Zorak
01-23-2006, 08:17 PM
Garrett Fuller and Frank Mignone filed their second weekly debate on MMORPG.com. This week the duo discusses instancing PvE content and how it impacts MMORPG communities.
MMO means massive multiplayer online. Instances take the "MM" out of "MMO". 5-40 man raids (both PvE and BGs) can not compare to the excitement of interacting with literally hundreds or thousands of players at the same time. Instances are like the YMCA. Get kids off the streets into safe controlled activities so they can't get in trouble or cause trouble in their communities. It’s a great concept for a real world community, but death to an online community.
Read the full debate here (http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadFeature=400&page=1&fp=1280,1024,503297765,20060123191421)
MMO means massive multiplayer online. Instances take the "MM" out of "MMO". 5-40 man raids (both PvE and BGs) can not compare to the excitement of interacting with literally hundreds or thousands of players at the same time. Instances are like the YMCA. Get kids off the streets into safe controlled activities so they can't get in trouble or cause trouble in their communities. It’s a great concept for a real world community, but death to an online community.
Read the full debate here (http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm?loadFeature=400&page=1&fp=1280,1024,503297765,20060123191421)