[WoW] Boats Lose in WoW too

Bylimet Spiritwalker · 01-21-2005

Yep, just like in EQ, the boat system of transportation is causing too many problems, and tonight they closed down a number of servers to begin implementing a system of teleport NPC's. If it works as planned, all servers will have the change rolled in over time.

Cados Evilsbane · 01-21-2005

I hate it when they do stuff like this, the boats make games seem so much more real and tangible.

Nydia Ywalmoriel · 01-21-2005

Well that stinks :/. What's the point of having ports then? Booty Bay will certainly lose its charm... and what about us Horde who like to take joyrides around, say, Feathermoon Outpost? (Faervas and I took the boat from the Feralas dock to see where it went and stayed well back on the boat when we noticed that the welcoming committee was shall we say unfriendly

).

So, yeah, the airship occasionally fails to rematerialize under people making the crossing from Orgrimmar/Undercity to Grom'gol as well (not so bad if you're over water, kind of squishy if you're over land

). Does that mean that they're going to replace the airships as well?

I really really hope they don't take the 'easy way' out here. Technology is fallible, ya' know? And WoW already has a charming theme of warning users that technological devices may (and do) malfunction at any time... I think it'd be better, in the worst case situation, just to leave the boats alone and give the goblins at the docks a dialogue about how perfectly safe and effective the mode of transport is (see Hin Denburg's dialogue when you greet him re the airship ride from UC to Grom'gol)

...

Regards,
Nydia

fildien · 01-21-2005

Nydia,

This made me think of: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." (Arthur C. Clarke)

And bummer, the boats were fun. They took them out of EQ2 as well. /sigh the devs are no fun.

Dee Cee · 01-21-2005

That sucks.
Must be a pretty hot topic considering that they shut down the chat forums on the main site.
Which doesnt supprise me since they love to do nothing but lock/delete posts anyway.

I had hoped that they had learned from the mistakes EQ had made.
It seems to be amplified though.

DiscW · 01-21-2005

Have you heard something about a boat or zepplin other then the one between Menethil and Auberdine that I have not Bylimet, or are you just jumping to conclusions based on the quote from blizzard?

Quote:

Today’s maintenance removed the boat that traveled from Menethil Harbor to Auberdine from the realms listed below. Two new NPCs, Captain Placeholder in Menethil Harbor and Captain Noteo in Auberdine, have been placed on the docks where players used to board this boat. Opening a dialog with these NPCs will allow players to travel between the two cities.

(On the login screen they stated this will be moved to all servers.)

That only mentions one boat, not the entire system.

*Malse* · 01-21-2005

Heh, big surprise, the boat system that 60% of the playerbase is crammed onto has issues on the most populated servers. Probably one of those 40 man exp groups the Alliance seems to need to kill anything.

DiscW · 01-21-2005

Yes, because as we all know, since the alliance are the more popular side, every damned one of them are skill-less zergs.

*Malse* · 01-22-2005

Precisely. See, they couldn't even solo the boat ride.

ThePerfectFlaw · 01-22-2005

Gotta appeal to the "I won't touch a game that doesn't have godmode" crowd somehow. Gentlemen, I give you, Paladins.

01-21-2005	#1
Bylimet Spiritwalker Grey-haired gamer Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Minnesota Party: Independent Posts: 5,437 vCash: 0	Boats Lose in WoW too Yep, just like in EQ, the boat system of transportation is causing too many problems, and tonight they closed down a number of servers to begin implementing a system of teleport NPC's. If it works as planned, all servers will have the change rolled in over time. __________________ Live like it matters!

01-21-2005	#2
Cados Evilsbane Lightloch.com Joined: Sep 2003 Location: AL, USA Party: Republican Posts: 1,046 vCash: 4000	I hate it when they do stuff like this, the boats make games seem so much more real and tangible. __________________ Lightloch.com

01-21-2005	#4
fildien Advocate of Mayhem Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Party: N/A Posts: 5,465 vCash: 1500	Nydia, This made me think of: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." (Arthur C. Clarke) And bummer, the boats were fun. They took them out of EQ2 as well. /sigh the devs are no fun. __________________ Nurta <Shark Baby> Mind Trick - Empire

01-21-2005	#5
Dee Cee Diabolical Neophyte Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 261 vCash: 1000	That sucks. Must be a pretty hot topic considering that they shut down the chat forums on the main site. Which doesnt supprise me since they love to do nothing but lock/delete posts anyway. I had hoped that they had learned from the mistakes EQ had made. It seems to be amplified though. __________________ Deecee Township Rebellion (retired)

01-21-2005	#8
DiscW Witty Title Joined: Mar 2003 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Party: N/A Posts: 1,344 vCash: 1451	Yes, because as we all know, since the alliance are the more popular side, every damned one of them are skill-less zergs. __________________

01-21-2005	#3
Nydia Ywalmoriel Rolling Thunder Joined: Feb 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Party: N/A Posts: 1,570 vCash: 1000	Well that stinks :/. What's the point of having ports then? Booty Bay will certainly lose its charm... and what about us Horde who like to take joyrides around, say, Feathermoon Outpost? (Faervas and I took the boat from the Feralas dock to see where it went and stayed well back on the boat when we noticed that the welcoming committee was shall we say unfriendly ). So, yeah, the airship occasionally fails to rematerialize under people making the crossing from Orgrimmar/Undercity to Grom'gol as well (not so bad if you're over water, kind of squishy if you're over land ). Does that mean that they're going to replace the airships as well? I really really hope they don't take the 'easy way' out here. Technology is fallible, ya' know? And WoW already has a charming theme of warning users that technological devices may (and do) malfunction at any time... I think it'd be better, in the worst case situation, just to leave the boats alone and give the goblins at the docks a dialogue about how perfectly safe and effective the mode of transport is (see Hin Denburg's dialogue when you greet him re the airship ride from UC to Grom'gol) ... Regards, Nydia

01-21-2005	#7
Malse Executive Vice President of Moderation Joined: Nov 2001 Party: Independent Posts: 2,339 vCash: 1000	Heh, big surprise, the boat system that 60% of the playerbase is crammed onto has issues on the most populated servers. Probably one of those 40 man exp groups the Alliance seems to need to kill anything.

01-22-2005	#9
Malse Executive Vice President of Moderation Joined: Nov 2001 Party: Independent Posts: 2,339 vCash: 1000	Precisely. See, they couldn't even solo the boat ride.

01-22-2005	#10
ThePerfectFlaw Lord of the Dance Joined: Oct 2001 Location: Scurry, Scurry, Andy's here! Posts: 2,003 vCash: 1000	Gotta appeal to the "I won't touch a game that doesn't have godmode" crowd somehow. Gentlemen, I give you, Paladins. __________________ Zehn - Fires of Heaven Vhex - Fires of Zehn

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