Pursuant to my discussions with Lassira about private servers, I finally came up with an original content idea. Original, at least in that, as well-read as I am in WoW, I have yet to see this idea.
For those of us who have always played RTS, FPS, and the various FPS/strategy games like Rainbow Six, I have a desire to see the entire game. Obviously there are thousands, if not a million people willing or able to put the time into the game to get attuned, geared, and learned in the end-game instances to play them through to the end of Blizzard’s content.
What I propose is a single-player mode. You get a crew of 4, 9, or 19 computer-controlled players, just as you do when you assault the subway in Rainbow Six. That would enable someone who gets off work and eats dinner and puts the kids to bed to play for an hour per night to get somewhere. We don’t all have a bunch of guild whores that can drop everything they are doing to help us out whenever we log in, do we? You do!? You suck!
There would be no need for acquiring the loot directly, as you would need to take control of another player should your main die in combat. Bosses would drop tokens that represent a particular piece for your given class, which you would then obtain when you rez and take control of your main again.
The only thing missing at that point would be a save game feature for your progress through a long instance. Granted, instances don’t take 3-6 hours any more, but they are still longer when starting off than many people have. Even playing on private servers to experience end-game content won’t alleviate everyday time crunches.
Would you like to see a Single-Player mode? What things have I missed here? Would you consider playing on a private server just to have an instant 70 to see end-game content with a new class that you’ve never tried? Are you even remotely as busy as I am?
I love WoW as much as the next guy, so let me see it all. Sound off.
i believe i would do it, as well as one of my friends.
Actually, I REALLY like this idea. A LOT.
I used to play Diablo and Diablo II in single-player literally for HOURS every day, and absolutely loved it. I had the option of logging onto bnet and playing multiplayer mode, but it wasn’t nearly as fun for me. There were your run-of-the-mill leet jerks to deal with and all other kinds of irritating crap that I just didn’t feel like putting up with. I suspect a single player mode for WoW would be amazing and MUCH more satisfying, at least for me.
But then, where would Blizz get their $14.95/mo. x8million?
You’d still be forced to log in to use the server-generated Mobs and NPCs that you group with. It’s a win-win situation.
You heard it here first, folks!
I definitely want to see all the endgame content but unless somehow my wife suddenly approves of me sitting in front of the Comp playing this game while she is home it will never happen. One of my buddies actually plays on a private server and he invited me along but I was told it was an unstable system.
i would play on a private server but only if it was stable
I’d love it. I would like to be able to hire henchman ala Guild Wars to finish the 5 mans. And then heroics. I don’t think Blizzard will ever do this because of exploit fears.
Congrats MR Man you have made me make another “Post worthy response” to you question. It will go up as soon as I rant a little more about this idea.
Post just went up. Enjoy.
I know the thread isn’t exactly about private servers, but I’ll throw in my 2 or 3 cents. I believe private servers are great for the casual WoW player. In an environment like “retail” WoW where progression seems to take up more and more time as you level up, a private server allows for progression at a much faster rate. Now you might be asking what’s the point if you’re just going to be lvl 70 in a day? Well, contrary to popular belief there are “blizzlike” servers that offer the experience of leveling at 3 to 4 times the amount of xp normally given, so leveling to 70 still takes some effort.
Granted, some servers have bugs and stability issues but if you shop around you might find a server you like even with all the flaws (my favorite is wowscape.net).