It's hard not to miss WoW

I'm certain that if I started playing again now, I'd have fun for maybe 10 days and get bored again, but I can't help but miss the days when I didn't fully understand the game and it could be so special just to get a new sword at level 25 (just an example).

When people were still figuring new stuff out and weren't so focused on speeding to level 60 (or 70 now) for "endgame" which isn't any fun at all... those were the days.

Even when I got my one level 60 character I would almost never do instances; let alone repeat them 50 times to get a new shoulder piece. My friend and I.. we did FUN things, like try to run into Stormwind as level 45 hunters or camp out at a place that enemies often did quests (in neutral territory). Or use that ability (eyes of the beast?) to control our stealthed pets to wait until Alliance were done dueling in Stranglethorn and then attack the loser for a one hit kill.

Anyone else miss the good old days of WoW?

Most people who enjoyed an MMO thinks this way, MMO's despite the L33t are probably the most immersive games created, just a shame they make so many games with Level caps still -.- to make it "fair for everyone" and balance, they need to make the games more open so it never gets old.

But yea I do miss it now and then, just play Warcraft 3 instead now to get all the story, im quite suprised how close WoW stuck to the story/layout of Warcraft 3 :D

Anyone else miss the good old days of WoW?PotatoSan

As long as I had been playing (beta then picked it up launch day) people had always been wanting to level as fast as possible. My guild actually ended up splintering off because there was such a big rift between us higher level members and the lower ones.

I remember Deadmines being the hardest thing ever because no one would ever listen (actually they still don't) and STV being a place of instant death because of higher level players camping it so everyone was complaining they couldn't do the quests.

It sounds like you were in the minority of WoW's community base. Rather than race to 60 and raid instances repeatedly you focussed on exploring. Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot in WoW for explorer players. I also hated doing instancesand ended up quitting before I got into the whole Onyxia race, thankfully.

[QUOTE="PotatoSan"]Anyone else miss the good old days of WoW?sircyrus

As long as I had been playing (beta then picked it up launch day) people had always been wanting to level as fast as possible. My guild actually ended up splintering off because there was such a big rift between us higher level members and the lower ones.

I remember Deadmines being the hardest thing ever because no one would ever listen (actually they still don't) and STV being a place of instant death because of higher level players camping it so everyone was complaining they couldn't do the quests.

It sounds like you were in the minority of WoW's community base. Rather than race to 60 and raid instances repeatedly you focussed on exploring. Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot in WoW for explorer players. I also hated doing instancesand ended up quitting before I got into the whole Onyxia race, thankfully.

I'm certain that if I started playing again now, I'd have fun for maybe 10 days and get bored again, but I can't help but miss the days when I didn't fully understand the game and it could be so special just to get a new sword at level 25 (just an example).

When people were still figuring new stuff out and weren't so focused on speeding to level 60 (or 70 now) for "endgame" which isn't any fun at all... those were the days.

Even when I got my one level 60 character I would almost never do instances; let alone repeat them 50 times to get a new shoulder piece. My friend and I.. we did FUN things, like try to run into Stormwind as level 45 hunters or camp out at a place that enemies often did quests (in neutral territory). Or use that ability (eyes of the beast?) to control our stealthed pets to wait until Alliance were done dueling in Stranglethorn and then attack the loser for a one hit kill.

Anyone else miss the good old days of WoW?

PotatoSan

That was the golden days of MMO for me too. I have such fond memories of EQ1 that will never be duplicated in any future MMO just because I am now knowledgeable of the genre. But I still do play WoW and take it one level at a time. I play the quests, do some crafting and if I never get another character to 63 (the level of my highest character ATM) then so what. I am enjoying the game for what it gives me.

No level cap? wouldn't that be even worse? I think an MMO would work great if the levels were there, with a cap, but didn't mean all that much. It would have to have real combat (with aiming, etc) that was based on mostly skill. It would a lot more fun if a level 45 could take out a 60 if he was really good at the game. Like how in a shooting game you could kill a guy with an M4 even with the worse pistol, if you've got skill. I'm not saying a level 1 should be able to take a 60, but in WoW, a level 69 has no chance against a 70 due to the stupid rules on items (might sound extreme, because no MMORPG has really been the way I'm saying it should before).PotatoSan

Well , some MMO's that did the no level cap idea were pretty fun, you had "Evil Guilds" that would make a hangout somewhere, and kill people on sight, then the good guilds would try and stop them (usually in bigger numbers, due to not being so hardcore)

I want to see another big hitter that leaves everything completely open, begginer safe zone ... and thats it, everything else is fair game, you either play by being good / neutral or evil, you could get seriously powerful and so on.

Ultima Online comes to mind.

/sigh

I'm with you... I sure miss it, but if I start up again I know the monoton would get to me. Also for the record, I was never concerned with getting to higher levels. My only goal was to have a good time with my friends and guildies.

I agreee with the OP completely. I'll never forget those first few months of WOW, where every day I was seeing and doing new things. I was never into cruising to 60 for raids. The best part of the game was just exploring that world. If you're into Tolkien you should give LOTRO a shot. Its not as good as WOW overall, but there are some things I like better about it, and if you're into exploring the environments and atmosphere are amazing. I think the community is more mature also.xenophone

i heard LOTRO is horrid

[QUOTE="xenophone"]I agreee with the OP completely. I'll never forget those first few months of WOW, where every day I was seeing and doing new things. I was never into cruising to 60 for raids. The best part of the game was just exploring that world. If you're into Tolkien you should give LOTRO a shot. Its not as good as WOW overall, but there are some things I like better about it, and if you're into exploring the environments and atmosphere are amazing. I think the community is more mature also.-R4zi3l-

i heard LOTRO is horrid

It was at release basically because it wasn't finished. They've promised that they will have a lot of new content in by the end of the summer.

