Originally Posted by
RickJamesLich
I'll agree, in WoW, most players don't hit max level. But at that point, content at max level isn't really the issue for them. As for raiding, as I said, if anyone here hasn't ever touched a raid before, speak up now. I doubt anyone will respond... I'd do a poll, but it's too much effort lol. As for the enormous expense, I think that is justified in the fact that it attracts people to the game. Hearing that you can form an army and literally storm into a massive dungeon has gotten people to play wow, even if they don't reach that point themselves. Take street fighter for example, if they made the game a single player game, one in which you could never face off with a friend, the company may save some money, but then again, it'd turn off a lot of people that may be interested, even if they do play solo a lot of the time.
You and me will probably disagree no matter what on raiders winning. Raiders run out of content typically by Wednesday and have to wait until next Tuesday again.
The instant catch up is part of what made DS so dull, you bypass almost all of the content the game has to offer, and the stuff you do wanna run, typically you can clear in an hour or so. It left everyone flying on their mounts in stormwind or ogrimmar for 9 months because they already did everything in the game and had nothing left.