Anyone else think Verminion could have been a mobile game instead?

[Eothas]

I think it was a good idea, poorly implemented though. IMO people saying that this mini game is a good RTS are being delusional, perhaps they are winning against people that never played any RTS and are having fun stomping these players. It has bad clunky controls, and basically it's a rock-paper-scissors game, whoever win the first two trades with a counter will most likely win the game, unless they are bad. The only good thing about verminion is the final challenge, due to not being just a zergfest. Overall, verminion is a flop.

At least they tried. I hope they try again and develop a fun, engaging mini game for the GS in the future.

[Zojha]

Dungeons and fishing you do once and the novelty is gone. Minion battles against players are always unique and fun.

I don't know, I once zerg'd my way through the challenges for Twintania and never touched it since. Not even for the challenge log MGP.

To each his/her own I suppose.

[Bloodb]

It's an awesome mini-game. This also gives some other reason to collect minions rather than just how cute they are sitting on your shoulder/head : p


Like others have said;

Good strategy
Handles well
Good source of MGP
Really fun


Just wish it would go to database center. I don't get to play as much as I want to : (

[PotatoTree]

To each his/her own I suppose.

Definitely this. Everyone has different likes, which is why I think it sucks for people to call out killing the minigame without considering that some people find literally everything else in the patch except Thordan and the minigame to be a bore. And everything else is just more of the same, either more dungeons, more trials in circular arenas, or more glorified hunts.

I mean other than the first clear, I don't do dungeons/24-man raids/diadem for fun. I do it to get my eso/xp/weekly drop/gear, which in the end is ultimately pointless once the next tier comes out. I just do it to stay up to date on gear and gear some alts, otherwise grinding dungeons and void ark just puts me to sleep. But I've had a blast with minions, I've faced over 100 real players and seeing what strategies people would use was really fun. There were a few matches where it was so close and so intense that I got the shakes after winning.

But again, different strokes for different folks.

[Zumi]

It exists because people posted a lot, about wouldn't it be cool to battle your minions.

[MihaelB]

If they tuned it down, yes. At this point, not many people care with the wait times/ poor implementation and what not.

It was a great idea, horrible execution in my opinion

[Reinha]

A mini-game could have been a mobile game? Gee, who would have thought so.

People asked for more non-grindy non-serious content and here it is. I'm looking forward to beating the npc challenges and dueling my boyfriend once I have time for it. As long as most people give it a try, I don't think it's any more wasted development time than one-time quests, the sightseeing log or other mini-games. PvE group content will remain the backbone of the game, which keeps people subscribing. Look on the bright side: at least they didn't make it mandatory like WoW's Garrison Menu Adventures With New Breakable Ship Minions (or simply Garrison as most people know it). The rage would flood the GD is people had to do win minion battles to progress the story line and relic quest.

Also this:

Definitely this. Everyone has different likes, which is why I think it sucks for people to call out killing the minigame without considering that some people find literally everything else in the patch except Thordan and the minigame to be a bore.

The recent trend seems to be to condemn everything a poster doesn't personally enjoy to be wasted development time or even harmful to the game. Prime example: "remove the hunt waaaaa!" It's like these people can't fathom other people might enjoy what they hate.