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Should I buy MOP
snoop101
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I was wondering If I could get some advice from some of the people that played WOW since Vanilla and BC.
I stopped playing WOW during ICC. I found it really sucked to go into an instance and people would fly through them in 15 min. The other reason I left is because I raided so much during Ulduar, then ICC came out and everything we worked so hard to get was out classed by people just running instances for shifts and giggles a few times a day.
So with that all said. Is it worth buying MOP now for 10 bucks or will I just get let down.
Thank you in advance.
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You make me like charity
Well at some point of time I was upgraded to Cata for free. I never did play it though. So it would only be 9.99 right now for everything.
I guess I could find a old school guild on an RP server and just run instances with them.
--John Ruskin
Planetside 2
Star Trek Online
SWTOR (I like it, most don't)
Age of Conan
Many of these MMO's, most innovative being Planetside 2 and STO are better than world of warcrap. Ignore the bias reviews that may say STO is bad. They are better games, don't waste your time with this over-rated pile of trash.
I resubbed and got MoP. I made a new monk and got him to the mid 50s, I'm not really even sure what level he is. The game isn't really any different than it used to be, everything is extremely rush rush and level as fast as possible. I think I lasted about a week and I have no desire to log on and play anymore.
I really wish I had a different reaction, I had an amazing amount of fun with wow back in the day. But now it's just tedious.
Unfortunately there's nothing around right now to fill the mmo gap, and I would reccomend that you save your money or look at some single player games for the time.
Depends on really if your gonna be playing the expanision in the summer. I for one actually like the setting and atmosphere in Panderia. I am really just getting toon prepped for the expansion and take my leisure. I have my boubts about Wildstar being anything that will woo the masses and be yet just another typical themepark MMO.
Like you I was burned out with WoW from raiding back in ICC. Took a long break and it's nice to be back in. With the changes to the grear in WoD I think raiding will be less taxing for that specific gear drop and be more focused and just having fun with raiding, which WoW's has always been top notch.
People flying through instances is still there, but then again that's why you join a nice guild to run with instead of the LFDs.
I am mostly just working on toons to get ready for WoD. No MMO has ever stuck with me like WoW and is by far the best MMO out there, even though it's aged a bit. If your gonna be overly focused on gear then yeah you'll likely be dissapointed because all you gonna do is get burned out again. But if you're gonna play it in moderation then the game might be good for you.
My thoughts exactly.
Expect single player games might not really stick at all with MMO gamers and in fact costs more money. I burn through multiple single player games that I never finish even though I can progress through an entire level range on an MMO and do some endgame stuff and yet still want more. Not to mention there is really no good single player games out there depending on you preference. Being a old RPGer there is nothing good till 2014 likely around the summer time with Project Eternity or Wastelands 2.
Tell me did you do any of the Panderia content? Any of the new raids? Scenarios? Timeless Isle? Sounds like you were doing old content leveling a monk and never made it to Panderia which is hardly what I would qualify of someone that should give out advise.
Ok I've played all the above except PS2 and in no way is STO better then Swtor or AoC let alone WOW.
also in your post you state "don't listen to the bias reviews" well buddy I would say they don't get any more bias then changing the name of a game and calling it trash. So I hope everyone takes your advice and doesn't listen to you about wow.
I'm speaking from the side of not playing since right before MoP released because I was pissed about the Panda race haha, (10m raided in the Cata) and just recently coming back a month ago. Prior to that I played from vanilla release through LK, and came back for Cata.
Leveling up to 90 is tons of fun, but it goes by way too fast. I only completed 3 zones before I was 90. The quests, lore, and events were really memorable and fun. I really enjoyed questing through Pandaria, and I still am at 90. I am just now starting to do dungeons and see what they are all about (so far every dungeon i've done had lead up quests when I was leveling from 85 so seeing the dungeons after doing the quest chains is really cool). The gear is pretty standard, but seems to be tailored for classes properly. I have been doing a lot of achievement hunting and i'm enjoying searching for rare items/spawns.
