im not a Tester, but i frequent the boards at the official Beta Site.
i've noticed some disturbingly BAD ideas spewing forth from people there.
1) PvP. the way PvP will be (barring gross changesduring Beta) is fine. PvP if you want to, dont PvP if you dont want to. i've seen many complaints from people who seem to think PvP in World of WARcraft is somehow a bad idea. i do, however, agree with them in the respect tht NPCs, especially quest-givers potential for death is kind of lame. i dont even know why this is in the game, to be honest...someone enlighten me on this?
2) Rezzing. currently, without Talents, the Rez sickness is 5 minutes, and the first 2 (?) mins of it is really, really bad (so i hear).
the solutions proposed by many people on the boards?
make Corpse Runs worse... people say there is nothing bad about dying....i'd say having to take the average 2 minutes to find your corpse, then run away so you survive (i assume you start with little/no health after a Corpse Run..if not, it should be that way), THEN go reapply all your buffs, etc. is reason enough.
i'm ok with Bind locations, as long you have the OPTION of rezzing at a non-bind location for a penalty. ie, if you die somewhere, but didnt bind close, you could still Rez there, but with sickness, instead of the CR system...frankly being a ghost just seems weird to me.
now that Talents are in-game for Priests, and especially Combat Rez, there should be no more confusion on this.
the only things that worry me about the Rez system in WoW are:
Corpse Campers, "corpse loss" (where you cant find it), and what happens if you logout, etc...
i know they've posted alot of info about this, but i dont remember how it all works...please fill me in.
3) a whole slew of just strange, strange ideas i hope Devs never listen to.
i saw a post proposing XP loss with death.....XP Loss!....what a nutjob. i would NEVER play a game with XP loss as a death penalty, nor would i play a game with non-consensual PvP....especially not both...
i think we all know from experiance how much of a jerk people can be.
all i need in life is some snot-nosed kid slaughtering me with his Ub3rl33t 90th level Knight, then bragging about it.
so, things i think most of us can agree on:
1)consensual PvP is the way to go..or failing that, PvP and PvE seperate servers.
2)the penalty for Dying should be an _inconvenience_, not a game-breaker.
2.a)Dying (w/o a Rez) could mean you have to start over at what you were doing, basically. (<-debatable)
3)The type of idiot who spends more time playing a game than you, and therefor has a higher level character, that brags about being able to basically hit buttons better than you and kill you....should be shot.
all that said, im always open for friendly exchanges of ideas on any subject i mention.
~Teo
Level 0 Human