Who is this game targeting?

[PallasLloyd]

To actually answer the OP's question, I believe I remember a post from beta where Yoshi explained this. The game is basically targeted at and designed for people that:

• Have never played an MMO before
• Have next to no time to play MMOs
• Have tried MMOs in the past but found them too "stressful" for some of the following reasons/issues...
• Have anxiety issues in regards to talking to/interacting with other players in an MMO
• Get discouraged if things seem like they require interacting with other players to complete (see previous point)
• Get discouraged if things seem like they take too long to do
• Get discouraged if a system seems too complex at first glance

All the criteria any great MMO design philosophy should be based on.

[Aerostein]

To actually answer the OP's question, I believe I remember a post from beta where Yoshi explained this. The game is basically targeted at and designed for people that:

• Have never played an MMO before
• Have next to no time to play MMOs
• Have tried MMOs in the past but found them too "stressful" for some of the following reasons/issues...
• Have anxiety issues in regards to talking to/interacting with other players in an MMO
• Get discouraged if things seem like they require interacting with other players to complete (see previous point)
• Get discouraged if things seem like they take too long to do
• Get discouraged if a system seems too complex at first glance

All the criteria any great MMO design philosophy should be based on.

So basically the new, the casual, the lazy, and the anti-social?
Sounds awesome.

If you are, as you said, never going to use the system (Duty Roulette) in 2.1 then I guess you'll have to settle for what it is, ignore it, and just wait till 2.2. Personally, I can't wait for player housing to be in the game (not the FC houses) and I am disappointed that we won't see them in 6 months or so but, it is what it is.

Never said I was, or wasn't going to use the system. Personally, I do think it won't help much though. The majority of people will likely still be clearing their 8 minute WP speed runs all the same. Unless they plan to fix that, but that's another topic in itself. It is what it is.

[Luminos77]

To actually answer the OP's question, I believe I remember a post from beta where Yoshi explained this. The game is basically targeted at and designed for people that:

• Have never played an MMO before
• Have next to no time to play MMOs
• Have tried MMOs in the past but found them too "stressful" for some of the following reasons/issues...
• Have anxiety issues in regards to talking to/interacting with other players in an MMO
• Get discouraged if things seem like they require interacting with other players to complete (see previous point)
• Get discouraged if things seem like they take too long to do
• Get discouraged if a system seems too complex at first glance

All the criteria any great MMO design philosophy should be based on.

I am curious if you think they have succeeded. At end game I would say not.

[zdub303]

To actually answer the OP's question, I believe I remember a post from beta where Yoshi explained this. The game is basically targeted at and designed for people that:

• Have never played an MMO before
• Have next to no time to play MMOs
• Have tried MMOs in the past but found them too "stressful" for some of the following reasons/issues...
• Have anxiety issues in regards to talking to/interacting with other players in an MMO
• Get discouraged if things seem like they require interacting with other players to complete (see previous point)
• Get discouraged if things seem like they take too long to do
• Get discouraged if a system seems too complex at first glance

All the criteria any great MMO design philosophy should be based on.

So MMOs should be designed in such a way that they limit the multiplayer aspect of their game as much as possible? It's definitely the design philosophy that most new MMOs have been based on. I wouldn't call many of them that great though, it's mostly a revolving door of failed MMOs... Great design philosophy indeed...