I did play back in original WoW and again after Burning Crusade. Neither time lasted past 30 days.

I gave it another chance with MoP. Made a new account with the $60 everything in one offer, rolled a Panderian monk, and am having the most fun I've had in an mmo in YEARS.

While there might've been a slight chance of me going back for a bit of WoW sometime, that will most certainly not happen now.

My account has been inactive since Cataclysm since my sub expired. A few days ago I recieved a mail from Blizz that my account has been permanently banned because of third party hacks or somesuch stuff.

I politely pointed out that this is no fault of mine since I have not been playing for ages. I said them this more than once.

You know, I didn't want to play now or maybe not in two months or maybe not ever - but I at least wanted to have the ability to do so sometime in the future.

But no.

Blizzard considers the discussion closed, myself banned, all of my characters in which I've put in at least a couple of years of work, great fun and enjoyment - gone.

Well, fuck you Blizzard.

Originally posted by Silok

Originally posted by Slampig

I have been in this game since beta and I am still enjoying it. And I am not a child, imagine that...

I am always amused by people who play these games and hate change yet will piss and moan when things DON'T change...

Who the hell wants to sit around for an hour trying to get a 40-man going? You actually thought THAT was fun?

To each their own.

Actually yes it was fun, 40 people (yeah woman play too) in a raid was the greatest raid experience i ever have. Yeah you need a guild if you didnt want eternity, but after that these raid was a blast. 40 people who nned to know they role (yes at that time role matter) and fight they way to the end. In my guild we spend more then 4 months on Molten core before pass it, can you imagine how pround we was after that? I doubt it unless you have experience something like this.

Has you said to each of their own, you might enjoy instant gratification and easy solo experience.. i do not.

To be honest, I hope I won't have such an experience ever again. Getting 40 man raids going was already a full days work, let alone finishing the raid. I can imagine that some people miss those days, but organizing all that was pretty tiring for me. I like the current 10 man raids more. Everyone is more important and the whole deal is more intimate, but that's just my opinion.

I haven't seen much of Pandaria yet, seeing that I rolled a Panda Monk (original, I know). What I do enjoy, is the fact that the once dead zones, are populated again bij the CRZ. I read about some problems with that system, but I haven't encountered them myself (except the somewhat long respawn timers on some mobs). Furthermore, the Panda start area was a blast, I like the questing there and the aesthetics. Just beautiful. For a game that's nearly 10 years old, it's still looks pretty good.

On topic though, these "Vanilla/TBC was way better"-threads are getting as old as the original release of the game. Yes, there have been changes, but for the most, they were for the better (I do miss my paladin auras though).