Quote Originally Posted by Platinumstorm View Post
Reasons why to not have combat speed like WoW:
Because everyone will compare you to WoW and then go back to play WoW because WoW has the best WoW combat.
Not to spam thread but felt I had to reply to this. Having fast combat in an mmo does not make you WoW. People need to realize WoW set the standard for most things in mmos. The challenge is pulling out the standards WoW set and making them your own unique ways, without just carbon copying WoW. It can be done. But slow gameplay in an mmo makes players feel like their reaction time and responses don't matter, and at that point... what IS the point? Yes, WoW has fast paced gameplay and it is fun. In game design you look at your competition, you look at everything they offer, and then you look at what you can do better or offer that they can't. I don't think "a slower game" is among the things on the list of good ideas, though. As I said in other post, if you want a slow game just play the single player FFs... and be as slow as you want. But mmos are a game involving thousands of people all waiting on the outcome. You slow down the input process and then everyone is waiting on everything and it becomes a big waste of time that's not engaging because your skills aren't even put to the test.