the game balance if every level 30 got cool shoulders from a vendor? I'm tired of every vendor being an ocean of whiteness.


Enchant Your Alts

I know this is a popular request. I know we won't get it. But still I ask.


Official PvE Rankings

PvE progress is a big deal in the forums. Is a big deal for those involved, and a big deal for everyone who raids.

Why can't Bliz make a big deal about it?


Expand the quest log at max level

The twenty quest limit is a great idea. You get enough room to get the quests for an area or three and you don't get overwhelmed. You can focus on a few areas and a few quests.

Until you get to 60, when completing quests is no longer an issue of focus. You do things when you find a group. You do harder things when you find a good group. And when you find a group you end up dropping quests and picking up other ones. Why?


I Forget what this One Was

But it was awesome. So I'll just make it "Fix the forum software so it doesn't hose posts when a session expires".


Epic Cooking

Where are my Core Wings? (With apologies to Pratchett) My Dwarven Throwing Biscuits?


Admit grouping is not a Panacea

A large number of people head to an instance and kill a boss, who drops loot for a small number of people. Inevitably, Drama ensues.

Why does there have to be Drama? There are a thousand ways to "cut out the middle man", and make loot a transaction between the player and Bliz, without a raid or instance leader interfering. Why not?