How's WoW nowadays?

[Shota Shernokavich]

I haven't played since...06/07. How's the game any different? I have a 65 UD rogue, will I be able to find parties for instances, or is it all endgame now?

More importantly: Has the game been dumbed-down even more since I left? I vaguely remember some conflict about PvP being too hard or something.

 

[Xor]

Finding a group depends on your faction and server, but in my experience it's hard to find a group for low-mid 60's stuff unless you're in a guild.

It depends on what you mean by 'dumbed-down'. Getting better gear is easier now, but that's mainly because WotLK is coming out soon and the devs want everyone to be on more or less equal footing.

 

[Lesifoere]

I haven't played for a while too, but I did have two level 70's, one of which is an ex-raider. I recall finding groups for instances pre-70 somewhat hard, but that shouldn't trouble you: it's not like the instances are worth doing until you're 70 and can do heroic to collect badges.

Given the list of items I've seen on the badge vendor, I'd say you can get some really good gear a lot more easily now. Man, if only I weren't an idiot and didn't buy those badge fire resist gear I ended up never using...

 

[merry andrew]

I play it for the PvP (battlegrounds and arena). I heard they're gonna have siege warfare in the expansion.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

the devs want everyone to be on more or less equal footing.

It's an RPG. It's primarily about levelling up. How the hell does it work if everyone is on equal footing? What's the fucking point?

 

[RK47]

it's to show that the devs cared DU. The last on the list of priorities is to please the casuals who got left behind by the e-peen raiders. once the raiders have 3-6 months to shine their E-peen and display it to the whole server, Blizzard decided to tell the casuals 'hey we didn't forget you man' by introducing daily gold dispensers, cheaper epics and easier instances. By then the Hardcores would be out of content and cut off subscription anyway till Wrath of the Lich King is out . More mobs to raid, yayyyyy!

 

[Texas Red]

but I did have two level 70's, one of which is an ex-raider.

You're a bit on the nerdy side, aren't you?

Why would you want to continue playing a character that is completely done anyway? In NWN RP persistent worlds I could understand that; players had actual guilds to manage, responsibilities and parts in stories. In fact, the RP part I see as inherently important, just leveling and grinding is not enough.

 

[Mareus]

It still sucks.

 

[Korgan]

Got a paladin on a PvE to 35 recently, but didn't buy more time, as I'm switching to AoC soon. Looks awesome, plays grindy enough but fun in groups. Unfortunately, the instances seem to become more and more like work as you progress. And PvP is kinda imba - why do subtlety rogues suck and huntards rule so much? Blizzard, like someone said at RPS a while back, took a concept and polished it to no end. Unfortunately the concept was invented by Kim Jong Il and is actually a North Korean secret superweapon of mass boredom.

 

[psycojester]

Huntards are definitely OPed, but so are all forms of rogue. Seriously fuck Cloak of Shadows.

Personally i find the grind to be tedious as shit and if you're playing for that you deserve rectal leakage, but i'm enjoying raiding endgame and my guild is getting close to weeding out the last few fucktards that need to be kicked out. For me the fun in the game is raiding with a competent guild and doing 5 mans with RL friends of mine that play on the server.

4/5 Hyjal
3/9 Black Temple

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[Xor]

Why are you affliction spec? I was under the impression that destro gives better DPS.

 

[LRP]

Any pre Burning Crusade stuff is very easy to fly through solo, so making it easy to do the BC expac. I would say instancing bellow Outlands is almost non existent because it is irrelevant, unless you and buddies just want to take a tour for old time's sake. The game has been pretty gutted pre Outlands.

Otherwise, remains pretty much the same old boring stuff, grind grind, level level, the fun being in who you hang out with and getting with good enough people to make the raids, instances kind of fun, for a time at least, in Outlands.

Lesifoere and Dark Individual say it all IMHO

 

[merry andrew]

the devs want everyone to be on more or less equal footing.

It's an RPG. It's primarily about levelling up. How the hell does it work if everyone is on equal footing? What's the fucking point?

They want to appeal to different playstyles. I used to dislike WoW because I played it as an RPG, but now I play it as a pew pew competitive game and it's way fun.

 

[Annonchinil]

How are the other MMO's like EVE, Lineage 2, LOTR and FFX1? Since everybody seems to be drinking that MMO koolaid I want some too. Oh and how is AoC?

Edit: And before you complain about 'grind' I prefer hunting monsters than running back to town half the time to turn in a quest with a shitty plot. So I don't mind good grind (challenging) or good quests.

 

[RK47]

How are the other MMO's like EVE, Lineage 2, LOTR and FFX1? Since everybody seems to be drinking that MMO koolaid I want some too. Oh and how is AoC?

Edit: And before you complain about 'grind' I prefer hunting monsters than running back to town half the time to turn in a quest with a shitty plot. So I don't mind good grind (challenging) or good quests.

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[psycojester]

Why are you affliction spec? I was under the impression that destro gives better DPS.

Because destro is as boring as shit to play. Also Affliction is still viable DPS up until around the sunwell plateau level of raiding, as it stands now i'm still normally in the top string of our dps for most raids.

 

[ushdugery]

They should introduce a plugin for it which is a meat grinder on your desk and you use it to grind (read:play) and that way you can be productive while you waste your money on what is basically msn with levels.

 

[MetalCraze]

you're such damn nerds.

 

[Korgan]

...says a 20-something guy on the FUCKING CODEX at 3am local time :D

 

[MetalCraze]

ermmm it actually was 7:57 am local time

 

[Gragt]

And here I was so proud of my Winterspring mount and they had to make it fucking easy for any moron to get...

 

[Xor]

Why are you affliction spec? I was under the impression that destro gives better DPS.

Because destro is as boring as shit to play. Also Affliction is still viable DPS up until around the sunwell plateau level of raiding, as it stands now i'm still normally in the top string of our dps for most raids.

Ah. Makes sense.

you're such damn nerds.

Damn right.

 

[Lesifoere]

Damn, I'm happy I'm no longer raiding, because I agree: straight-up destro is boring as fuck. My warlock's still SM/Ruin. :/

 

[AzraelCC]

Off topic: Does anybody here play D&D online? I'm considering playing since it's set in Eberron (which I love). Any thoughts?

 

[Lesifoere]

I can't help but think that D&D mechanics in an MMO is a recipe for absolute non-fun.