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[Shadrack]

You are playing 5 year old content with design decisions which were made more than 5 years ago. The new stuff is wonderful!

 

Also, it is a MMO. Skyrim is not, do not even compare the two.

 

This. You can't really compare the two. I'm a big fan of both games, and if you look at my total gaming hours over the past 5 years WoW and Skyrim dominate. 

 

If you want to compare Elder Scrolls Online to WoW, there are fair comparisons to be made. Skyrim and WoW are both fantasy games with RPG/character development elements....and that's about as much of a comparison that can be made.

 

Questing in WoD has been far more fun and engaging for me than previous expansion (although I more-or-less skipped MoP). Ultimately WoW does not present a world to explorer and live in like in Skyrim. Its a world to conquer and move on to other content (like raids, dungeons, and PvP).

[LaP]

Starting to feel like maybe re-activating my WoW account wasn't such a grand idea.  I've been playing Skyrim a lot the past week or two, and that game, like all the other Elder Scrolls games, is amazing.  The attention to detail it just unreal.  I was roaming around the other day and happened upon a random cave.  I went in, found a journal talking about a guy who had gone in with his buddy to buy this old gold mine that appeared to be a dud.  He went to town for supplies, and came back to find his friend gone, presumably having left and given up on the mine.  This is all written in the form of a journal/letter left on a table in this mine.  I walked around and actually found a secret room with the guy's skeleton half buried under a pile of rocks, and a vein of gold right beside him.  He had found gold, and his friend assumed he'd abandoned him when he went out for supplies.  This was not a quest, nobody asked me to go here, it was just there, an interesting little find in the land of Skyrim.  Quests seem to ask you to do different things all the time, and the first person view kind of helps with immersion.

 

I've tried playing WoW for the past day or two, and it just seems like a huge repetitive grind fest.  The story lines for the quests are interesting if you take the time to read them but it's always one of a couple of things.

- Go to designated area, kill specified enemies, and take an item off their bodies.  (Most of the time these items aren't available unless you're on the quest, kind of spoils it)

- Go to designated area, look for specified objects laying around sparkling and collect them.  Items are usually surrounded by mobs, or may spawn a mob to attack you when you collect it.

 

There are a few exceptions, but they're rare, and I'm already getting REALLY bored of being lvl 85 and still being asked to, "Go here, kill those things, collect 8 insignia from their bodies, and come back to me."

 

I dono, I'll give it til' the end of the month since I paid for it, but it's not looking good for me sticking around.

 

 

If you are playing MoP right now you are not really playing wow. I'm sure some people will disagree but for me MoP is by far the worst xpac. I disliked it a lot of did not play the game for over a year because of this xpac. I basically leveled to 90 and then cancelled my account. The grind in MoP was totally awful.

[Guest]

The new raid is VERY difficult.

[trag3dy]

The new raid is VERY difficult.

 

That's what I've heard but they've already toned down some things and there was a hotfix yesterday (the 8th) which provided buffs to a lot of classes.

[Guest]

That's what I've heard but they've already toned down some things and there was a hotfix yesterday (the 8th) which provided buffs to a lot of classes.

 

Still not "good" enough, but it may be the players that are the issue. We did Tectus as soon as the raid was released, and that fight took us about 10 tries on Normal. But the last boss, it was just impossible for that time, and yet during SoO, we cleared Flex without any issues the first week after release. But I like that it Normal is tuned for HC dungeon gear, Heroic for full Normal gear, and Mythic for full Heroic gear.

 

I like the difficulty.

[LOC Veteran]

Ugh, so wanna play again. But must resist. Also, no money to sub, so resist not needed!

[Guest]

Folks are almost done with Mythic. Method are now stuck at 6/7. These guys are good!

 

I feel like they need to make Blackrock Foundry even more difficult as it is rather easy to get gear this time around compared to pre-WoD. Since these people are Mythic raiders, they would do everything to get as much gear as possible, so, 7 raid locks, CMs, and profession items really make Mythic racing quite faster.

[firey]

Been playing on and off since the expansion came out, hadn't really followed the development of it.  Knew about garrisons, and stat squish but that's really about it.  Hit 100 two nights ago (couple hours every couple days).  Got my garrison up to level 3 currently collecting resources.  

The squish ended up being smaller than I thought, still a bit excessive having people at 200k HP (and I am sure much more at higher gear).   

I like that healing once again requires some skill.  I play a disc priest so Panada was basically

1) Spam Smite
2) Smite more
3) ???
4) Top healing charts

Healing feels back to TBC style healing (albeit with less theorycrafting and spells).  I've done two 100 instances (UBRS and the Forest One).  Both of which took an hour or so to complete which.. imo.. is awesome.  The game no longer feels like everything is just being given to you.. it requires some effort on the players part.

[Osiris]

WoW now down to 5.6m subscribers.

Hopefully that means they have a great expansion lined up for unveiling this thursday

Blizzard expansion announcement

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

WoW now down to 5.6m subscribers.

Hopefully that means they have a great expansion lined up for unveiling this thursday

Blizzard expansion announcement

[Osiris]

Unveiling youtube streaming link (1hr 38 mins to go )

 

[Osiris]

World of Warcraft: Legion

Blizzard: Legion Website

The Tomb of Sargeras has been reopened, and the demons of the Burning Legion pour into our world. Their full, terrifying might is fixed on summoning the Dark Titan to Azeroth—and they’ve already located the key to his return.

With the Alliance and Horde devastated, only you can take up Warcraft’s most legendary artifacts, scour the ancient Broken Isles for relics of the Titans, and challenge the Legion before Azeroth’s last hope dies.

