tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post1471463933419139921..comments2024-02-27T14:44:07.868+01:00Comments on Greedy goblin: Mists of Pandaria is too fun to surviveGevlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-4878773386548466392012-10-05T14:29:31.900+02:002012-10-05T14:29:31.900+02:00In the real world, there's a required return, ...In the real world, there's a required return, something like 5% annually, in order to be competitive.<br /><br />That 5% summarizes a bunch of smaller expectations - that a $1m business ought to be able to grow to a $1.05m business (or pay equivalent dividends) as well as that a $100m business ought to be able to grow to a $105m business.<br /><br />However, the summary obscures some of the truth - that actually returns on very large projects are and ought to be smaller; in the real world it may be mostly linear across a broad range, but not entirely linear.<br /><br />You gave an example of making 0.5b with 2b, and there's some fixed assets (ship, fitting, pilot) that enabled that trade. I don't know how long it will take to move that inventory (a day? a week?) and I don't know how many others are in the Drug skillbook importing business - but your market share for the day is probably high. Can you give other datapoints, try and outline what you think the curve of reasonable returns as a function of capital and/or market share is?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906677773615232966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-69893537088386406822012-10-05T04:18:02.151+02:002012-10-05T04:18:02.151+02:00I think perhaps Gevlon is trying to make a distinc...I think perhaps Gevlon is trying to make a distinction between "fun" and "enjoyable".<br /><br />Eve is enjoyable - it has a high degree of replayability and sucks you in with its "slow burn" approach to almost everything. There is no instant gratification and actions have meaning (Gevlon himself claims in another post that he is at least part of the reason for the overall reduction in implant prices in Jita, thanks to his war on 0.01ers - action with meaning right there).<br /><br />Theme park mmos (and theme park games in general) are "fun" but do not have long term enjoyability because they cannot be replayed. Each replay becomes more and more of a drag (I actually suffered this recently when I took 2 fresh accounts and newb missioned them all to decent standings for trade - replaying those n00b missions again and again was really not fun. The first time was ok/interesting as I hadn't done the latest iteration of n00b missions before).<br /><br />So Eve is enjoyable, but not always fun.<br /><br />MoP is fun, but does not have much to offer in terms of long term enjoyment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-52918814312873833122012-10-05T01:16:54.665+02:002012-10-05T01:16:54.665+02:00Try Guilds Wars 2. It's worth every penny. Big...Try Guilds Wars 2. It's worth every penny. Big world to explore without quest chain rails. Plus plenty of chances to get yourself killed. Level scaling makes running low level quests/zones if not challenging but at least they can not be face-rolled by hight level character. Plus story and lore is there. Nomazarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-48407435116280144762012-10-04T16:30:50.106+02:002012-10-04T16:30:50.106+02:00"I really like this new WoW expansion and it ..."I really like this new WoW expansion and it worth all the money I spent on it. I clearly play much more WoW than EVE now..."<br /><br />@Yaggle<br />Did you just call Gevlon and others M&S because they want to play the newest fun game now while it's new?<br /><br />@Gevlom<br />Are you seriously (!) trying to argue that MoP will fail because people like it too much? That clearly a better strategy is a less fun game?<br /><br />I'd love to hear that investor pitch.Bristalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849907713604626977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-7249416990213022192012-10-04T15:09:51.744+02:002012-10-04T15:09:51.744+02:00I will have lots of fun with Mists of Pandaria als...I will have lots of fun with Mists of Pandaria also. I will get it for free in a year or so when they give it to me when somebody sends me a scroll of resurrection. Then for 3 x $14.95 for 3 months I will have a blast! I will leave Blizzard make the extra money from the M&S who pay $39.95 for MOP now or worse yet got Diablo 3 for 'free' and been subscribing to WoW for past 6 months also.Yagglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177750815584983551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-23484790913321715232012-10-04T13:00:34.352+02:002012-10-04T13:00:34.352+02:00@Dàchéng
You say that as though it is all comedy. ...@Dàchéng<br />You say that as though it is all comedy. Panadaria is a seriously messed up place. Yes, there is one comedy zone and another that has some optional Grummle light relief but everything else is destruction, death, corruption and hatred. If it wasn't for some of the light-hearted aspects then this would be a very dark, bleak game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-58660846507481362282012-10-04T11:36:41.235+02:002012-10-04T11:36:41.235+02:00Agreed. I was tired of the jokes the first time I ...Agreed. I was tired of the jokes the first time I read tehm, because I want to take my world seriously. The odd joke is fine, but like you say, do we really want most quests to be jokes? What are we doing planting peas and killing cartoon rodents in Pandaria, just two weeks after the destruction of Theramore? Isn't there something more important we should be doing?Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-56244650267365723362012-10-04T09:17:40.524+02:002012-10-04T09:17:40.524+02:00it's dead, they killed it with WotLK, it's...it's dead, they killed it with WotLK, it's just taking a while to realize it's dead. I'm 89 on my main and don't really want to log in to grind out the last stupid quests.<br /><br />It's a game, it should be a challenge, you should die once in a while. You're not supposed to face roll your way through a game. I didn't enjoy Half-Life for example because I face-rolled it. UGH! I enjoyed it because I had to figure it out and then perform to complete it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-85412290081001441682012-10-04T07:08:41.418+02:002012-10-04T07:08:41.418+02:00I think a lot of this is going to change with each...I think a lot of this is going to change with each patch. Blizzard have cemented themselves into a big, overarching storyline with Mists.<br /><br />5.0 sets us up with the story, the Vale, the factions, etc. We're fighting the Sha, the Mantid, the Mogu, we're learning about the different races and their backstory.<br /><br />5.1 already looks like big faction warfare, we know Garrosh will be a raid boss in the expansion, and it's funny you mention the Burning Legion because I'd wager we'll see them crop up too - Wrathion's little intro confirmed that.<br /><br />I think we'll see a lot of change from patch-to-patch in Mists - I hope we will, at least, because you're totally right in terms of never wanting to go through the same tired old jokes five or six times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com