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Originally Posted by Xer0
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The true answer to this is Nostalgia.
On another note
You do realize that all MMOs are designed to be a virtual skinner box? They want you addicted. Because that's the only way anyone keeps paying to play a game, meanwhile ignoring the fact that there's no real "fun" to be had.
Also, I do believe vanilla wow was better in many ways, the least of which is to say graphically.
The first time I played WoW, I was like 17 or 18. I'd started playing EQ during late velious and I must say it was nice not to have to watch text to see if I dodged, or parried; actually seeing it happen blew me away.
If you've played WoW through all it's expansions it's easy to see it's exponentially easier as time goes by. Why? Because people want phat lewt. People want to feel like a powerhouse. And if it's too difficult to do, why are they going to spend $15/month for the privilege of being an underpowered scrub?
When I first quit wow, it was because Mists of Pandaria looked ridiculous. So I went over to a Vanilla wow server and holy shit, having been used to game mechanics in later versions of wow, I treated the game like I'd just be able to steamroll through the newbie levels and wreck any NPC I ran into, because hell; I could on new characters in retail. But I was rudely surprised.
While my visions of "vanilla" eq are basically limited to what p99 has to offer, I do firmly believe that WoW improved the genre in hundreds of ways, at least when compared to the early 2000-2004 EQ.
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Not sure if trolling, but if you are, well done. I nearly vomited in my mouth.
Further reading on WoW's influence:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...-the-MMO-Genre