[networkku] Re: WoW
- From: "Baneddar" <baneddar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <networkku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:03:01 -0400 (EDT)
True that D1/D2 were hackfests, but only becuase of the nature of the
games. Both of those were single player games that had online and
battle.net gameplay tagged onto them. Without going too much into the
computer geeky reasons behind this, it's about where character data is
stored, who gets to manage it, and what roles will the client have. In
most MMORPG's, server is where it all happens and client simply gets to
view what's happening on the server. Since D1/D2 were single player
engines that already had all the toon handling stuff, they probably left
much of that control on the client, opening them to mega hacking...
Their servers are right next to where I live here in VA. This area was
location of first national internet backbone (when it was still owned by
the gov), so many companies host their online services off it. What
happened was, we got to experience Ivan's leftovers and enjoy some
tornados that went through the area. Apparently, one of them hit the
place where they host WoW beta servers and it had some damage. The
"campus" where I work was also hit, weird when you see your office on the
news... Think I need to walk around and see what was damaged. ;)
> I've been dinking in WoW and it's pretty slick. They had some server
> issues this weekend (e.g. water in their server rooms????? Ack) or I'd
> have played more.
>
> Quests are nice. Buying spells is nice. Graphics rock. Being a noob
> again is kinda fun. Not being able to see in the dark sux.
>
> I agree to the statements of Az/Aiko... it's very cool. But Blizzard has
> had a known history of having its games royally hacked. D1/D2 are prime
> examples. If you wanna play that game, I'll hack some uber-pimp warrior
> with duplicated gear and go lay waste to the lands. Part of what I like
> in EQ is knowing that the level 65 toon next to me either played hard
> core to get to that level or paid good $$ to buy a toon from someone
> that did. Imagine if 1/2 the guild was walking around with PoTime pieces
> before we had flags... and that the day OoW was open we all had the
> spells and end-game gear. Ugh...
>
> I look to see if Blizzard can keep the hackers at bay.
>
> --
> Migue
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