Blizzard cancels Titan (next gen MMO)

[Yuen]

I am sad

 

http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/23/6833953/blizzard-cancels-titan-next-gen-mmo-pc

[Purple_Panda]

Good thing is, we'll never know truly, what Titan was supposed to be; all we know it was a MMORPG Coffee Maker Simulator.

[Pherales]

Honestly, I'm pretty glad to hear about this after how hard WoW has slid downhill over the years.  I forgot they were even working on Titan, not especially sad to see it go.

[Oramac]

I'd forgotten about Titan too, though I wouldn't say WoW has slid downhill.  And I've been playing on and off since Vanilla.  

 

I read the whole article about Titan, and it seems that they at least cancelled it for good reasons.  I would agree that it's better to cancel it than release a half-assed game.  

[Yuen]

Some info finally leaked on what Titan was aiming to be (prior to the big attempted redesign).

 

http://kotaku.com/heres-what-blizzards-titan-actually-was-1638632121

 

Now that I read that... I don't think I really would have liked it. I think I just want next gen WoW/EQ.

 

Not so sad anymore

[Purple_Panda]

And... after reading that; I would have probably played it actually. LoL.

"Team Fortress 2-meets-Destiny-meets-The Sims-meets-World of Warcraft"

Me and TF2 have a long relationship, and I enjoy the casual aspect of the Sims, and WoW+Destiny? Well, if they cancelled it because they didn't find the fun? Man, I their next gen game will probably signal the end of the world.

*dies*

[Shortgorilla]

I remember vanilla WoW.  Back when it felt like you were really exploring a new world, and you died all the time because the game was challenging.  I quit playing with Lich King.  The game became too focused on the whole 'monopolizing your time' mechanic.  The whole game used to be a challenge and fun to play, now it's just a rush to the end game content.  You can't enjoy building a character any more because everything is geared towards raiding, which is fun and all, but it started to feel too mechanical and less immersing, if that makes sense.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

I remember vanilla WoW.  Back when it felt like you were really exploring a new world, and you died all the time because the game was challenging.  I quit playing with Lich King.  The game became too focused on the whole 'monopolizing your time' mechanic.  The whole game used to be a challenge and fun to play, now it's just a rush to the end game content.  You can't enjoy building a character any more because everything is geared towards raiding, which is fun and all, but it started to feel too mechanical and less immersing, if that makes sense.

 

I was always pissed that I missed Vanilla WoW for this reason. I didn't get into it until Burning Crusade. Stayed through most of Lich King. Quit due to monopolization of time in order to progress further in the game. The limiter for my progression was needing to put hours in every week to raid instances constantly to have gear just a little stronger for the next raid so we might be able to beat the next guy and get better loot. In between was spent hours of farming plants to due my alchemy to provide the potions I was tasked with to the rest of the guild.

 

I always hated that they didn't have servers that had just Vanilla WoW on them to provide the option of playing the original, challenging game and "end game" content.

[Oramac]

I remember vanilla WoW.  Back when it felt like you were really exploring a new world, and you died all the time because the game was challenging.  I quit playing with Lich King.  The game became too focused on the whole 'monopolizing your time' mechanic.  The whole game used to be a challenge and fun to play, now it's just a rush to the end game content.  You can't enjoy building a character any more because everything is geared towards raiding, which is fun and all, but it started to feel too mechanical and less immersing, if that makes sense.

I was always pissed that I missed Vanilla WoW for this reason. I didn't get into it until Burning Crusade. Stayed through most of Lich King. Quit due to monopolization of time in order to progress further in the game. The limiter for my progression was needing to put hours in every week to raid instances constantly to have gear just a little stronger for the next raid so we might be able to beat the next guy and get better loot. In between was spent hours of farming plants to due my alchemy to provide the potions I was tasked with to the rest of the guild.

 

I always hated that they didn't have servers that had just Vanilla WoW on them to provide the option of playing the original, challenging game and "end game" content.

