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Is it just me?
smigg
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Or is WoW really really disappointing? I know it's probably the victim of it's own success in terms of the amount of hype that surrounds it, but I tried the Open Beta for an hour or so yesterday, and I just don't think it will stand up in the long term. Now if someone can tell me that it's one of those games that takes a while to get going, then I'll be happy with that and I'll persist, but my idea of fun isn't camping one spawn spot with 20 other people waiting for one bad guy to spawn and it being a race to claim the kill needed for a mission.
Thoughts anyone?
Smigg
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He probably meant the stress test but he might be an EQII fanboi trying to knock the game.
Anyway, try grouping with the other people that are working on the same quest. A lot of quests let you share quest monster drops. If the other person doesn't have that quest yet, share it with them. If not, try working on another quest if there are a lot of people there. There are plenty of other things to do.
Give it more time. You probably haven't had any PvP fights yet, just wait until you start going on raids or when the other side starts invading your territory. Fun stuff!
If you didn't realize that EVERYONE playing atm started from level 1 only but 3 days ago, then - something is wrong with you.
It will clear itself out, people aren't going to be level 1-10 forever, quests are a pain now, but it will change as soon as people progress and leave area's.
Well, when I first started playing the game in the original Stress Test, I found myself bored with it. Starting off isn't that hard or confusing. I found myself thinking it was perhaps too easy But after a while, I got into more long-term quests and the Story really started to develop into what I had hoped it would include.
If you stick to the game, and get past those first few hours of the easy quests, you will start seeing the world get clearer and clearer and you will start enjoying the game more than it seems like you have so far.
<<When i read what many ppl wrote, its all like: The game sucks, cartoon graphics, very easy lvl, and constant camping for monster kills
If this is true, then it sure doesnt have any future ?>>
Thats every MMO on the market. Aside from easy leveling. I say you couldn't give me the max level fast enough. Nothing fun about killing a large rat 1 billion times in a different custome.
The game doesnt suck, the cartoon graphics add life to the world. Id rather the game look colorful and full of life rather than bland and dull. Yes, its easy to level, I made it to level 8 in aroun 5 hours, and then to 13 in 5 more. The awesome part of the game is the pvp. The massive pvp battles are alot of fun, people are constantly raiding towns on the PVP servers. Its alot of fun
And the camping is mostly due to people not wanting to group to get the quest done faster, and as said before, everybody was starting at level 1 so the newbie areas were more congested than usual.
We WoW fans like to say that the game is good, it has artistic graphics, not level challenging and we don't camp for monsters.
Seriously, though. The graphics really aren't all that bad. Not the best I have seen, no, but certainly not that bad. The leveling was made easier for the beta so that people could test the High End content faster...Blizzard has said this on so many different occasions.
When I played in the first stress test, I was never in one zone for more than maybe half an hour. Even then, I was always on the move. Collecting Tradeskill items, killing monsters, and doing quests. I never camped a single spawn. Except for I remember one time, this guy kept killing a monster I needed to kill for a quest, so I had to wait for it to spawn again. But other than that, there really wasn't any.
No I wasn't disappointed but I also wasn't that impressed. There didn't seem to be much depth to the gameplay or pvp, kinda like a giant arcade game with hundreds of users. It was alot of fun but I can't see myself playing it for very long. I'm actually undecided on whether I'll buy it or not, I'm going to wait and see what my RL friends do.
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I was a little disappointed as well.
Not sure why, probably the main reason is because there is such a limited selection in class selection(I am usually a bard in most games). 4 of the 9 classes are healers, there really isn't a true ranger, no class that fights with their fists(and are effective), and, of course, no class that it's main role is to buff the party.
Oh well, now it's going to be just that much harder to decide between EQ2 and WoW.
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Heh easy one, I played a priest for the first stresstest and well to be a priest you have to almost always have a group for it tobe fun. Priest is boreing unitl lvl 20 atleast beacuse until 20 you dont get any juicy shadow spells or anything. The game really picks up at lvl 20+ and gruop offers become more frequrent. Solo isnt bad 20+ cuz you got alot of nice shadow spells but if your lvl 20 and still dont like priest try a faster paced class. The spawing thing well that will smooth out because its just because of all the people at the beggining. When realse comes it will be like that for the first 2 weeks then it will be fine get out of the noob zones fast to avoid that or play at late times.I hate to see a priest go tho... Anyways have fun
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Camping is a problem right now but should not be later. The next patch is adding the new dynamic respawn system. In short, the more player's in the zone, the more mobs there are and will respawn faster. If there isn't many people, it will be normal like it is now.
