Originally Posted by
Beloren
Does anyone think wow has the capacity for anything more complex than a quick fix?
Please... people don't have that long term patience, unless it's designed well enough draw them in, and i don't think the developers would bother trying, it would take enormous effort and commitment to the long term.. warcraft doesn't do long term -- if it can't fit within a 2 year expansion cycle, it's not worth it, asking to develop anything that goes beyond , no matter how interesting you could make it would never work.
I think people who played wow during WoD, have lost perspective completely, and tank anythign that sounds similar, totally for getting that this is exactly what class order halls were, Garrisons done better and forgetting that Garrisons were actually a very popular feature, that became problematic for one reason only - you were compelled ot sit in a small and relatively boring space, doing nothing but run around to click on NPCs instead of going out there.
that was it. Class order halls fixed that by not cantering the majority of your activity within the space, and the normal things you need to do for player power need activities like questing, raids, dungeons, world quests etc..
Capital cities seems to be a very detailed evolution of the class order hall, much better, so I don't envision it having the same loathing as Garrisons, not at all, they know to demand that your questing takes you outside. If you want to spend all your time building your city, you can, but it won't be a requirement progressing your character - ora t least it won't be a major requirement like Garrisons were in WoD, it would be more on the level of Class order halls.
the problem with this is that the system proposed is too complex for wow. Not that it is like Garrisons, I don't think people are understanding OPs original proposal, if they think this is garrisons, rather the problem I see with it, is that it's too extensive, it's a major system, and it's ambitious.. they just won't do it.
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Did I read something different from you? I thought hte guy said it's a shared space like class order halls, it's just the buildings will look different on the local client based on how far you've progressed = not garrisons.