The_Korrigan posted:
4) find a casual guild, or a guild like mine who has raiders and non raiding members - and enjoy the content with good players.
Note that you don't need 1, 2 and 3 if you have 4. They will be automatically fulfilled.
5) do normal mode dungeons. It's the same dungeons. You get to see the content you "pay for" just as well. Gear up there.
Or of course 6) whine on forums the game is too hard, and hope Blizzard will change it. That's what broken calls the self entitlement casuals, I think. Those who want to keep on facerolling heroics pressing one key and being carried by others like they were doing in WotLK.
Or at last 7) take the easy route and give up when facing a challenge, and watch Dr Who instead. Don't forget to still say on forums the game is too hard.
The antisocial lone wolves refusing to join guilds only reap what they sow. It may take a few tries before finding your ideal guild, but once there, your game experience will be exponentially enhanced.
My last post was awesome. Concise, and a well stated opinion of mine. I didn't feel the whine in it, but I can't control how you interpret what you read.
I am in a guild, a great guild. Those 2 hours a night I am on, most of them are not. I could find a new one, but I actually have friends in this guild.
I don't see why it has to be so black and white. LK heroics were too easy. Cata heroics are too unforgiving. Is there no middle ground? Must the pendulum always swing all the way left or all the way right?
I'm not giving up in face of a challenge. I stand up and face more challenges IRL than you could ever possible know.
In a video game, when the challenge is fun, I am all over it. When it isn't fun, there is no reason to pursue it. The challenge in heroics is not fun, especially when your group cannot meet 2 of those bullet points I listed.
I could spend my entire wow life running regulars ad nauseum, but I wouldn't see my character grow. He has everything he needs from the regular dungeons, and all the crafted and rep gear that I know of. I've learned the fights, I don't mind researching things like that. Again, the problem lies in finding others within my two hours a day I can play the game who have done the same.
Since I cannot find that, I've stopped playing the game this week. I've stopped in now and then to talk to guildmates and run old school content until my subscription runs out.
Korrigan, I understand you post what you post (and how you post it) because you enjoy the rise you get out of people and find it entertaining. That's fine, we all get our joys in life differently. But don't misjudge my intentions of posting right now: I love this game, I've healed in this game since priests had Sleep in beta. I've done everything in this game (before Cata) and been with it through every patch and hotfix.
I have the right to post my concerns about it on these forums, I have soooooo earned it. The fact - for me - is that the unforgiving difficulty settings for healing heroics is making it almost impossible for me (with my schedule) to progress through the content. Since leaving my guild isn't an option, all that is left to do is pursue other things that will give me the same level of joy during my two hours.
Right now, one of those is posting here and sharing my experiences with the vault familia. The other is Doctor Who.
Have a good night.
ea I Ucmed for 12 days straight.."