well guys...what do you think? what do you guys like so far, what do you dislike?
LAG. Christ, the lag!
i hate those that steal mobs or even nodes
also i hate those that ride past a untagged mob that your gunning for and drag the mob away
I like lvlling again- and rest time in Inn- ah it's been a long time...
I enjoy the mining..havent done any smithing yet.
I like the quest rewards and the money. :)
I like questing with guildies- thanks guys for all the quest help- especially Uso today.
I hated getting lost- but hey...I'm used to it.
I hate how I have to compete with my kids for wow time :)
(Well not really.)
Always a pleasure Luise, anytime:)
Some highlights so far:
-the visuals and environment (even though the skewed pieces of earth make me tilt my head)
-the bombing runs
-doing damage again! (arms FTW)
-new mobs and attacks
-the sense of constant upheaval and action throughout the land
-getting awesome items for mundane tasks
Annyoances:
-overpopulation (c'mon realm split)
--not being able to find npcs because of overpopulation
--competing for mobs because of overpopulation
--competing for zepplin trash because of overpopulation
-getting awesome items for mundane tasks
the outlands so far has been exciting. many people in other guilds who i thought were cool have turned out to be complete @#&$@#. as it stands now, my ignore list is almost full.
Absolutely loving the xpak so far. Draenei kick butt. Shaman kick butt. Jewelcrafting kicks butt. Put them all together, and that's a lot of butt kicking.
Oh, and HC-Ramparts is fun. I haven't done much else in Outland yet, but the ramparts were a fun way to get introduced to it. (And Geno, Gren, Buz, and Lyte kick butt to group with). :)
hehe...yeah...that is a nice, compact little instance...lots o exp and a few good drops in minimum time....i went through it with almost that same group...piece of cake...the final boss is tricky if you dont know whats coming, and i love how the second boss likes to bounce the tank in the air Killer Instinct style while he summons 10000000000 felhounds...
Another thing I've noticed is how i get excited seeing a set of epic PVP gear or other recognizable gear from a distance and thinking I might run into another Twilight member :) So many times I thought I saw Gren, Ty, Dagii, Buz, etc. and realized it wasn't them when i got closer. If this was the real world I would have had too many of those akward moments where you wave at someone you think you know until they get closer and you feel like an idiot. :D
LOL...i had the same thoughts too man...
some hunter tagged a kill of mine and i looked at him and thought, man...why is tyban being such an a-hole...thats not like him!!! then i realized it was someone else....
so...er...sorry ty!!! :P
Uso u are absolutely right about the mobs on the side of a slope. Couldn't figure out why my neck hurt and was feeling sick from the strange angle. Its a real pain in the neck sorta...hehe
It was me Arc...All pvp geared hunters are in the same union...Nut Crackers local 5544...We tag them all from a far, fast and often. ]:D
You can level just as well from old content instances too, which is what im doing to let Outlands "cool off' some. Too many nasty players come out of the woodwork lately and I like to keep my game peaceful =)
Last night during our 5 man LBRS doing quests, I got Velyn almost 50% thru 60 without even trying. I like how the Xpack has kind of lessened the crowd in the "old world"
Shiny :)
I also like the gear. I finally succumbed to my respec urges again :)
Honestly...
Ive seen some things come about since this expansion that I dont like.
Ive noticed a change in the attitude of many people, not our guild per se, but just in general. Its suddenly become a race to do this or that. So much to the point where people are more short with each other, rude, uncaring, etc. These were things I honestly didn't expect to see come about in an expansion.
Im also a bit disappointed in the gear. Ive put forth a considerable effort from 1-60 to equip myself pretty well, some of it was some decent work to do, and in the course of a short few days ive gone from well equipped to on par with a lvl 1.
