Wow player looking for more of a challenge

[Vaildez]

Originally Posted by Cippofra [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Around here, popular opinion is all of WoW is easy. Leveling quickly vs slowly = challenging apparently. All of these people who complain about how easy WoW is must be breezing through heroic raids without a thought.

EQ is extremely challenging though. That 1,498th crocodile I killed was a real work out. Very tough I tell you. Most of the others were easy.

I spent probably 90% of my time leveling to 70 grouping in dungeons, with people. Socializing, making friends, and learning how to cooperate in a group. In the BC era I felt the game was much more social than EQ was. Fact is, either game is just what you make of it. People on this server cry all day because it's too hard when decaying skeletons don't drop god and dragon loot. But then theres dozens of people crying that WoW was too easy when they never even tried the difficult portions. These are the people that simply aren't happy about anything unless they can cry about it. People don't even mention things like, if you've been on this server for years, you can get any piece of equipment you want. Don't feel like working for it? Just buy it. In WoW you could be the richest person on the server. You arent getting the best equipment without acquiring the necessary skill to earn it.

EQ being challenging has nothing to do with the pace of progression. There are far more unpredictable elements in EQ that make it way more challenging....Such as roaming SG's and other Mobs that will beat the shit out of you, KOS Factions, Low con mobs that are far tougher than they appear.... I can't even think of something comparable at all like that in WoW except maybe getting ganked by a player but even then you don't lose XP and return to a bind point and have to safely retrieve your corpse.

The challenge in WOW was really only for the .01% that are doing end game content. In short WOW had some challenging aspects in the very high end game but in general was a very risk free game.