Review by joequincy
(7 months ago, using version 3.1.1)
Price:
Setting aside the uncontrollable variable (the server community), this is a
spectacular game! For players who follow the server recommendations of the
client, there is almost no server lag time, which means the player can react to
events around him/her in (effectively) real-time.
Additionally, related to the aforementioned server community, Blizzard has
created some excellent social interaction tools which assist greatly in keeping
track of character names, roles and demeanors.
Also of note, there is an extensive set of APIs that allow for
"Add-Ons" which modify the user interface. Some think of this as a
cop-out for not designing a good UI.. but after seeing several addon-modified
UIs, I believe that it was an excellent idea. It allows for the user to
customize their interface to be exactly how they want it, which (in an expansive
game like this) is a definite boon.
All is not perfect, and there are definitely bugs, spammers, phishermen, and
trolls (in the internet forum sense)... but due to the tools Blizzard has
created, most often these can be ignored, or reported and fixed without causing
a serious interrupt to gameplay.
Review by joequincy (7 months ago, using version 3.1.1)
Setting aside the uncontrollable variable (the server community), this is a spectacular game! For players who follow the server recommendations of the client, there is almost no server lag time, which means the player can react to events around him/her in (effectively) real-time.
Additionally, related to the aforementioned server community, Blizzard has created some excellent social interaction tools which assist greatly in keeping track of character names, roles and demeanors.
Also of note, there is an extensive set of APIs that allow for "Add-Ons" which modify the user interface. Some think of this as a cop-out for not designing a good UI.. but after seeing several addon-modified UIs, I believe that it was an excellent idea. It allows for the user to customize their interface to be exactly how they want it, which (in an expansive game like this) is a definite boon.
All is not perfect, and there are definitely bugs, spammers, phishermen, and trolls (in the internet forum sense)... but due to the tools Blizzard has created, most often these can be ignored, or reported and fixed without causing a serious interrupt to gameplay.