WarhammerAlliance.com in their
weekly quest to bring you the most controversial polls regarding the hottest
Warhammer Topics deliveries a knockout this week with a recent poll about
the Upcoming Tomb Kings live expansion. The question asked was "What
Is The Best Part Of The Upcoming Tomb Kings?" The possible answers were "New
dungeon/content", "Live event", "rewards" and "nothing" as well as "everything".
Please bear in mind that the poll was started before this week's details on the
expansion were released.
Here's a look at the
Tomb of Kings poll and the
community discussion following it:
Today's poll analysis takes a closer look at April 17th's poll about
the Upcoming Tomb Kings live expansion and the buildup to it. To be precise,
the question we asked you was: "What Is The Best Part Of The Upcoming Tomb
Kings?" The possible answers were "New dungeon/content", "Live event", "rewards"
and "nothing" as well as "everything". Please bear in mind that the poll was
started before this week's details on the expansion were released.
With the turnout slightly lower than on the last poll, participation clocked in
with 539 votes on Warhammer Alliance (WA) and 83 on the Warhammer Vault (Vault).
The results on this poll were crystal clear: Here on WA, "New dungeon/content"
was the most popular choice with 275 users, followed by "nothing" with 124 and
"everything" with 95. Trailing behind were "Rewards" (27 votes) and the "Live
event" (18 votes).
Vault's voting showed similar results, with "New Content" leading the poll with
27 votes before "Everything" and "Nothing", which were tied at 24. Just like on
WA, "Rewards" and the "Live Event" were the least popular choices, with 5 and 3
votes respectively.
With the new dungeon being such a prominent feature of Tomb Kings, it comes as
no surprise that this is the part most players are looking forward to. After
all, unlike the Live Events and the rewards, the content and dungeon are the
parts that they will spend the most time seeing and experiencing.
Judging from the comments in the poll thread, it seems that quite a few players
are placing their hopes on the RvR aspect of the new dungeon. Hacienda of the
Team Conclave on Karak Eight Peaks, for instance, had this to say:
Quote:
| Voted new content I'm hoping
the PvP gated dungeon will be more entertaining than the dog nest that is
T4 RvR |
Devourer of Pancakes from Burlok commented:
Quote:
| I'm quite looking forward to
the new content. Fighting bosses in an RvR enabled dungeon? That's like a
keep siege, without the part where you spend 10 minutes pressing the same
button while targeting a door with a big bucket of oil over it. Lots of
RvR fights - where melee gets to participate due to lack of fortifications
- and boss fights without the dreaded stairs bottleneck. Basically all the
awesomeness, without the meh. |
Just like the result of the poll in general, these expectations for the RvR
part come as no surprise when one looks at Dark Age of Camelot's Darkness Falls,
which is being handled as the spiritual precursor to the new dungeon. After all,
it not only supplied players with PvE content, but also PvP dogfights that have
left an impression in many DAoC veterans.
Many former DaoC players and those who have heard of DF through them probably
share similar hopes with Slurms on the Circle of Trust on Phoenix Throne:
Quote:
| I do have a hope that the
LotD will supply us with a little of both worlds like Darkness Falls did
in DAoC. |
As we could see from the poll results, however, there is also a significant
number of players who feel discouraged and are looking forward to "nothing", as
they voted. Most of the time, this seemed to tie in closely with the opinion
that rather than focus on introducing new content, Mythic should focus on
improving and fixing what is already in the game. Let's look at a few comments.
This is what Leoman of Red Eye Mountain, shawnee, and Fusko of Iron Rock had to
say, respectively:
Quote:
| Who cares seams to be the way
most people are thinking. Why are they doing all this new content when the
old stuff is still broken? So there is more broken in the game? |
Quote:
| get things fixed whats in
game already before adding more stuff tbh |
Quote:
| I think Mythic needs to get
its priorities straight. A new zone is good and all, but theres already so
much to be fixed or tweaked. I mean, I would prefer having all the cities
implemented before this. |
This argument - introducing new content versus improving the old - is
something we have seen a lot since Tomb Kings was announced. It is clear that
parts of the community seem divided on the topic. Personally, I believe that a
good mixture is what would help the game. But since we aren't here to discuss my
opinion, let's take a look at the other popular choice in the poll to bring
things to a close: those who have voted to let it be known they are looking
forward to "everything".
Bugmans Best thinks so, for example:
Quote:
| Everything: A lot of
excitement for the live event - these injections of stimulus really gets
the action going - as well as always immensely enjoying taking on a whole
new bestiary from the world of warhammer and seeing what they're made of.
|
And so does Ymrar of Karak Norn:
Quote:
| Looking forward to all
aspects of LotD. It's looks like from the podcast that it will boost
activity in t4 RvR, as that will open the zone. Also you fight in the zone
also, so it gives more places to fight in. They have finally figured a way
to link Lairs more interestingly and I'm hoping the new PQs are all
scripted as good as the best in the current content. Ofc I'm also waiting
to see the new dungeon as the TK theme with traps and all is very cool.
|
All in all, the majority of voters seem to be looking forward to the live
expansion. However, there is also a significant part that doubts that it is the
right way to go. In the end, I think, we will have to wait and see how the
expansion plays out. What do you think about the poll? If you forgot to vote or
your opinion has changed by now, be sure to let us know in this thread!
Don't forget to vote in
this week's poll either! It asks what priorities you would set for the next
patch, which is 1.2.2!
