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thedrakon

Apprentice Member

Joined: 6/02/04
Posts: 192

 
10/09/08 11:04:22 AM#1

Soo far, I've played lots of mmorpg.

Recently, I've tried WAR and AoC

both got the same value for me 7.5/10 ... Good, but not enough. Both got good point and bad one. Both doesn't give make me addict and leave me a bleh feeling.

Now, I'm really thinking of resubbing WoW, I love playing my Troll priest there, and, soo far, WoW got the funnest Raid I've played. Lotro wasn't far from these, but the reward in lotro are meaningless. Raid are fun, but not as fun as WoW.

the fact is, I've got a lifetime account of lotro, and I'm still disgust about Blizzard ways, taking soo much money from people and give soo less in return. Gooddamn, they got over 100million (probably more closer to 200m) per month and they can make an free expansion, WTH ! Turbine gave hell a lot of content before making us pay for more, and even, the expansion is as big as the game was at release.

 

But still, I've got some strange feeling that make me wonder, should I got play WoW again, do some nice raid and .. see the new content coming soon or should I try to deleted every tinny part of WoW in my memory .... I'm all confuse ...

Spamalot345

Advanced Member

Joined: 7/11/08
Posts: 116

10/09/08 11:26:36 AM#2

Delete McWow. You will thank yourself when the alcohol wears off.

Speedhaak

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Joined: 5/21/06
Posts: 146

Gaming since 1989

10/09/08 11:33:43 AM#3

I've got a 25 year subscription on WoW after GM'ing for them for six months, but - I still won't go back. While WoW may be aestheitcally pleasing and rewards the player with epics it is still missing fundemental elements which should be present in all MMO's. At this point it is no longer Blizzard dictating the fate of the MMO, it is the horde of players still playing an MMO that is for all intents and purposes in a constant state of recycling.

Xiaoki

Hard Core Member

Joined: 3/07/04
Posts: 943

10/09/08 12:44:36 PM#4

Why not decide for yourself and not let WoW haters make the decision for you.

If you wre having a better time playing WoW than you did LotRO, AoC and Warhammer then you should probably play WoW.

The 3.0 patch is supposed to be released in just over a week so if you do come back to WoW you should probably wait until then.

thedrakon

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Joined: 6/02/04
Posts: 192

 
10/09/08 2:10:01 PM#5

I'm giving another try to WAR.

Rerolled a new toon, Destruction this time, was a bit funner, and at least this time I've got some scenario. I tried for about 5h on my other server and never got on one, first 20min got one run, was hard a a low level without any skill ;)

altairzq

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10/09/08 3:56:39 PM#6

Truth is, WOW is an amazing game. I'm still playing it, not much but I really enjoy doing an instance now and then, healing with my priest in a good group. And questing with my brother.

Speedhaak

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Joined: 5/21/06
Posts: 146

Gaming since 1989

10/09/08 4:32:20 PM#7
Originally posted by altairzq

Truth is, WOW is an amazing game. I'm still playing it, not much but I really enjoy doing an instance now and then, healing with my priest in a good group. And questing with my brother.

 

That it is, but it has also been extremely lucky. Back when it launched it was only just before it that Broadband and Cable services became standard and affordable, this is why it has been able to attain such massive subscription numbers. I'll be the first to admit that Blizzard know how to make attractive games for the general masses, but somewhere deep in my heart I think they're clueless as to what to do with the older players, people who may just want that little bit more. Maybe I'm just jaded, but these are my thoughts.

Loke666

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Joined: 10/29/07
Posts: 3434

10/09/08 4:43:36 PM#8

Hmm, AoC and WAR didn't really catch your eye, and you are tired of Wow...

Resubbing to wow is probably not going to help then, why not try something new instead?

Spellborn is coming out soon for one and theres a few other intresting game coming in the not to far future like Aion and Guildwars 2. Neither of those games are classic Wow/EQ clones.

Locklain

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Joined: 5/30/04
Posts: 2103

10/09/08 4:47:17 PM#9

Kind of sounds to me like you may need to take a break from MMOs for a few months.  Easiest way to do this is reformat your PC and stash the boxes out of eyesight.  Sooner or later you will foroget all about them and when the time comes the urge will be back.

