Mattt said:

Yes, there aren't YET quests that will affect things in the way Auz speaks but there are a lot better quests than kill x for y.

Here's my quest list (all 20 slots filled) at level 16. I've bolded the “kill quests”, bolded and italicised those that are “kill x to get y” and * marks “Elite” quests which are intended for groups of up to five:

1. Hidden Enemies*
   Kill Bazzalan and Jergool the Invoker
2. Searching for the Lost Satchel*
   Find corpse, return to quest giver
3. Kill Grundig Darkcloud
   Kill named mob plus six Grimtotem Brutes
4. Blood Feeders
   Kill 10 Deepmoss Creepers and seven Deepmoss Venomspitters
5. Goblin Invaders
   Kill 15 Loggers
6. Centaur Bracers
   Kill enough Centaurs to get 15 bracers
7. Samophlange
   Access the Samophlange control mechanism
8. Southsea Freebooters
   Kill 12 Brigands and 6 Canonneers
9. Fungal Spores
   Collect 4 fungal spores
10. Prowlers of the Barrens
    Kill enough Savanah Prowlers to get seven claws
11. Kilkar Leaders
    Kill Barbak
12. Stagnant Oasis
    Use the seeds on the stagnant oasis
13. Miner's Fortune
    Kill mine overseers to get an emerald
14. Raptor Horns
    Kill enough Sunscale Scytheclaws to get five raptor horns
15. Stolen Silver
    Retrieve stolen silver from the Raptors
16. Consumed by Hatred
    Get 60 [!] tusks
17. Lost in Battle
    Find Mankrik's wife
18. The Guns of Northwatch
    Kill three particular mobs and kill enough of something else to get ten medals
19. Until Death Do Us Part
    Place an amulet on someone's grave
20. Serpentbloom*
    Gather 10 serpentblooms

Bah... I remember at Uni when we had a couple of null modem networked Amigas, some beer and two copies of the original Stunt Car Racer. Good times... good times...

Stunt Car Race Pro Cancelled. @ Motorsportgaming.com

All that rambling about WoW and I think Ubiq said it better and earlier (though I got the Yurpeen version, which wasn't out then).

Zen of Design >> Pattern-Breaking

I managed to reach level 15 in my first two days of play in WoW. Mattt suggests this is achievable “in a few days if you play casually” so I'm stoked I'm ahead of the curve.

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I was going to do a “second impressions” covering the things I did like about WoW after my first - but I was impugned in IRC by the initial brothers RJO and GD. Apparently, in this day and age, it's no longer en vogue to point out the Emperor has no clothes, you must then design for him a replacement set. And woe betide if you aren't already an imperial couturier, for then you probably shouldn't even be opening your mouth about the nakedness anyway.

Now, I do have a few ideas about what to do in MMOGs, but unfortunately you don't appear to be waving a couple of million dollars around, so you're not going to get the full monty. However, so as not to appear entirely “evasive” I'll put up a few ideas relating to what I mentioned the other day.

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It's not that World of Warcraft is bad; in fact, I'd go so far as to say it combines the best bits from all the other MMOGs I've played. The problem is it combines the best bits from all the other MMOGs I've played. And therein lies the disappointment... I've already done this stuff before.

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I saw the Ghost Ship in City of Heroes today. The “Moraine” is a large tanker which, after being lost at sea, has returned to haunt Paragon city by sliding spectrally through several zones - ignoring such inconveniences as solid land. Occasionally the lost souls of the sailors who lost their lives at sea drop from the insubstantial decks. As the ship passes the lost spirits cry to the world their sorry demise: “Cargo flooding! Ship sinking!” “Must reach land!” A glance at their description tells their pitiful tale.



So what do we heroic citizens of Paragon City do? Gank them basically...

With the Winter Horde removed from CoH, Cryptic have frozen over the lakes in Paragon City - so you can go skating...

2.58Mb DivX/MP3 AVI

(needs the DivX codec; made with FRAPS)

I actually got a question answered in one of these things for the first time in like... ever!

City of Heroes Official Forums

1. Are we going to see any European-situated zones?

After City of Villains, I want to focus on expanding our game universe across the world. Heroes and villains alike will be traveling across the planet…

A touch vague mind you...