Comments on: Skirmish Density http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/02/09/skirmish-density/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Suzina http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/02/09/skirmish-density/comment-page-1/#comment-37226 Suzina Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:23:10 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5915#comment-37226 Skirmishes are a great system overall. It allows me to jump into content and do something, make some progress, solo. In a genre where you often can't do anything without a group once you hit max level, it's nice. Not everything works with this system as intended, however. 1. The "randomness" of skirmishes doesn't seem to change my play experience. It's still just DPS the heck out of the boss when he appears. 2. Making a skirmish "group", a higher level or a higher tier isn't rewarding. My skirmish_marks-per-hour rate is faster if I just do a skirmish solo, one level below my current level and do the same skirmish over and over 3. Skirmish marks are the fastest method to get some things (empowerment scrolls, settings). For other things, skirmish marks are an insanely slow way to get things. Really, if they just made group skirmishes give about 100% more skirmish marks, it'd make forming a group for skirmishes more viable imo. For me at this point, skirmishes are mostly a solo grind with a lot of potential to be /fixed. Skirmishes are a great system overall. It allows me to jump into content and do something, make some progress, solo. In a genre where you often can’t do anything without a group once you hit max level, it’s nice.

Not everything works with this system as intended, however.

1. The “randomness” of skirmishes doesn’t seem to change my play experience. It’s still just DPS the heck out of the boss when he appears.

2. Making a skirmish “group”, a higher level or a higher tier isn’t rewarding. My skirmish_marks-per-hour rate is faster if I just do a skirmish solo, one level below my current level and do the same skirmish over and over

3. Skirmish marks are the fastest method to get some things (empowerment scrolls, settings). For other things, skirmish marks are an insanely slow way to get things.

Really, if they just made group skirmishes give about 100% more skirmish marks, it’d make forming a group for skirmishes more viable imo. For me at this point, skirmishes are mostly a solo grind with a lot of potential to be /fixed.

]]> By: Dustin Moore http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/02/09/skirmish-density/comment-page-1/#comment-37208 Dustin Moore Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:24:43 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5915#comment-37208 YES YES! I was going to do a post on my blog about LOTRO's skirmish system. I thought it was unique but I'm exploring other MMO's to see what other systems are even comparable to this. Will WoW hijack this type of system. I really like that you can solo it, I was a solo type of player in my 1 month of playing. YES YES! I was going to do a post on my blog about LOTRO’s skirmish system. I thought it was unique but I’m exploring other MMO’s to see what other systems are even comparable to this. Will WoW hijack this type of system. I really like that you can solo it, I was a solo type of player in my 1 month of playing.

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