Ruining the bathroom break and the game.

whitecat31
whitecat31 Posts: 579 Critical Contributor
edited April 2015 in MPQ General Discussion
Slowing down the game will destroy it in an attempt to make the game better. star.png

Sarah Silverman once joked. I wanted to make an App to see when my friends are going to the bathroom, but then I realized it was already made. It's called Word's with friends. icon_lol.gif

One of the enjoyable parts of the game is it can be played during those "bathroom breaks". icon_redface.gif

In an attempted claim to balance the game and try to help new players, you are raising hit points, lowering boosts icon_e_surprised.gif , restricting player interaction by "equitable" match making, and lowering damage amounts by some of the heavy hitters. This is all reducing speed. You are pushing the game play out of the bathroom break territory and fun level. icon_e_sad.gif
We want a game that is fun, enjoyable, and quick when needed. We don't want five minute fights. icon_mad.gif
We also want to have a chance to be able to hit more than two people on our shield hops. icon_mrgreen.gif
Also increasing the buff of the featured player slows things down also. I am not sure of the explanation for that. icon_e_confused.gif
It is bad enough I have to see level 395 characters in PVE. Why do I have to see near 300 level characters in PVP? icon_rolleyes.gif

Please find other ways to balance the game, besides slowing it down, because your play testing missed some things.

Comments

  • dswan3rd
    dswan3rd Posts: 205 Tile Toppler
    I don't know a ton about the intricacies of matchmaking and the like, but I do know that I play the DDQ in the bathroom just about every morning...so I'm in favor of anything that promotes/supports bathroom play... icon_lol.gif
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    The devs definitely just curled something out.
  • pmorcs
    pmorcs Posts: 126 Tile Toppler
    5 minutes is too long for you? What are you, the Flash?
  • whitecat31
    whitecat31 Posts: 579 Critical Contributor
    pmorcs wrote:
    5 minutes is too long for you? What are you, the Flash?

    It is more about the work bathroom breaks. IF you have two 4 to 5 minute fights, that is most likely the entire bathroom break. Minus getting to the stall and actually doing your business of course.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Lmao! You said play testing....
  • Phillipes
    Phillipes Posts: 431 Mover and Shaker
    Are you suggesting they are testing anything?

    It is more like they meet in the monday morning be cup of coffee, one of them tells others that it will be cool to add more Moonstone-like character, he tell them new characters abilities and thats it !
    10 minutes of programming, one day for artwork, free-work week ahead them !

    And super whales tries new character in game before developers.
    This is how it goes.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Hell, I would even say they are killing the pvp mode itself, leaving the game with an unbalanced, lame **** pve mode ("5day grind this, 5day grind that"). Clearly they are not interested in the end game players and try to grab cash as fast and as long it's possible.
    I would propose to try to balance the experience for new and for old players, then you would have a game that lasts longer so you can earn money more steady. But that's none of my business.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Wait. There are people who are playing MPQ while they sit on the toilet? Gross.
  • Wazari
    Wazari Posts: 7
    shade_tree wrote:
    Wait. There are people who are playing MPQ while they sit on the toilet? Gross.

    I thought MPQ could ONLY be played when you're on the toilet?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    shade_tree wrote:
    Wait. There are people who are playing MPQ while they sit on the toilet? Gross.

    Yes... Plop
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I saw an infographics breakdown for Summoner's War and it says 2% of the total playtime is on the bathroom, and that's only from guys who admitted doing that.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I may or may not now have fmla for chrones because of this game...

    "you spend an awful lot of time in the bathroom."
    "I...err... Have a condition."
  • bknfoodie
    bknfoodie Posts: 53
    Welp. Now, my productivity at work will go up. No need to take extended bathroom breaks for shield hops anymore. icon_e_biggrin.gif
  • hesjingixen
    hesjingixen Posts: 215 Tile Toppler
    I will say that the HP increases are kind of sucking away at the enthusiasm I felt when they went from 2.5 to 8 hour timers. It was really brutal before to spend ~30 minutes every 2.5 hours, but ~30 minutes every 8 hours is pretty reasonable. With the HP increases, it seems like a "run" on PvE is going to start pushing more into the 45 min - 1 hour range. I just hope the don't increase goon HP too.....
  • evil panda
    evil panda Posts: 419 Mover and Shaker
    So I read that sitting on the toilet too long may cause hemorrhoids

    Can we blame D3 for contributing to the growing hemorrhoid problem that this nation faces?!? Tsk tsk icon_lol.gif




    Btw, this is a joke. All in good fun. I've seen what the no-humor crowd has done to some decent jokes in other threads. icon_e_geek.gif

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