tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post6743957425438323921..comments2023-11-03T02:45:14.110-05:00Comments on I Have Touched the Sky: Day 3 - In Which I Recount My First Day Playing WoWrowanblazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-84028798392909233372012-03-12T12:00:14.389-05:002012-03-12T12:00:14.389-05:00To harken back to your "big damn hero" p...To harken back to your "big damn hero" post and the theme of adventuring in general, I think the best way to bring back that feeling is to drastically reduce server size. Then heroes are both everyday (they belong to a recognizable community) and yet can still share a sense of epic-ness (there's a lot of problems in this world and not enough of us to go around).<br /><br />What kills the buzz both for the 20% who have killed the final villain and 80% who haven't is nothing more than how big that 20 or 80 % is. On a server with 10,000 people, thousands are "big damn heroes" - players are more likely to encounter someone who killed the final boss than they are an NPC! But on a server with, say, 750 people (the average size of a high school in NA), we can almost recite the names of those who completed the epic deed, while still running into more regular Joe's than epic heroes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-87240927913487672752012-03-02T15:14:49.217-06:002012-03-02T15:14:49.217-06:00My experience has taught me the same, except add t...My experience has taught me the same, except add to blogger "an sort of official forum or gaming news site."Adventurer Historianhttp://wemustdissent.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-65823160229746851492012-03-02T14:19:15.001-06:002012-03-02T14:19:15.001-06:00Sometimes I wonder if my experience as a veteren M...Sometimes I wonder if my experience as a veteren MMO player, and blogger has jaded me, and turned me cynical.Riverhttp://highlatencylife.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-20741504423756646832012-03-02T11:24:19.219-06:002012-03-02T11:24:19.219-06:00Oh I am loving my time in SWTOR, warts and all. Bu...Oh I am loving my time in SWTOR, warts and all. But the wonder is very much diminished.<br />And there is absolutely nothing like being the Big Damn Hero to your group, narrowly avoiding a wipe with your Epick Healz.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-89399355029506261942012-03-02T11:13:20.023-06:002012-03-02T11:13:20.023-06:00One of my most epic gaming experiences ever was si...One of my most epic gaming experiences <i>ever</i> was single-handedly saving what was otherwise going to be (a very low-level, completely mundane) wipe in the Deadmines. God, I really felt like a righteous Paladin, saving the day with my healz.<br /><br />And you're right -- there's nothing really like your "first" MMO experience. Fortunately, my experiences have been so fleeting and happenstance that I still had some reserves of wonder left for TOR.Adventurer Historianhttp://wemustdissent.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com