Server Merge

[Dragoy]

You say "wow clone" in a derogatory context, but the fact is, while there are some things many people don't like about it, there are things it did do well, and those things are why it was so successful.

I tend to think these things like this, or something like this: in a way, alcohol, tobacco, and the likes, are successful.

Does it make them a good thing?

Things done well, sure, when one looks at them in a certain way. While World of Warcraft may have its 'good things', it's probably addictive, too, which I guess makes it a good game at least in some way. This is no doubt one of the reasons many 'clones' exist, and why Yoshida, too, stated that they copied WoW on certain things. Billions of dung beetles can't be wrong, right? Or so one might say... Opinions, and all that.

While that might not be the bestest of comparisons, as those things are probably more useful (no offence intended), it seemed fit in describing a population with a similar want. As with most things, they can't please each and every one of us; I personally haven't been interested in a modern game for ages it feels, and possibly never will be! This goes for X|V just as well. I was probably more interested in it during it's very first αlpha phase, even though it was as broken as it was.

While I do sort of doubt it to be as similar as a clone, I have not personally played WoW, and am not planning to do so, and for that reason I can't really say much about that. I do feel like describing FFX|V as its clone is a bit much, but I do also think that I understand the meaning of it when people call it one.

Point probably being that, while a thing may be successful and the majority may think it's good, there will be some that don't fancy that thing, and instead, go from flower to flower...


As for the server merging, I don't think it would necessarily be a good thing now, although I may have thought differently some time before. I don't think I have much say in it, however, as I'm not one of the majority(?) who does things that require lots of fellow players around. :S

Who knows. Perhaps they'll create servers targeting specific regions where people can move for free (once), instead of forcing them together, having the more populated time-range become suffocated (probably not quite that bad, but eh). It's not a new thought here, I think, but it is an unlikely one to become reality.

Probably.

What was I talking about again? Nothing!