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Originally Posted by Swish
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I ranked up on the vanilla WoW PvP system and went hard to get Rank 13 (Warlord) for the PvP armor set. I wanted to push for Rank 14 (High Warlord) to finish my character and get him a sweet looking 2h axe... but I couldn't afford to invest 6+ hours a day for 4 more weeks ensuring I stayed ahead of the other PvP grind (there could only be ONE Rank 14 per week).
Then 2-3 months later Blizz announced TBC, and all the hours and effort I'd put in was for nothing... all the scumbag WoW kids were wearing exactly the same gear for PvP, easy mode was turned on.
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I know the feeling. Almost all my buddies and I had a similar experience, but it didn't affect me as much as it affected you. I just turned into a terrible casual.
I usually resub for each xpac release with WoW. I have 6 max lvl chars that I level up (eventually) then exclusively arena and BG until one of my buddies I resubbed with burns out. The smoothness of the pvp usually keeps me entertained for about 3 months then I quit and call it good. I can totally see a market for people who have a similar play style as myself (though I personally don't need another max lvl char... have enough already).
I don't think its good for the game (which is pretty crummy already), but I do think they know what they are doing over there at Blizzard in regards to profit. They know the game's time is limited and they are going to draw each and every penny out of it while people are willing to sub. Kudos to them for that at least.