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• • WoTLK is not what Blizzard announced

  • Originally posted by aubry
    

    Blah, the OP apparently skipped through the 70-80 quest content in a couple of days and jumped direclty into the end game instances and now feels dissappointed?  Surprise!   He skipped over some of the best WoW content they have ever had.  I took my time to work through the quest lines and I have really enjoyed the trip to 80 (and I'm usually the type to just power level to the cap).  These are some of the most enjoyable quests that I've seen in the MMORPG world.  The expansion would have been more than worth the money just for that - even if I were to never run an end game instance.  Anybody that simply rushs through to get to 80 is doing themselves a disservice.  It's going to be a long time before the next expansion - there's no hurry - enjoy the trip.  Save the power leveling for the alts.

     

    I agree with the above.  Always amazes the me the people that rush to max level and miss SO much, and then bitch that there's no "content."  Some of these quests have been hands above any others....better stories, more interesting, quests you REALLY have to read carefully to figure out what you need to do, not so "led around by the nose" variety this time.

    I haven't played any other MMOs that had me flying dragons that I had full control of to attack cities, driving tanks and crushing people, smashing down the walls of a fortress in a vehicle I'm actually DRIVING (not some stupid thing I click on the ground Warhammer style), picking up puppies for faction with a bunch of walrus-like npcs at war with the puppies' families...lol...baiting a huge fishing pole with shark meat to "catch" my prey, running to avoid getting killed by the BIGGEST mob I've ever seen in Zul'Drak who patrols the street and is SO enormous that his size compares to maybe the Empire State Building in RL measurement.   No other MMO has ever let me ride a mammoth and then use it to trample the npcs who were doing horrible things to the baby mammoths in revenge.  LOL  There are just a LOT of fun and adorable quests this time.

    And crafting....yes, EQ2 had flying carpets first, but it's sure nice that I could make my own HERE.  Oh yeah, and being able to ride and make a motorcycle, well...that's just pretty fun. :)

    And on profession drops....they're purchased now for mats, you know.  If you have enough enchanting mats to trade, or heavy borean leather, or w/e mats your skill uses, you can trade mats for more "recipes" of any profession.  Frankly...I like this.  It definitely keeps the guild arguments to a minimum on who is even ALLOWED to roll for "such and such" enchant, etc.  You get new recipes by WORKING for them, not being the lucky roll on some virtual dice.

    I will agree with the OP, in part, on the armor skins.  However....in all honesty...I HATED the BC armors, and was among MANY that complained to Blizzard about looking like a freaking bag of Skittles all the time.  Come the hell on....armor should MATCH.  Is it really necessary to go around looking like a pile of puked up crayons?  Uhm no.  So, for myself, I PREFER the new armor skins.  I also like that when I upgrade gear, I'm not putting on a neon blue set of boots when the rest of my gear is leather and matching.   I know that not everyone cares about this, but a lot of people DO.

    I also agree with the OP on....where are my new dances?  THIS, however, is a tiny thing that hasn't affected the game for me in ANY way even remotely.

    With the very FEW minor "annoyances" there is much much more that I LIKE.  Granted, the fights in WotLK are easier than BC, but then again, I have 6 characters 70+ and a deathknight I left at 58, for now.  Out of those, I have managed to get TWO, so far, to 75.  I don't have a level 80 yet, so I haven't run the heroics, and therefore, I can't really judge ALL of the content, to be sure.  All of my characters are also 375+ crafters, so I have a lot to do, and have made no effort to RUSH THROUGH CONTENT to 80 without reading, exploring, doing every quest I can find, farming up mats for my professions, etc.  I can't "afford" to "rush to 80," there's too much else that I need and want to do.

    I sub to three different MMOs, so I don't know that I qualify in the "fanboy" category (or fanGIRL, in my case), but I do know that I have played Blizzard games for many many years, and will probably continue to do so in the future....not because Blizzard is faultless, far from....but because I ENJOY their sense of humor, the little touches they add that NO ONE else does, etc.

    So rant on....all those that "hate WoW" and "hate Blizzard."  I couldn't care less whether someone ELSE likes the games that I enjoy.  I pay for them because they are fun to ME.  If you don't like them....it certainly doesn't hurt ME.  I'm just grateful that I'm not one of the people that has to sit around another 2 years and wait on Darkfall.  LOL

  • Posted: 12/02/08 11:24 AM
    World of Warcraft
• • Sarah Palin bigger than ever

  • Originally posted by frodus
    

    Whats unusual about this is the news coverage is still going on even after the election is over.but their is 4 yrs tell the next election which is a life time in politics,we will have to see if she has staying power.

