One of the many world-building things I don't like about WoW is the lack of any actual 'wilds' in the game, which you touch on here. Everywhere is colonized with quest hubs and friendly population. Even Icecrown. Even the castle itself!

So you NEVER got the feeling that Arthas was some looming threat to everyone. In fact, if it weren't for the whole undead making more undead thing, Tyrion would come across as more of an obsessed bully who can't let things go than anything else. It's not the undead that are everywhere and pushing further stamping out every corner, it's the argent crusade!

But, one shouldn't complain too much about that sort of thing; Blizzard's stumbling and bumbling efforts to create a coherent and interesting storyline via a committee may be awful but it's loads better than none at all.

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As for Korrigan, I take my previous post back - I think his charming personality has probably made him an EXCELLENT fighter in real life.

 

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You have zero room to "call" anyone out on anything. You and your crowd are hateful just for the sake of being hateful. You guys do nothing but belittle, insult, and demean others just for shits and giggles. And when YOU guys are called out on it, it's just more of the same. Completely ignoring and avoiding what is said and concentrating only on tossing more inane, juvenile insults and put downs around. I can only guess that it somehow makes you feel powerful or good about yourself to put others down.

Feel free to continue your pissing contest amongst yourselves to see who can be the biggest dick and come up with the "best" insult or put down.

lol

 

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Very well said, Jared. Glad you finally see the truth.

 

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To the original topic...

WoW as an MMO right now still has more to do at any level than all MMO's currently available. That being said the expansion didn't do much to enhance what was already present.

However, this doesn't change the fact that just as much if not more development/level design work went into this expansion that anything previous. You must consider the scope of the changes made. That being said I am questioning Blizzards time frame for additional content in WoW. They are going to have to step it up to keep the subscriber base at a respectable level.

In the end though, MMO's in general are on the decline. Console offerings can compete very easily against anything an MMO can offer right now. The genre just isn't moving forward. This is probably due to the enormous investment dollars required as venture capital is guarded these days.

I personally am waiting for Rift. Though yes it has many elements taken from WoW, for the time being it promises to add a fresh wrapper on an already stale genre. We will see how long that lasts.

In the meantime Cata has proven to be enjoyable and Dungeon running is fun again.

 

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Another typical "I know you are, but what am I?" response from Gutter.

Inane. That is such a great word. I have only really read it in Sci-fi fantasy novels and here on the VNboards though. My only problem with it, however, is I need to find more chances to use it in real life! I just don't find myself in those situations where "inane" can properly be used. Eh, oh well, using it around the kind of oil field guys I work with would probably get me beat up anyway....

 

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Eh. When I still worked in the oilpatch about half the people were complete geeks and quite a number played WoW (at least one wouldn't talk about anything else). But that was in coil. Maybe the rig side were a little gruntier, I don't know.

Not much else to do in those little shiteholes. Other than grab what sleep you can I guess. I certainly don't miss THAT lifestyle.

 

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Another cliche used to continue bitching about something that doesn't require bitching about.

 

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I am going to just put this out there in case anyone doesnt realize it by now. The "hateful" posters that hang around here are just having fun by being mouthy and sarcastic .. the "anti-hateful" posters are the ones that actually have their panties in a crack.

As one without a dog in the fight..I usually get a few minutes of entertainment out of it. If you dont.. there is always other thread/board waiting for you somewhere else.