General : Forum Spotlight: Game Mechanic Gripes
2007-09-27
We all have our MMO gripes: too much grinding, too easy, too hard, the graphics suck, the community sucks, no PVP, too much PVP, too expensive, too many bots ¨C the list goes on, and on. And in case you¡¯re curious about that list, poster Ikavadas decided to start an unofficial list of the ¡°Most Despised Mechanics of MMORPGs.¡±
Ikavadas starts this list off with the first 8 ¡°despised¡± features:
Character Levels
Classes
Grinding
XP
Quests (not all, just the lame kill X snarfles, retrieve the zipzup from some NPC, a circuit of waypoints, et cetera).
Instances
Mobs dropping uber loot items instead of components for crafters to use
Special attacks which are innate even though they obviously shouldn¡¯t be (like having a grenade ability where you have a magical unlimited supply of grenades instead of having to purchase them and keep a stockpile in your inventory).