Where did WoW go right?

[afkbandito]

I want to point out that so far the posts have both talked about vanilla wow and not really the expansions.

For me personally the game was ruined after Burning Crusade. World PvP disappeared, the addition of Deathknights being incredibly overpowered, gear having thousands of a stat/hp/mana/spell power etc. Vanilla wow was a lot like EQ except you could solo pretty easily if you wanted to but there was still a drive to group to do instances and you still had to travel to do it. These days you just que and instantly travel to dungeons and are deposited right where you left. You never have to leave town to do anything.

E: As to why it's successful you can just read the last couple of sentences of the above paragraph and insert "people are lazy."

[Breeziyo]

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

I want to point out that so far the posts have both talked about vanilla wow and not really the expansions.

For me personally the game was ruined after Burning Crusade. World PvP disappeared, the addition of Deathknights being incredibly overpowered, gear having thousands of a stat/hp/mana/spell power etc. Vanilla wow was a lot like EQ except you could solo pretty easily if you wanted to but there was still a drive to group to do instances and you still had to travel to do it. These days you just que and instantly travel to dungeons and are deposited right where you left. You never have to leave town to do anything.

E: As to why it's successful you can just read the last couple of sentences of the above paragraph and insert "people are lazy."

Pretty much this. WoW became a PoS after TBC / WotLK depending on who you talk to, but I feel like WotLK lovers would be lying if they said the expansion wasn't the beginning of a slippery slope. Like EQ they didn't stay true to what made people really love the game in the first place and would rather think of ways to make more money. I mean it's their job to make a lot of money, but it sucks how they're going about it.

Now a lot of people view it as a really crappy game on an amazing game engine, so other games can't really compare because the bar is set so high.