Comments on: I’m not hardcore, I’m microcore

By: Epic Slant » Blog Archive » Should blogging be a solo or group quest?

Epic Slant » Blog Archive » Should blogging be a solo or group quest? — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:56:20 +0000

[...] I’m still working on getting the term Microcore into the lexicon and this is the article that started it all: I’m not hardcore, I’m microcore [...]

By: Epic Slant » Blog Archive » Back in the saddle of LotRO

Epic Slant » Blog Archive » Back in the saddle of LotRO — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:28:58 +0000

[...] also seems to cater to the microcore when it comes to raids and group content. There are a lot of twelve-man raids and grouping is [...]

By: Ferrel

Ferrel — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:08:07 +0000

I do have to agree with you Nosmo King when it comes to the “elite doesn’t make money.” I have always recognized that that market is a small minority. We always have been. A small percent consuming a large amount of resources as the fastest rate possible.

Previously, however, the service that market performed was the carrot. Players saw us as the goal to reach and it kept them going. I don’t believe that is the case any longer.

We now have a multitude of reasons to play MMOs! That said, I still think you can have difficult content along side easy content. More importantly I think that content should be offered to smaller guilds!

By: Nosmo_King

Nosmo_King — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:14:57 +0000

In my opinion, I think that WoW has ushered in quite a number of players who do not, do not want to try to, don’t care about or are incapable of being a team player/ good MMO gamer. I never played EQ or DAOC and my first MMO was WoW but I can only guess (and I think I would be pretty accurate in saying this) that MMO players back then were made up of a certain grain of gamer. They were very dedicated to the game they played and the guild they were in. It was important to them. They were more patient, swallowed their pride more often for the betterment of the group as a whole and cemented lasting relationships as a result.

Unfortunately, they are a fairly small group that has recently been overlooked for the larger pool of casual players that have emerged during the 2nd and 3rd expansions of WoW. (I’m not about seperating “casuals” from “elite” but the nature of the beast has made it unavoidable)

With the success of WoW, other companies have tried their hand at MMOs who would not have taken the risk prior to and this has caused an even larger spread of these “elite” or “old school” players watering down the ranks even more.

To these “old school” players I would say this: Adapt or quit. Because I’m pretty damn sure no company from here on out will ever attempt to create an MMO to cater towards the “elite”. There is no money in it. And that’s what these games are all about… making money. It’s sad, really. -NK (great article, by the way)

By: wcpi spotlight #5 « breakfast at war

wcpi spotlight #5 « breakfast at war — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:59:39 +0000

[...] second article is I’m Not Hardcore, I’m Microcore. It’s from Epic Slant and I have to say I really connect with this article. I definitely was [...]