tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post8730353900047305818..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Immersion and Flying: A Short StoryTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-36546394024238497612014-06-27T17:18:35.492-04:002014-06-27T17:18:35.492-04:00I had forgotten about that one, and with good reas...I had forgotten about that one, and with good reason being I did not level a druid until wrath, but that is a very good point. Thanks for reminding me of that one.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-31364329156793968452014-06-27T16:13:12.896-04:002014-06-27T16:13:12.896-04:00All druids know that flying is immersive. Especial...All druids know that flying is immersive. Especially if they went through the questline to get flight form back in TBC. :DDahakhahttp://starfiredbeef.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-84855010475612466032014-06-27T11:48:55.136-04:002014-06-27T11:48:55.136-04:00Blizzard really screwed up on that one. I swear t...Blizzard really screwed up on that one. I swear they really amaze me sometimes. Who the hell spends all that time making great new cities meant to be hubs to not use them?<br /><br />This is why the expansion is so late, because they are morons that can't make up their mind on how to do anything.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-33409289647568415662014-06-27T11:47:52.818-04:002014-06-27T11:47:52.818-04:00That lack of subtlety was intended, but I think yo...That lack of subtlety was intended, but I think you knew that. ;)<br /><br />There is a great deal of story in not having flying either, it can go both ways. I is more about the imagination and how freely you let your mind go with it. Immersion is not just blizzards job, they just give you the platform, it is your job as the player to get into it. Sure their design can help you along the way and good design will, but you can I can walk into a text based chat room with nothing but black and white type and start a tale back and forth that is amazingly immerse.<br /><br />I might not really RP any longer, has been a good 10-15 years since I have, but that is what it is about, letting yourself get involved in a story and making the best out of what you have. That is why I say to anyone that uses the argument that flying takes away from immersion that they are full of it. It just adds a different aspect to it.<br /><br />But I love my hippogryph, and I wanted her there with me to learn to fly and experience things with me just like she has been, at my side, for the last 6 years (I think) since we first met.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75551255187373034922014-06-27T09:02:15.693-04:002014-06-27T09:02:15.693-04:00Quite enjoyable, although maybe lacking a little s...Quite enjoyable, although maybe lacking a little subtlety ;-)<br /><br />Flying, or lack of it, can definitely work both ways as far as immersion goes. <br />You obviously go to great lengths to point out the negative side in this tale so it shouldn't be read alone but rather, as you mention in the comments, as a counterpoint to those that believe removing flying is required for immersion.<br /><br />As usual, the reality is somewhere between these two extremes and people will find immersion in different ways.<br /><br />Blizzard find it easier to build an immersive world if there is no flying, as we see in each expansion as the main storyline is always told without flight.<br />Perhaps if they said that it makes their job easier people would accept it more readily. I know I would accept virtually anything now if it made it easier for them to get this expansion out!<br /><br />By the way... I think I would have left my hippogriff to fly freely around Azeroth until I found a solution, rather than keep him cooped up in the stables. <br />You are a cruel master! xD<br /><br />Solahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193184689961780585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-82382547514574728452014-06-27T08:40:25.139-04:002014-06-27T08:40:25.139-04:00This just in: Karabor is not going to be a capital...This just in: Karabor is not going to be a capital of the Alliance.<br /><br />DAMN!!<br /><br />Really, I was so looking forward to this. I was planning to roll a new Alliance draenei alt just for that. Blizzard...PVP anonhttp://nowhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-4049341934541347522014-06-27T06:30:17.402-04:002014-06-27T06:30:17.402-04:00Thanks. I was in the mood to do a different type ...Thanks. I was in the mood to do a different type of post so I kind of made something up on the fly.<br /><br />They might be releasing a beta but it is a beta only in terms of words. Make no mistake, it is still in alpha.<br /><br />The game should have been released, finished, 3 months ago at worst. They took their sweet ass time and now they are going to rush it. We will end up with a giant pile of crap. They have already made sure of that. This will be worse than cataclysm.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-46622680351935996972014-06-27T06:28:30.224-04:002014-06-27T06:28:30.224-04:00Thanks. It was more an answer to those people say...Thanks. It was more an answer to those people saying there is no immersion in flying and that it takes away from the game. All I have to say to people that say flying takes away from immersion is that they do not have an active enough imagination.<br /><br />There are surely some other points thrown in there for good measure however. Glad you liked it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-87171623949039111552014-06-27T06:26:54.096-04:002014-06-27T06:26:54.096-04:00Thank you. Glad you liked it.Thank you. Glad you liked it.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-43762078423925233612014-06-27T03:47:17.269-04:002014-06-27T03:47:17.269-04:00An enjoyable read. :-)
OT: They are starting the ...An enjoyable read. :-)<br /><br />OT: They are starting the beta. I don't know what to think, frankly, because the content in the alpha builds is very unfinished. I am starting to suspect they are going to cut a lot of corners and postpone a lot of issues (like, for example, the tuning of raid bosses) until after WoD just so they can release some time in Autumn. I realize this might look to some as "damned if they do, damned if they don't", but that's not it, the content is really unfinished, and releasing it both late and unfinished and cut off is in many respects worse than releasing two or three months later than late.<br /><br />We'll see how it goes.PVP anonhttp://nowhere.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18650282594848749192014-06-26T20:52:06.032-04:002014-06-26T20:52:06.032-04:005 stars!
2 thumbs up!
Big applause!
Great story a...5 stars!<br />2 thumbs up!<br />Big applause!<br /><br />Great story and really drives home the point that flying is part of what makes the game feel epic. It can't be taken away just because "Blizz doesn't like it".<br /><br />Your points about missing things because you're on a flight path are spot on. I took one just the other day because I wanted to go afk for a minute. NPCscan went off and I ran back, but I was on the flight path so I couldn't do anything. When I flew back, the rare spawn was gone (I probably CRZ'd into another server or something because I couldn't even find the corpse...) #BlameCelestalonJaegernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-48258710555691732692014-06-26T19:48:00.952-04:002014-06-26T19:48:00.952-04:00Strong stuff.
Good stuff.
Strong stuff.<br /><br />Good stuff.<br /><br />Gráinnenoreply@blogger.com