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05-17-2009, 10:20 AM
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Zarhym recently took to the forums (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16904078836&pageNo=1&sid=1#6) defending Blizzard's recent tinkering with Wintergrasp on the test realms when one a poster threw the accusation that rather than optimize the servers to handle Wintergrasp lag, Blizzard instead chose to make the zone and games less rewarding to play. Although that's not exactly how Zarhym would describe it, the changes are clearly designed to reduce the number of people in the zone.
Crygil's post (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16903638221&sid=1) about the change from Daily quests to Weekly ones -- conceivably a first for the game -- note that the changes were being explored "In an effort to better balance the amount of players that are in Wintergrasp at any given time". No matter how Blizzard tries to spin it, they're trying to dissuade players from participating in Wintergrasp. This is a bad idea. There's something epic about Wintergrasp, and it's not (just) the lag. Considering it's obviously one of their most popular game features in Wrath, it's ironic they're taking steps to curtail its success.Continue reading The Art of War(craft): Is Wintergrasp too successful for its own good? (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/05/17/the-art-of-war-craft-is-wintergrasp-too-successful-for-its-own/)
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Zarhym recently took to the forums (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16904078836&pageNo=1&sid=1#6) defending Blizzard's recent tinkering with Wintergrasp on the test realms when one a poster threw the accusation that rather than optimize the servers to handle Wintergrasp lag, Blizzard instead chose to make the zone and games less rewarding to play. Although that's not exactly how Zarhym would describe it, the changes are clearly designed to reduce the number of people in the zone.
Crygil's post (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16903638221&sid=1) about the change from Daily quests to Weekly ones -- conceivably a first for the game -- note that the changes were being explored "In an effort to better balance the amount of players that are in Wintergrasp at any given time". No matter how Blizzard tries to spin it, they're trying to dissuade players from participating in Wintergrasp. This is a bad idea. There's something epic about Wintergrasp, and it's not (just) the lag. Considering it's obviously one of their most popular game features in Wrath, it's ironic they're taking steps to curtail its success.Continue reading The Art of War(craft): Is Wintergrasp too successful for its own good? (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/05/17/the-art-of-war-craft-is-wintergrasp-too-successful-for-its-own/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)The Art of War(craft): Is Wintergrasp too successful for its own good? (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/05/17/the-art-of-war-craft-is-wintergrasp-too-successful-for-its-own/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Sun, 17 May 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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