Originally posted by jayb17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmy7Ze18NY

I think I can safely assume all the people burning this game have played WoW, and to them I present this video.

 

I just typed a huge post going off about this fact and then deleted it all, all I really needed was that one sentence, thanks.

WoW has spoiled the gaming community and it now expects signs, flashing lights, sirens and everything presented to them in a completely obvious way especially since WotLK.  Be aware that I play WoW and also XIV as I am an ex XI freak, I stay in WoW for one reason, friends/guildies, thats worth a lot to me.

I'll try this one too, would like a key here if anyone has a spare, ty :) Will resend.

Would also like a key if anyone has a spare :) ty, will send back.

Originally posted by Schwa

Originally posted by Muridan

WOW!

A company finally takes time to think about how possible changes will effect it's game. I can't believe anyone would actually be pissed to see these changes go, especially after reading the reasoning behind the removal.

If they had put these changes in, and they had an adverse effect on the game you all would be killing them for not thinking of these problems before they put them in the game!

I give you credit, Blizzard.

 

This.

Sure, PoT is shelved for the moment, but so was Dual Spec when LK first came out.  That was one of the features I wanted to see then, and it took 6 months.  Blizz (and I'm assuming players like myself) want to see an AA system.  There will be one.

The guild talent system (which I hadn't heard about yet) sounds dumb, and I agree with why they decided to nix it.

On the flip side, I also agree with statements similar to: "It's apparent that the A team is working on the new MMO and the B team is working on WoW."  But I'm still expecting to find a fun expansion with polish (as usual) on launch day.  Whenever that will be  :)

 

 This too!

Forgot to mention that I know tons of people, guildies an non (bf included) who all played in vanilla and still love the pants off the game...if it wore pants...

I first stepped foot in WoW in 2005 as Alliance, playing alone mostly I ended up playing Guild Wars for a while instead.  I introduced my sister to gaming around this time and as a result have some good memories of GW, it's a good game but didn't manage to hold my interest after a year or so...yup, I got out my copy of WoW and reinstalled it and tried again taking a friend and my sister along with me, this made all the difference!  Went back as Horde and not really looked back since, the reason I still play aside from having responsibilities to my guild as a main healer and the fact that my boyfriend now is my Guild Leader (gives me little choice!) is the people in the guild...friendship and feeling a sense of belonging, I try not to play too much to avoid burnout as it's something that I fight with sometimes, I log in to raid and gather herbs for flasks and chat with guildies and thats about it these days.

I admit though that if I feel a bit nostalgic I log a low level alt and quest for a bit in the old world, thats where my fond memories are, from levelling back in vanilla, I didn't raid back then (started in BC)

p.s Everyone should take a group to strat to experience it at min level...oh the fun!  5 man instances are nothing like that anymore, it's sad...

My old social guild in WoW lost what was pretty much it's grandad, the oldest person I have ever met in any game, he was in his 70's and one of the kindest people you could ever meet, he was also lost to cancer.  The guild leader and his girlfriend (good personal friends of mine still as we all raid together in a different guild now) were lucky enough to go to his funeral and meet his family, his daughter was good enough to get in touch with them as he had talked about them such a lot, they founded the guild together back at the beginning when WoW was known as vanilla...I guess that gave them a special kind of closure that you didn't have and in a way, they were there for the rest of us too. 

His account still exists, they keep it running, I don't think anyone could bear to see anyone with his char name, I know none of us could...it's like a memorial to him now.

Just thought I would share my own experience :)