2010-02-15, 10:32 PM
iAmFear Wrote:I must commend you for making an actual argument, and I had completely forgotten about the status effects and the lukless wand. I'm not saying Neo City is a preferable alternative to Neo Tokyo, but that at least we're getting it, and at least someone can use it. Neo City does seem to be one of those places, like a PQ, where you can get together with your friends and relax from the constant grinding you do. While I'm sure a place to grind other than skeles and ToT would be nice, we can wait for it, there's no point in longing for something that we're definitely not getting and there's no point in getting angry over something you can't really control. And though we are getting theme dungeons in place of some world tours, my point is that doesn't mean we'll lose Zip or Singapore, it remains to be seen, hopefully from SEA, how theme dungeons and world tours will coexist, if they can at all.
We're in agreement about the possible removal of World Tour. It seems unlikely, doubly so since the Christmas poem made a nod at Ulu City. As for Neo City being a break from the grind, I'll have to respectfully disagree. Given how difficult it is to get in (based on Spadow's observations) and the fact that we have yet to see any compelling advantages inside, it strikes me that Neo City will end up just like Omega Sector or KFT; quiet, vacant, and unusued. It's very frustrating to see any amount of development time go into content that, for all intents and purposes, appears to be deadwood.
And that's why I'm angry more than anything else; to see our patience and money being put towards another (ostensibly) purposeless area when most everyone in that level range will simply end up back at Windraiders and Galloperas within the span of a few weeks is mind numbing.