 

Having raided in Vanilla (up to the beginning of Naxx) and essentially beating the game hardcore raiding in Burning Crusade, I tend to agree with you both.  Though I personally still find the game fun and exciting.  Even leveling now is fun for me.  

 

I actually kinda regret not raiding in Lich King for the lore that was there.  I always loved that whole storyline with Arthas and Ner'zul and Frostmourne.  On the other hand, I agree completely with Gainsdalf about the time commitment.  In the peak of my raiding time, I was spending 50-60 hours a week in game.  Mainly because I was my guilds only Prot and Ret Paladin.  So I was respeccing nearly every fight.  And that was before they released dual-spec.  

[Purple_Panda]

My favorite experience in WoW was when it first came out; admittedly I was a bachelor and all my time was devoted to WoW and intermittent sleep.

I was one of the first 60 mages on Laughing Skull, and my good friend was one of the first 60 shaman, this means we were 'way' a head of the pack for most the game. I think around level 50 we decided to explore into the Night Elf main city. We got completely lost, miserably lost multiple times, we were running from 60 foot giant trees, and we had to shoo off lowbies left and right, outside of trying to figure out how you get up into it. We had a lot of fun on a boat for a bit, fishing n' all that. I think we spent about an hour in their newbie area, doing what we could to help the lowbies. On LS, Horde weren't malicious, those Alliance bastards were. LoL, anyhow.

At some point a level 7 or so Hunter tried to kill us, we ignored him until I think I got annoyed and Frost Nova'd, killing him instantly. Well, we 'assume' he started yelling foul and next think we know there is just a horde of 20s-40, and some 50's showing up, all amassing. They start chasing us around, my cone of cold cuts a triangle in their forces as they mad rushed us; me and my friend get separated; he calls me on his cell, we're laughing, all the while fleeing this huge angry alliance riot!

In the end, I somehow catch a break and I'm able to pull off a portal to Ogri' as I'm standing at the edge of this tree looking into a 'very' loooong fall out of the tree; my portal bugged and somehow it was outside of the 'clicking' range... meaning we needed to 'jump' out of this crack or something to click it.

My shaman friend comes running, stops, realizes he can't click on it and jumps out into the open air and ports out, and I follow just behind him. Felt like something out of an action movie. "Jump! Go Now!"

Few minutes later we get tells from alts of those chasing us saying things like; "That was an awesome action shot!" and "That was fun! Come back any time you want to help!" and 'Sorry; they were a little blood thirsty after you frost nova'd their guild leaders alt." Made some Alliance friends; and had massive laughs.

We still talk about that experience when we get together for beers.

You don't get that experience much anymore, EQ was great for it; WoW in the beginning certainly was; now... not many MMORPGs can pull off that exploration as nicely.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

Having raided in Vanilla (up to the beginning of Naxx) and essentially beating the game hardcore raiding in Burning Crusade, I tend to agree with you both.  Though I personally still find the game fun and exciting.  Even leveling now is fun for me.  

 

I actually kinda regret not raiding in Lich King for the lore that was there.  I always loved that whole storyline with Arthas and Ner'zul and Frostmourne.  On the other hand, I agree completely with Gainsdalf about the time commitment.  In the peak of my raiding time, I was spending 50-60 hours a week in game.  Mainly because I was my guilds only Prot and Ret Paladin.  So I was respeccing nearly every fight.  And that was before they released dual-spec.  

 

Yeah, I was a prot Pally and main tank in one of the better 20(40? I forget, the bigger one) man raiding guilds on Mal'Ganis. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the guild. I was kicking my then girlfriend (now wife) out at 8pm each night and staying up until 2 playing, only to wake up at 7 to go to work each day (internship in college). I was falling asleep on the way to work and surviving on coffee. This was Mon-Thurs, so 24 hours a week there. I'd put another 5 on Sat and Sun mornings. Friday was always up in the air on if I had plans with friends or not, so anywehre from 34-40 hours a week probably.

