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The title says it all. Just vote and share your thoughts here!
Nostalgia.i voted yes but it really depends on the perspective of the person playing, what i mean is when i first started playing i was in awe of how awsome it really was way back in the vanilla days, about 4 months before BC actually and then there was outland which was really sick to but later i just lost intrest and slowley started to get away for the most part. about 2 months after downing illidan my video card on my computer went out and needed to be replaced, 4 weeks in the shop was the longest ive ever been away from wow at that time and when i got my computer back i sold my account and almost never turned back. started playing on WOWscape after that just to PVP every once in awhile.
Nostalgia.
What does that have to do with the discussion?not really considering i dont care what version there is (vanila-cataclysm) im done and dont long for going back.
What does that have to do with the discussion?
I voted no. I quoted this from a private server forum(not telling which )
It was actually pretty bad back then ._.
-Carry 20 people because they're eating/sleeping/watching TV? You bet!
-The lag feels like you're constantly in Dalaran? Oh joy!
-2 epics being distributed to 40 different people? Awesome!
-Over half the raid d/cing every 10 minutes? Why hell, let's do this thing right now!
The point is, there are a number of good reasons Blizzard took out 40-man raids. It was never better than now. Almost NOTHING in Pre-TBC was better than now and those who disagree will grow up to be those old people in the park who rant about how they walked in the snow for 5 miles to get to school.
EDIT: And lol @ claiming there were skilled players back then. Nearly every class could one-shot each other. If you think modern WoW PVP is a burstfest, you've obviously never played Pre-TBC.
I suppose you enjoyed waiting around hours for the rest of the 39 people to show up?
I suppose you liked farming the same instance forever if you weren't in a good guild, not to mention farming mats just to get prep'd?
Perhaps getting one-shotted/two-shotted by every Hunter/Shaman/Warrior/Rogue in PVP was more to your liking?
I've been playing since 2005, kid. It was TERRIBLE back then. The only reason people claim it's so much better is because of the nostalgia factor. If you actually bother to listen to Blizz once in a while instead of complain about WotLK, you would know Blizz never meant for WoW to be some sort of hardcore crap like Everquest or FFXI.
Just about every guild who had Blackrock Spire on farm failed to get past the wave of trash in Naxx40, let alone the first boss.
And then guilds being required to have like 8 Tanks with 4/8 T3 just so they could tank and pull 4Horseman without fail.
Let's not forget Loatheb and how you had to rely on pot heals because all the Healers had to focus on the Tanks and take turns healing due to going OOM. And dear god, the amount of farming for mats for that fight.
Naxx40 was the most overtuned instance ever released for it's time.
I voted "Yes" due to WotLK lacking in... "new" features. Raids, dungeons, items, zones, +10 level cap, vehicles, Wintergrasp, new models what more could I ask for?Ironic how Aesthetics said all the people who voted no aren't supporting their claim.
I used to be an extreme WoW fan, but ever since the recent Expansion, WoTLK and the new Instances and Raids, its becoming too easy and boring.. ive stopped playing WoW now because all i do is wander around Orgrimmar...
Voted YES
I think the same than you
And... If WoW innovates it would be much better. The expansions are only a big addons of NPC and objects and lands... the game needs serious changes
Community wise, it still has massive amounts of players. So in that respect the game still has its edge because its a multiplayer game.
I voted yes because I feel that anytime a game (specially MMO's) is made easier, it loses it's "edge". With WoW, they are making it easier to get to the higher, funner levels so that you can get into it and continue paying Blizzard money. WoW began as a fun, cool MMO in a great game universe. Slowly, they seem to have lost interest in this and only want to make money so they through dumb crap in it like better XP gain, lower level for mounting and stupid items and side junk (murloc suit, zehera mount, etc). The whole focus of the game now seems to try and get people to play, not to make it better.
Sorry for the long post.
Perhaps.I'm the only guy that thinks that every game that is played constantly over more than 1 year loses its edge?
I voted "Yes" due to WotLK lacking in... "new" features. Raids, dungeons, items, zones, +10 level cap, vehicles, Wintergrasp, new models what more could I ask for?
I don't know. Maybe something new and unique.
So are all vidya gaems.Yeah did it ever really have one? WoW is like smoking, Addictive but no fun and a waste of money.
I voted Yes, I still play but it's getting worse and worse:
1) Though testing fights on the PTR helps find bugs, final encounters aren't. Every end-raid boss bugs, worst of all Blizzard just banned the worlds top guild for falling victim to a bug in ICC25.
2) Classes are buffed and nerfed every week, Blizzard cannot make up their mind, pvp changes affect pve and vice versa.
3) Server population, Some servers have a ratio of 98% ally to 2% horde, free transfers open and begin to populate the realm - when it's clear their is progress they close it off. Automatically the guilds lose their lifeline for new recruits and people transfer off (Experienced this myself).
4) Levelling, though Blizzard are making it easier to level... it's still as boring as hell - it needs to be more varied, interesting and more fun!
5) $$$ - Players can now purchase pets for their WoW characters online (Also the fact that America saved £3 more then europeans on this!)
6) Banned in China... China made up for 5million of the 12 million players it had.
7) MMOFPS, SC2, D3 all at the same time. Blizzard have lost their focus on their key number one product.
8) ONLY reason WoW has been so successful? Because every other mmo out their happens to be completley fucking shit. I'm praying Bioware's mmo will be the WoW killers (though that's what everyone says about every new mmo!)
Ok. This thread might be dead, but the forum itself pushed me into it so my 2 cents:
I think WoW completely destroyed the great story-arc of Warcraft 3 RoC & TFT!
1) Night Elves building a new WorldTree in the ocean?!? WTF? The old one will regenerate in time, damn it!
2) Undead with the Horde?!?! NO WAY! Ever!
3) Warlocks in the Horde?! I don't think so. If Thrall would do one thing, then it would be banishing or fighting any orc, troll or what ever who deals with demons.
4) Night Elves part of the Alliance. While the two fractions might have less difficulties then the Orcs and the NE (killing Cenarius and such...) they are far to reclusive and OLD! to ally them with any one EXCEPT the Furbolgs!
5) BC: Blood Elves with the Horde?!? Why that?! Some Alliance High Elves might become Blood Elves after they suffered the loss of Quel'Thalas but as IRC the Blood Elves are the direct survivors of Quel'Thalas under the lead of Prince Kael'Thas and they joined ILLIDAN!!!
6) Gnomes... Gnomes. What do I have to say more.
7) What happend to the remaining High Elves on Kalimdor. They are still there!! They fought the last Battle! Damn it. Not all of them became Blood Elves!
8) Draenai. Oh common! A space ship?! A SPACE SHIP?!?!? Besides there already are Draenei, living in Outland (the Broken) - and they too serve ILLIDAN now.
9) With the third add-on they jumped the shark. Goblins for the Horde? If we know anything of Goblins, than that they sell everything to anyone and only affiliate to one side - their own!
And of course the Worgen. What's that?! Tell me!
We NEVER EVER heard of this race in all previous games before!!
Because Werwolves are so cool - or why do they add them?
If Blizzard had made WoW not only to make as much money as possible but also to develop the story further on its existing track, they had used High Elves instead of Night Elves, dropped the Gnomes and Forsaken and had introduced a third Faction with the first add on "Burning Crusade":
Illidan's Forces (or what ever) including: The Naga, The Blood Elves and The Forsaken.
Hey! The Forsaken Leader is Sylvanas Windrunner - remember?! She is/was an Elf too!