by ZeroAerey25 . on Sep 27, 2007
Bein' a hater, Azeroth style.
After WoW's recent patch, Cody "Micajah" Bye was privy to some serious "Post Patch Hate" concerning some of the changes Blizzard made in the overall gameplay in WoW. Read his takes on WoW's latest patch along with his thoughts on the patching process in MMOGs in general in his latest blog.
One of the phenomenon's that strikes me as being almost exclusively MMOG-based is the love/hate relationship that exists on an MMOGs patch day. While single-player gamers may be overjoyed when a patch comes down the pipe, anticipating better frame-rates, more dialogue, or fixed quests; an MMOG gamer almost loathes the next patch as if there weren't any problems with the game, their class, or the way a particular item works. As we all know, when a patch comes down the pipe our character's inherently change in one way or another. They might go from a fighting force able to devastate thousand of NPC mobs to a weakling that can barely lift his own sword. If there have been other players exploiting a particular loophole in the game, some of our basic foundations of gameplay could change.
Head on over to So... Your Wife Doesn't Game? to read more.