At the same time, with the gear change, theyve pretty much killed the "old" content of the game. Theres honestly no more point to run the likes of Scholo or Strat for the most part unless you are doing specific quests for some reason such as a mount or something. Leaving someone like myself who wants to just do it for the sake of enjoyment in the minority. At the same time, unless they make all Dungeons, including the old ones "Heroic" capable, theres no more challenge in the old stuff to make it worthwhile.
These are the bad effects that ive seen at least. Maybe im viewing things wrong but its how I see it.
Since they announced the expansion a year ago or so I've never been a big fan/suporter of it. Mostly for the fact that it opens the door for the guild wars type idea. As most of you know guild wars does not have a monthly fee, they expect to make money off of you from actually buying the games and xpacs. Now with wow you pay the monthly fee and buy the xpacs. With that said, another reason I dont like the xpack is what shadow just said. Old end game content i dead. MC runs for Tier 1 are pointless. After 30 min in the outlands I got gear on par with tier 0.5. The xp lust that has evolved from the enormous XP jump required to lvl to 61 turns me off as well. I've stated that TBC would leave me yeraning for the old wow, and so far I stand by the statement. I do enjoy my shaman though.
I enjoy my priest, its quiet, I can enjoy the quests, basically experiencing the content like I wish to do without much outside hassle and headache. So there is a plus side I suppose in that respect. Ive made the 60-70 trip 2 times already in the last few months time, im not exactly eager to start the journey again, especially considering some of the things I cited already taking place. I dont feel like getting so frustrated and fed up I log off because some jerk somewhere in his parents basement feels the need to exert some superiority over me because his boss at the gas station made him sweep the floor today and "his guild downs Nef".
I like the gear updates. I almost never have time to do 5-mans, so now I can be on par with everyone else. Since I'm used to doing the same work as other 60s with gear fit for a 46 rogue, it's a great break for me.
Well if its kewl with y'all i will be leveling a dranei shammy all the way to 70, cause first Ive never done taht before and 2nd itll be helpful for yall. So far BC seems fun,. I LOVE the belf starting zone
I hate TBC
I hate the competition for quest and mobs
I hate the ease of which u can breeze thru the content. I have yet to require any help with any quest other than the overlord in hellsifire
I hate the fact i worked so hard to get my character ubber strong to have it relegated to an average toon again.
I hate the lag and DC
I hate the fact once u get to 70 there is not much left to accomplish other than running instances to get your t4 or t5 gear.. I miss the idea of looking forward to progessing thru MC, BWL, AQ and Naxx. Unless pvp keeps people interested, once people reach 70, i predict this to be the end of WoW.
At least i did love levelling the new Draeni Shammy in Exodar. I loved the story lines and the questing in a peaceful environment. Sadly, I have to go back to the old content for the rest of my levelling. At least its a Shammy and everything will be new to me in play style.
Overall i give TBC an F and do not like how the future looks for Wow :(
I have to say that overall TBC has not been that positive. Yes, it has been fun to be able to dish out some meaningful damage (against undead and demons). However, it has been really annoying that I have worked hard to get some of the best healing equipment available (pre Tier3), only to find that I am vendoring almost all of it... it hurts to vendor items that cost >75g. As for currency, it seems that money is so much easier to get now, there has effectively been a devaluation of the currency by over 50%.. that really bothers me because I have worked really hard to earn the gold that I have. Most of the mats that I have collected over time have plummeted in value as well >:(
As far as content, there are some interesting things to see, but the depth of the content at 70 appears to be lacking... it looks like a pure grind. I was really excited about AQ20/MC/ONY/BWL/AQ40/NAXX.. I do not see this depth and breadth of content in the higher levels of BC. For me, it will probably be more interesting to try to 5man UBRS, 3man Scholo/strat/LBRS then to do grinds for markers for Tier 4 and 5. I guess I will see, but I dont think I will want to do endless grinds on the same instances.
I'm sorry to hear bout your experience Gren...
Have to say that BC has been a mixed bag for me.
