I have an idea to improve the game. My idea is simple. Allow a NPC to tank for a group in 5 man dungeons. They will take damage but can be buffed, healed etc. I’ve noticed that on my main Healers and dps are the “easiest” classes to find. Sometimes 4 people are ready, but without a tank. Having a NPC be a auto tank (maybe it can use AI?) would help the game run better.
Many people don’t tank because it’s hard and people judge them if they do it wrong.
Thanks. What do you all think of this idea?
Edit: This post was not intended to be in the classic general discussion. I meant it for the retail game. Classic doesn’t even have a queue. So clearly it was misplaced. I apologize for this accident.
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I don’t know about that. AI these days is only getting better. It can even be made to behave like a player would.
Why would any PC ever tank then? Who would take a PC tank over an NPC (assuming they performed with similar skill)? The NPC would likely never take at least loot, not to mention gold, xp or “hey guys, I need this for a quest and since I’m the tank I’m pulling this”.
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But it’s not a player.
Get some friends, bribe someone to tank, shower them with loots.
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They could do this an in one sweep Classic WoW would leapfrog 15 years of Retail in terms of stupidity.
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My point is it can do all the stuff you mentioned.
China has a AI running a 24 hour newscast.
NASA has made a rocket that might have blown itself up on purpose (I saw this one on the science channel)
Players who want the skill of tanking would still do it.
Hey I got an idea…How about we treat our tanks with respect and let them do their jobs so they’ll actually want to tank again? It wouldn’t take any of Blizz’s resources and they could put those to the things that really need to be fixed. It all starts with us.
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Many people don’t tank because statistically there are less of them needed.
Don’t try to change the game before examining your own actions, maybe its you that is having a hard time finding a tank. Perhaps its the guild you’re in.
I don’t disagree with you that you have come across an issue of not finding tanks, but the better solution is for you to find some tanks, not for blizz to fundamentally change how the game works.
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No, go away with QoL. (troll sense is tingling) Away, if anything make this stuff harder. It’s already too easy.
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This probably takes the cake for stupidest idea on the forums.
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There are always unintended consequences. Players who want the skill of tanking would still do it, but would be (IMO) much harder pressed to actually find a group. Would tanks also be able to be NPCs for raids? Would you need to gear up these NPC tanks? What gear would they start with? Would this ever transition to NPC healers or NPC dps?
this is a new and exciting idea that surely won’t get lost in the sea of bad ideas who look exactly like this one.
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Yes, why don’t we change the game?
Retail is that way ==>
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Troll thread. Move along.
This idea is so awful it would fit right in as a feature for “Classic+”.
I think it somewhat reminds me of Guild Wars. I don’t play that game, and have never really put much time into it outside of a few days during Beta, many, many years ago.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the first 5 levels, and then after that, anytime I went out into the world, I had to bring some NPCs with me. I hated that. There were other things I didn’t like about the game, and it was before I started playing WoW, but that’s not the point. I don’t want to play with NPCs. Against NPCs with other real people is more fun, in my opinion.
Then there’s another side to it. One of the things I don’t like about Retail is how dumbed down tanking has become. Tanking being something that requires more effort than other roles, also brings higher rewards and engagement.
You don’t find a lot of tanks, because it’s more difficult, and requires more skill, and effort. There is some prestige in that, and tanking is not something everyone will want to do, nor a role that everyone really can do.
Aren’t you “quitting after Halloween”?
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