This is why the only scenario where I can imagine myself playing retail WoW again is if the last bits about the leaks are true. Namely the parts where they supposedly plan to revamp areas in Lordaeron and Eversong into Suramar esque experiences. And, yeah, you read that right. I'm considering a week's worth of playing an MMO in single player mode just to sate any sense of nostalgia for the game.It's truly pointless, less than 24h after redownloading and I already deleted the game again, I can't relate to WoW anymore even when I shutdown my brain as best as I can and force myself into some "ahh, back to the old days when things were simpler in my life" mindset. Played a 5-man dun, really unfun, everyone was in a hurry to complete it as fast as humanly possible in a really retarded way, like I don't mind taking obvious shortcuts such as jumping all the way down in Gnomeregan or not wanting to waste time in a run but that was just pathetic, those people don't enjoy playing the game, they just want to finish their tasks fast, they're really trapped in the game like zombie crack addicts as everyone else was already saying itt.
Hmm, are there any men over 20 who managed to pull off a gender swap? We have 100+ public figures who are trans by now, but I can't think of anyone who doesn't look absurd.
do you mean 'grind azerite power for the new patch' mechanic? yeah i don't think that's dying any time soon. blizzard is greedy, not just for money but also out of paranoia that if players leave the hamster wheel for one second they won't come back. hence how every progression system entails 4 hour grinds every day, every week. compare that to the ffxiv leads being asked in interviews about 'what does the player do now that they are done with the patch story?'. the answer is along the lines of 'i dunno man log off for a month and cancel your sub. there are a lot of games out there'.I just hope this is permadeath for borrowed power.
The problem with this shit is the number of people that step off the hamster wheel and press the eject button. I left at the first patch of Shadowlands and I was fucking done. For numerous reasons that were never fixed (e.g. Where's my ripcord, and the general toxicity and hamster wheel feeling).do you mean 'grind azerite power for the new patch' mechanic? yeah i don't think that's dying any time soon. blizzard is greedy, not just for money but also out of paranoia that if players leave the hamster wheel for one second they won't come back. hence how every progression system entails 4 hour grinds every day, every week. compare that to the ffxiv leads being asked in interviews about 'what does the player do now that they are done with the patch story?'. the answer is along the lines of 'i dunno man log off for a month and cancel your sub. there are a lot of games out there'.I just hope this is permadeath for borrowed power.
Which is the crux of the issue. Stepping off the hamster wheel should be considered a natural and important part of maintaining WoW not just as a healthy sustainable market, but 'lifestyle' of sorts. Consider all the loser brains itt (myself included) who periodically end up buying into an expansion and playing the game for a month or so out of nostalgia, either due to good memories formed during play or just a desire to engage with the game's systems/art/classes/whatever. Imagine what things would be like if that nostalgia was unimpeded by the Game as a Job formula of progression.For a large contrasting example, I have been gone from Guild Wars 2 for half a year, but I know that day one I can walk into the new xpac (or the next) and continue doing arenas like nothing happened, with full end game gear.
I just hope this is permadeath for borrowed power.
Amazing how trans people feel like they are the opposite gender in body and yet here we have this nigga growing facial hair. Guess he identified as the bearded lady in a circus freakshow his whole life, ackackackackack.
I never put 2+2 together before, but I think the reason why it seems like there are so many trans people in game development is that programming attracts autists and autists are disproportionately trans.
Agree more flavor in the form of cosmetic glyphs on steroids would be nice. But I have never understood people thinking warlock and necromancer are related.I can't say I played Shadowlands extensively, but I did enjoy tanking Mythic+ with friends on discord. Glad to see borrowed power go, but I hope Blizzard does more to spice up dungeons and Mythic+.
I like the return of the talent system, but I had hoped the rumor about class overlays was true, such as Dark Ranger for Hunter and Necromancer for Warlock. Alas, it was never to be.
I always thought sylvanas being independent made no sense after tft ending. Lich king got back all his powers (presumably), so all undead should immediately fall back under his control, or at least be able to brought under control if he focuses.I remember when Sylvanas ran away from the Lich King in terror in the Halls of Reflection. There is only one way that fight should have ended.
One of the leaks mentioned Necromancer overlay for Warlock, otherwise I agree with you.Agree more flavor in the form of cosmetic glyphs on steroids would be nice. But I have never understood people thinking warlock and necromancer are related.I can't say I played Shadowlands extensively, but I did enjoy tanking Mythic+ with friends on discord. Glad to see borrowed power go, but I hope Blizzard does more to spice up dungeons and Mythic+.
I like the return of the talent system, but I had hoped the rumor about class overlays was true, such as Dark Ranger for Hunter and Necromancer for Warlock. Alas, it was never to be.
Not sure if this is still the case, but Unholy DK with the right talents was one button away from being a ranged undead summoner. (Still had to be in melee to apply one spell.) Blizzard should really lean into that and make Unholy a ranged spec.
There were some good innovations past that but the bad far outweighed the good. I particularly like the idea of the scaling/mythic 5 mans but as someone noted above, it's become way too min-maxed to be enjoyable without a group of friends. And at my age I'm too lazy to make new e-friends to play WoW with as 99% of the people I used to play with have long since quit. Wrath was the last expansion that I raided or even played on a regular basis. Usually I will sub for a month per expansion but had zero interest in Shadlowlands.WoW ended for me at Wrath. I bought and tooled around a bit in Cataclysm and Pandaria, but it was during a phase of gaming ennui and I never got invested. Haven't looked back since.
Am I remembering things wrong, or did the dragonflight say something like "ok, fuck it, we're not relevant anymore" at the end of Cataclysm?
warcraft 3 ended with medivh saying 'the world no longer needed guardians' or whateverAm I remembering things wrong, or did the dragonflight say something like "ok, fuck it, we're not relevant anymore" at the end of Cataclysm?