Comments on: In Darkest Knight

By: drunkymonkey

drunkymonkey — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:17:38 +0000

I’ve recently found myself back into WoW. I have a level 23 character, a gnome mage, on a RP server, and it’s a whole lot of (familiar) fun, once again. I stopped playing for four months back in May, but returning has been easy, without stress, and like returning to an old friend.

But to be honest, I couldn’t care less for WotLK

By: Del Boy

Del Boy — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:50:20 +0000

I’ve started Wow for the first time using the 10-day trial.

Envy me everyone, envy me!

By: Homunculus

Homunculus — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:07:15 +0000

what, multiple mouths speaking in one freakish chorus?

YOUR SONG IS NOT OURS

By: Martin Coxall

Martin Coxall — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:33:55 +0000

In the end, I found playing on a private server, with the XP and rep and cash turned up 15-fold or so makes WoW a game that feels far less like work.

So what MMOs should I be playing whilst waiting for Conan and Warhammer?

By: Kast

Kast — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:28:03 +0000

I’ve recently started playing WoW properly and really am not interested in instances and guilds. I just want to explore beautiful landscapes and go to distant lands. I’ve snuck through Aschenvale at level 20, dodging ?? Burning Legion demons and the like just to admire the scenery. The whole competative side of WoW can ruin a pleasant walk in the park.

By: Battlechick

Battlechick — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:02:28 +0000

This is exactly why I am finding WoW so frustrating at the moment. My guild spends all its time levelling up to 70, attuning for Kara and then jumping ship to a new guild because some of us actually just want to explore and have fun. The joy and, dare I say it, the innocence has gone. Currently, every quest in my log is either a dungeon or a 5 person group, which makes it nigh on impossible to do anything on my own and getting a pick up group together, omg, it’s just hard work… I think I’m going to defect back to my second love, Guild Wars.

By: Nuyan

Nuyan — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:03:20 +0000

“I’m still waiting for someone to copy Eve.”

Me too. I’m done with games like WoW that don’t even feel like real MMO’s to me. The first big developer to embrace the sandbox concept with at the same time “very fun to play” gameplay will be the next big MMO.

In the meantime I’ll continue to play Eve Online.

By: Kelduum

Kelduum — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:22:57 +0000

Well, at least in Eve Online, new expansions with extra content and shiny stuff (new graphics engine is next!) doesnt cost you extra :D

Plus, leaving for a while isnt too bad, as skills actually train even when you arent paying for the account, and of course, the well-organised noob-swarm of 1 day old characters can take still down the 4 year old player with a little direction.

Although, it would be interesting to see if someone could successfully copy Eve – I think it may be very difficult, if not impossible, due to the player driven economy requiring a substantial number of people to kick-start (which is a massive factor of Eve).

By: John P (Katsumoto)

John P (Katsumoto) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:04:43 +0000

Nice article, sums up what ive been trying to explain to my guildmates for ages. WHY DID YOU QUIT? Because of the LADDER of PROGRESSION. The main problem was everyone went to hellfire first, then zangarmarsh, then terrokar. In WoW, you could get two characters to 60 without doing any of the zones in the same order pretty much – i’ve never quested in Un’Goro, for instance, and only when I tried a horde char did I find out properly about 1000 needles. And I have 3 level 60s!

Havent played in months, but as you say, the new expansion may draw me back for a gander

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:56:44 +0000

I’m still waiting for someone to copy Eve.

By: Andrew Farrell

Andrew Farrell — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:16:27 +0000

Yeah, but that means that WoW will probably be able to start picking gems from their bones by September 2008.

By: Martin Coxall

Martin Coxall — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:46:17 +0000

I lost interest in WoW because of BC too.

The thing is, the dungeons and raids in BC was top-notch, but you had to sit through SOOOO much solo gather-collect quest inanity that by level 64 I was losing the will to live. I know that part of what made WoW successful was that much of it was easy to solo, but Blizzard have overdone it. There will be a cruel irony if its metric shitload of endless and distinctly fun-free solo bollock eventually finishes it off.

Uncharitably, I would say that Blizzard needs other MMOs to steal new ideas off of, and unfortunately for them, the next generation of MMOs isn’t due to hit until March 2008.