I really enjoy the new content, seeing new places, getting new quests. I also really have enjoyed playing my shammy. "I'll just throw down a totem while i cast... FROSTSHOCK!" ;D Heh, not there yet as my shammy doesn't have frostshock yet, but excitedly anticipating it. ]:D
As for the downside, BC has really changed the dynamics of the game. I think the old content is basically done. How hard will it be to get 20 people together now to run ZG when we can't even get 10 for UBRS :'(
For me, a large part of this game is the interaction with the people I enjoy spending time with. This guild is so awesome in that way. Since BC, i do miss some of this. I miss our raids. I miss the group pvp(where Goss/Rox/Dylon or whomever runs into a group of horde, who then immediately turn on me once they realize... OMG I'm healing!!! ;) ). I miss just the relaxed days of levelling an alt.
Only one other thing, I'm saddened to see the behavior that BC has brought out in some people (never from anyone in our guild). Kinda takes the fun out of the game when someone keeps tagging your kills or trains a bunch of mobs onto you. :(
I think wow is going through some growing pains and hopefully with some time, this will all get sorted out.
I miss the old wow.
I miss the end game and 5 mans.
Boo Blizzard. Boo.
:'(
you guys take your gear to seriously....and all those 40 man places - we can still do them once we're done leveling and what not. But all the new instances are better in every way. All those previous instances are essentially blizzards blunder because they were still learning on how to make a fun instance. Like the first boss in BWL razorgore - NOT a fun fight, not at all.... There are some fights in BWL where you are guaranteed to die(literarly u just suddenly get a debuff and it says u basically have 15 seconds to live and oh btw if u die near anyone they die too). That was not fun. In AQ40 there is 4-5 hours of TRASH mob clearing before the last boss, the fastest and best guild out there could not do it faster then 4 hours. As lv70s even if we did it in 2 hours...thats 2 hours of clearing trash! C'mon thats no fun. I know its fun to just see those places but I promise you AQ40 looks exactly like AQ20 and BWL looks EXACTLY like a bigger version of any other instance in blackrock mountain. Naxx...well lets just say that if your entire raid doesn't have good ping - just one person lagging out could easily wipe the entire raid(regardless of what level you are). I think there's a ton of good reasons blizzard switched over to 25man or less. And have since learnt a lot and i could tell from the first instance i was in - the ramparts. It was short, not impossible but u still needed coordination.
I think the reason gear in tbc is so much better is so that people who have raided naxx don't feel like there is absolutely nothing for them until they hit 70. They start replacing their gear in the upper 60's while we who've raided zg/aq replace it in the lower 60s. Certainly the hardcore raiders have put in a ton more time cuz they raid for hours on end daily must feel sad vendoring an epic they paid tons of dkp to get. We just do it sooner then they do and we put in less time then they did. As for the GM gear gren...that stuff is going to last for quite a long time while you level. I think there's a gun around lv66 thats better then my GM gun...i certainly put in a lot of time to get the gun but it served me really well....so did your gear...would you really want to wear the same gear till 70? Sure there are some inconsistances like a lv59 green ring that was better then my 60 epic ring from zg....but those are rare occurances it seems. When I was leveling my hunter I was cutting through mobs like butter while I saw others struggling. Our gear certainly gave us a huge edge over those people who just hit 60.
Its not about the gear itself tho. Its the fact that the hard effort and work has been wiped out with a new grind. I dont care about other guilds who spent DKP on their stuff, thats meaningless as its not us, we all worked very hard for what we have. We worked hard taking out the bosses we have and the rewards we received for doing such. Granted theres now some new obstacles to face, but even still its sad to see that all go by the wayside in lieu of the new content.
