World of Warcraft

I play WoW for 4 years now and ive been waiting for WoTLK since its announcement, but I am terribly disappointed with this expansion. First of all, everyone can see its unfinished, we can see that the dev team was clearly pressed for an earlier launch, the game is very poor item wise, i managed to level from 70 to 80 and there was only 2 different skins in my armor type (plate), the pvp itemization for lvl 80 is still not implemented, so there is no real rewards for now. I stopped going to instances because every boss drops 3 items, lol, 3 items, using the same skins as every quest rewarded item. As soon as I reach lvl 80 ppl start raiding, and who would have known, we clean naxx on the first week, its too damn easy. Lets speak about crafting now, there are no rewards or recipes to collect we are for now, except maybe one or 2 professions, limited to what the trainer teaches. What about those functions they promissed us and are not there, like new dances for instance. I wonder, its this what Blizzard can do in 2 FULL years developing? what the hell, did blizzard pulled all developers to Diablo 3? When will we get more content, more recipes, more item skins, more balanced raiding. Did blizzard learn nothing about releasing unfinished games from the competition?

Congrats, I feel sorry for the guy that bought 36 copies.

Originally posted by tryklon

I play WoW for 4 years now and ive been waiting for WoTLK since its announcement, but I am terribly disappointed with this expansion. First of all, everyone can see its unfinished, we can see that the dev team was clearly pressed for an earlier launch, the game is very poor item wise, i managed to level from 70 to 80 and there was only 2 different skins in my armor type (plate), the pvp itemization for lvl 80 is still not implemented, so there is no real rewards for now. I stopped going to instances because every boss drops 3 items, lol, 3 items, using the same skins as every quest rewarded item. As soon as I reach lvl 80 ppl start raiding, and who would have known, we clean naxx on the first week, its too damn easy. Lets speak about crafting now, there are no rewards or recipes to collect we are for now, except maybe one or 2 professions, limited to what the trainer teaches. What about those functions they promissed us and are not there, like new dances for instance. I wonder, its this what Blizzard can do in 2 FULL years developing? what the hell, did blizzard pulled all developers to Diablo 3? When will we get more content, more recipes, more item skins, more balanced raiding. Did blizzard learn nothing about releasing unfinished games from the competition?

Thats because Blizz knows that the game has peaked and they are investing more time and money into Diablo 3 and Starcraft....Blizz doesn't want to cause a panic and truthfully tell people that the sub numbers have took a kamakazi nose dive, but its evident when you find stacks and stacks of copies still sitting on shelves an tables in Wal Mart, Target, Best Buy, Gamestop and other places....

The game was overhyped and people didn't want to believe it...I can atleast say I didn't get suckered into yet another "B" rated expansion from WOW....

These little expansions remind me of the EQ days when they would release and expansion here and there just to kee people happy and paying....This isn't the only site though...google search and visit some of these other MMO sites and they all are collectively saying what you and others are saying...its the truth and I can't see how after 2 crappy expansions they expect to keep these sub numbers high for much longer....its the end of an era and people have to face facts whether they want to or not.

70 80 in a couple of days and mostly everything was a remake of old stuff already in teh game skins where bad as the op said and cmon even remake of a damn raid instance naxx? how lazy can you get me and 3 other freinds have canceld our accounts

Originally posted by raizzeen

70 80 in a couple of days and mostly everything was a remake of old stuff already in teh game skins where bad as the op said and cmon even remake of a damn raid instance naxx? how lazy can you get me and 3 other freinds have canceld our accounts

I forgot to speak about that, every single boss on every instance i did was a remake and used the same strategy as former bosses from BC, its shamefull. Even the bomb adds from a boss in the oculus are the same as the bombs from the first mechanaar boss, lol , the exact same skin

Originally posted by tryklon

Originally posted by raizzeen

70 80 in a couple of days and mostly everything was a remake of old stuff already in teh game skins where bad as the op said and cmon even remake of a damn raid instance naxx? how lazy can you get me and 3 other freinds have canceld our accounts

 

I forgot to speak about that, every single boss on every instance i did was a remake and used the same strategy as former bosses from BC, its shamefull. Even the bomb adds from a boss in the oculus are the same as the bombs from the first mechanaar boss, lol , the exact same skin

entire time we where on vent we went like a cmon same old shit worst expansion ever maded tbh

I wish the itemization was broader and the crafting better and not watered down. After reading about the item looks on forums and other sites I decided not to buy the expansion.

I'll see if that's a good decision after a couple more months.

Problem is the good `ol WoW how it was designed from the beginning is as good as dead. I played for over two years from start and did all the stuff in the Classic Version...Naxx (was totally cool), AQ40, BWL, MC...it was great.

I also played BC but that was the point where i realized that blizzard only recycles content and glues some new colorful textures onto it. I stopped playing someday saddened by the fact that there is almost nothing new gameplay-wise and that all the good old content was thrown into oblivion. (Now they brought back Naxx in a watered downed version..see the recycling?)

I can not say that i am angry with that..i understand it because WoW blew away all expectations in subscriber numbers and simply transformed into a money pooping milking cow. When it comes to final decisions in game design i think the Sales Department has much more to say there now then the actual designers. Honestly they would be dumb to change ANYTHING...i would do it exactly the same way!! I can almost imagine the grin on their faces when they see how much more they can still milk out of this 4 year old horse.

Also dont forget that there are almost more Chinese WoW players by now then US/EU players combined. Those guys love grinding to pure madness and their playstyle is rather different from US/EU gamers. They also dont care much about graphics as long as everything looks cute and glows like a barrel of nuclear waste. Blizzard would be utterly stupid to displease such a huge piece of the cake and again i understand it.

Do you really think the dudes in the suits care about looks, content, textures, etc etc? I guess most of the Blizzard Sales and Marketing Department didnt even bother to try and play the game so far. To them it is all Numbers, Excel Calculation Sheets, Statistics and Income and Loss.

I think thats the main cause why we are at this point in MMORPGs right now. While Designers still want to make good games i believe, most others are pressed by investors. Games today are mostly made to reach the biggest segment on the market and not to deliver a product for a specific player or fanbase.

I am cool with WoW and i am happy that there is something out there people can really enjoy if they like it. But what it does to the MMO Genre is another story....othe companies will try to follow Blizzards lead to get a piece of the pie...

*hopes for more independent and small dev companies*

LOOOOOOOLLL....WoW fanbois haven't flamed this post yet...Oh and OP .... Please  take the WoW disappointments more sportively....we'll hope for better quality games in the near future.