I'm not the most experienced MMO player there is...far far from it. And since I've been on this board I've seen gamers here chat up 'the next big thing' and I can't help notice people get psyched up, psyched out, then come back to WoW.


I've not been here long to see tranisitions, but with everyone jumping off the WoW bandwagon it 'feels' as this is the end.


Prob not cause there are those who will migrate back because they're taking a break. I understand. Then there are those who are basiclly giving Blizzard the finger. I can understand that as well.


Has anyone considered the idea that Rift and ST:TOR are just going to lead you guys back to WoW?


Or possibly homicidal rage? (Cause the way some of you speak about WoW y'all seem ready to kill.)

 

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I think most of us going over to check out Rift, are doing so with the thought that we could be back here. Like you said, it's happened before.


We're a bit jaded.


As I've said for years, I'll leave WoW when a better game comes along. Is Rift it? Don't know. It offers a lot of things my guild has been looking for through 3 other breaks to beta and play other games. It has the best shot at the moment of the kind of gameplay and community that we'd hoped to find in WoW.


Will the break be final this time?


Maybe.


Like I've also said, in the other thread, there are still things I like about WoW.


But it FEELS different this time. Because they broke the world I loved for a bunch of reasons that I think had less to do with lore/gameplay and more to do with trying to squeeze in more mobs without adding more structure (rob Peter to pay Paul if you will.) The railcart experience in the lower zones and then through the 80-85 experience complete with a lot of (imho) unnecessary cutscenes just broke the one thing for me and my guild that this game always had going for it: immersion.


They broke the unspoken covenant in many ways of a persistent world.


My concerns with Cata have been expressed objectively in other threads for almost 2 months. And I feel that the quality in both artwork and lore is less than was there during Vanilla.


I say that sadly.


I've been burnt out before, through games before WoW and because of WoW. I've taken breaks. And come back. I've logged numerous enjoyable hours out here solo and with my guild.


Even tried to make a go of Cat, having fun (not in the 80-85 experience), but by rolling new races and leveling exclusively through dungeons which has been a blast, even though we were saddened by the changes in those instances.


So it's not without trying.


Sometimes, you just know when something doesn't feel right anymore. When the energy is gone or however you want to describe it.


If Rift absolutely craters, say in 3 months or 6 months, chances are we will be back.


And we will be richer for having experienced whatever Rift has to offer.

 

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Its a game...

If it isn't fun, why play?

If it is fun, then play and have fun.


Anything else borders on idiocy.

 

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Ill add, if it is or becomes "work", you shouldnt be playing it.

 

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Honestly, I'm leaving for Rift, primarily, because there is SO MUCH dynamic content for me as an individual or even as a guild member. There is simply so much to do in the game that is not static. The world pvp objectives they added recently are just top notch and it really encourages some awesome battles on the open field. Good, old fashioned, server based battles. Except these don't lag to shit, even during invasions.

I'm not impressed by what Trion has done new (they really haven't done anything new). I'm impressed by how they executed it. Trion, in a matter of a month, has gotten more confidence from me than Blizzards current B Team. Naturally, I have the rose colored glasses on right now. I haven't played end game, although I know what it is. I do know that they respond to their playerbase and put in critical, awesome new game systems in a matter of 2 weeks (The Wardstone world pvp objectives, in this instance). I can't say the same for Blizzard. The recent rash of terrible balancing changes, the fundamental changes to class mechanics in Cata and generally lack luster raiding experience may just be a result of my finally getting fed up with WoW after almost 7 years. But, I don't think so. I think I'm fed up with Blizzard and more particularly, Ghost Crawler.

I'll come back when a new patch gets put in and there is new stuff for me to experience. I always do. Blizzard tells a story like no other MMORPG dev, as far as I'm concerned. But WoW won't be my MMO home anymore. In fact, it hasn't since I started Beta testing Rift.

So will I come back? Sure. Will I come back as a result of Rift? No, I won't. I'll come back because Blizzard does something right. Right now the only thing (IMO) WoW has on Rift is more armor models. Thats it.

I thank you for your replies. I'm sorry if any of you have felt that you're just retyping something that you've not already typed 100 times before.


I just hope Rift doe snot fall by the way of Conan, and Warhammer, and any other MMOs that have come and bowed out. And I'm really not an 'anti-everything that is not WoW'. Not a fanboi either.


It's just that, for me, Warcraft (for lack of a better anology) is home.

 

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Amazing song

 

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I'm sorry, Indrid, I wasn't trying to say I'm irritated or whatever retyping, I was actually trying to WARN people they were gonna hear the same stuff again.


Actually, I appreciate your original post and the way you phrased it.

 

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Honestly, I don't think it will. AoC and Warhammer had some serious, fundamental, game breaking problems when they came out. WAR from a design standpoint (nevermind the bugs) and AoC from a bug / lack of content standpoint. Rift really doesn't have these issues.

No. Thank you. Your opinions are always appreciated.

 

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