Rift: The Planes of Telara

[Crone]

Problem is, we want something new. I love p99, but that doesn't mean it's the only game I ever want to play. We all like new. WoW had a tough challenge of catering to the "casuals", and also to the hardcore.

They provided ways for the casuals to have their stuff through heroics, and maybe some raids, and then the hardcore to have their stuff as well through the hardmode raids.

The problem? That business manager wants to be able to play a hour and a half, like you mentioned, and make the same progress, and have the same gear as the guy that spends 40 hours a week raiding and/or prepping for his hard mode raids.

If you don't give them the same loot, now the casuals are somehow gimped and not as good as the hardcore people, and then you open that can of worms and debate over that.

I suppose they did it somewhat well. The badge system means you can play an hour and a half a night, and get some gear over time. Will take some time, but you can slowly collect those badges.