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Reaver Glitterstim
Dromedaworks inc Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.12.27 23:28:00 -
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I used to like WoW but then WotLK came out, and it was all downhill fromt here.
Actually WoW has been making a steep descent from its proud beginnings as an elitist grind MMORPG to a free-for-all, everything-is-easy cartoon happyland. They've dumbed it down so far now that I'm at a loss for ideas to imagine how they could go further. But they never cease to amaze me.
Vanilla WoW was a tough grind because nothing ever dropped and your characters spent 80% of the fight waiting on mana and doing autoattacks.
Burning Crusade was accessible to everyone but still had difficult content, and enough cooldown spells and mana regen to keep you doing stuff at all times if you knew how to play your class.
WotLK gave even more spells and cooldowns so you could very nearly mash your face on your keyboard and play well. There was still difficult content but they also made easy versions of raids so that really bad players could believe they were at the top of their game.
Cataclysm redid the graphics (which was great BTW) and removed all of the character customization by making each talent tree 10% larger than the total number of talent points you got, so that it was impossible to make a bad build. There are rumors that the content was made more difficult but the truth is that all of the attributes were replaced with stamina (hit points) which made gaming less of a tactical funfest and more into a lets-see-who-dies-the-slowest as mana gradually drained and you weren't really sure if yours would run out before the boss died. This fake difficulty made raids frustrating, but not actually difficult.
Mists of Pandaria actually removed the talent tree and replaced it with a button you click once to choose your specialization. I'm not kidding! This is actually true! They also added a class that does everything that every other class did and better. The Monk is basically a Paladin/Death Knight hybrid on steroids, and is the epitome of their new unspoken motto which is that there is a right class, a right spell, and everything should be simple so that people with severe brain damage should be able to play just as well as elite metagamers.
I'm still hoping for a Blizzard-run Vanilla/BC/Wrath server but I'm not holding my breath.
P.S.: I'm not ashamed to say I loved what WoW used to be. Fit a warfare link to your tech 1 battlecruiser. Train Wing Commander. Get in the Squad Commander or Wing Commander position. Your fleets will be superior to everyone else's. (had this sig BEFORE Odyssey BC rebalance) And bring back the missile Inquisitor!! |
Reaver Glitterstim
Dromedaworks inc Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.12.27 23:29:00 -
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Seven Koskanaiken wrote:I rolled a blood elf paladin. Missioned to level 5, now have to pick professions. Which is the best? It was jewelcrafting when I played, and I have a hunch that hasn't changed. I could very easily be wrong though. Jewelcrafting was the best because it was the hardest. If it's not hard it won't be the best I think, but I wouldn't put it past Blizzard to prove me wrong there. Fit a warfare link to your tech 1 battlecruiser. Train Wing Commander. Get in the Squad Commander or Wing Commander position. Your fleets will be superior to everyone else's. (had this sig BEFORE Odyssey BC rebalance) And bring back the missile Inquisitor!! |
Reaver Glitterstim
Dromedaworks inc Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2014.01.06 08:45:00 -
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RAIN Arthie wrote:Our relationship died when I came home from Iraq. We are different now. sounds like you didn't lose much. Pick yourself up and get a real woman. Fit a warfare link to your tech 1 battlecruiser. Train Wing Commander. Get in the Squad Commander or Wing Commander position. Your fleets will be superior to everyone else's. (had this sig BEFORE Odyssey BC rebalance) And bring back the missile Inquisitor!! |
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