World of Warcraft: Current Year

Battered wife syndrome. I don't know why I bother either. It's the path of least resistance I guess. I just don't know what else to play in it's stead.

I'm not playing it but I really want to. But obviously I'm not because it fucking sucks.

I feel like at this point there's only actually like 3 or 4 people in this thread still playing.

xzi said:

I'm not playing it but I really want to. But obviously I'm not because it fucking sucks.

I feel like at this point there's only actually like 3 or 4 people in this thread still playing.

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And they are like Asmongold who have been playing it for 14 years straight.

I mean, so am I. The longest I've ever stopped playing on purpose is like 2 weeks until this expansion fucked literally everything up.

The thing that makes me even more salty is how hyped up I got for 8.1 and their complete shaman overhaul like they said they were going to do aaaaaaaaaaaand all they did was tune numbers for like 5 skills (and replace 2 talents in ele with old artifact abilities, I guess)

I still play because I enjoy raiding in mmo's. The raiding in WoW is better than any other game out there, and their raids are almost always solid. The rest of the game may be trash but I am enjoying raiding.

Apparently they are going to be suspending people for exploiting a world boss that droppes loot even after your first kill or something. Anyone here partake in that?

I still play for all the usual reasons. Raiding and no better alternative.

You know this level 110 character thing wouldn't be a fucking problem if it weren't for the stupid mob scaling they insist on. The fact that leveling 110-120 feels like you're "leveling down" your character is really bad. Secondary stats have scaled down for a long time, but mobs scaling up in BfA makes you go from godmode at 110 to a super wimp at 118-120. I know it gets better at 120 when you gear up a bit, but the whole 110-119 experience just feels bad.

I really want to play this but it seems like they're doing everything possible to fuck up legacy stuff. That's my thing, I like farming old shit.

Gliders nerf, bear tartare nerf, move speed fucked at 120, portals removed in vale, and now this proposed 110 twink nerf... let's not forget their touted Legacy Loot mode that they boasted would be applied to WoD raids, yet no one in their fucking company knows until like 4 months past release that you can't solo the first boss of final WoD raid (on most classes/specs), because of stat squish and move speed fuckery. And to put a cherry on the shit sundae, the intentional change for Legacy Loot from level 110->111 so it wouldn't work in Legion raids. Because Ion said "No one will be able to solo Legion raids" (which people have been doing since like week 2 of BfA). God forbid people group up and do them, cleared Tomb of Sargeras with a pal a while back and it was great getting 28g on every boss.

Anyways I'm Hodj'ing at this point, my point is, they need to leave their cocksucking metrics bullshit nerfs out of my old content. And get off my fucking lawn.

I would say that maybe some of the shit they pull is because of trying to please shareholders with baloney metrics. But I would say more of the shit they pull is because they are completely clueless and like to fuck with their players for no good reason. I refuse to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that the game is declining because the bean counters have more power and control over the game now.

There are no more daily emmisaries for azerite armor caches because azerite armor is now deconed into titan residium currency. They cant have us getting to many azerite items a week. So they watered down our chances by having the caches contain all armor slots.

Ceowulff said:

There are no more daily emmisaries for azerite armor caches because azerite armor is now deconed into titan residium currency. They cant have us getting to many azerite items a week. So they watered down our chances by having the caches contain all armor slots.

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That's really too bad to hear. I liked very much when Azerite armor was added to emissaries as it gave a chance to get some higher level versions of pieces I liked but didn't really exist in any practical way. I was hoping the new system would be on top of that system. I wouldn't (and assume most players wouldn't) blow a precious resource on anything but the best pieces so it's just less Azerite to play around with overall when one of their stated goals with the emmissary change was the opposite.

It's the Blizzard way. Replace the half-assed bandaid with a soggy, used, even more half-assed bandaid.

I pre-purchased bfa. Haven't played it yet and looks like i'm not missing out.

#feelsgoodman

Sad thing is if they just go back to class design from Legion (or honestly any expansion post WOTLK) I bet most people would be happy with everything

Xerge said:

I pre-purchased bfa. Haven't played it yet and looks like i'm not missing out.

#feelsgoodman

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You paid full price for a game you don't even play.

#youareanidiot

Dom said:

A must read

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The game that we play today is not a game at all. Instead, World of Warcraft is a data-gathering index of daily user actions and patterns. It's a research tool to help scummy marketing people decide what to put on sale, how much to charge for a fox mount, or which adverts to fill the game launcher with. You no longer see me as a player, but instead, as a payer.

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and

...you stopped making an MMORPG years ago. Instead, you turned WoW into an elaborate fantasy-themed casino replicator. It's a third-person looter-shooter designed to string players out like addicts looking for a fix. Your other titles are just animated shopping carts that feature mini-games people can play in between opening loot boxes.

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are both fucking fire.