whats wrong with wow?

[AlexiaKidd]

Well I just played WoW today for the first time ever, also got 2 of my LS to sign up on free trials too and it was a lot of fun. FFXIV has spoiled me with graphics so at first I was like wtf lol. It feels like an online Fable to me atm, we spent all day running around doing quests got to level 12. I actually really like the quests, after hearing how bad they were supposed to be I was surprised at how much fun I found them.

I didn't like the battle system as much as I like FFXIV's though but it was ok I suppose. Have a few stupid restrictions on the trial though you can't send /tell's to someone unless you are on their friends list, also can't say anything in any other chat channel apart from party but you also can't invite anyone to a party either if your on the trial. In the end one of my friends somehow managed to get a random person to invite her to a party and then she explained and got him to invite us and then left just so we could play together. Seemed like a bit of a stupid restriction to put on it for a trial ><

Other than that though had a lot of fun on it today and it will keep me busy until the servers go back up, well as long as they go up within 10 days anyway ^^

[Quanta]

Well I just played WoW today for the first time ever, also got 2 of my LS to sign up on free trials too and it was a lot of fun. FFXIV has spoiled me with graphics so at first I was like wtf lol. It feels like an online Fable to me atm, we spent all day running around doing quests got to level 12. I actually really like the quests, after hearing how bad they were supposed to be I was surprised at how much fun I found them.

The game has changed significantly since its release, especially with Cataclysm. What you're playing right now is not what most of the people here were playing when they played the trial and went "OMG THIS GAME SUX GO FFXI!". WoW even has FF-style cutscenes now, complete with voice acting (though FFXI and XIV have more of a cinematic flair to them).

I didn't like the battle system as much as I like FFXIV's though but it was ok I suppose. Have a few stupid restrictions on the trial though you can't send /tell's to someone unless you are on their friends list, also can't say anything in any other chat channel apart from party but you also can't invite anyone to a party either if your on the trial. In the end one of my friends somehow managed to get a random person to invite her to a party and then she explained and got him to invite us and then left just so we could play together. Seemed like a bit of a stupid restriction to put on it for a trial ><

The trial was an easy way for RMT to set up their advertising bots and spam people without having to drop $20 on a fresh copy (still can be; occasionally you'll see mass bodies spelling out a website name). However, none of the missing features are particularly necessary for getting a feel for the game.

[Akumu]

The game has changed significantly since its release, especially with Cataclysm. What you're playing right now is not what most of the people here were playing when they played the trial and went "OMG THIS GAME SUX GO FFXI!". WoW even has FF-style cutscenes now, complete with voice acting (though FFXI and XIV have more of a cinematic flair to them).

Yea I played WoW for 2 years including Cata and its a lot better now. Still not for me but it went back to making Hardcore players feel better at endgame instead of just focusing on Casuals. Dungeons are also a lot more fun now since it requires tactics to beat them. My main problem with WoW is it change classes around too much. I can never enjoy my class because soon as some say 'OMG THEY ARE OVERPOWERED!" There is a huge nerf bomb a patch later. A class can be balanced(or at least close enough) then a patch later we get nerfed again just to get "Fixed" another patch later...Repeat...


edit: I also hated how you couldn't get in a raid unless you had an achievement(unless in a guild) which is very stupid since you can only get it if you already beat it....