To start, I cant see how this can be a short post, so WARNING, TL;DR!
Ah yes, good ol' World of Warcraft. If I was to write my whole story, I don't think it would fit in one post, as I'm sure it's the same thing for many of you too
To (somewhat) summarise, I played Open Beta and then since 3rd day of US Vanilla, even though I'm from Europe (dont ask ). I didn't know much about the game, it was my first MMO (well, I *did* play UO for a bit, but still) and was insta hooked. I chose orc warrior and stick to the same race/class to this day (or should I say until I stopped 2,5 years ago).
I went through numerous patches, bug fixes, buffs, nerfs, etc. etc. Met lots of great people and all in all, WoW provided a certain online adventure mixed with RL people that I probably wont forget for the rest of my life.
I had a pause, then switched to EU servers and played with several friends from my country, etc. So that was like WoW adventure #2
But, as always, all good things come to an end.
As a lot of you, I felt burned out, even though I wasn't hardcore at all and mostly just PvPed.
I completely stoped playing in February, 2011. I don't know what patch that was, but I know Transmorgation wasn't in yet. Nor were the new style Talents.
Anyway, if I (try to) put nostalgia out of the way, would you guys, warriors (ok, others are welcome too :P) say it's worth coming back?
Mostly, I'm interested in few stuff:
1) How is the warrior class today? (I don't mind being hard, it always kinda was. I just need an honest, realistic opinion/answer whether we can hold our own in various situations, provided the players knows how to play)
2) How is the population on servers? Is it that dead as it seems or I lack info?
3) I assume everyone would recommend choosing a server where I have friends or can easily join a guild?
Any other information/suggestions are appreciated for a new(old) warrior like myself