 

My favorite experience in WoW was when it first came out; admittedly I was a bachelor and all my time was devoted to WoW and intermittent sleep.

I was one of the first 60 mages on Laughing Skull, and my good friend was one of the first 60 shaman, this means we were 'way' a head of the pack for most the game. I think around level 50 we decided to explore into the Night Elf main city. We got completely lost, miserably lost multiple times, we were running from 60 foot giant trees, and we had to shoo off lowbies left and right, outside of trying to figure out how you get up into it. We had a lot of fun on a boat for a bit, fishing n' all that. I think we spent about an hour in their newbie area, doing what we could to help the lowbies. On LS, Horde weren't malicious, those Alliance bastards were. LoL, anyhow.

At some point a level 7 or so Hunter tried to kill us, we ignored him until I think I got annoyed and Frost Nova'd, killing him instantly. Well, we 'assume' he started yelling foul and next think we know there is just a horde of 20s-40, and some 50's showing up, all amassing. They start chasing us around, my cone of cold cuts a triangle in their forces as they mad rushed us; me and my friend get separated; he calls me on his cell, we're laughing, all the while fleeing this huge angry alliance riot!

In the end, I somehow catch a break and I'm able to pull off a portal to Ogri' as I'm standing at the edge of this tree looking into a 'very' loooong fall out of the tree; my portal bugged and somehow it was outside of the 'clicking' range... meaning we needed to 'jump' out of this crack or something to click it.

My shaman friend comes running, stops, realizes he can't click on it and jumps out into the open air and ports out, and I follow just behind him. Felt like something out of an action movie. "Jump! Go Now!"

Few minutes later we get tells from alts of those chasing us saying things like; "That was an awesome action shot!" and "That was fun! Come back any time you want to help!" and 'Sorry; they were a little blood thirsty after you frost nova'd their guild leaders alt." Made some Alliance friends; and had massive laughs.

We still talk about that experience when we get together for beers.

You don't get that experience much anymore, EQ was great for it; WoW in the beginning certainly was; now... not many MMORPGs can pull off that exploration as nicely.

 

Yeah, my first time playing (pre-BC for 3-4 months) I was alliance and we used to have a lot of fun in the Badlands. Did the same thing sneaking into the NE starting area. I was a hunter and ended up just jumping off the giant tree not knowing where it led.

[Oramac]

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You don't get that experience much anymore, EQ was great for it; WoW in the beginning certainly was; now... not many MMORPGs can pull off that exploration as nicely.

 

Ahh!  That's awesome.  Yea, you don't really get that much anymore.  Somehow I always manage to make characters on the wrong faction.  My horde are on Tichondrius and I get camped by Alliance all the damn time, and my Alliance are on Darkspear and, you guessed it, Horde camp me all the damn time.  Never been on Laughing Skull.  

 

Yeah, I was a prot Pally and main tank in one of the better 20(40? I forget, the bigger one) man raiding guilds on Mal'Ganis. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the guild. I was kicking my then girlfriend (now wife) out at 8pm each night and staying up until 2 playing, only to wake up at 7 to go to work each day (internship in college). I was falling asleep on the way to work and surviving on coffee. This was Mon-Thurs, so 24 hours a week there. I'd put another 5 on Sat and Sun mornings. Friday was always up in the air on if I had plans with friends or not, so anywehre from 34-40 hours a week probably.

 

I hear ya man.  I had some bad RL experiences because of raiding that much, which is what caused me to quit.  The hardest raid I've set foot in now is through the new Raid Finder thing, and even that took me a couple years to be willing to try.  

 

If either of you want to add me, my battle.net tag is Oramac#1305 (I think).  My main is a Pally on Darkspear named Oramac (go figure).  

[Purple_Panda]

Ahh!  That's awesome.  Yea, you don't really get that much anymore.  Somehow I always manage to make characters on the wrong faction.  My horde are on Tichondrius and I get camped by Alliance all the damn time, and my Alliance are on Darkspear and, you guessed it, Horde camp me all the damn time.  Never been on Laughing Skull.  