Steel yourself, champion. Extinction is imminent

• New continent: The Broken Isles
• New class: Demon Hunter
• Artifacts: customizable weapons that grow in power as you do
• Class-specific Order Halls and followers
• All New Dungeons and Raids
• New World Bosses
• Level cap raised to 110
• Revamped PvP progression system
• Improved transmogrification system
• Improved social features
• Character Boost—immediately raise one character to level 100

[grendal]

FYI...

I got hacked twice two days ago even with an authenticator.  A GM had me download four programs to scan for key loggers as well as anything else.  After scanning multiple times with all four programs, nothing was found.  Even the GM's and the restoration teams were stumped with how they did it.

It seems that the hackers are getting better at this...

 

[I am Redbeard]

Having been a regular in this thread many moons ago I'm sadden to see this thread is all but dead. I haven't played in ages but assumed this would have been kept alive some how.

*Pours out Noggenfogger for the homies*

rip.

[The Evil Overlord]

On ‎16‎/‎12‎/‎2015 at 7:54 AM, I am Redbeard said:

Having been a regular in this thread many moons ago I'm sadden to see this thread is all but dead. I haven't played in ages but assumed this would have been kept alive some how.

*Pours out Noggenfogger for the homies*

rip.

Game just got old, people tend to grow out of it, Personally, BC was the greatest thing to happen to WoW, followed by Wrath, for me, but after that, I like most just got bored with it, and that was that.

[mpmc]

36 minutes ago, Aheer.R.S. said:

Game just got old, people tend to grow out of it, Personally, BC was the greatest thing to happen to WoW, followed by Wrath, for me, but after that, I like most just got bored with it, and that was that.

Hello fellow West Midlander!

 

I agree, I'm still playing but it is really starting to get boring fast. It's no longer exciting. It's now just a cash cow.. 

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

Any interest I may have had in coming back for a try is extinguished by the bloody $50 price tag for the standard edition, for 10 levels of game whose mechanics became old long ago.

[+mram Subscriber²]

It's funny, I used to think that this game was a great time waster.  But unless you're in the game for the pure social aspect or PvP, the PvE is a treadmill once you get beyond the leveling. 

 

I'm the person who re-subs for the expansion to experience the content, then drops it about a month later when I've leveled my characters and realize I'm basically repeating content for minimal 0.01% improvements [to then go back on the treadmill again].

 

What they've done to PvP gear though in Legion looks temping; to finally unify the gear sets makes great sense and opens up a new game for me, and I presume that's exactly what Blizzard is hoping for.  Heck, anything that minimizes gear swaps and complications makes the world more fun.

[The Evil Overlord]

5 hours ago, mpmc said:

Hello fellow West Midlander!

 

I agree, I'm still playing but it is really starting to get boring fast. It's no longer exciting. It's now just a cash cow.. 

Awlwight Mate  Yeah, I don't want to take away from the game, I was just done, I've had my time, now someone else can (and will) carry that mantle

[elmetnuter]

The new expansion seems really nice with a lot of rebooted things, which I think can makes you get in again. That said, after playing 8 years in row since BC for at least 6 month a year, I have definitively stopped. I really miss the fun times with my guild.

[I am Redbeard]

I mean, I resubbed just the other day after a nearly 2 year hiatus. Contrary to what may be popular, I genuinely like playing the game as if it were single player. Obviously the ability to do dungeons and raids is fun but I truly enjoy just questing and getting into the Lore. Call me a nerd, you'd be correct. 


That being said, I used to raid pretty hardcore throughout the t4-t6 days, dwindled as it got into the t10-11 days and then stopped. Now it's just super casual questing, maybe a dungeon or lfr. maybe.

[I am Redbeard]

Work is slow right now so I figured I'd post a little update..

I know I'm WAAAAAAAAAY behind on this expansion but I just ding'd lvl 92 last night. I've always been one to stay in a zone and complete all the quests before moving on even if I stop earning XP for quests/mobs. Gotta say I'm really liking the first environment, the story and music are really nice and I'm enjoying adventuring around at a less than optimal speed.

[Rippleman]

9 minutes ago, I am Redbeard said:

Work is slow right now so I figured I'd post a little update..

I know I'm WAAAAAAAAAY behind on this expansion but I just ding'd lvl 92 last night. I've always been one to stay in a zone and complete all the quests before moving on even if I stop earning XP for quests/mobs. Gotta say I'm really liking the first environment, the story and music are really nice and I'm enjoying adventuring around at a less than optimal speed.

I haven't played in 6 months maybe, but didn't move out of frostridge on all my characters until 96... hated the next zones so skipped until... can't recall the name of the 97+ zone...

[I am Redbeard]

2 minutes ago, Rippleman said:

I haven't played in 6 months maybe, but didn't move out of frostridge on all my characters until 96... hated the next zones so skipped until... can't recall the name of the 97+ zone...

I'll bear that in mind as I go along. When I say I'm the type of player to stay in each zone I mean I went back and did the Seeker title and Loremaster... we're talking thouuuusands of quests. A lot of zones I absolutely abhorred from vanilla I actually recall in a fond manner now. Time and place changes perspective, at least for me.

[Ph1b3r0pt1c]

Its almost funny how long i've been playing wow. I started the second it came out of beta, and never looked back. Im 37 now, terminal brain cancer, and the only thing that seems to keep me occupied and half way calm are my dailies and attempting to master every class and spec. I have a lvl 100 toon of every class except paladin, and will have it when i finally buy the new expac i guess. My highest ilvl toon is my frost mage at 730. The rest are 680+. I enjoy the social and gameplay aspect since i cant get out anymore, so im sure ill be here until either it or me finally dies.