Darkfall: Claus' Response to Mythic's Mark Jacobs (IGN Roundtable #10)

After contributing to the first stage of this roundtable, which comprised Part 1 and Part 2, Razorwax' Claus Grovdal requested the opportunity to clarify his comments as a rebuttal to thoughts expressed by Mythic's Mark Jacobs in the second stage, which includes Part 3 and Part 4. Here's a snippet:

My point has to do with what's under the hood, the game mechanics; I am talking about what the players themselves are complaining about - like experience points, levels, leveling, camping, character classes and having to re-roll all the time, nerfing, turn-based combat, grinding, moving from one spot to the next for better experience points - in short, doing the same old stuff over and over again until your eyes bleed and you have nothing to show for it except a number indicating your level. A level that says everything about the time invested in the game, and virtually nothing about how good you are, or about how much fun you've had playing

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(To quote Archibald from DF forums: "stfu mark, omfgh u aer liek the sukc or soemthing? rolf rofl doac sux!11 lololol")