[QUOTE="-R4zi3l-"]

[QUOTE="xenophone"]I agreee with the OP completely. I'll never forget those first few months of WOW, where every day I was seeing and doing new things. I was never into cruising to 60 for raids. The best part of the game was just exploring that world. If you're into Tolkien you should give LOTRO a shot. Its not as good as WOW overall, but there are some things I like better about it, and if you're into exploring the environments and atmosphere are amazing. I think the community is more mature also.Johnny_Rock

i heard LOTRO is horrid

It was at release basically because it wasn't finished. They've promised that they will have a lot of new content in by the end of the summer.

What wasn't finished about it? No game that releases has huge amounts of endgame content. Everything I had experienced in LOTRO was pretty polished. It had so much content that I usually had too many quests to even do before I outleveled them. LOTRO at release was a very smooth launch with enough content to keep people interested for a while... great alternative to WoW.

I felt the same way about FFXI.

The first time i played it i didn't have a clue what was going on, but i loved it. After a time it got to be a grind and lost the magic. Same thing happend with WoW, the magic just faded faster.

To quote Jake, "There are other worlds than these." Same goes for WoW. I spent so much time playing that i didnt play any other games... although that didn't stop me from buying them. The nice thing is that i have about a years worth of games to play, I may never catch up!!

Wow is a great game. The mystery and wander you first get from playing an MMO is hard to replicate. DAOC, Asheron's Call, and WoW are three great MMO's that did that for me. The thing about WoW that did wrong is the end game. No one should be forced to raid to finish a boss for so many hours.

What they should have done is allow easier difficulty levels and reduced gear. That way even though you aren't getting the best gear out there you can complete the raid dungeon with a pickup group. However they have chosen their path which is why I am no longer there.

The best levels are levels 1-40. After that things start to get a bit tedious. There are still some great dungeons but they take TOO much time.

Do not miss WoW. Get it out of your mind and get over it. MMO's are all the same. When the next generation of MMO's come out like Tabula Rasa, Huxley, and others, then we will have something different for a change.

There's an mmo coming out (gamespy.com) it's spy vs mercenaries. Looks very unique and cool. Check it out if you can I forgot the name.

Personally I am enjoying Diablo 2 and the expansion. I suggest you pick it up. It's not like WoW but it is actually better I think. Sure you are not in a persistent world but yu can change the world and do the quests in harder difficulty. Plus there are like 8 classes and dozens of combinations for each class. There's tons of randomized maps and loot which is just awesome.

The sale at gamestop and ebgames ends june 23rd so you better hurry.

When I say WoW was one of the best games I've ever played, Im always referring to November 2004. It was absolutely the most immersive and captivating games ever made. Everyone was a noob and the community was great. I played again when the xpac came out but now my lvl 70 warrior has sat there for months. Here are some highlights of my noob days.

---Discovering Westfall felt dangerous and adventurous.

---My first time I saw a NightElf I was fascinated and they were fascinated to see a Human. We both just stared at each other for what seemed like forever.

---Goldshire was the place to be.

---Tarren Mill and Xroads was off the hook with pvp.

---Flight paths were not connected so you truly felt like you were out there.

---Thrash Blade pwned.

---Thotbot was unheard of. You wanted info on a quest? You asked in general chat, not go online for every answer and walkthrough.

---People accepted class weaknesses. Now you have every class complaining about everything.

---The story made sense and felt like a believable alternate universe. Now Blizz is just forcing pieces together.

Oh well, I guess everyone longs for the good ol' days. I feel like some old person **** about how the world is messed up now. Anyone who has played since release will know the feeling though. I feel sorry for the ppl who just started b/c u will never truly know what the fuss was about when WoW first came out. You get a streamlined and dumbed down version of WoW. The days of innocence and loving WoW for all its imperfections is long gone.

believe it or not I just enjoyed fishing lol. I leveled up by myself mostly, being the casual/anti-social player I am. I just missed fishing and DE'ing things to see how much money I could acquire and thne give it all to my friends that needed gold for stuff. I guess I wasa loot whore. I really miss DAoC. yeah you could get higher level gear (pre-ToA) but it wasn't a necessity. And, a well organized group RvRing could gibve the most experienced players a run for their money.

Like someone said, after you've done MMO's for a while the games lose their "newness" quicker. I wish Blizzard would have taken the expansion a different route. Seems like they could have kept the level cap at 60 and patched that content in over time for free.

[QUOTE="-R4zi3l-"]

[QUOTE="xenophone"]I agreee with the OP completely. I'll never forget those first few months of WOW, where every day I was seeing and doing new things. I was never into cruising to 60 for raids. The best part of the game was just exploring that world. If you're into Tolkien you should give LOTRO a shot. Its not as good as WOW overall, but there are some things I like better about it, and if you're into exploring the environments and atmosphere are amazing. I think the community is more mature also.Johnny_Rock

i heard LOTRO is horrid

It was at release basically because it wasn't finished. They've promised that they will have a lot of new content in by the end of the summer.

WTH are you smoking? Even though I don't play LOTRO anymore, it is a great game actually. It has more content than WoW did at it's release.

It's actually a really good game, and I would recommend it to people.

I know exactly what the OP means, and I think that WoW just isn't for him!

Because, frankly, WoW is just dull, the only reason why people play it is because they just haven't got anything better to do.