Quote Originally Posted by Ferra View Post
I'll always treasure the good times I had in WoW, but I have no interest on ever going back, barring a A Realm Reborn-tier treatment of WoW.
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What server were you on? I transferred to Wyrmrest Accord the day it opened and stayed there.

This is something that needs to be said again and again and again. It's ***good and important*** to treasure the good times one has in games; regardless of what it is. For me, it was the group of people I was playing with during a certain era of the game. I will always love and treasure those times and love the game I played then. WoW was my first MMO and I started playing it with people from a guild I'd been in since the late 90s, so we had a pre-built and awesome community from the get-go. Those were absolutely magical times for me. Times changed, I changed, and so did the game so I stopped playing.

I had a similar experience with ARR through most of HW. Even though I no longer experienced the magic of being new to MMOs, ARR hit that sweet spot for me and I found myself in an awesome guild; I was sold! Then certain changes to crafting/gathering happened in HW which caused me to not enjoy late-game play so I stopped. I still treasure the ARR and HW times to this day and wish I could go back to recapture the totality of those days; game design, a beautiful new world to explore, amazing guild mates, and all of that.

I quit MMOs for a while, went back to WoW for BfA and Classic, and had some enjoyable moments, but nothing like those I had in Vanilla and XIV.

In the end, to my eyes, Blizzard lost the love of design and joy of gaming while the SE team still clearly have it. That shows in every little thing they do and makes all the difference in the world to me.