Take the player, not the class

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11-05-2008 @ 5:34PM

oldwisemonk said...

"B" sounds like a jerk. I wouldn't want to be his/her friend. But I don't typically like people that completely mislead me.

ROLES have always been in MMO's (and strategy games, RL wars, etc). Just because they have the same roles doesn't mean everyone does them in the same fashion. The big difference now is that people don't have to play a specific class just because that is the only opening in a guild or group. The conversation should start more like this now:

A: Ok I'm new to WoW, I like ranged DPS. Which class should I play?

B: Oh, you can play Lock, Mage, Shaman, Hunter, or Shadow Priest.

A: What's the difference between each?

B: A lot. What sounds fun to you? Bows? Guns? Fire? Ice? Shadow? Lightning? Curses? Damage over time? Pets? Control over your enemy's movement?

[etc]

Oddly enough, that's how it should have been all along. And maybe this still won't happen everywhere, but it's a start.

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