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Caligula · 10/29/07, 3:44 PM

I'm pretty much flabbergasted at the number of people who are saying that this system wouldn't work because there's "nothing in it for the high level person". Except, you know, playing a game with their friends. This especially goes out to the guy who says "I don't like being run through things or running people through them". THAT'S THE POINT! Some people don't want to take the entire challenge out of the game, but still want to play with their friends. Some of those friends don't want to be run through an instance, they want to run an instance with their friends WITHOUT the challenge removed.

"Run the instance naked" doesn't quite cut it either. A naked 70 mage can still AOE farm SM, and at the same time the friend that they are running through the instance doesn't get to do anything except eat up phat lewtz(tm) and not get experience.

I'm not sure why this concept is failing on some. Really, it's not too difficult if you think in terms of fun, and not in terms of phat lewts and phast clears. Some people want to play with their friends without being completely out geared/leveled for an instance. Some people want it to be a challenge. Some people want to get experience without the level reduction. Can we discuss the mechanics/implementation of a mentoring system and just accept that these people exist? Because they do.

10/29/07, 3:44 PM	#45 (permalink)
Caligula Don Flamenco Caligula Human Priest <Genesis> Magtheridon	I'm pretty much flabbergasted at the number of people who are saying that this system wouldn't work because there's "nothing in it for the high level person". Except, you know, playing a game with their friends. This especially goes out to the guy who says "I don't like being run through things or running people through them". THAT'S THE POINT! Some people don't want to take the entire challenge out of the game, but still want to play with their friends. Some of those friends don't want to be run through an instance, they want to run an instance with their friends WITHOUT the challenge removed. "Run the instance naked" doesn't quite cut it either. A naked 70 mage can still AOE farm SM, and at the same time the friend that they are running through the instance doesn't get to do anything except eat up phat lewtz(tm) and not get experience. I'm not sure why this concept is failing on some. Really, it's not too difficult if you think in terms of fun, and not in terms of phat lewts and phast clears. Some people want to play with their friends without being completely out geared/leveled for an instance. Some people want it to be a challenge. Some people want to get experience without the level reduction. Can we discuss the mechanics/implementation of a mentoring system and just accept that these people exist? Because they do.