 

If either of you want to add me, my battle.net tag is Oramac#1305 (I think).  My main is a Pally on Darkspear named Oramac (go figure).

I know my character isn't on LS anymore; paid to transfer him after a long two year hiatus from WoW; then got back into the game after g/f shenanigans, and some other IRL friends were playing; not sure where any of my characters are actually, account has been dormant for a long time.

ShadowWolf#1228; old handle from Diablo 1, somehow stuck throughout the ages. Back when I was 14 and thought anything with 'Shadow' in front of it was totally BA.   I play a lot of D3 lately; working on a HC Barb Paragon 17 ATM.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

Ahh!  That's awesome.  Yea, you don't really get that much anymore.  Somehow I always manage to make characters on the wrong faction.  My horde are on Tichondrius and I get camped by Alliance all the damn time, and my Alliance are on Darkspear and, you guessed it, Horde camp me all the damn time.  Never been on Laughing Skull.  

 

 

I hear ya man.  I had some bad RL experiences because of raiding that much, which is what caused me to quit.  The hardest raid I've set foot in now is through the new Raid Finder thing, and even that took me a couple years to be willing to try.  

 

If either of you want to add me, my battle.net tag is Oramac#1305 (I think).  My main is a Pally on Darkspear named Oramac (go figure).  

 

Oh, my account is locked. I stopped playing 3-4 years ago and a Chinese gold farmer hacked into it and got me banned.

[Pherales]

I remember vanilla WoW.  Back when it felt like you were really exploring a new world, and you died all the time because the game was challenging.  I quit playing with Lich King.  The game became too focused on the whole 'monopolizing your time' mechanic.  The whole game used to be a challenge and fun to play, now it's just a rush to the end game content.  You can't enjoy building a character any more because everything is geared towards raiding, which is fun and all, but it started to feel too mechanical and less immersing, if that makes sense.

 

This is exactly what goes on with me now, and what I mean by WoW going downhill.  I can level a toon from 1 - 90 with no heirlooms and no guild bonus in roughly a week of straight up gameplay if the mood strikes me. 

 

WoW used to be a challenge, it used to be fun to play.  Pulling more than one mob meant you had to manage your casting, pulling more than three was "oh shit, run.".  Having an epic mount was a massive accomplishment that meant you'd put time and effort into the game.  Having raid gear meant you'd built a relationship of trust and comradery with a group of people, and gone through major trials and tribulations just to get into the raid to begin with (seriously WoW, bring back attunements plz).  Now it's just a mass of purples and legendaries, you don't even need to be in a group of friends to raid successfully anymore, or even put together your own pug.  it's more of a worthless exercise in grind city.

 

Rant over.  Elitist I am, no denials.  I just miss the game i fell in love with :I

[Oramac]

This is exactly what goes on with me now, and what I mean by WoW going downhill.  I can level a toon from 1 - 90 with no heirlooms and no guild bonus in roughly a week of straight up gameplay if the mood strikes me. 

 

WoW used to be a challenge, it used to be fun to play.  Pulling more than one mob meant you had to manage your casting, pulling more than three was "oh shit, run.".  Having an epic mount was a massive accomplishment that meant you'd put time and effort into the game.  Having raid gear meant you'd built a relationship of trust and comradery with a group of people, and gone through major trials and tribulations just to get into the raid to begin with (seriously WoW, bring back attunements plz).  Now it's just a mass of purples and legendaries, you don't even need to be in a group of friends to raid successfully anymore, or even put together your own pug.  it's more of a worthless exercise in grind city.

 

Rant over.  Elitist I am, no denials.  I just miss the game i fell in love with :I

 

As much as I still have fun with WoW, I totally agree with you.  I remember finishing the Paladin Class Mount quest and being absolutely ecstatic about it!  It was a really big deal.  You're absolutely right.