I understand speed is an option for those who want to excel. I think its a bit on the gamey side though. Yes its a damn game I know, but isn't that mechanic a little contrived? Shouldn't we be rewarding excellence and efficiency instead of "do this thing as quick as possible?"

Just seems like a poorly designed cop out to me.

I don't know, I just like tactical gameplay, I just hate to see another genre I love be trivialized and all gimmicked up. Used to love COD, the longer the series has been around, the faster and less involved the gameplay is. Now its just "camp in a corner LAWLZ".

MMORPG's used to be about planning and coordination, now its ZERG ZERG to the finish, and the more bodies we step over on the way, the better.

I blame the casuals, and Obama.

DanteYoda wrote: »

ralurielb16_ESO wrote: »

Is this an arcade game or an MMORPG?

I think all these companies jumping on the MMORPG market should probably invest more in some design staff/consultants with good psychology backgrounds.

What dungeon timers say to me (napkin job):

- Rush content...mash it...screw strategy.
- Min/Maxing is the only option.
- Elitism is good.
- Cheaters and exploiters will be the most rewarded.

Completely agree, Game devs need to wake up seriously, this crap seems to be poisoning all games and not just mmorpgs..

A lot of people in this thread are assuming trial content will be trivial and groups will zerg to the end...

If that's the case nobody needs to worry, because the game will be dead anyway.