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How about mini-games?

smitty5332smitty5332 Member Posts: 3
in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

IMHO, this is something seriously lacking in MMORPG's...Mini-games are a big part of the reason i buy games now.  Remember in Final Fantasy, the card game you could play?  What about Full-Auto (i think thats what its called) with all the mini-games?

now picture this.  The WAR arena.  2 combatants (or two teams, whatever...) are about to square off.  PLACE YOUR BETS! 

YOU:  "well jeez, i dont know...Erasmus is ranked 8th on the top-100 list, but this newcomer has flashed through the ranks because of his uber gear..." 

Announcer:  "Erasmus is going off at 42:1 odds!"

YOU:  "100g on Erasmus, man i hope he pulls it off...."

not only do i think the coding would be "fairly easy", i think it would add an element to the game that would make it unique within itself.  Throw in a card game of some sort.  the more you win, the better cards you get, the higher you move up the ladder.

Maybe its wishful thinking, but i think ANY mmorpg would increase sales if it had more "side content" other than PvP, leveling, and "grind the best character..."

anyone agree? disagree?

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  • ScottElwoodScottElwood Member Posts: 202
    Well it depends on your vision of what a 'Mini-game' is, and by the way you describe it I haven't heard anything yet. The only thing that I know that would relate to a mini-game is from this piece of concept art: Clicky (Read the text above the Dwarven statue).

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  • NoctiqueNoctique Member Posts: 216

    I had also seen this picture before, and hope against hope that things like this make it in to the final game, it shows somting else in the game you can aim to do, but its not a need to do,


    I dont just want to see battle mini games, games in town would be a good thing, reading "Death's City" from the black libury just gives an indication theres a big underground gambling sceen, that would be nice, but then that invites the usual "gambling is bad" sort of people,

    Mini games though, I have to agree are a great idea, anything that you can come away from the usual grind out in the wilds, or away fromt he front lines of the PvP and set yourself back to relax and take a break are an idea worth keeping.

    Die Noctique, By Day and Night

  • doragandoragan Member Posts: 42
    I like tis idea, because first of all it gives the economy something else to make it more interesting, and second of all, it gives the game another way to make you the best at it. It sounds cool. However, I think too many would be a bad thing.

  • ArkdawgArkdawg Member Posts: 45
    I think its a fantastic idea, they can even possibly make some minigames that pit the two factions against one another in things other than pvp.  Could possibly be a way to help stoke the competitive fires for the sides.  Plus like the earlier poster said, sometimes you just want to be logged in and socialize and do someting besides pvp or pve.  This would be something besides crafting to fill that need.  These sorts of things are things that will help the lasting power of the game, by helping players keep from burning out and getting bored because there is nothing to do besides pvp, pve, or craft.

  • ArkdawgArkdawg Member Posts: 45
    Also there are simply times where you just want to play fly solo and minigames would be an excellent thing to make the game fun in those situations as well.

    They could even take it further by having some sort of competitive game event (think Olympics) where there is an area that the two factions yield the war for a set period of times to allow their members to compete and show their superiority in specific events.


  • nyquilnyquil Member Posts: 97
    The thing about adding mini-games to WAR that scares me is if it takes away from the overall endgame PVP/RVR player base. 

    for example how WoW is spreading themselves so thin with a new battleground every 4-5 months, u have the alterac valley crowd, the peeps who love WSG and then the AB people even though it has max player ques and shit it still spreads PVP population out,  casters want AV, melee want wsg/ab  ect ect. a year down the road from now thier will be like  8-10 battlegrounds and only 2 of them will most likely be used while other players who love the other BGS stuck with nothing

    i like the idear of minigames so late at night when no ones RVRING  as an alternate thing to compete with but i just hope it wouldnt be so popular that it draw away from overall rvr experience u kno what im trying to say hehe  id love to see like drinking style mini-games like the chrono trigger fair one and that kinda stuff.


  • horseboyhorseboy Member Posts: 3
    Hmmm......

    Blood Bowl!


  • lordkaslordkas Member Posts: 78

    Maybe.......

    Mordhiem

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  • NoctiqueNoctique Member Posts: 216
    I don't think there will be the blood bowl faction built in to this game, its to hard to have a sports game built in when the wheels of WAR are turning, blood bowl is set in easier times when all is not war, and for a split moment races forget there diffrences, at the current time in Warhammer Online its a major strugle to fight and push lands about,

    Mordhiem however is a diffrent story, thats set many many years ago, before the city was rebuilt to the time it is today, before Karl Franz lead the Empire, and as stated, he is the leader of men in this game.

    but I'm sure skirmish's like that could happen in small towns and camps as it is, in a PvP perspective.

