Cata was horrible even from the beginning, I was expecting so much more. I quit like 8 months ago, never looked back and you shouldn't too. It's been downhill since WotLK launched anyway.
World of Warcraft these days
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I have an 80+ of every class except Warrior, and most of them are 85. Been playing since 05.
I honestly think I'm on my way out. The only reason I've logged in at all for the past month was to talk to friends.
The content release is just too slow, the people are mostly jerks and...Bloody hell, what were they thinking with the Firelands dailies?
I honestly think I'm on my way out. The only reason I've logged in at all for the past month was to talk to friends.
The content release is just too slow, the people are mostly jerks and...Bloody hell, what were they thinking with the Firelands dailies?
WoW, like all games will get boring after a certain amount of time. It's funny how people expect it to always stay interesting and fresh.
My suggestion, sign up for a month, then cancel your account so you won't be auto-charged.
Level up both a Worgen and a Goblin till they hit Outlands and then switch over to one of your level 80's to play through the new zones.
When your time is up, put some serious thought into if you want to renew or not.
My suggestion, sign up for a month, then cancel your account so you won't be auto-charged.
Level up both a Worgen and a Goblin till they hit Outlands and then switch over to one of your level 80's to play through the new zones.
When your time is up, put some serious thought into if you want to renew or not.
A lot of people will tell you that vanilla WoW was superior and that the new stuff sucks, but honestly, everything sucked back then. Instructions were a lot more vague and hard to understand, especially with the quests, a lot of which were boring fetch quests.
And raids weren't much better. Yeah, the raids themselves were fun and all, but one of the reasons you raid is to get loot and the looting process went a little something like:
1. Run Molten Core once a week with 39 other people
2. Kill a boss that has a 2% chance to drop the item you want.
3. Then roll against the 39 other people you're playing with for a small chance to actually get that item.
Yeah sounds like a ton of fun.
And raids weren't much better. Yeah, the raids themselves were fun and all, but one of the reasons you raid is to get loot and the looting process went a little something like:
1. Run Molten Core once a week with 39 other people
2. Kill a boss that has a 2% chance to drop the item you want.
3. Then roll against the 39 other people you're playing with for a small chance to actually get that item.
Yeah sounds like a ton of fun.
This is how I feel about it. The thing is, if you get a month out of WoW then you've pretty much already gotten your money's worth. I have quit and returned multiple times, during every generation of the game. I played the most during vanilla and TBC, though. The main reason I never got back into it is the community. I never quite managed to find a guild that could compare to the guild from back in the day, so I never really enjoyed it again for more than a month or two.Maxtro said:
The old days were good, but as a vanilla player I would have to confess it's better to start playing now than it ever was before. The whole original world has been revamped & questing is more story-driven. Very much like how the quests in Wrath are laid out. I stopped playing back in march though after an oscillating period of playing for 2-6 months/year since release.lifesucksadapt said:
Even the core dungeons have had big twists engineered into them. It's very easy to get hooked again as the whole 0-60 is nearly completely different & more entertaining. TBC is a tad boring now in comparison as that follows the questing of vanilla WoW!
This ^ is truth. It was good while it lasted in the old days. It bored me a hell of a lot more than most other people. Which is why I had the most fun levelling up to 60, then starting again.Mydogisblue said:
WOW. As in, WOW, I'm amazed at the negative opinions running around here.
Okay, I really, really like WoW, and I think it's only getting better. I've been playing since about the middle of Burning Crusade (Summer of '08, if memory serves) and I really believe
The stories that unfold in front of you as you quest are becoming deeper and sometimes sprawl over a whole region, and what you find within the dungeons are themselves sometimes linked to bigger events, or as is the case with the final 5-man dungeons of Wrath and Cataclysm, small stories themselves that lead into the big damn raid instance of the game.
As for difficulty, well, nothing is easy the first time around, everything is cake the 30th time around. Myself, when I became obscenely overgeared I still had a blast ripping through heroics. AOE ALL THE THINGS and all that.
PvP has never been my scene, but battlegrounds and arena still exist.
Honestly, I think if you have the time and can spare $15, buy a month's subscription. I did, totally worth it.
I had 2 weeks leave from basic training in December. The day after I got home I bought Cataclysm. When I installed it I had 2 lvl 80's. I got one to 85 and ready for heroics inside of 2 weeks on-off play, and that was with 3 or 4 sick days AND the other 80 was leveled to 84. Then I had to go back. Sadly I haven't had the means to play since, but even when I bought my laptop I made sure to install Cataclysm on it so I'd be ready for when I get home from deployment.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I think you'll be able to get a pretty clear idea whether or not you'd like WoW as it is with a month's play. I don't see how you can lose, really. Spend $15 and you like it, that's cool. Spend $15 and you don't like what you see, you're either done with WoW for good or you just wait to see what's in the next expansion.
Okay, I really, really like WoW, and I think it's only getting better. I've been playing since about the middle of Burning Crusade (Summer of '08, if memory serves) and I really believe
The stories that unfold in front of you as you quest are becoming deeper and sometimes sprawl over a whole region, and what you find within the dungeons are themselves sometimes linked to bigger events, or as is the case with the final 5-man dungeons of Wrath and Cataclysm, small stories themselves that lead into the big damn raid instance of the game.
As for difficulty, well, nothing is easy the first time around, everything is cake the 30th time around. Myself, when I became obscenely overgeared I still had a blast ripping through heroics. AOE ALL THE THINGS and all that.
PvP has never been my scene, but battlegrounds and arena still exist.
