The Destructive Legacy of Blizzard’s WoW, by Wolfshead

[Gonaro]

I've something interesting to share. It's a huge text, but the time spent to read it worth. So, if you don't have time or patience, just pass. Fell free to expose your points of view/critcisms. Enjoy!

http://www.wolfsheadonline.com/the-destructive-legacy-of-blizzards-world-of-warcraft/

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My opinion:


In an attempt to cover an even larger market, Blizzard made ​​the game much easier and less challenging. Today, in a nutshell, the difficulty comes down to the end-game raids and players cloistered in their garrisons. As a big company, Blizz looks for results and what's the actual demand. Unfortunatelly, the actual (and young) generation of players want less challenges and more fun at all cost, as fast leveling, solo gaming, class independence, fancy things and all the easy stuff you can see today in retail version. WoD brought many new players, but what about those that left WoW in the previous expansions?

I'm one of those who left, and I do not regret it. Playing here on this private server - or "illegal server" as some retail players say - is very satisfying and challenging. And no, it isn't nostalgia, since this is my first contact with the truly vanilla experience (I started in 2009). The game was just better years ago than today, despite all the problems that had. The fact of not being "oficial" doens't metter for me, once my archievements in-game gain value from what they mean to me, and not what they mean for a company.

I do not have much hope or even concern with the creation of legacy realms by Blizzard. After all, I am very well served.

[Uzephi]

I came back with WoD in hopes of it being better. Left pretty quick. I started playing back in 2007 and by 2010 when I quit the first time, I had so many people on my friends list due to it being a true MMORPG on my server at the time, I had three characters full of different friends. Yes, near 150! Some were tank friends I healed for, others were some great CC and DDs. Some of the people were just people I loved talking to whilst playing. Those days are over, and out of those ~150 people, When I came back, only saw three online who had the same ambition as I did.