It'll be fun to do the old still, regardless of how "awful" some of it is because most of us have never been able to see things like Naxx and with what Blizz did with this expansion is insure that most guilds never will for the most part. For us Id still like to plan runs for Onyxia, MC, BWL, etc because it will be fun to do, even better at 70 where it wont require as many people to accomplish success in there which is where we shine since we dont have ample people to throw in a raid. The 25 person raids are a great idea, im not knocking that, im just disheartened at a general lack of "content" so far in Outland as ive seen. The old stuff had more a solid story and background to it, the new stuff just seems to be there for the sake of killing. Kind of like things like Dire Maul Tribute and all, they had some enjoyment I just dont see in the new stuff so far.
Yea it might be premature to make claim to this right now, and in beta I never got to run a raid so I dont know how they will play out. Just remember the feeling of elation way back when we first downed Drakk in UBRS as a guild for the first time and it became routine, or even better when we took out Hakkar for the first time, how excited everyone was, and in MC, with half the required raid attendees taking out the first boss on the first try how much of an achievement that seemed. Even the first times we managed to pull off a successful 45min Strat run. Think about that stuff the next time you run one of the new instances and see if you get the same feeling from them and thats what im talking about.
They did a great job with making content for the average joe, they really did. No longer do you need to be in a huge zerg raid guild to get to see the big stuff, but I think they sacrificed content and depth in order to rush the package out the door. Should have left it in the oven just a tad longer as its not done yet =P
dunno im pretty happy with it :p
im trying to save most of the outland experience for my warrior.
I do feel however that they CRAMMED all the quests soooo much. Everything in the outlands feels crammed to me.
And i do hate stupid quests that make u get a drop off the last boss so u could go and get his head...kinda stupid if you ask me.
I think all that gear i got from zg has really really helped me fly through mobs in the outlands on my hunter. While doing some quests near a few others i've seen ppl who clearly never raided taking constant breaks in between mobs while I didn't have to stop at all. I think the gear we attained did exactly what we hoped it would do, give us an edge...it seems to me like people here are just upset that others are able to upgrade to gear equiviliant or better then the ones we got from zg in a mere 15 minutes from a quest. Even though it kinda sux, i think it gave a lot of life back to the game because before this it always felt like there would be tons of people out there who had more time to play the game would get better gear then me and i would never be able to participate fairly in pvp. But now that just about anyone can get this awesome gear it balances the game out a lot more where I dont get steamrolled by other players just cuz they have more time to play.
Even though we skipped the zg-mc-bwl-etc progress that progress simply moved on to 70+...so its still there we just have to level to it first. From some of the stuff posted on worldofraids.com during the beta it looks like there are some crazy 'epic' quests where you really have to do a lot and imo it seems cool....yes there are grinds but...this whole game is about grinding isn't it?
all teh mob tagging, mob training to go for someone else, mob fighting and that damn fel reaver ( honestly, how can something that big, still sneak up on you?!?!? ) there is still alot for us out there...
exactly like someone said, we can still find challenges .... and we can still progress through all the 40 man raids
cos lets face it, there are challenges in there awaiting us ...
and dont forget, there is still raids for us to try in outland, and then there is Kharazan
imho, we as a casual/family slightly raiding guild, are way better off than the hardcore raiders, as we still have lots of things to discover, do kill and so on
I reckon Blizz will prob make an expansion for the expansion- with more end-game raids for lvl 70s...give them 6 months to a year...just an opinion. :)
Quote from: Luise on January 23, 2007, 12:35:36 AM
I reckon Blizz will prob make an expansion for the expansion- with more end-game raids for lvl 70s...give them 6 months to a year...just an opinion. :)
they did say they plan on putting out an expansion yearly :p
Guess I can put my two-cents in. I've been having a lot of fun with TBC so far. Sure, it doesn't seem like they added a lot, but they truly did add a lot of stuff. I can't say the beginning instances in Hellfire Peninsula should be longer. You're out questing around, some people have a couple of quests for those instances, and you can get a 5-man together for a quick run through them. Not only do you get wicked drops, there is also faction gained, and experience.
As far as the equipment goes, I love it. All the hard work I did to get what I had from ZG/AQ/UBRS, it was worth it. Not all of my gear is 'obsolete' yet, so I still have them equipped.