Honestly, I think if you have the time and can spare $15, buy a month's subscription. I did, totally worth it.
I had 2 weeks leave from basic training in December. The day after I got home I bought Cataclysm. When I installed it I had 2 lvl 80's. I got one to 85 and ready for heroics inside of 2 weeks on-off play, and that was with 3 or 4 sick days AND the other 80 was leveled to 84. Then I had to go back. Sadly I haven't had the means to play since, but even when I bought my laptop I made sure to install Cataclysm on it so I'd be ready for when I get home from deployment.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I think you'll be able to get a pretty clear idea whether or not you'd like WoW as it is with a month's play. I don't see how you can lose, really. Spend $15 and you like it, that's cool. Spend $15 and you don't like what you see, you're either done with WoW for good or you just wait to see what's in the next expansion.
Still playing it, though it is pretty much the same as it ever was. I enjoy it, though a lot of that enjoyment comes from friends and roleplaying. I preferred the alpha Worgen models, but we got what we got so I've more-or-less gotten used to it, though I won't hide my complaints if the subject comes up.
If you miss it, there's no reason not to play for a couple/few months to experience what's been changed.
If you miss it, there's no reason not to play for a couple/few months to experience what's been changed.
community is the samelifesucksadapt said:
new features are just convenience (as someone else said)
both goblins and Worgens are fun to play
now to the fun part....its not. they had a good start at first challenging but not hard and then the nerfs came.....they made the first raids and heroics a joke,made healing nigh on impossible, and then buffed mages when they were the only class that didnt need one. then the released firelands..... and i thought i was playing demon souls...yes the difficulty curve pretty much went straight up to a point that it was almost impossible to play and this is coming from a guy who cleared AQ 40 in vanilla, Black temple in BC, and ulduar in WoTK. (last one on 10 man hard mode)
To be honest, Ive been playing for a pretty long time now, and only managed to ever get 2 characters up to lvl 70. I never bothered picking up wotlk, and didn't bother with cata either. That said, I'm having tons of fun with my twink guild running the old TBC raids, and pvping in a scene where everyone has nearly BiS gear(skill and class counters make you victorious, not the guys who get the best gear. It's better that way imo)
I'm also inclined to say I'm not the only one, as I'm reportedly getting comparable pvp queue times to those at lvl 85, sometimes even shorter queue times.
Bottom line, only play what you find fun, for me it's TBC, could be vanilla or wotlk for someone else. Noone's making you buy the expansions and play the endgame content, you can simply sit and play the old content if that's more fun (except when they remove raids because they're too lazy to come up with new dungeon ideas, still pissed about that one)
Community sucks even more then before, due to the dungeon finder allowing for ninja looting without anyone on your server knowing.
Lotsa features made the game easier and more accessible, but gameplay and balance got derailed along the way imo.
Worgen or Goblin: Neither, I only play the classic races, but I'll say worgen because I'm hardcore alliance
I'm also inclined to say I'm not the only one, as I'm reportedly getting comparable pvp queue times to those at lvl 85, sometimes even shorter queue times.
Bottom line, only play what you find fun, for me it's TBC, could be vanilla or wotlk for someone else. Noone's making you buy the expansions and play the endgame content, you can simply sit and play the old content if that's more fun (except when they remove raids because they're too lazy to come up with new dungeon ideas, still pissed about that one)
Community sucks even more then before, due to the dungeon finder allowing for ninja looting without anyone on your server knowing.
Lotsa features made the game easier and more accessible, but gameplay and balance got derailed along the way imo.
Worgen or Goblin: Neither, I only play the classic races, but I'll say worgen because I'm hardcore alliance
I quit WoW because it stopped surprising me. although that was in large part my own fault, I din't have, and wanted to make, time for raiding and therefore I spend to much time on the same content which made it boring after a while.
so yeah it's still good but you have to either put the time in for raiding or take it in small portions.
it's very well possible I will pick it up agains around the new expansion, do all the 5 man content and drop it after 2 or 3 months, that is probably the best way to go about it if it can't hold you in for all the time. because honestly it is still a very epic and complete world that is beautifully made and very deep in story and detail. A fun place to explore and get into.
I just did that in the 2 years before cata so from now on I'll probalby only play again if new content comes up
so yeah it's still good but you have to either put the time in for raiding or take it in small portions.
it's very well possible I will pick it up agains around the new expansion, do all the 5 man content and drop it after 2 or 3 months, that is probably the best way to go about it if it can't hold you in for all the time. because honestly it is still a very epic and complete world that is beautifully made and very deep in story and detail. A fun place to explore and get into.
I just did that in the 2 years before cata so from now on I'll probalby only play again if new content comes up
Cataclysm has made WoW very formulaic and repetitive, even for an MMO. If I had to choose, I'd say this is the worst the game has been in it's history. The content is better, but there are no surprises and no excitement left in the game anymore.
Vanilla World of Warcraft was never difficult. It's "difficulty" came from inconvenience and clunk. I remember running out of quests at level 48 and again at level 58 and having to grind instances and monsters to reach level 50 and 60. Epics were only "hard" to get because full raids only dropped 20-30 items for 680 item slots. Took me six months to get full epic gear as a regular raider. Six! And how about that PvP with a grind that rivaled Korean MMOs?
The only thing old World of Warcraft did better was community. There were some excellent player-driven events, partnerships, and rivalries you will never see in World of Warcraft today.
The only thing old World of Warcraft did better was community. There were some excellent player-driven events, partnerships, and rivalries you will never see in World of Warcraft today.