I just dinged level 40 in Neverwinter. That might not be anything special, except a few hours ago I was level 16. How did I jumped 24 levels in one evening of playing? I used the Foundry. Players can make their own content using the Foundry. I wrote before how much I love this feature, [...]
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Leveling Isn’t Necessary
May 4th, 2013
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Just like PvP, leveling isn’t necessary. In fact, I think leveling and designing leveling is not only a waste of time for developers, and as a result a direct waste of money, but its also detrimental to game design when it isn’t necessary but included anyway. In World of Warcraft, I find most of my [...]
Neverwinter Impressions
May 2nd, 2013
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Neverwinter officially entered public “open beta” yesterday. It might as well be called launch because everyone can get in, and characters won’t be deleted. I jumped in and began my foray into the Sword Coast as a Half-Elf Devoted Cleric. I’m disappointed by the gameplay. Everything feels like it boils down to mass mob slaying. [...]
Vertical vs. Horizontal Progression: Can one ever really exist without the other?
April 29th, 2013
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I was thinking tonight about what to write tonight (I’m suffering from some massive writer’s block) when I decided to catch up on the Camelot Unchained videos that released while I was moving; Mark did like 5 of them in one day. I watched the video where Mark talked about character progression and how he [...]