Some of the new abilities could be better. Like for rogues, Envenom and Deadly Throw. They cause little damage, but again, they are considered finishing moves. At first my damage was pretty low on envenom, then I started doing crits of over 1000 with a 5 pt combo built up. Deadly Throw, it's great, however, it's really only useful against mobs that are running away or if you need more time to bandage up because crippling poison has worn off sooner than you thought. I know druids are happy with maim. Talk about multiclassing, druids are almost like rogues with the cat aspect.
I was excited about TBC coming out and, even though I'm 64 now, I still find it exciting. Last night I discovered new stuff again. There are tons of quests and great quest rewards. Think about the quest rewards for a minute (back to the gear issue). If the greens of these quest rewards weren't better than the blues and epics we had from azshara, then there would be little motivation in doing those quests. The gear has to be better. And Blizz also listened sorta when it came to rep grinding. Tons of factions to gain rep with now. But it is also much easier to get rep with these factions.
The expansion wasn't meant for people like us to grind to 70 in a week or two days. If that's what you want to do, that's great. Myself, I'm slowing down some to enjoy what I pay for in my own way. Hardcore raiders are definitely going to most disappointed. Take your time and enjoy the game. Leveling is great, but taking the time to just explore and find new scenery and areas is just as great.
I'm with you on that one TB- i like to stop and smell the roses. Do that often- especially when I'm lost...err..out exploring new territory.
I love checking out the new cities too- and its so much fun to be improving professions again.
And since I've been on holidays I've been able to quest with guildies more- so I'm really enjoying myself.
I'll be back to 5am game time next week - when school holidays finish :(
:Chocobox:ooh- i love those chocs Shadow..can we have more? :Chocobox:
Someone mentioned a yearly expansion... I hope that is a joke... I do not have the memory space for that much Warcraft! haha
blizzard has stated in multiple IGN / Videogames.com interviews that their goal is one expansion a year....the next one is going to suppsoedly update the graphics system, so lower end comp users like myself should probabyl start thinking of a system upgrade...
Quote from: Arcdelad on January 24, 2007, 08:04:25 AM
blizzard has stated in multiple IGN / Videogames.com interviews that their goal is one expansion a year....the next one is going to suppsoedly update the graphics system, so lower end comp users like myself should probabyl start thinking of a system upgrade...
ooo haven't heard of a gfx upgrade i hope thats true :p Im already running at full settings - bring it on!
(First post!)
I think when you're considering the impact of BC on gameplay you have to break it down. The new races and starting areas are an expansion to the original game (and very nicely done!), but Outland is really a new game. You get to bring your old character, but in short order you find that your fancy gear is no better than normal quest rewards in Outland. I think Blizzard did this deliberately to equalize the player base for BC content. Imagine if only those who had gotten T2 or T3 in the old game could take on HF Ramparts...
Soon enough there will again be stratification among L70s, just as there was with L60s, and you will again find that putting in the time will provide you with better stuff than the average player has. And I'm sure Blizzard doesn't intend for people to be stuck at 70 for 1-2 years the way they were at 60.
Many things are just going to take a little while to develop: sanity in the AH, Outland characters spreading out to different zones, BE and Drae chars mixed in at all levels, L70 BGs, not to mention any additional content that gets patched in, the way Blizzard has done all along. (I do hope they come up with more content in the old world, such as dungeons in the new 10-20 areas, like Gnomer was...)
Speaking for myself (who soloed to 60 and was there for six months, but never raided), I have really enjoyed BC, despite dying way more than I was used to. My main is at 65 after two weeks of fairly heavy play and only 3 zones explored, I have alts in both new races, and netherwhelp pets for everybody! :-) Combine that with the fact that I was smart enough to join a big helpful guild, and it's a win for me.
