Tag Archives: social dynamics

Maximum Performance Isn’t Always Maximum Fun

By GoW | Published: July 11, 2008

This is a thought in progress. A lit­tle ram­bling. My wife is a com­bat rogue. Always has been. When she joined the game she fell in love with being a rogue, and she asked what the high­est dam­age ver­sion of rogue was. I went off to the inter­nets, and came back with the answer: Combat […]

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Max level does not mean Skilled

By GoW | Published: June 10, 2008

(Related post: Raid­ing does not mean Skilled) World of War­craft, and every game like it, is really two dif­fer­ent games. I first read this thought at Penny Arcade (can’t find where because their search func­tion is weak). Basi­cally, you have the lev­el­ling game where you start at L1 and then play until max level (currently […]

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Not Pushing the Button

By GoW | Published: May 27, 2008

I’m a healer. I have other toons: a raid-ready tank that I love to play, a cou­ple of decent dps toons. But in my heart, I love being a healer. I’ve recently real­ized that peo­ple who are annoy­ing tend to die more often in raids where I’m heal­ing. For exam­ple, my guild’s cur­rent off­tank is […]

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