Comments on: The War over WarCraft http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: DesertChicken http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1885 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:44:21 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1885 I hit that lvl 60 ceiling while I was in a smaller guild. We could barely get a Dire Maul 5 man run started, so I finally gave in and created an alt. Got to about level 20, then my small guild merged with a medium sized 20-man raid guild. Its' been months and I haven't touched my alt since. I'm one of those guys who can spend 5 hours a night raiding with my guild. It'd all be very repetitive if it weren't for the people. We're also leanring a lot of the bosses, so there's some challenge and innovation involved and not just all "FARM FARM FARM". Another thing is that, I've recently been made officer of my guild. This means instead of sitting back and doing the same thing over and over again during raids, I'm actually leading some of them, assigning targets and such. We also do a little world PVP like boat and tram raids. The end game isn't comprised entirely of what the developers put into it. There are challenges and experiences to be had that are up to the player to find. I hit that lvl 60 ceiling while I was in a smaller guild. We could barely get a Dire Maul 5 man run started, so I finally gave in and created an alt. Got to about level 20, then my small guild merged with a medium sized 20-man raid guild. Its’ been months and I haven’t touched my alt since. I’m one of those guys who can spend 5 hours a night raiding with my guild. It’d all be very repetitive if it weren’t for the people. We’re also leanring a lot of the bosses, so there’s some challenge and innovation involved and not just all “FARM FARM FARM”. Another thing is that, I’ve recently been made officer of my guild. This means instead of sitting back and doing the same thing over and over again during raids, I’m actually leading some of them, assigning targets and such. We also do a little world PVP like boat and tram raids. The end game isn’t comprised entirely of what the developers put into it. There are challenges and experiences to be had that are up to the player to find.

]]> by: Vermouth http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1882 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:17:45 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1882 You can actually get quite a bit out of World of Warcraft as a casual player. You could easily get to 60 and such playing no more than hour or two at a time over a few months. The problem will be is that you'll hit a celing after you get to 60. You can actually get quite a bit out of World of Warcraft as a casual player. You could easily get to 60 and such playing no more than hour or two at a time over a few months. The problem will be is that you’ll hit a celing after you get to 60.

]]> by: Head881 http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1878 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:02:07 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1878 In Reply to <a href="#comment-1875" rel="nofollow">#6</a>: Depending on the class you pick, you can get all the way to level 60 and get the Dungeon 1 and 2 sets without spending the ridiculous times required for raids. It is totally doable to play for an hour or two every night and get there. However, you might get burnt out on the game after a month or two playing like that. In the higher level range it'll take a week or two to level your character, and that can get frustrating unless you put the time into it. In Reply to #6:

Depending on the class you pick, you can get all the way to level 60 and get the Dungeon 1 and 2 sets without spending the ridiculous times required for raids. It is totally doable to play for an hour or two every night and get there.

However, you might get burnt out on the game after a month or two playing like that. In the higher level range it’ll take a week or two to level your character, and that can get frustrating unless you put the time into it.

]]> by: Kelmon http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1875 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:31:09 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1875 I've been waiting to buy a new computer before giving Worlds of Warcraft a go but your post has now put me off this. I'd rather expected that the game would allow you to progress pretty well with just casual play (maybe an hour or 2 ever other day or something) but I'm not prepared to put in many hours per day. While I lack the kids that prevents Taco from this, I do have the wife and I think I'd be in big trouble if I started playing games for the length of time that WoW sounds like it demands. I’ve been waiting to buy a new computer before giving Worlds of Warcraft a go but your post has now put me off this. I’d rather expected that the game would allow you to progress pretty well with just casual play (maybe an hour or 2 ever other day or something) but I’m not prepared to put in many hours per day. While I lack the kids that prevents Taco from this, I do have the wife and I think I’d be in big trouble if I started playing games for the length of time that WoW sounds like it demands.

]]> by: Vermouth http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1874 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:27:02 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2006/04/the-war-over-warcraft/#comment-1874 Have you tried getting the new tier .5 stuff? I mean my priest is never going to wear it but seeing that my Hunter or druid aren't likely to ever see Molten Core I'll probably deck them out in it. It's a lot of "new" content including some new bosses and that kind of thing. It's allegedly all stuff that could be achieved in brief play sessions and not the kind of thing that would require the time commitment that raiding requires. Have you tried getting the new tier .5 stuff? I mean my priest is never going to wear it but seeing that my Hunter or druid aren’t likely to ever see Molten Core I’ll probably deck them out in it. It’s a lot of “new” content including some new bosses and that kind of thing. It’s allegedly all stuff that could be achieved in brief play sessions and not the kind of thing that would require the time commitment that raiding requires.

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