I like it. It's fine.
I don't understand why people want to overcomplicate things. The game is just fine. If I don't feel like playing I will just take a break.
I like it. It's fine.
I don't understand why people want to overcomplicate things. The game is just fine. If I don't feel like playing I will just take a break.
Game mechanic wise it is what an MMO should be with plenty of things to keep grinding, and story wise I guess we are getting closer to Sargeras
Compared to WoD, sure, but I don't like how Legion has been honestly. I don't like how everything is chance based. I know that chance has always been a thing, but now it's like a chance of a chance. I can't just do a higher difficulty raid and get the item upgrade I need, I have to do it over and over in hopes that it not only drops, but drops as an upgrade. Even Nethershards, I'm collecting 5000 of these to not even guarantee that I get something useful, it's a chance to get something useful.
What was wrong with Valor/Conquest by the way? Was it really too much to let people collect a currency to eventually purchase something they actually want? PvP items sort of work that way now, but again, it's a chance. You got them every time you defeated a boss. IIRC, you would gain honor in a similar way, earning a certain amount every win/loss, but in PvP now, you only get echoes of battle (essentially honor then) by obliterating gear that you don't need. And the return is what, 1:5? And what are the chances of getting gear in the first place, and what is the chance of it being an obliteratable (gladiator) piece? Is there something wrong with having a steady flow of gear?
Story-wise, I'm really hoping it stops escalating in this bigger badder enemies way after Legion. I hope that with the end of Legion, it has some nice wrap up that lets us stop having all these moments where the Horde and Alliance are working together but for some reason they still got issues with each other. I feel like it's happened so much lately it's boring. I think I'm tired of my character being the biggest badass ever. Even though we defeated Illidan and the Lich King and such in the past, it was never really like I was treated like the fucking champion of the world before. There's always someone sort of leading the charge in terms of story. And even in-game, it's not like I'm single-handedly doing any of this shit, but I'm treated like I'm the only one. Also, I'm thinking artifact weapons were a mistake because it's going to make for a weird story now. I hope they shatter in the final fight or something cause fuck it, give us regular ass weapons again. Everyone's already transmogging out of them anyway.
Lastly (not really, I could type all day), such a huge amount of what used to be social is now "social". They say oh, there's this world boss that everyone has to group up to kill each week, which might sound like how world bosses actually used to be. Now they're just giant elite mobs with a ton of HP. Nobody is every coordinated or talks to each other while doing this shit, they just head over there, find a group, kill it, get their chance at getting a chance of loot they need and leave and do it again next week. Remember when people were actually organizing to do this stuff and it was actually difficult, and thus required people communicate? And world quests are just really spread out daily quests. At least Isle of Quel'Danas had a nice flow to it, and once you did it that day that was it. And you really didn't have to do it other than rep gains and getting a good amount of gold. I know I stopped as soon as I made enough to get my epic flying mount. Each patch just seems to add more of this stuff too, I bet you 7.3 we're going to Argus and that's just going to be another Broken Shore with some other form of Nethershard farming. As far as leveling up, people don't level up together anymore because the content is pretty mindless, but I guess it's been that way for a long time. Still, not something that I'm seeing improve. I think that the leveling experience and just how the game has been built in this expansion in general has been really punishing for alts or newer players.
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I voted with my wallet. Do the same and as the behaviour spreads, you might even see your views taken into consideration.
Meh.....sometimes i feel the Devs just arent trying......It seems they are just giving the customers what they want rather than being creative or innovative.
So far....Game Design: meh....
Raids and Dungeons: better than last expansion....I liked the direction, plus the addition of M+ was a good alternative for players for endgame content.
Lore and Storytelling...and questing: I always take the story at face value....so to me its never good nor bad....but the over all questing to me was better than last expansion.....WQ's are definitely better than dailies...so improvement there.
Gear progression: Oh dear God...this is the absolute worst...this is what knocks the game down to "Meh" RNG legendaries, gear stats, loot drops....its RNG on top of RNG, its tolerable in Diablo.....but...THIS IS NOT DIABLO!
Although I enjoyed Artifacts as a whole....the AP/AK progression needs a serious overhaul IF they continue it into next expansion.
RNG in Profession was a terrible idea!....although adding more lore to my professions was fun....the RNG of it was truely the worst....cooking anyone????
In the next expansion....what we need is an acct currency...earned by just playing the game....even old content...like killing the Lich King would earn you 1 currency, but finishing a current M+might earn you 50-100. This currency could be spent on a multitude of things like; Toys, Pets, Flavor items, even Mounts, and if Blizz decides to add Player Housing or guild housing, etc......currency could be used to purchase items for said places. Currently this game has alot of....what feels like "forced" time sinks....like AP/AK and the overwhelming RNG.....so to me currency would be a more relaxed time sink.....so that the player could just play the game, and play alts....all while earning. Seems like a fun simple addition, but time will tell.
You can check my threads for an in-depth explanation with graphs and images that are backed by facts and reach real conclusions. Your subjective opinion doesn't trump that.
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did you buy it or not
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Great: LFR
Good but needs improvment: Mythic+
Neutral: Professions
Music: Best music since ever
Bad: World quests
Very Bad: Dungeons
Very very bad: Raids
Tremendous bad, so bad your head spins: PvP
A big part of that problem is in my opinion removal of the equipped-limit.
If crafted gear could be produced for near every slot at raid-level standards, what would be the point of raid gear outside of tier.
Not a lot.
Hence it being lower to simply make going all crafted unattractive.
IMO it should have remained only a small number able to be equipped.
Offering a few slots able to be crafted, but to a more competitive level.
Game's pretty stale, if it weren't for raids I wouldn't play.
Honestly, you think the raids are bad? and you only do LFR? Yet, you call what i said is a subjective opinion? Maybe to you, but im sorry, you just dont deserve free high level gear from LFR. I wont get into the typical debate with someone like you, who thinks they know everything about a subject they've never been a part of. The reality is, LFR isn't hard, LFR isnt a "raid" its a face roll. When i carry people in LFR (doing 30%+ of the dmg on every fight), yet these people feel that that they deserve the same reward is laughable, and the only reason i even do LFR, and the people in my guild as well, is because blizzard persuades us with runes.
I will simply never understand the casual players mindset, why feel you have to have everything that other people put in 100x your effort into the game have? If youre happy being a casual, why not enjoy what casuals earn? If you want high M+ gear, grind higher keys all day, if you want mythic raid gear, raid in a mythic guild. Its not our problem that you want to log on to an MMORPG and play for ~1 hour every other day and be 928 ilvl from some daily quests. As i said, play skyrim, because you obviously cant reach a real conclusion.
The crux of an MMORPG is the social aspect, so you may have answered your own question.
If the solo quest-lines are nice, why do you pay a monthly fee?
There are a multitude of non-social multiplayer games available, designed around single player "hero adventures". The ones I'm thinking of are Buy-To-Play BTP, not subscription.
WoW took a wrong turn, sure. Or 50, or 500. When you continue to subscribe, you agree to everything you dislike, I guess. So I'm not sure where you are going with this.