tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post5203521135814366917..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: No Nostalgia for BlizzardShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-82208210891940989122015-05-14T08:39:19.614+01:002015-05-14T08:39:19.614+01:00Lots to agree with in the OP and the comments here...Lots to agree with in the OP and the comments here. I think Blizzard has lost direction (or has become lazy) since Cataclysm. That was too ambitious a project for them perhaps. The class design for the classes I played (Balance Druid, Resto Shaman and Prot Paladin) all seem to have lost their unique shine, replaced by gimmicky mechanics (eclipse) or just removed (most of the totems). <br /><br />You hinted at the biggest issue Shintar, that the 'World' of Warcraft is largely irrelevant now as they encourage/funnel/shove the players through the levelling content to feed the monster that is DungeonFinder/RaidFinder. The design philosophy of "make raiding easy enough and everyone will want to do it!" is simply wrong in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-3604972794798954262015-05-08T01:56:47.552+01:002015-05-08T01:56:47.552+01:00I don't think Blizzard's storytelling has ...I don't think Blizzard's storytelling has gotten worse, it is just that it has never improved. With games such as SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, The Secret World, and The Elder Scrolls Online raising the bar significantly on story telling this is one area where Blizzard hasn't kept up.<br /><br />Then again, Wow is more about rushing to the level cap and 'having the game start' at max level for the majority of players. That rush to endgame has hurt other MMOs that favor a more casual, enjoy the journey approach to leveling.Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136618065334135449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-7201963588930251012015-05-05T22:33:49.369+01:002015-05-05T22:33:49.369+01:00As far as the Nostalrius server goes I have heard ...As far as the Nostalrius server goes I have heard nothing but good things about it. But, PVP server. That right there is the biggest reservation that I have with all these private servers. That is the big thing holding me back. I really just don't like PVP or getting ganked for no real good reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-33958763473435106492015-05-05T18:32:30.841+01:002015-05-05T18:32:30.841+01:00Nice to hear things are going well then. :)Nice to hear things are going well then. :)Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-72950959021568121962015-05-05T13:39:19.318+01:002015-05-05T13:39:19.318+01:00The weird thing is, you'd have thought that th...The weird thing is, you'd have thought that they had to have noticed it when they committed to Cata. But now, their solution to this problem is the insta-90 and you can skip it all.<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-45957457691705387502015-05-05T10:31:15.663+01:002015-05-05T10:31:15.663+01:00I can really recommend the Nostalrius server. The ...I can really recommend the Nostalrius server. The staff is dedicated, the server is stable and there are LOTS of players online. It is a PvP server, unfortunately.Maldwiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-64712051313939330962015-05-05T10:30:02.149+01:002015-05-05T10:30:02.149+01:00My family is thriving nicely. My wife and I have t...My family is thriving nicely. My wife and I have two children now – a girl and boy and they are quite a handful.<br /><br />I had indeed dropped gaming altogether for almost an entire year partly because family life kept me very busy, partly because I was working hard to become a tenured professor and partly because I grew extremely dissatisfied with the direction of video gaming in general. I did, however, visit your SWTOR blog regularly. I just didn’t feel the urge to comment. You must surely know by now that I very much agree with virtually everything you say, and since I stopped playing, my contribution wouldn’t more be than “Amen to that!”. Maybe I’ll take up blogging again, who knows ... I still feel rather jaded when it comes to MMOs. Nostalrius did help a bit and I’m thinking about giving FFXIV a try. Not sure, really. My golf play got a lot better though and I’m more physically fit and that can’t be a bad thing – at least according to my wife ;)Maldwiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-55860602224497582822015-05-05T06:50:41.575+01:002015-05-05T06:50:41.575+01:00Yeah, that attitude of not caring that the levelli...Yeah, that attitude of not caring that the levelling-up story makes no sense whatsoever anymore sure hasn't helped either..Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-74197140487527160512015-05-05T01:28:18.159+01:002015-05-05T01:28:18.159+01:00I have been really tempted to try a private vanill...I have been really tempted to try a private vanilla wow server myself for a while now but haven't gotten the gumption up to actually take the plunge. The ones I have been looking at real closely are the Nostalrius and the Emerald Dream servers. With that said, I am really looking forward to hearing how your experiences are. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-26370541408262654702015-05-05T00:15:04.916+01:002015-05-05T00:15:04.916+01:00"I can't even say that I care very much a..."I can't even say that I care very much about the story anymore. I don't know if Blizzard's storytelling genuinely got worse over time or not, but fact of the matter is that it all broke down for me in Cataclysm. Up until then I had always known what was going on around me in terms of lore, because I read all the quest text and actually listened to NPC dialogue. But then they started confining world-changing events to their novels and comics and I just didn't know what was going on anymore. Important NPCs seemed to have full personality transplants from one patch to the next; it was thoroughly confusing. Sure, I could look up summaries of what supposedly happened on YouTube, but that's hardly the same."<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />I'd also like to add that they never fixed the broken storyline from post-Cata Old World to Outland and Northrend.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-48809994078585304912015-05-04T22:10:56.557+01:002015-05-04T22:10:56.557+01:00Not heard from you in a while; hope all is well wi...Not heard from <i>you</i> in a while; hope all is well with the little family! Also, congratulations on being the first person to comment with: "I play on a private server too" - I was curious how long it would take for someone to say that. They seem to be a lot more mainstream these days than they used to be (which is why the whole thing came to my attention really...). If it sticks for even a little while, I'm planning to document my adventures here (and remind people why vanilla WoW really was awesome despite all its flaws).Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-87620178832271045902015-05-04T21:40:19.988+01:002015-05-04T21:40:19.988+01:00Once again I agree with all of your points. Well s...Once again I agree with all of your points. Well said.<br /><br />I also play on a private server now to indulge in WoW nostalgia, albeit on Nostalrius. Maybe I'll give Kronos a try as well. See you around ;)Maldwiznoreply@blogger.com