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<blockquote data-quote="akaddk" data-source="post: 3795887" data-attributes="member: 55791">The slow erosion of my gaming group and the inability to find another combined with frustration with the 3.x rules and other life-factors lead to me becoming yet another WoW drone.I have one WoW character. I've tried all the other classes and none but the rogue keep my interest. But nerf after retcon after nerf and I feel like everything I achieve in the game is done for naught. That and the character is at the stage where the only upgrade path I have is through SSC/The Eye, which my guild isn't up to yet.It makes for a very dull game.One of the things I remember hearing a long time ago in regards to how to be a better DM, is to make the characters the focus of the game. The story should be theirs to follow, manipulate, and become. The worst DM is one who railroads everyone through their story where their characters are the stars.WoW is a terrible DM.I remember how I loved levelling up in the Baldur's Gate series of games. In WoW, levelling for me is a drag and the game doesn't start til 70th-level. This is because questing is just so unimportant. You have no impact on the game world whatsoever.Discovering that 4E had been announced was like a Godsend for me. It's enabled me to say, &quot;Screw WoW! I'm gonna get a group together again!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="akaddk, post: 3795887, member: 55791"] The slow erosion of my gaming group and the inability to find another combined with frustration with the 3.x rules and other life-factors lead to me becoming yet another WoW drone. I have one WoW character. I've tried all the other classes and none but the rogue keep my interest. But nerf after retcon after nerf and I feel like everything I achieve in the game is done for naught. That and the character is at the stage where the only upgrade path I have is through SSC/The Eye, which my guild isn't up to yet. It makes for a very dull game. One of the things I remember hearing a long time ago in regards to how to be a better DM, is to make the characters the focus of the game. The story should be theirs to follow, manipulate, and become. The worst DM is one who railroads everyone through their story where their characters are the stars. WoW is a terrible DM. I remember how I loved levelling up in the Baldur's Gate series of games. In WoW, levelling for me is a drag and the game doesn't start til 70th-level. This is because questing is just so unimportant. You have no impact on the game world whatsoever. Discovering that 4E had been announced was like a Godsend for me. It's enabled me to say, "Screw WoW! I'm gonna get a group together again!" [/QUOTE]

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