Rant: Why create bad game design on purpose?

[Elfminster]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

your credit score called

No credit scores in eq either.
No military.
No taxes.
No politicians.

Why is all that missing from EQ if life is not meant to be fair?

Why are there gamemasters to help players if life is not meant to be fair?

Why are there police IRL if life is not meant to be fair?

As soon as you log into P99 it says no RMT or you will be banned. Why does that rule exist if life is not meant to be fair?

Of course life is meant to be fair so why are new players discriminated against?

Why do new players lack certain tools other players have?

It seems strange to warn against RMT and cheating and to create a play nice policy then to blatantly discriminate against new players. It also seems strange to say life is not meant to be fair when the client says play fair every time you log in.

[Elfminster]

Originally Posted by Nibblewitz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

scarcity creates value, sorry life is not fair

How does something which exists for one player but not another create value?

How does the MMO/dev team/players/community/gamemasters increase in value from you having an item which no longer exists?

If an item has a low drop rate and everybody can camp it then it potentially exists to everybody even though it's rare because it takes time and effort to acquire. A pre-nerf item isn't rare. How can it be rare when it doesn't even exist anymore? It's got a 0% drop rate. How is that rare? How does letting somebody keep non existent items increase value in a shared world you depend on?

Why is there a play nice policy if life is not fair?

[Jibartik]

There is a play nice policy because life is not fair.

[Elfminster]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is a play nice policy because life is not fair.

So if life is not fair then why create a play nice policy?
And how is discriminating against new players for being new playing nice?

How is a non-existent item rare?
How can something which doesn't exist be anything when it doesn't exist?
How does allowing some players to have non-existent items create value in an MMO?

[Lord Casey]

I have a guise for all 14 of my characters

get fucked nerd

[PieOats]

Reporting in from the *have* side of the rift. My shaman (whomst i do not play), my monk and my enchanter all have guises. Feels good.

[Castle2.0]

Originally Posted by Elfminster [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If it's a real life sim then why does it have levels that everybody can achieve?

It doesn't. You will never be on my fashionquest level. Sorry, guise.

[Elfminster]

Originally Posted by PieOats [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Reporting in from the *have* side of the rift. My shaman (whomst i do not play), my monk and my enchanter all have guises. Feels good.

Let us examine this wonderful and rare "feel good" moment of yours which you cherish so fondly.

- Your feel good moment is created by discriminating against new players and you were once a new player too so you're essentially discriminating against yourself to feel good about yourself (duh)
- Your feel good moment didn't take any extra IQ, skill or effort to acquire (anybody with half a brain can do it (even ogres and trolls can do it))
- Your feel good moment is the result of bad design so it's like getting a feel good moment from watching children die in a fatal car crash or watching kittens being run over.
- Your feel good moment only exists in a tiny server in a tiny corner of the universe (very few people value it because it's not very special)
- Your feel good moment doesn't exist in real life so you can't take it everywhere with you (unlike a young beautiful sexy women which you can)
- Your feel good moment can be instantly taken away from you without your consent with just a few mouse clicks or the server crashing/quitting (bye bye fake rare you)
- You can't share this feel good moment of yours with others so you can't give back which means you're just a taker and people hate takers (that's why they hate politicians).
- Your feel good moment is a small weak pecker on viagra so it's like a pair of cheap fake boobs.
- Your feel good moment isn't at all rare because others have it too (Do you wish you could take it away from them too so that you're the only one with it?)
- Your feel good moment relies on stopping others from having fun too (spiteful)
- You didn't create the feel good moment yourself somebody else did that for you while you watched so you got something for doing nothing and yet you still want it all to yourself which means you suck.
- If you need something like that to make you feel good about yourself then it means you are very simple minded (low IQ) and very insecure about yourself.
- Your feel good moment is purely cosmetic so you're still the same old boring you living the same old boring life.
- Your feel good moment gets boring very quickly so it has low value.
- Your feel good moment takes up a valueable inv slot which is a high price to pay to pretend your good looking and smart when everybody knows you're really ugly and stupid as hell
- When you show off your feel good moment to somebody they might decide to return the favour by showing you a much greater feel good moment which they have and you don't (bye bye fake special rare you again) or they could just put you on ignore because you obviously suck (bye bye potential ally)

TL;DR shove it up your ass

[Elfminster]

Originally Posted by Castle2.0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It doesn't. You will never be on my fashionquest level. Sorry, guise.

All I have to do is create a chanter and then I'm on everybody's fashionquest level.
Then when you beg me for speed/crack I will tell you to ask your guise for speed/crack + I will have 1 more INV slot than you.

BTW to the retards saying life isn't fair...EQ life is generally fair and the P99 boss made EQ free for everybody which is also fair.

Pre-nerf items not fair.

[Jibartik]

The fact that EQ life is generally fair is why life is unfair, it shouldnt be but life is unfair, so it is, you just dont see teh full circle, you're only seeing half of it.

Life is unfair, theirfor, life is fair in everquest, because that in turn makes it unfair, so it must be made fair, which makes it more unfair.

This is how the universe works until it collapses on itself and starts again (green 2)(The big bang)