[MUD-Dev] DESIGN: WoW quests and content

[Yannick Jean]

Quoted from "Johan A" (asteroid at rocketmail.com) :

> As refreshing as WoW's quest oriented gameplay is, I feel my path
> is very controlled, just like a single player game. It is however
> nice to have things to do while soloing but it is almost too set
> in stone. Questing is not an option, it is as much forced as
> teaming is in games like EQ2 if you want to make decent progress.

Just wanted to underline an important distinction between forced
grouping and WoW forced "questing" :

WoW quests can often be completed in a 30-45 mins. play session,
while anything requiring teaming usually cannot be completed in the
same timeframe.

I have blown that horn for a long time, but I really think WoW and
CoH have shown that the casual players will simply not bother for a
game where grouping is required to access most of the entertainment.
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