Comments on: Ever Narrowing Paths of Progression http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:04:53 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: PTD http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/comment-page-1/#comment-751 PTD Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:24:23 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/#comment-751 I still love the game, don't get me wrong. I just realized WHY I have a tendency to switch off to alts at some point. Now I realize it happens when I reach certain "plateaus" with my existing characters. Oh, and Blaisius, thanks for stopping in. I can feel your pain. Things have gotten a LOT easier. Heroics in particular aren't intimidating like they once were. I'm confident that we'll see some more advanced, difficult content in the next patch. I still love the game, don’t get me wrong. I just realized WHY I have a tendency to switch off to alts at some point. Now I realize it happens when I reach certain “plateaus” with my existing characters.

Oh, and Blaisius, thanks for stopping in. I can feel your pain. Things have gotten a LOT easier. Heroics in particular aren’t intimidating like they once were. I’m confident that we’ll see some more advanced, difficult content in the next patch.

]]> By: Blaisius http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Blaisius Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:03:14 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/#comment-749 hey there its Blaisius from executus and I have to say, you have hit the nail on the head for how I have felt lately. I never thought the day would come when I would get BORED on WoW. I think personally that is WoTLK rather than WoW itself. They have made everything easier to accomplish. The gear needed to be successful in heroics is far less than extensive than it was back in BC, not to mention the runs are easier all together. There is no such thing as CC anymore. It used to be a challenge to go into a heroic.. you needed to manage some CC, have a nice set of at least lvl 80 blues on, and play smart. Now in my experience you can just AOE tank all the mobs down with with AOE damage and if you someone accidently pulls a pat its all good, the more the merrier. Gear itself is much easier also. Its great for the people who are LW, BS and Tailors that they can actually make some money right now with the BOE epics, but what is an epic now? Not what it used to be surely. When I hit 80, I had 2 pieces of epic gear I barely did any work for off the bat, and several more within the week from Heroics, and rep. Rep is another thing, I remember grinding rep FOREVER in BC, making it a little easier is one thing but to be able to hit exalted with 2 different factions inside a week playing just a few hours here and there is ridiculous. I am not saying all this because I am falling out with WoW, I have gone the alt route myself and still find the game loads of fun, but I am saying that I no longer get the feeling of accomplishment I used to when I got something, and "epic" gear just does not mean as much as it used too. Sorry for the long post you just really hit on something I have been stewing over lately. hey there its Blaisius from executus and I have to say, you have hit the nail on the head for how I have felt lately. I never thought the day would come when I would get BORED on WoW. I think personally that is WoTLK rather than WoW itself. They have made everything easier to accomplish. The gear needed to be successful in heroics is far less than extensive than it was back in BC, not to mention the runs are easier all together. There is no such thing as CC anymore. It used to be a challenge to go into a heroic.. you needed to manage some CC, have a nice set of at least lvl 80 blues on, and play smart. Now in my experience you can just AOE tank all the mobs down with with AOE damage and if you someone accidently pulls a pat its all good, the more the merrier.
Gear itself is much easier also. Its great for the people who are LW, BS and Tailors that they can actually make some money right now with the BOE epics, but what is an epic now? Not what it used to be surely. When I hit 80, I had 2 pieces of epic gear I barely did any work for off the bat, and several more within the week from Heroics, and rep. Rep is another thing, I remember grinding rep FOREVER in BC, making it a little easier is one thing but to be able to hit exalted with 2 different factions inside a week playing just a few hours here and there is ridiculous. I am not saying all this because I am falling out with WoW, I have gone the alt route myself and still find the game loads of fun, but I am saying that I no longer get the feeling of accomplishment I used to when I got something, and “epic” gear just does not mean as much as it used too. Sorry for the long post you just really hit on something I have been stewing over lately.

]]> By: Bill http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Bill Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:03:46 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/#comment-747 Nice post, you've found the end of the world, unfortunately this is the problem i have with many games, not just WOW. In the beginning and middle there are lots of things to accomplish and do and find, but towards the end, its just alot of grinding for a few upgrades, and a lot of repetition. this gets old fast for me, so i don't stick with one game for long, but luckily there are a ton out there. Nice post, you’ve found the end of the world, unfortunately this is the problem i have with many games, not just WOW. In the beginning and middle there are lots of things to accomplish and do and find, but towards the end, its just alot of grinding for a few upgrades, and a lot of repetition. this gets old fast for me, so i don’t stick with one game for long, but luckily there are a ton out there.

]]> By: John http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/comment-page-1/#comment-746 John Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:30:53 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/#comment-746 I'm very happy with the deal I get for $14/month. The bottom line is that players consume the content far faster than Blizzard can produce it. That's a hard limit to the progression paths possible, and I dont see a way around it. Produce lower quality and people wont enjoy it. Hire 10x the staff? Well how are you going to pay for them? How would you get such excellent quality with 1500 developers all working in tight knit coordination on new continents, classes, instances, professions, gear, reputations... ? Haha - I dont think its a case of you not being smart enough to find a solution, if you know what I mean :) I understand that you dont have a ton of time to farm heroics/raids either. Alts are a great way to go in that case. I’m very happy with the deal I get for $14/month. The bottom line is that players consume the content far faster than Blizzard can produce it. That’s a hard limit to the progression paths possible, and I dont see a way around it. Produce lower quality and people wont enjoy it. Hire 10x the staff? Well how are you going to pay for them? How would you get such excellent quality with 1500 developers all working in tight knit coordination on new continents, classes, instances, professions, gear, reputations… ?

Haha – I dont think its a case of you not being smart enough to find a solution, if you know what I mean :) I understand that you dont have a ton of time to farm heroics/raids either. Alts are a great way to go in that case.

]]> By: Phil http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Phil Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:51:25 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/2009/02/04/ever-narrowing-paths-of-progression/#comment-745 Just try and not focus on any one drop, now that the entry level raiding is easier going into naxx with all 80 blues is fine. Just try and not focus on any one drop, now that the entry level raiding is easier going into naxx with all 80 blues is fine.

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