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Qmire

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Joined: 9/19/06
Posts: 427

10/09/08 4:49:32 PM#10

WoW happened to be the first mmorpg actually fully polished, to where the teeth was shining, compared to the normal and regular teethless, skinny mmorpgs, which we oh so gladly accepted back then.

 

When i 1-2 years before WoW release got a chance to play the closed beta when it was very young, i couldn't believe my own eyes, with all the current standards back then, WoW was already decades ahead of all the others both content and polish wise NOT TO MENTION THE COMBAT/MOVEMENT DYNAMICS.

 

Other companies should for a second, MYTHIC/EA ESPECIALLY, look at how fluid and smooth WoW's combat/natural movement dynamics are, couple of years have passed, and WoW is still the best one in that department as well.

 

It's not about luck with internet being more accessible, i bloody played mmorpgs few years before WoW was released on cheap cable/broadband net.

 

Blizzard got so many subs because they made a mmorpg that wasn't "in present standards", it was the big thing because it moved that standard, upwards and beyond, sadly this means many mmorpgs released in this year have all fallen victim to the fact, they were possibly only able to compete with WoW 3-4 years ago but not today's WoW.

 

Blizzard expected 125k subs max at the US release, 1 week later they had over 350k people playing, Blizzard underrestimated WoW once again at the EU release, expecting like 350k-400k players, they got A LOT more.... Which explains their massive server problems back then.

 

Who can blame them, they were looking at the numbers currently at their table, on how many good mmorpgs back then had, and they obviously thought that WoW might be really great if it also hit those numbers, that being 125k and possibly 200k+ including EU. Hell back then 10k people in a mmorpg was plenty.

 

I will probably resub to WoW, when the patch is released, since it's the time where you can have lots of fun with new builds, and certain new places, as they are putting in some "freebies", and boviously getting to tune your interface once again, since that alone can take several hours, if you have deleted your old interface folder.

necrolock

Novice Member

Joined: 8/17/08
Posts: 9

10/09/08 4:55:08 PM#11

Your not alone im thinking about exactly the same thing between wow or war, i enjoy wow got 4 level 70s but im tired of blizzard that wants to earn money on everything, name change, server transfer etc etc and you miss alot of good games when you play it. So i dont know, ah well.

 

Anyways, how did  you get lifetime Lotro?

Locklain

Advanced Member

Joined: 5/30/04
Posts: 2103

10/09/08 5:00:07 PM#12
Originally posted by necrolock

Your not alone im thinking about exactly the same thing between wow or war, i enjoy wow got 4 level 70s but im tired of blizzard that wants to earn money on everything, name change, server transfer etc etc and you miss alot of good games when you play it. So i dont know, ah well.

 

Anyways, how did  you get lifetime Lotro?

You cannot hate a company for making money, you can however hate a company for making tons of money and doing limited things for its customer.

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Decadentia

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Joined: 8/29/05
Posts: 299

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10/09/08 5:05:03 PM#13
Originally posted by thedrakon

Now, I'm really thinking of resubbing WoW, I love playing my Troll priest there, and, soo far, WoW got the funnest Raid I've played. Lotro wasn't far from these, but the reward in lotro are meaningless. Raid are fun, but not as fun as WoW.

 

 

Here's all I focused in on. You say you love raiding in WoW, that right there tells me...go resub. Forget all the naysaying about World of Warcraft and everything else. We pay monthly subs for entertainment/enjoyment (or at least I hope that's what everyone strives for), you obviously LOVE it.

If anything im jealous of you, I too enjoyed WoW for a long time, but I hate raiding and I pvped in arena's and BG's until my fingers bled.

Decadentia

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"I haven''t a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices."

10/09/08 5:06:22 PM#14
Originally posted by necrolock

 

Anyways, how did  you get lifetime Lotro?

 

You can pay 299$ for a lifetime subscription to Lotro. I would probably go back to Lotro if they offered me the 9.99 founders price they originally had, but alas I did quit so i'm not eligible.

Sunrider

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Joined: 1/09/06
Posts: 521

10/09/08 6:14:30 PM#15


Originally posted by Locklain

Originally posted by necrolock

Your not alone im thinking about exactly the same thing between wow or war, i enjoy wow got 4 level 70s but im tired of blizzard that wants to earn money on everything, name change, server transfer etc etc and you miss alot of good games when you play it. So i dont know, ah well.
 
