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Article #720108Re: References to space and geography in the language of World of Warcraft players
From: David Lamb
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:07
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:07
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On 31/07/2013 8:24 AM, Markus Schäfer wrote: > Second, the introduction of the Raid Finder seems to undermine even > further the sense of Instances as places within a simulated continuous > landscape (note, however, that I see the navigation INSIDE the Instances > as a separate topic). That's true of my only MMO, LotRO, as well. The Instance Finder totally disconnects the instances from the landscape. It's not just instances. A lot of the time people just want to get someplace fast, and get annoyed when there's no "fast travel" option available. They put their character on a "slow horse" to the appropriate town and go make a cup of coffee. > Afterwards, Instances seem to rapidly lose their meaning as > parts of the geography of the world. They are increasingly treated as > acts which are performed repeatedly in the service of improving the > character, helping the guild etc. I'd agree with this. I was slow to level my characters; by the time I got to the point of doing repeatable instances, most of my fellow players seem to have adopted this attitude.
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