Also, WoW doesn't really start being intense until you get to level 30+, when it gets harder and you have more diversity to your class. There is a reason the leveling is fast in this game, and people who knock it really don't understand it I believe.
I remember when i first played it was fun for a few levels, felt slow for a bit then, but once i hit around level 14/15 area, it picked up fast, as you get more zone choices to go to, differernt types of quests, and the mother of all things: your first instance (the ragefire one is good, but short, Wailing Caverns and Shadowfang Keep really make this game shine).
All in all, you need to give this game a few weeks solid play to see if you like it or not. EQ 2 sounds the same, but more along a month, when you hit their mid/high game.
All in all, comparing the two, WoW's mid/high game is a lot superior then the other one. And I don't believe in SOE "miracles" either in it appearing suddenly perfect at release, not after playing their last 3 titles.
Camping is a problem due to foolish stupid people and there refusal to use there brain open there mouth and grab a group of people doing the same freaking mish.. I mean here is a tip turbos (to who this might concern) if you see 15 people all hanging around the EXACT same area that your haning around they just might be on the EXACT same quest you are.. So why dont you play smart for once and FORM a group so you can be out that much faster....
I have never had any problems with camping in this game because if I see people hanging around me I open my mouth or form a group and get it done and move out..Sadly not many it seems do that, but yet then they complain on the ingame chat channels that everything is camped...I also will have to say that there is hardly any (ANY) kill stealing at all in this game.. I cant tell you how many other MMO's I have played where this was a huge problem *cough* COH and AO for example.
It makes me laugh now when I here people talk about the graphics and the quest and what not.. The graphics are fine I was really impressed by them, they really fit the game and are not to cartoony as some would lead you to believe and the quest get better and better just like in almost ever MMO you will play.. Honestly people seem to expect to be going on Epic game changing quest/missions as soon as they log in.
All I can say is that if your not feeling this game by all means uninstall or dont sign up for the QB, simple as that. But I for one see the potential in this game, and I also see how well made it is.. The sky is the limit for Blizzard right now, they really did something special with this one.
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It is only tough becuase all the peopel in the game are in the starter areas, once people spread out a bit it's reallly not to bad at all, if you can convince people to group the quests go real fast.
Guess anyone that has concerns or gripe about this game is automatically a EQ2 fanboi? Guess what man, some people might NOT love this game as you did. There are alot of players who voice concerns to IMPROVE WoW, if not they the Devs will get lazy and never improve it.
We WoW fans like to say that the game is good, it has artistic graphics, not level challenging and we don't camp for monsters.
Seriously, though. The graphics really aren't all that bad. Not the best I have seen, no, but certainly not that bad. The leveling was made easier for the beta so that people could test the High End content faster...Blizzard has said this on so many different occasions.
When I played in the first stress test, I was never in one zone for more than maybe half an hour. Even then, I was always on the move. Collecting Tradeskill items, killing monsters, and doing quests. I never camped a single spawn. Except for I remember one time, this guy kept killing a monster I needed to kill for a quest, so I had to wait for it to spawn again. But other than that, there really wasn't any.
Ironic thing is where is the real High End content?!!!
I played the stress test and had fun playing it, however i wont buy it at retail. The following reasons i didnt like it where;
quests being to easy to find, characters with exclamation marks over there heads tend to ruin immersion for me.
Also i found the PvP to be lacking and all about stuns, which i hate.
Death penalty not harsh enough.
Lack of useful classes, this might of changed but basically warrior and the healing class where all that was needed. rogues, hunters , paladins and druids needed lots of balancing to be useful.
The PvE raiding, and the PvP.
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All,
just thought I'd reply to the numerous replies to my original post. To address the point above first, if Cryptic/NC Soft can get it right first time with City of Heroes then why can't everyone else? They got it absolutely bang on for launch day and it's got better and better since.
I'm not an EQ2 fanboi, I've never even played the original EQ!! Just because I'm happy to knock a game which you like doesn't make me wrong by the way, it just means we like different things. I have however played Earth and Beyond (sadly no longer with us but good at the time), Eve Live and Beta (which was graphically awesome), Horizons, SWG, City of Heroes, Asherons Call 2, Matrix Online Beta and the WoW Beta so I know the range of games and the state that they launch in.
I know that grouping if you're on the same mission is a the way to kill the camping problem, but that's only any good if the people you invite to a group say yes, and I seem to find at the moment that no-one is interested. Maybe it's just because they don't realise that you can share missions, or maybe it's because they enjoy waiting around for ages for one spawn and then racing to get it killed? I don't know.
Smigg