W.O.W. Cataclysm...

[Feuer Frei!]

For those who play(ed) the new(ish) xpac, your thoughts so far?
My thoughts? The usual grindfest (to 85 this time), grinding faction rep, gearing up for raids, grinding professions, BG's, HC's and the many many vote kicks and "nerf hc's cause they are too hard" screams, elitist 'tards who think that any wipe is YOUR fault and either vote kick or leave group, the many WOTLK players who think that Cata isn't a faceroll anymore, ie should be nerfed so that hc's can be completed in 2 to 3 mins and that hc's should have epics dropped instead of blues, errmm....
For the record, i no longer play WoW, after power-levelling a rogue to 85 from 80, in 1 and a bit days, then gearing up for hc's and maxing my professions, raiding with guildies, doing bg's, levelling a mage to 80, in short, WoW has many things going for it, however Cata was a big let-down in my opinion, sure, lots of new content, both starter and end-game, plus all the side-quests and guild perks, etc etc...however, at the end of the day, and quiet bluntly put, the usual grind fest, just with another name really.
'twas fun while it lasted...
Bring on Diablo 3!!!!!

[Dowly]

MMORPGs have become too damn competitive. It's all about me me me nowadays.

I remember when I used to play Warhammer Online more frequently, once I had leveled to Tier 3 and gathered some extra gold, I used to go back to the tier 1 areas and run treasure hunts for the newbies; who found me got 15 gold or something like that. Everyone thought I was running a scam of some sort.

[Spike88]

Originally Posted by Dowly

MMORPGs have become too damn competitive. It's all about me me me nowadays.

I remember when I used to play Warhammer Online more frequently, once I had leveled to Tier 3 and gathered some extra gold, I used to go back to the tier 1 areas and run treasure hunts for the newbies; who found me got 15 gold or something like that. Everyone thought I was running a scam of some sort.

Samething happened in RO, people use to only have 1 account, and would need someone else to help them level, so parties were required. Then people started dual clienting, and finding ways to quickly level their main using a second character.

[Arclight]

Finally! Was saving this one.

[ReFaN]

it was ok, bought it too just level up too 85, quests were fun, with the scripted cinematics etc, but it is just one long grind, only played for like a week and i quit again.

[kranz]

@up: lol, bcoz of WoW I do not remember my last 2 years.
The problem with Cata is that it won't work on pirate servers.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Arclight

Finally! Was saving this one.

ALL MMORPG gameplay, summed up in one picture:

[kiwi_2005]

Actually I prefer Cata to Wotlk and BC expansions, I brought a new acc and got a hunter to 85 in a 9 days playing with a friend to 60 then going it alone to 85. Need to gear up, doing BG reps now how you can get ratings from BGs is pretty cool and the new patch Blizzard included last week if you win one of the BG's forgot the name but its from Cata your get 1800 honor from a win and 300 honor from a lost, well Horde and alliance players on Tich realm are having turns at letting each other win so they can get 1800 honor each time. lol Wonder how long that will last before blizzard find out and nerf the honor

Sounds like you just burnt yourself out Feuer Frei, it happens. When you say you no longer play wow I lol'd we all say that, have a break then go back. Ive quit twice and what am I doing now?

On another note Ive ordered 'Age of Conan' mmo ive always wanted to try it out, now I can with a pc that will run it. If Conan's good i'll drop wow.... for a while. lol

[Ria]

Lmao at the comic strip. OH BOY I'm about to get nerdy! I've played WoW since 2005 (with a couple months break every other year or so...) So about uhmm... 200+ days of game play? It's my favorite MMORPG game, not because it's game mechanics are just SO SOLID (cough) and the system is TOTALLY FAIR (cough) but because it can captivate SO many people... including myself.
I think Cataclysm is an okay expansion, but I've been on Hiatus since January... for school. I think my favorite expansion is the Burning Crusade, but I miss the good ol vanilla days... In BC I did arenas nonstop, hardly did any end-game raids, and got several titles (but not gladiator my boyfriend got that multiple times)

I must say that I might play it in summer... if it wasn't for the monthly subscription I'd never de-activate the account, and just play randomly; But I think friends make the game a lot too, I probably wouldn't play very much if my boyfriend and I didn't play together or have friends to play with. I have lots and lots of screenshots though....and videos! *Sigh* I played that game so much.

I have a resto druid (I played her from 1-70 as resto, and as dream state in season 3-5 in BC), a disc priest/spriest (I played her all through WotlK) and then switched to horde and made a BE mage for raids and leveled her in Cata. Not a whole lot compared to some... But I get bored of the tiresome grind from 1-80+.
I remember so many old things...and met lots of friends.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by Ria

but because it can captivate SO many people... including myself. .

If you ask me, that's the scary thing about it

I have a few friends who are into it, including a married couple whose life totally revolves around WoW events. You could set watches by their raiding schedule. And of course because they've got such a social circle around it AND have their significant other raiding right there with them, they don't even think about giving up the game. It's like a substance addiction, but in a very large group, haha.
Scary prospect to me, anyway