    4yrs is plenty of prep time.

     

    This is certainly true, however, you cannot change someone's IQ.  Did you notice President Bush getting much better at speaking as "prep time" went on and on for 8 years?  Uhm.....no.  For someone to be "prepped" you have to have something to work with and build from, and frankly, I don't believe there is much here except a charismatic (I don't mean she has charisma, I mean she's from the "Charismatic" denominational church..."spirit-filled modern day holy rolller" types), mother of five, who has governed a VERY small area for a very SHORT time.

    I think she would be wonderful in the church's women's ministry as a leader.  As a political leader....no.

    I think Ms. Palin is probably a lovely person, a great mother, a wonderful wife, sister, friend, etc....so are A LOT of women in the United States, BUT....that doesn't qualify her for political office any more than it does any of my equally marvelous female neighbors, friends, and family. 

    In conclusion:

     

     

    If you take someone that is literally retarded and work with them and work with them until they memorize the encyclopedia, it does not make them any less retarded.  It just makes them retarded with a lot of memorized facts, that are likely to be pretty meaningless to them.   You can teach a parrot to recite Shakespeare, but it doesn't make him a literary scholar.

     

  • Posted: 11/27/08 6:47 PM
    General Discussion
• • Oh My God: they made WoW eternal in Lake Wintergrasp

  • I have only ONE thing to say in regards to this thread:

     

    DRIVING tanks and seige weapons of all sorts (some that you can even have a few players at a TIME in - especially good to add a mage or lock rapid firing spells in with you), and flying bombers YOURSELF (with full control) trumps like MAD the lame clicking on the groud to "control" a catapult, spill hot oil, etc. BS that Warhammer had.        No comparison....at all.

    The people talkin' trash about WoW's new PvP, have obviously never PLAYED it.  They're trying to judge from past battlegrounds, arena, etc., and haven't even tried the new style of WoW PvP addiction....lol.  This is NOT like the old BGs, and is NOTHING like arena.  It feels like a war, and we've learned to HATE the other side of the server for four years now, so there is plenty of vehemence behind it.  It's electrically charged all out warfare and it's IMMENSELY FUN!

    I'm EVER so glad that I made the decision to continue with WoW.

     

     

  • Posted: 11/25/08 11:16 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • WoW maturity issues?

  • Originally posted by FischerBlack
    

    Originally posted by TenSpotting
    

    Originally posted by Mitara
    

    This forum most certainly have a tendency towards very specific ways of thinking about MMORPG's. I would like to know, the age group of people here though. Is everybody here of the WoW generation? Did WoW bring the genre maturity issues?

    
     

    I've played WoW for a few months and I've never ran to anyone who seemed like they were having maturity issues

    Ive also been playing WoW for the first time recently and have been pleasantly surprised by the maturity of the majority of the people i talk to.

     

    I've been playing WoW for 4 years, and I'm in my 40s.   I know VERY few people on my server that are under the age of 30, truthfully.  I think the whole "WoW is for children" thing....is a bit of a MYTH.  LOTS of adults play.  Not all adults are mature, but....I haven't had a lot of problems.   I'm in a predominantly adult raiding guild, I don't spend loads of time hanging out in major cities reading  trade chat.  I think those are possible ways to AVOID seeing a lot of the immaturity that undoubtedly exists.  However.....I have also noticed a DECLINE in the idiotspeak (my own word to describe leet speak) when I HAVE read trade chat.  I think some of the very very young PvP crowd that used to like to talk a lot of smack and just act like complete asses......moved to Warhammer.  I'm cool with that.

  • Posted: 11/23/08 9:31 AM
    World of Warcraft
• • Does anyone actually believe everything DF has claimed?

  • Originally posted by Blodpls
    

    I don't see why not as wow has about 3k per server I think and that was released 4 years ago.  If even 10% of them try standing in the same general location then I expect it will cause a server crash like in every other mmorpg.

    Good job the world is supposed to be massive.

    How many people does WWII online have playing at once? Anyone know?

    Edit: WWII online has 10k players per cluster, it's not only possible but it was done in 2001.

     

    Uhm, no.  WoW has about 13k per server. 

     

    http://www.wowjutsu.com/us/lothar/

     

    There ya go.  There's just a random server.  THAT one has 13,565 players.  Some have a bit more, some less.  I didn't notice any with only 3k, although...you said "4 years ago," and the statistics I quoted above are more up to date than that. :)

    INCIDENTALLY....this site only tracks GUILDS.  Un-guilded players are not counted in the totals, therefore, I imagine the numbers are actually quite a bit higher than this.

     

  • Posted: 11/22/08 8:08 PM
    Darkfall