Thanks,
Gutboy
Grats on your first post Gutboy! :)
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i think you bring up some realy excellent points gut...there is a certain balancing out by wiping out your GM gear and T3 stuff with green quest rewards...the obvious downside to that is that you basically made someones many hours of effort worthless, since getting GM gear, gear from raids takes a long time...
im sure blizz will add instances and such - the original wow started with MC as the end all right? then they added, ZG, AQ, and NAXX, along with the subsequent tiered sets and raid gear...i dont think this is the last new content youll see before the next patch...
add that fact to the new expansions that are coming...blizz intends to pump out one expansion per year, and i have to beleive that each expansion will come with a level cap raise...i dont think blizz wants to be like EQ and do meaningless expansions every 3 months...
on a diff note...my three year old just told me ]:D is a mean guy LOL
I agree with GB, just replacing all this gear you worked pretty hard for with greens...gotta suck. i have a friend taht refuses to do that (lol). He got the GM sword and a couple of the marshal-field marshal armor, and he cant get to replacing them seeing as how he pvped a ton for them all. Expansions arent supposed to be meaningless, but 1 every year?...
if it comes to that, im scared, in 3 years ill see 3 digits in the peoples lvl slot on their portrate...
if it gets that bad, ill stop playing
stuff lvlin a toon from 1-100 ...... 1-60 was long enough, ,,,, 1-70 is that bit slightly bearable
A lot of people are using the word "meaningless" to describe the work they put in to get their gear in the original game, now that BC has come out. I have to ask, just how "meaningful" was that work before BC? You (and I mean anyone who spent lots of WoW time to get l33t gear) chose to put in that amount of time for that reward, and it either had or didn't have the effect you wanted on your game play. That would still be true today *if you stayed in the original game.* Anyone who had MC on farm before, still does, with the same gear. Meanwhile those of us who have migrated to BC are finding that our old stuff just isn't cutting it out here, so we have to go get better things. Hard as it is to believe, you are not your gear (even if you're a warrior :-).
If you had fun raiding ZG before, and doing things with the new gear you got there, that was the "meaning" of what you did. Now there's a new game in town, and soon enough I'm sure there will be something as challenging and time-consuming as ZG that will give you the same kind of results for your efforts. I hope most everyone here will find it worthwhile.
GB
The main thing that has irritated the hell out of me about BC is the nerfing of Thistletea and the rogue ZG trinket. Now that I'm 67, these two only restore 46 energy now, and that will drop even more as I get closer to 67 as it drops with experience points, not level. Pretty retarded. We work on energy, and for them to nerf that because of people whining that it makes fighting us in pvp unfair is just dumb. The zg trinket only restored 60 energy before BC. That is one BS if I am behind the target. Then I'm back at zero watching my energy ticker, which energy regen has been slowed down.
I know other classes have been nerfed as well. Hunters most recently. Only a couple of things on a hunter may have actually been overpowered concerning pvp, but blizz went overboard on them on this last patch. And patches prior to that. Warlocks got nerfed. Understandable there. To be able to just fear, dot and walk away is not really fair in anything. Soon as shadow post my pvp vid you will see what I mean by that at the end of the vid. Funny now, but when it happened, I wanted warlocks to be eliminated from the game.
I believe I said it already about game content. They added a lot of stuff but nothing really meshes together. It felt rushed and still feels that way. And the new BG, dumb. I would rather lose in wsg or ab than to technically lose both in just one round of Eye of the Storm BG. Creating a hybrid BG was pure laziness as far as ideas go. The arena is a good idea as it tests the skills of players. It's not about getting raped in a bg. Too bad they said 'well, let's make this a lvl 70 only and allow everyone else to just practice now and then.' So, personally, I'm doing bg's here and there to start building up the honor needed for some of the gladiator gear, that way, I will only need the marks and already have the honor points.
