all i can say about WoW since i only played it like 2-3 months 2 years ago i think (time flys by)
the game is cool but slow and fun only when u play with friends u know and it soaks up many precious hours.
So true... Before to leave I downloaded an addon that adds all your /played time from all the characters on your account, and well... Playing this game for 4 years, I noticed that I passed almost 1/4 of my life on this game, during the past 4years. (I had around 310 total /played DAYS)
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I've been playing WoW for the last 4 years, and while playing I had a lot of fun, but the last expansion, hasn't been enough to keep me playing...
It's not that I didn't try... When WotLK was released, I even took some days off work and played an insane amount of time. It's not to brag, but I've been the Realm First lvl 80 Warrior, my guild got the 3 raiding realm firsts also, and then, no new raiding content for 3months... Of course if you like farming the same easy entry-level content over and over, it's awesome, but it got me bored... I couldn't wait for the patch 3.1 with this awesome raid instance!
It has been 3 months waiting for something new, so my character had every BiS items possible(as protection), I even had a full epic gear as DPS, and a full PvP gear...(I almost never PvP'ed in the last years, but since I was bored, I did...) I even leveled 2 other characters to lvl 80, and geared 'em pretty well, out of boredom...
And then Ulduar was released... Of course it was fun to work on the new raid encounters, but yet, nothing new, except some details in the encounter... And what was even worst? Since there was no way to improve my character, other than T8 or Hard Mode drops, I had nothing else than PvP to do between raids...(and please, don't tell me I could've done stupid useless achievements... I worked on some that had some kind of reward, that's it.)
The excitement I had during the last years, struggling to grind enough and farm enough to improve my character so he stayed competitive(or over the competition! hehe), wasn't even there... Call me crazy if you want, but I liked to work hours and hours so when I jump in the next raid, guildies saw the difference... It isn't necessary anymore to work on your character outside of raids, to perform well... Most DPS have a set rotation, the only difficulty is to run out of the fire, OR if you have a specific job.
I was a mage since classic, but before WotLK, I decided that my Warrior alt would become my new main, and that I'd become a tank. It was a LOT of fun, a lot more than a DPS, because in every fight, you have a job to do. If you're doing a poor job, it's noticeable, and you get replaced. I've been main tank in my guild, loved it.
The sad thing happened when Ulduar arrived. Attempting hard modes, people not used to wiped stopped showing up, we had difficulty to form our raids, since some key members were bored and not showing up... Showing for the invites, only to cancel the raid 45mins later because we're missing 5ppl, when 2 weeks earlier we had to bench 7-8 raiders...
WotLK turned into a loot festival for the first 3-4months, people got used to it too fast, and stopped having to 'work' for loot.
Of course it's an awesome game, and I enjoyed most of the time I played this game, but I stopped played 3months ago, and now I'm glad I did. I'm just a bit sad that I didn't stay long enough to kill that f.ing Arthas...
Anyway... All this wall of text only to say that WoW was/is an awesome game, but depending on your interrest in the game(mine was PvE progression), it's really FAR from what it once was.
So true... Before to leave I downloaded an addon that adds all your /played time from all the characters on your account, and well... Playing this game for 4 years, I noticed that I passed almost 1/4 of my life on this game, during the past 4years. (I had around 310 total /played DAYS)
It's not that I didn't try... When WotLK was released, I even took some days off work and played an insane amount of time. It's not to brag, but I've been the Realm First lvl 80 Warrior, my guild got the 3 raiding realm firsts also, and then, no new raiding content for 3months... Of course if you like farming the same easy entry-level content over and over, it's awesome, but it got me bored... I couldn't wait for the patch 3.1 with this awesome raid instance!
It has been 3 months waiting for something new, so my character had every BiS items possible(as protection), I even had a full epic gear as DPS, and a full PvP gear...(I almost never PvP'ed in the last years, but since I was bored, I did...) I even leveled 2 other characters to lvl 80, and geared 'em pretty well, out of boredom...
And then Ulduar was released... Of course it was fun to work on the new raid encounters, but yet, nothing new, except some details in the encounter... And what was even worst? Since there was no way to improve my character, other than T8 or Hard Mode drops, I had nothing else than PvP to do between raids...(and please, don't tell me I could've done stupid useless achievements... I worked on some that had some kind of reward, that's it.)
The excitement I had during the last years, struggling to grind enough and farm enough to improve my character so he stayed competitive(or over the competition! hehe), wasn't even there... Call me crazy if you want, but I liked to work hours and hours so when I jump in the next raid, guildies saw the difference... It isn't necessary anymore to work on your character outside of raids, to perform well... Most DPS have a set rotation, the only difficulty is to run out of the fire, OR if you have a specific job.
I was a mage since classic, but before WotLK, I decided that my Warrior alt would become my new main, and that I'd become a tank. It was a LOT of fun, a lot more than a DPS, because in every fight, you have a job to do. If you're doing a poor job, it's noticeable, and you get replaced. I've been main tank in my guild, loved it.
The sad thing happened when Ulduar arrived. Attempting hard modes, people not used to wiped stopped showing up, we had difficulty to form our raids, since some key members were bored and not showing up... Showing for the invites, only to cancel the raid 45mins later because we're missing 5ppl, when 2 weeks earlier we had to bench 7-8 raiders...
WotLK turned into a loot festival for the first 3-4months, people got used to it too fast, and stopped having to 'work' for loot.
Of course it's an awesome game, and I enjoyed most of the time I played this game, but I stopped played 3months ago, and now I'm glad I did. I'm just a bit sad that I didn't stay long enough to kill that f.ing Arthas...
Anyway... All this wall of text only to say that WoW was/is an awesome game, but depending on your interrest in the game(mine was PvE progression), it's really FAR from what it once was.
If you're wondering what kind of toon I had, here is a link to the wowarmory of my WotLK main character.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zuluhed&n=Gotts