Comments on: World of Grindcraft

By: StalinsGhost

StalinsGhost — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:49:34 +0000

I played WoW for a good 2-3 months. And you’re entirely right. It really is just a grindfest. And that doesn’t change for the whole game. Very depressing.

By: Self Destrukt

Self Destrukt — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:09:36 +0000

glad u tried it but like i told you you haven’t seen it all yet :P

i wouldn’t call it a grindfest in comparison to some of the mmo’s i’ve played.. such as ragnarok online which is actually completely based on grinding there is no questing at all.

anywho what ur missing..

the lore in the game is fantastic, if you’ve played through warcraft 1 – 3 being able to do the storylines in wow is kinda surreal.. seeing the bossess you wont have seen yet and wiping them out, not to mention the fact that everything in the game is relevant and true to their original game.

you should try it for longer :P i know you wont but if you actually made it to the highest level then you would see that there are more aspects to the game, the leveling is the annoying part, then the game begins

By: Arazmus

Arazmus — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:17:04 +0000

hmm on the SupCom tips, I would:
1. get to a unit that can move fast and do a lot of damage ( tech 2 cybran gunship does the trick nicely)
2. always build resources
3. keep hounding the ememy with small amounts of said unit, whilst building a sizable force of said unit to the side..
4. annihalate him

By: Arazmus

Arazmus — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:10:59 +0000

good tips..

WM, i agree with the grinding of MMO’s however I did come across a MMO that had a difference, Instead of grinding against the “bad guys”, you own a shop and level up by selling things, aas well as other proffesions, which could easily be changed.

This, I think, needs looking into….

By: Waste_Manager

Waste_Manager — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:40:13 +0000

My three best sup-com tips would be

1. Be very aggressive. Never stop scounting and raiding. Keeping him harassed will hurt his economey and his confidence.
2. Always be building. If you dont have something building, your doin’ it rong! (this includes building power generators and mass fabricators)
3. Don’t lose sight of the big game. Tech up quickly.

and for luck

4. Don’t turtle. Hold as much of the map as you can.

By: DiscoStoo

DiscoStoo — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:11:51 +0000

Some very interesting points made there.

But what if the cheese was golden, or had been served on Keeley Hazell’s thighs? Would you like the cheese then?

Seriously though, the grinding is an awful design that needs to be eradicated. There’s that simple hard work/reward cycle that most people can see straight through as the rewards simply aren’t justified all that boring effort, and at the end of the day the whole point is entertainment. If WoW isn’t entertaining enough, then people won’t shell out for it every month. Blizzard have stated that their numbers are decreasing ever so slightly, whether thats due to the liquidity crisis (Its not a credit crunch, i know these things ;) )or not, they’ve been worried enough to bring out a few hastily arranged expansion packs.

I’m an avid JRPG player, so i’ve have my fair share of random battles, endless killing of level 1 creatures and dull backgrounds, and WoW just hasn’t appealed to me. I played Marvel Alliance, which was fun briefly, but as normal with MMO’s if you don’t meet the right group of people you just end up wandering and avoiding crap spewed out by 10 year old, or teenagers with mindsets of 10 year olds.

Oh and to take this slightly off track, as a mate of mine just spent 3,500 on a laptop and wants to play me at SupCom, what are your best three tips to pwn him?