Anyways, how did  you get lifetime Lotro?



you can however hate a company for making tons of money and doing limited things for its customer.


This is my biggest gripe with Blizzard. They do nothing new, they feel no need to give any answers to there consumer's and they don't listen to what the customers want.

So many people are sick of arena and Blizzard is pushing it more (from what I hear) in the expansion, such as needing arena points to even buy basic BG gear. The titles are a huge issue at the moment, particularly PvP titles that you can no longer get.

On top of all that Blizzard has gotten lazier in their classes and gear... they were already plenty lazy before with not really making any new armor models and just putting new colors out there... but its getting worse. They're basically merging the gear so that there's more competition per-piece. I played as a rogue and personally I'm sick ad tired of trying to out-roll druids for a fucking piece of DPS equipment.

It appears to me as Blizzard is getting lazier and more careless as time goes on. Of course someone will come in here and tell me that what they're doing is a great idea and it will make the whole game better, but truth is, is that it isn't. World of Warcraft IS a class based game, but when you have druids rolling on priest and rogue gear, Pali's rolling on tank gear, etc etc... the lines between those classes gets blurred.

When you have such a massive game that is SO reliant on equipment you cannot blur the lines between classes.

On the topic of resubbing to WoW though... I don't think I'll be getting the expansion. I'm tired of trying to make requirements to raid while fighting other classes for the equipment to raid.

"And after blizzard takes over the world. they are gonna gather a bunch of lemmings, sit on their fat asses near a cliff, and watch the little fuzzy bastards suicide dive into the ground below. . . . . all just for their own entertainment."

protoroc

Hard Core Member

Joined: 3/06/04
Posts: 1032

Now Playing: Rock Band 2
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10/09/08 10:02:23 PM#16

Why must you be addicted to a video game? Do you want to play a game or lead a second life? Personally I think you should reevaluate your priorities.

Alindale

Novice Member

Joined: 7/04/08
Posts: 134

10/09/08 10:15:31 PM#17
Originally posted by Sunrider

 


Originally posted by Locklain

Originally posted by necrolock

 

Your not alone im thinking about exactly the same thing between wow or war, i enjoy wow got 4 level 70s but im tired of blizzard that wants to earn money on everything, name change, server transfer etc etc and you miss alot of good games when you play it. So i dont know, ah well.
 
Anyways, how did  you get lifetime Lotro?



you can however hate a company for making tons of money and doing limited things for its customer.

 


This is my biggest gripe with Blizzard. They do nothing new, they feel no need to give any answers to there consumer's and they don't listen to what the customers want.

So many people are sick of arena and Blizzard is pushing it more (from what I hear) in the expansion, such as needing arena points to even buy basic BG gear. The titles are a huge issue at the moment, particularly PvP titles that you can no longer get.

On top of all that Blizzard has gotten lazier in their classes and gear... they were already plenty lazy before with not really making any new armor models and just putting new colors out there... but its getting worse. They're basically merging the gear so that there's more competition per-piece. I played as a rogue and personally I'm sick ad tired of trying to out-roll druids for a fucking piece of DPS equipment.

It appears to me as Blizzard is getting lazier and more careless as time goes on. Of course someone will come in here and tell me that what they're doing is a great idea and it will make the whole game better, but truth is, is that it isn't. World of Warcraft IS a class based game, but when you have druids rolling on priest and rogue gear, Pali's rolling on tank gear, etc etc... the lines between those classes gets blurred.

When you have such a massive game that is SO reliant on equipment you cannot blur the lines between classes.

On the topic of resubbing to WoW though... I don't think I'll be getting the expansion. I'm tired of trying to make requirements to raid while fighting other classes for the equipment to raid.


 

I agree with you on the gear issues.  As a prot warrior I would roll with heal spec pallies for tanking gear as they wanted to try out tanking.  Or they would get their healing gear by default then use dkp to buy prot gear.  I saw the same thing with resto druids rolling on almost all kinds of leather so they would have 3 full sets of gear.  Raiding becomes a second job and to be so cut-throat on gear drops made it not worth it to be there, so I cancelled my sub last spring and will not go back.  Got tired of farming for mats and consumables to raid, then get the run around on gear drops to someone wanting off-spec gear "just in case."