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syncaine.wordpress.com - 1/12/2009
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I want to follow up on my previous post about Atlantica Online and some of the good things it does, as there are indeed a few more systems I think are worth pointing out. I’m currently level 52 in AO, which means I’m in the heart of the grind, out of newbie land, and have far more ...
killtenrats.com - 1/13/2009
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Paul Barnett, said again and again during pre-release
interviews for Warhammer Online that they were creating a
“hobby,” rather than a simple (add British sneer here) game. His line of reasoning was that Warhammer Online required ...
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Hobby Elements
grimwell.com - 1/6/2009
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Since late last October I have been putting
most of my MMO time into Atlantica Online .
I was attracted to the game in it’s open beta because I wanted to see how it handled turn based combat, and have hung about since the release. While I’m no longer ...
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... The vanilla example of a hobby element is so-called grind. Grind is usually an artificial way to expand content by requiring players to perform repetitive actions across a period of time. Players grind because of a reward. There is always a reason to grind. Grind is an interesting hobby element because in some games, like Atlantica Online, grind is the game. Usually, grind is added as a means to ...
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