The Like/Hate thread (WoW)

[Vad]

I don't think the point is for everyone to be able to complete every new piece of content as soon as it drops but for people to have a chance to complete game content without having to look up what the highest DPS rotation is or every little quirk of the fight. A lot of the content seems to want to be a puzzle with a single solution, and one that you have to watch a 30 minute explanation of on youtube first.

I think the sheer amount of data mining and higher level math that people apply to the game shows that they aren't giving you enough guidance in game. I think you would have a hell of a time as a new person playing the game without any addons or guides from websites. They have not done the best job of teaching people to play and certainly not to the absolute peak (maximum DPS, best gear, etc) that people find.

When they build the new content they assume everyone has perfect information, which is an obvious error as not all the information is made available. game theory ftw?

I do agree that they don't directly sit you down and teach you what you're supposed to do and why, but then again we're talking about a company run by Activision here. When have they ever given a fuck about the customer? I wouldn't be surprised if they were happy with a turnover rate because people can't learn, but as LONG as they buy a full account and then quit they don't care.

I learned everything I know from participating in 40 man raids and using CTRaid which eventually was replaced with Deadly Boss Mods and other Raid GUI mods. Blizzard added the dungeon system to stop "LFG" in the cities. Traveling on foot/flightmaster was how you got around to instances and raids. To curb this for new people they made a dungeon queue. Then they added their own Raid GUI (which blows, Xperl FTW).

Now in Cataclysm they removed the portals, but gave us flying mounts everywhere.