Krug
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Wrath release date announced - WOW Insider
So will all those that have gone over to Age of Conan and Warhammer return to WOW?
So will all those that have gone over to Age of Conan and Warhammer return to WOW?
Wrath of the Lich King: Nov 13
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DM_Matt
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I originally read that as Wrath of the Lion King, which sounds awesome. Then I realized what it was and was disappointed.
Traveon Wyvernspur
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I used to play WoW every night and just got so totally bored with it. It's the same thing every single day: 25 Daily quests, raid for equipment, grind away until 70 (soon 80) with new characters, try to get as much gold as you can, etc, etc, etc...
I don't think WotLK will be much different, and I don't like being pigeon-holed into only 1 new class which is going to be the flavor of the week for a while. Blizzard should have taken a bit more time and introduced specific-class heroes. Meaning, that in WCIII you have tons of heroes of different classes and they could have introduced a bunch of them specific to the current classes because there is at least one of each class as a hero in WCIII. Just my 2 cents. I'm still deciding whether I even want to try out WotLK, because my feeling is I'll waste time and money on something that I'll get bored with in a week or two after I hit 80.
I don't think WotLK will be much different, and I don't like being pigeon-holed into only 1 new class which is going to be the flavor of the week for a while. Blizzard should have taken a bit more time and introduced specific-class heroes. Meaning, that in WCIII you have tons of heroes of different classes and they could have introduced a bunch of them specific to the current classes because there is at least one of each class as a hero in WCIII. Just my 2 cents. I'm still deciding whether I even want to try out WotLK, because my feeling is I'll waste time and money on something that I'll get bored with in a week or two after I hit 80.
Does anyone think there are any MMOG's out there that manage to break this mold? Serious question here.
Traveon Wyvernspur
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Not unless they come up with some kind of artificial intelligence technology that adapts to each user lol and challenges them based on their skill level, gets feedback from the user as to what they like, etc. That is why I think D&D is the best way to game, the DM can adjust difficultly, throw out new quests, new hooks, and new adventures with a little thought. These MMORPGS don't have this ability of course. I think that WoW does do some neat things as far as the festivals and holidays, but usually it's the same program just uploaded onto their servers the same time every year with a bit of sprucing up after some of their patches.
The best thing about WoW and the others like it are the friends you make along the way. But the goals are always the same for each character and class/spec specific. I'm a druid, I need T6 gear for healing, which means I have to go to a few different places beat the same bosses, and maybe get a drop that I can use. Then you have to keep going back and fighting with the same strategies and try to get this "needed" epic equipment. That is the part that gets annoying/boring to me. I'll stop my rant lol. I'm sure everyone gets the point now.
The best thing about WoW and the others like it are the friends you make along the way. But the goals are always the same for each character and class/spec specific. I'm a druid, I need T6 gear for healing, which means I have to go to a few different places beat the same bosses, and maybe get a drop that I can use. Then you have to keep going back and fighting with the same strategies and try to get this "needed" epic equipment. That is the part that gets annoying/boring to me. I'll stop my rant lol. I'm sure everyone gets the point now.
Shabe
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Serious answer
Well wow is only one aspect of mmog-ing, unless you have constantly changing terrain, monsters, loot then everything becomes by the book eventually (can you imagine wandering monster tables), I'm playing Warhammer Online at the moment and having fun (i also had fun in wow until i got bored last year, i have no doubt i will get bored of WAR too), inspite of it being a little buggy, it has a stronger pvp aspect to it than wow and I really play it for the cameraderie involved rather than in depth roleplaying.
So er no i don't think you can break the mold unless you get dedicated dms for groups of players that set up new dungeons every week. But some people are fine with what is on offer and it does provide enjoyment and a distraction, especially as it gives out more loot than my stingy DMs ;-)
Verdande
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Why would I come back to WOW? So that they can release an expansion that attempts to graft WAR onto WOW?
Seriously, what's new in the expansion that Warhammer Online doesn't do, and better?
Krug
Newshound
Well didn't WAR basically copy WOW?
I still think there are a lot of things WOW does that is better than Warhammer, but frankly, they're cut from the same cloth.
Fallen Seraph
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I'd say EVE: Online breaks that mold pretty seriously. But then again, it is far from your average MMO.
Secret World, possibly could. It is from what info released, seems much more plot/mystery oriented, and more about uncovering hidden secrets and such then killings things, think Call of Cthulhu in MMO form.
Eve Online breaks the WoW mold pretty well. It's a sandbox run mostly by players and their actions. A lot of people will like Eve in paper, but then dislike it while playing, because they aren't prepared to how hard the game can be for the player (when you die you lose loooots of things, training is done in real-time,...).
Some example of something that happened in Eve long time ago (pretty famous):
http://eve.klaki.net/heist/
You can also check for the EIB scam, it was pretty amazing.
Regards!
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