The only gear I regret working on was tier .5. Waste of money and time. Fortunately I realized that before TBC. Everything else I had, I worked hard to get, and I'm not upset at all with blizz about having greens replace my purples and blues. I just loathe blizz for nerfing classes every chance they get (Druids, you are next to get nerfed, I'm sure. I have 6500hp approx. and some lvl 65 druid hit me in WSG and half my health was gone instantly. Hello?)
think this will be my last post on this topic.
lol...I think druids are going to get nerfed too, but im quietyly hoping not :)
lets see...they just added a crapload of armor to us in bear form, they gave us sunder, our attack power just keeps getting larger and larger, with our talent points just keep multiplying the damage over and over again, and they just gave us a weapon factor whereis we used to only use our weapons for the base stats and it didnt matter how proficient we were...
and somehow myself as a feral druid cast heals with 50% less more mana needed....
I've been holding off on posting on this topic until I got a little deeper into the expansion. Here are my initial impressions:
The Good:
- The game has captured me once again, in a manner similar to when I first started playing WoW
- The gear upgrades came fast and furious, which were obviously meant to level out the playing field for all returning players (such as myself). However, they are starting to level out a little bit, as I am no longer replacing an item every few hours.
- There seems to be some good content in the expansion, although I must admit to not really knowing what lies ahead.
- You won't have to PvP to obtain really nice gear. For those of us who prefer to only play PvE, this is a good thing.
- Performance - I can't believe how little lag I have experienced.
The Bad:
- Although not necessarily a knock on Blizzard, the guild (most likely all guilds) feels a little disjointed, as most everyone is soloing or playing in small groups right now. I hope this changes in the near future.
- Levelling is going waaaay too fast. Without grinding and just questing in appropriate areas, I am past the halfway mark to lvl 70 in 2 weeks. That is entirely too fast for me, as I was hoping that the xp to level would be 2x or 3x what it actually is.
- Faction coming entirely too easy as well. I am already closing in on Revered in certain Outland clans, just by doing the non-repeatable quests and a few instances.
The Ugly:
- With few exceptions, the people playing act like jerks who only think of themselves and that all mobs are meant for them. All the kill stealing has me really irked.
- General chat is littered with immature and crude players. I usually turn it off now.
Remains to be seen:
- Raiding - since there are no 10-man instances in BC (bad idea), it will be awhile before we see what raiding will be like in BC, since it doesn't open up until we have 25 lvl 70s.
- Caverns Of Time - I have been eagerly waiting to see this area. Now that I am 66, I plan to check it out soon.
- The economy - with the influx of gold to the game, I'm curious to see what effects it will have on the AH and the many gold farmers who bother us with their advertisements to buy gold from them (WHY anyone would even consider this is beyond me...but that it another topic).
Overall, I am pleased. The game is polished and I frequently find myself drawn into it. It helps being part of a mature guild and having help when you need it. Also, I have seen some very selfless acts from guildies, offering to help when others request it and many, many offers of free gear to guildies.
I totally understand the negativity surrounding the gear upgrades for those of you who spent countless hours grinding for it last year. It does give me pause to consider doing any real grinding for gear in this expansion, knowing that next year's expansion will most likely out date anything I can earn in BC.
For me, TBC is joy, pure joy
i now have my epic mount in just a few days(540g), my stormsaber (90g) and i also paid back to the people i owed money too (ty again! [70g]) and i started it all almost completly broke (23g exactly...lol) and now, i have a blue to sell along with some other mats (pst me in game if you want some, hehe). Not only the gold thats flowing in, ill soon be enjoying a flight form, and at the moment, doing crazy DPS in cat form, and even able to tank in bear form (!!)
oh sure, ill get to 70 soon (not too soon...), and be the same as i was at 60 (now what?), but that will be cured once i find out more about places to go and a few instances. Im happy with the rep gains, i got some awesome gear at 63 already, on socketed with 3 gems, and another almost as good as a GM 1H healing mace.
And so, I cant complain about anything, escpecially cause im a druid :)