I've managed to sneak into a guild that has more than 3 people logged in at any one time! It's a really nice shift and while I haven't taken the time to get to know very many people it's good to have guild chat regularly tick by with hello's and welcome's and "who wants to go take a keep" type messages.
It's got me thinking about why MMO's have staying power. You can talk about balance, gear, leveling, bugs all you want. You need community. If you have a strong community, and plenty of friends or at least people to play with, you'll have a winner. It's like a giant snowball that keeps on rolling. My personal prediction is that once more players in Warhammer get to 40, they'll have more time to focus less on leveling and small group stuff and will have more time to spend on community. And that'll be great for the game.
So you'll see me rolling with the Brutality tag over on Vortex. Seems like a good bunch that is going to have a real impact on the server. And, given my experience in scenarios the last few days it's a real requirement!
Lately, it seems, that destruction is getting rocked in scenarios and doesn't own very many keeps. I don't know what it is but it seems to have really changed in the last couple days, and, Order is getting bonuses on Vortex because the population is low relative to the more beautiful Destruction.
I'm workin on gettin up there near your level. Just made 17 last night. Looking forward to grouping up with people I know. I've been 'accidentally' in two guilds. Gotta love the invites to guilds mistakenly accepted as group invites.... Oh well, haven't found a good guild yet.
Posted by: Flis | October 23, 2008 at 01:35 PM