I have also done quite a bit of Timeless Isle (this is the island where you get item tokens from static spawn chests that you use and is tailored to your spec/class with random stats that fit your role). It feels like i'm cheating getting the 496 gear for doing nothing when dungeons I think are 430s-460s. Makes gearing up way too easy, but I totally understand why they did it the more I play. There is SO much content to go through when you hit 90. I can't imagine having to go through each dungeon, heroic, raid, reputation grinds etc so I can see the Siege of Ogrimmar. They have certainly "catered" to more casual players, but I do not feel like this is a bad thing. With that said, i've turned into a filthy casual so take that into consideration. I'm 30 with a lot more responsibilities now. I can log in for a few hours in the evening and really feel like i've accomplished something. So keep that in mind with what i'm typing.
I have not yet experienced any of the raiding, I have been doing scenarios and those are a fun diversion when you don't feel like doing a full dungeon. I do not find the regular dungeons sped through, but I do most of the dungeons with 3-4 guildies so we kind of set our own pace.
I really feel like this is a quality expansion if you approach it how they designed it. Spend a few hours doing something you find fun, and then come back tomorrow. My only real complaint with this expansion is the HUGE amount of daily quests. I really hate dailies, but I do them because I want the stuff. It is a pretty standard expansion in terms of WoW, but it is worth the price of admission for $10.
My experience with WoW has been relatively mixed. My 4 brothers have been playing for years I've played all the others lotro, AoC, Swtor, ect ect. When I did play wow I was a holy priest but since they all out leveled the dungeons I switched to a shadow. My issue was I never really enjoyed my priest I never put the time in to learn it so was always behind my brothers so always went back to the games I was good at and hated wow. One time I actually flew my priest out as far in the ocean as I could so fatigued killed me figuring if I ever came back I'd rage quit cause I was stuck in a fatigue area (that didn't work).
So now after being burnt out of Swtor and lotro I started up a monk brewmaster. Other then the classic 40 man raids not having any gear for my panda the leveling and dundeons have been a blast. Last week I had over 5,000,000 guild Xp from leaving running raids, dungeons, reputation and just actually having fun. I'm leaving up fairly fast with heirloom gear and the monk bonus every 10 levels and the daily but it's still fun.
From my experience in mmos it's all about who you play with. We are a small family guild with only 6 of us who play on a regular basis but we play together we are also guild level 23 which is pretty good since it's just six of us. As I have been leveling it's been pretty crowed people everywhere. Another issue I had back in the day is the horrible community but I've been pleasantly surprised instead of fighting over mods I've been getting and sending invited to group up and have yet to run into a jerk.
As an ex hater I say buy mop get in with a good group start a new toon and learn the toon. I'm having a blast with my monk my priest has almost a entire set of timeless gear waiting for him ready to enchant it for him when I hit 90. It's a great time to come back lower level still populated as a tank I insta-que for dungeons the new expansion looks like it's got some good features.
I'd wait till warlords is out , rejoining at the end of an expansion will feel a bit empty (unless you are on a connected realm).
Blizz say they are addressing some of the lack of difficulty issues with heroic dungeons etc. Also the best reason to start then is new character models
You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
So this is what I gather.
Other than new content, its pretty much the same if not worse than WOTLK. Blaze through instances with no talking at all.
Like I said before, it seems like the only way I could enjoy playing again is if I find a friendly yet serious RP guild.
I do have GW2 and its free to play, so I might just hold off on WOW for now.
I was really hoping that Blizz learned their lesson and went back to how it used to be, but I guess $$$ is $$$.
I did and I got bored before sub expired ..... decide by your self for me was enough unfortunately 1 month not more
To be honest I play now more GW than WOW .... so sad :_(
Raiding is full of jaded players, fun to dip into (start at flex it's slightly less face roll with more tactics. Also get one of the raid planning adding-makes it much easier to do content.
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