Is this the producers letter I have anticipated? If so can someone just shoot me now. This is the saddest Warhammer Producers letter I have ever seen. Could you at least fake it? This letter created about as much excitement as a Knitting Convention in Iowa.
Let me dissect this letter piece by piece, and rip it apart like a shredder on steroids.
First on the list Kegs End. Do you really think this event is exciting? I would rather go shovel snow for 3 hours in my driveway.
They talk about a great past year. What was so great? If it was so great wouldn't they still have all 60+ servers still live?
They brag about new dungeons, zones, and scenarios. I have to say they did pick a perfect name for the new zone Land of the Dead, but a better name probably should of been Land of the DOA (Dead on Arrival). I think my guild literally spent about 1 hour in that zone total since it was launched. It was the biggest waste of time ever.
They speak of new dungeons. Are they talking about Tomb of the Vulture Lord? The dungeon you can only have access for once you RvR for hours to get access too, and by that time no one wants to do it. Oh but the RvR is going to be exciting in this zone. You can invade other peoples instances, but players already know when others are there, and ready to invade. If the zone was open 24/7 to both sides the RvR would possibly be a little more exciting. They ranted and raved like it was like Darkness Falls. It was nothing like it.
What are these new scenarios? Are we talking about Twister Tower? Okay the scenario that everyone hated, but did it anyway to complete Live Event tasks. Mythic remove the Live event tasks, and see if anyone does it. Let me save you some time, and tell you no one would. Oh wait, I forgot the populations are so bad even other scenarios don't pop.
They talk about the second keep ramps as the second coming. This is something that just needed fixed. Hey I have a great idea. Let's put a keep lord at the top of the keep with only one way to get there. What does it do? It causes no RvR plain and simple. The attackers zerg the lord, and the defenders zerg the lords room. There are no small battles outside the keeps, inside the outer keep. It is just one zerg fighting another zerg, and seeing who can heal, and run back faster if they die.
They act like the War Report is the greatest thing since the Droid cell phone. Is it really an 8 hour cooldown? What a joke. Who plays more than 8 hours these days in Warhammer?
The underdog system. How much thought process was put into this? OMG, Aion has a third npc faction we need a quick fix guys. This system is one more joke. It is not going to help any faction who is outnumbered, or outgeared.
You really mention Ordnance? At first the number needed to buy something was so overpriced it was just stupid. Even with the lowered amounts needed it is just a huge waste of time.
Luckily Greg Oden doesn't work for Mythic. All these kneejerk reactions would cripple the guy. How about all the Aion is so beautiful posts? How does Warhammer react....OMG lets add bloom. Players will come back in droves.
Okay lets launch the game on other platforms, and countries. Are you serious? This is the day, and age of the internet. You think other countries haven't already seen this game fail, or MAC users? What are you guys thinking?
They mention a few new things coming, but I will wait for that in another post along with my very own Warhammer Producers Letter that would actually cause excitement, and bring subscribers back.
