Weekly Discussion Thread #2: Player Interaction And Difficulty

Turbostratus · Apr 23, 2018

Fox || Faded said: ↑

Now that would just be super annoying for a slower class that doesn't have much range. e.g melee classes
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You do make a good point...

maybe the knockback could be a smaller hitbox, allowing even the slow melee classes to dodge the knockback attack.

Wynnooblet · Apr 25, 2018

Rem-Rin said: ↑

【Weekly Discussion Thread #2】

Introduction
Hello everyone! I'm pleased to bring you all the second edition of the weekly discussion thread. Before I get to this weeks topic, I want to thank you all for participating in last weeks discussion. It went well, grabbing the attention from not only the community, but also from the staff team and GMs. Regardless of that, I feel like the thread has served it purpose and achieved its goal.

Now onto this weeks topic.

Player Interaction and Difficulty
I originally planned to make these 2 separate discussions, but as i was thinking and writing about these topics, I started to figure out how much they are linked together, thus i will be talking about both of them in this weeks thread.

Let's start with player interaction, which in my opinion Wynncraft lacks, a lot. Right now Detlas server 1 and CSST parties are the peak of player interaction, which is nice, but there needs to be way more. Just take a moment and think about your first Wynncraft playthrough, aside from being in Detlas, how much player interaction did you have? With the map being so big and the player slots limited (even tho the new 100 player cap will increase player interaction a small bit) interaction with other players is nearly non-existent.

Now let's talk difficulty. I'm almost certain that most players will agree with me on this, but the game is to easy. Early, mid, even end-game can be beaten in a breeze without anything posing a major threat. Sure there is quests like ToA and Hive, and Legendary Island is quite a challenge too right? Well, maybe, the thing is if you have trouble with ToA and Hive, you can just go level up, get some new equipment, and have an easy time beating both Death and Qira.

And then there is Legendary Island. At first glance, this may look difficult and you may actually have a hard time beating it. But then you realize this is (as of currently) the hardest challenge and biggest difficulty spike Wynncraft has to offer, and there is still so many players that can solo this. "But RemRin these people are just rich and can afford mythics so they have an easy time soloing anything". Correct, but if you take a look at any other MMORPG, you will quickly see that even if you have the most powerful gear in the game, there is still challenges where you need multiple people to beat it, and this is what i feel Wynncraft really lacks at the moment.

The Connection
Now why in the heavens would i combine these 2 topics in the same thread? It's quite simple, actually. If I were to make a graph with difficulty on the x-axis and player interaction on the y-axis, you would get a near linear result. If difficulty increases and the game gets harder, there will be more player interaction. The hardest challenges in the game will require more than one person to beat. Players would have to group together to beat a strong boss or dungeon, rather than to just solo it.

Thus, adding difficult challenges like dungeons and bosses wouldn't only make the game more interesting, it would also create more player interaction, something that at this very moment is lacking.

The Discussion
Now, what do you guys think? Is Wynncraft's difficulty where it needs to be? is it to easy or to hard? Do you think the game needs more player interaction or is it currently fine? Everyone's opinion matters, so don't be shy to post your thoughts on these 2 topics!

See you all next week.

RemRin signing out.
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I love how you guys ignore my thread about player interaction a few weeks ago but this one you agree with

T-Flex · Apr 25, 2018

Tryrant said: ↑

I love how you guys ignore my thread about player interaction a few weeks ago but this one you agree with
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2 completely different topics with different approaches.
Also, most people here stated how they don't care about player interaction, therefore it's not so strange that your thread didn't succeed.

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