Lotro Death By Numbers
Author: From:www.buyfastgold.com
So, I feel rather certain that the single biggest question many of you have for me is
this one:
"OMG, What are you thinking with the kill/use/whatever numbers on accomplishment 'X'!
That's ridiculous! I'd have to grind for 3 weeks straight to complete that!"
If you yell out, "Aye, what of that!? Harumph!" turn to Page 2.
If you sit and listen respectfully, continue below.
Being of a strictly rational and scientific mindset when it comes to numbers and Lotro
design, I applied an extremely rigorous and well-tested approach to the calculation of
numbers in the various Accomplishments: That is to say, I made them all up.
Arbitrarily. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that I have been somewhat random about
the kinds of numbers I've thrown into those accomplishment counters 每 but it's all in
the name of Science, really! Science!
Y'see, Lotro just don't know how long they'll take to complete until living, breathing
players actually complete them. I can look at skill cool-down timers, and combat
duration estimates provided by our Lotro systems guys 每 but at the end of the day,
those numbers don't mean all that much in the real world, or the virtual one for that
matter. What I am looking at rather closely are how long each of our Beta Program
participants are actually taking to complete those Accomplishments in Beta 每 how many
of you complete them, how long it took, etc. Yes, Big Brother is alive and well in the
MMOG domain, my friends, and Lotro＃ are Him.
So in truth, I was intentionally capricious with the first pass of the numbers, because
I want to see which ones work 每 and I definitely want to see some not work - in Lotro
design terms this is called bracketing your solution.
Anyway, Lotro've got a fair amount of this info now, so the next round of numbers ought
to be a lot closer to their intended values. I don't mean to suggest that Lotro aren't
going to make you kill things till your eyes bleed in order to complete the most
difficult Accomplishments 每 this is an MMOG after all. Lotro'll just be able to
measure it with a fine degree of accuracy.
Measure the bleeding that is. From your eyesssss＃
And with that, Vastin cackles. A blinding flash accompanied by a loud crack and the
smell of gunpowder follows, and when you look again, he is nowhere to be seen.
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