    A mini game to me is somthing that is off the beaten track from teh game, as like I said before underground gambling dens, or as some one else said drinking games. (All realy leading its self to pub games) a game in the game that you can start and stop at any time and it will not effect anything realy in game, ot even your character to a point, prehaps a few gold more or less in your pocket, or a black eye from that ace up your sleeve but not a "mega choppa of the +100 killing skillz" a small trophy or banner at most.

    But a resounding yes to mini games, what ever they are.

    Die Noctique, By Day and Night

  • wjrasmussenwjrasmussen Member Posts: 1,493
    I vote is for blood bowl as it is different from the game in general rather than having more fighting as a mini-game.
  • DowieDowie Member Posts: 280
    I totaly agree with OP, and i want a casino to! I wonder how many hours I've spent on the casino in SWG :)

  • dimarypdimaryp Member Posts: 109
    If by mini games you mean beating the other faction senseless on a smaller scale, then yes mini-games.

    It's called W.A.R.  Do one thing and do it well.

    That being said, betting on beating the other players senseless, that would cool.

    :D

    D


  • GurkanGurkan Member Posts: 1

    If you have a betting system in PvP/RvR as a mini-game there is a risk that the games will be staged. This will completely ruin the "mini-game", so (sadly) I recommend not to implement betting.

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  • Distortion0Distortion0 Member Posts: 668
    I've been praying for an arena with betting in games for ages now. Then again, most MMOs aren't that interesting to watch.
  • sl4y3r6363sl4y3r6363 Member Posts: 81
    hmm ill just let them dicide on that
  • AzureSkiesAzureSkies Member UncommonPosts: 59

    Originally posted by nyquil
    The thing about adding mini-games to WAR that scares me is if it takes away from the overall endgame PVP/RVR player base. 

    for example how WoW is spreading themselves so thin with a new battleground every 4-5 months, u have the alterac valley crowd, the peeps who love WSG and then the AB people even though it has max player ques and shit it still spreads PVP population out,  casters want AV, melee want wsg/ab  ect ect. a year down the road from now thier will be like  8-10 battlegrounds and only 2 of them will most likely be used while other players who love the other BGS stuck with nothing

    i like the idear of minigames so late at night when no ones RVRING  as an alternate thing to compete with but i just hope it wouldnt be so popular that it draw away from overall rvr experience u kno what im trying to say hehe  id love to see like drinking style mini-games like the chrono trigger fair one and that kinda stuff.

    What nyquil said.

    Wasn't WSG intended as a mini game? Yet now it's THE BG to grind honor in, and is a major part of WoW's "PVP". Alterac Valley, the BG closest to the concept of "warcraft" is largely neglected, except perhaps on its bonus weekend. I personally LOATHE the lameass CTF in WSG, but to compete with raiders I gotta rank up. And to rank up to the epics I gotta play WSG for at least 20-30 times a day.

    Minigames can be cute and all, but I'd hate to see them sidetracked from RVR, or PVP as a whole in WHO.

  • Distortion0Distortion0 Member Posts: 668

    Originally posted by AzureSkies

    Originally posted by nyquil
    The thing about adding mini-games to WAR that scares me is if it takes away from the overall endgame PVP/RVR player base. 

    for example how WoW is spreading themselves so thin with a new battleground every 4-5 months, u have the alterac valley crowd, the peeps who love WSG and then the AB people even though it has max player ques and shit it still spreads PVP population out,  casters want AV, melee want wsg/ab  ect ect. a year down the road from now thier will be like  8-10 battlegrounds and only 2 of them will most likely be used while other players who love the other BGS stuck with nothing

    i like the idear of minigames so late at night when no ones RVRING  as an alternate thing to compete with but i just hope it wouldnt be so popular that it draw away from overall rvr experience u kno what im trying to say hehe  id love to see like drinking style mini-games like the chrono trigger fair one and that kinda stuff.

    What nyquil said.

    Wasn't WSG intended as a mini game? Yet now it's THE BG to grind honor in, and is a major part of WoW's "PVP". Alterac Valley, the BG closest to the concept of "warcraft" is largely neglected, except perhaps on its bonus weekend. I personally LOATHE the lameass CTF in WSG, but to compete with raiders I gotta rank up. And to rank up to the epics I gotta play WSG for at least 20-30 times a day.

    Minigames can be cute and all, but I'd hate to see them sidetracked from RVR, or PVP as a whole in WHO.

    WoW is no indication to what WAR's end-game will be like. I mean, WoW's end game is Raiding for epics...no wonder all those people want to play mini-games.
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