I know this is offtopic...

[Ugabooga]

But did anyone else laugh at blizzard removing the level processes totally in the next expansion .. instant lvl 90 for anyone .. just wow

[Tupsi]

I sighed mostly because it's exactly what MMO gamers of this gen want - the "gimme now" ones that is, so the reason I sighed is that SE will eventually have to compete with that.

[Shug]

Seems like that will take away incentive to play the game.

[rution19]

Ain't equality amazing! /sarcasm off

[Ugabooga]

I sighed mostly because it's exactly what MMO gamers of this gen want - the "gimme now" ones that is, so the reason I sighed is that SE will eventually have to compete with that.

I enjoyed WoW only during 2004-2008(right before wotlk) .. not sure why but the game was decent atleast for me to play and have fun these days nah

[Noshpan]

It's only for one character, though.

[Syrellaris]

Vanilla wow was by far the best, i played that through beta up to Wotlk expansion. It started going downhill for easyness with Burning crusade and the adding of Arena fights

[Anayrie]

I miss the original MMORPGS, hopefully they'll make a comeback one day.

[Sephirah]

I miss the original MMORPGS, hopefully they'll make a comeback one day.

WoWs success made sure that will never happen. Now that companies have seen what a cash cow a successful MMO can be, they won't/can't produce the same quality of work, get 300k subscriptions and be "successful".

WoW did infact change the genre, and it will never return to the former glory it once was. Any MMO released since WoW has been compared to it, even when it shouldn't be. They either fail because they are TOO DIFFERENT, or are ridiculed as clones for being TOO SIMILAR.

I love FFXIV, but it of course has been influenced by WoW as well. Luckily we aren't at the stage of lol facerolling yet, but the more people complain about it not being enough like WoW then the more it will become like it, I can only hope this happens after I've long since lost interest in this game.

[Anayrie]

WoWs success made sure that will never happen. Now that companies have seen what a cash cow a successful MMO can be, they won't/can't produce the same quality of work, get 300k subscriptions and be "successful".

WoW did infact change the genre, and it will never return to the former glory it once was. Any MMO released since WoW has been compared to it, even when it shouldn't be. They either fail because they are TOO DIFFERENT, or are ridiculed as clones for being TOO SIMILAR.

I love FFXIV, but it of course has been influenced by WoW as well. Luckily we aren't at the stage of lol facerolling yet, but the more people complain about it not being enough like WoW then the more it will become like it, I can only hope this happens after I've long since lost interest in this game.

I agree with you 100% I still have some hope for a few titles coming out that are more traditional and open sandbox. But post wow everything needs to be easy and have pvp *sigh*