tcith
14 Dec 2004, 10:50am
O.k - I have decided not subscribe to WoW after my free month (in fact I have stopped playing)
my reasons - these are purely my opinions which I am entitled to, feel free to disagree, just thought I would share ......
I have 4 "Toons"
Level 38 Warlock
Level 27 Paladin
Level 31 Mage
Level 30 Hunter
I have been playing less than a month and I find these levels are too easy to attain - I played Asherons Call (original/Dark Majesty) for 18 months and leveling was much slower and each level felt satisfying.
Quests in WoW are too "kill multiple targets and collect the # of trophies for reward" over and over and over and over.
Character customisation is very limited, I have no control over how my attributes develop, yes I can choose the spell and skill paths but I have little input into the character "intellect, strength etc" attributes
in other MMO's you get input into how you want to develop the "physical" attributes - this discourages "hybrid" characters which I think narrows the game too much for my liking.
I can't "look" at the items others have, I may have an uber sword but no one knows that, I can't select an item on another character and "examine" it and see what they have, again other MMO's allow this, and allow me to affect that item (positively and negatively)
Did I mention that you have to kill things over and over ?
Quest system is very limited, I was getting really bored being sent from one town to another back and forth doing mind numbing boring tasks and the limit of 20 quests at any one time is a drag.
The death system- I often have no interest to run back to a point if I die, I resurect at the grave yard, pay to have my items restored (I have heaps of cash) go make a cup of coffee until my resurection sickness wears off and then potter off to do something else, running back to your corpse is boring ... and since resurection is easy and relativly pain free I die and could not care less, there seems little penalty.
Now don't get me wrong some of the things in the game I like
the graphics are nice
the fact that there are "things" underwater - the nessy monster in the Loch gave me a giggle.
the pets are well implemented
some of the spells systems are clever
I was amused by fishing for awhile
I liked seeing WoW charaters, places and things brought to full 3D life.
anyhow - not going to subscribe - if anything the game is too easy and back to the original point - I'm bored.
my reasons - these are purely my opinions which I am entitled to, feel free to disagree, just thought I would share ......
I have 4 "Toons"
Level 38 Warlock
Level 27 Paladin
Level 31 Mage
Level 30 Hunter
I have been playing less than a month and I find these levels are too easy to attain - I played Asherons Call (original/Dark Majesty) for 18 months and leveling was much slower and each level felt satisfying.
Quests in WoW are too "kill multiple targets and collect the # of trophies for reward" over and over and over and over.
Character customisation is very limited, I have no control over how my attributes develop, yes I can choose the spell and skill paths but I have little input into the character "intellect, strength etc" attributes
in other MMO's you get input into how you want to develop the "physical" attributes - this discourages "hybrid" characters which I think narrows the game too much for my liking.
I can't "look" at the items others have, I may have an uber sword but no one knows that, I can't select an item on another character and "examine" it and see what they have, again other MMO's allow this, and allow me to affect that item (positively and negatively)
Did I mention that you have to kill things over and over ?
Quest system is very limited, I was getting really bored being sent from one town to another back and forth doing mind numbing boring tasks and the limit of 20 quests at any one time is a drag.
The death system- I often have no interest to run back to a point if I die, I resurect at the grave yard, pay to have my items restored (I have heaps of cash) go make a cup of coffee until my resurection sickness wears off and then potter off to do something else, running back to your corpse is boring ... and since resurection is easy and relativly pain free I die and could not care less, there seems little penalty.
Now don't get me wrong some of the things in the game I like
the graphics are nice
the fact that there are "things" underwater - the nessy monster in the Loch gave me a giggle.
the pets are well implemented
some of the spells systems are clever
I was amused by fishing for awhile
I liked seeing WoW charaters, places and things brought to full 3D life.
anyhow - not going to subscribe - if anything the game is too easy and back to the original point - I'm bored.