Considering a return.

Vicxas wrote: »

Im the polar opposite, I love the leveling experience for the most part (A few zones excluded) because I cant commit to the end game anymore.

But the problem is theres no community in WoW anymore, everyone is blasting through with their Heirlooms trying to get to 90, getting bored and starting again.

I have a free character boost to 90 and for the life of me i've no drive to use it it as once you hit 90 its Raid or do dailies. And dailies bore the life out of me.

When you were playing WoW and loving it, what exactly where you doing?

Obviously there is a ton of ways to play the game and get enjoyment, for times I didnt even play, just made gold and loved it.

For me my main enjoyment and purpose is get to max level, gear a character, then begin through raiding progression. When thats done I get an alt, and do the same with that, while raiding the main to pickup the BIS gear

Obviously in recent weeks all my mates have left the game to do other things before WOD, so obviously my enjoyment has dropped dramatically. I've cancelled my sub awaiting maybe a motnh before WOD, and have two months left on my sub.

A friend was onto me this morning that his 10man guild are getting back together, so I'm going to level fresh with him and gear up for raiding. That will be probably character 20+, and it will be a mill to get to 90.

Obviously the community aspect has disintegrated, but I don't think its purposefully because of Blizzard, but insinstead people looking inward to their guild, or own communities.

I stopped heroic raiding in WOTLK really, and have been going a bit through the motions through Cataclysm and MOP. A big problem has been essentially being alone, not able to raid.

Trying to get into a new guild was tough, your joining established communities where its a chore to get accepted. I joined a guild in Cataclysm and was on trial for AGES. Best performing Warlock, yet couldn't get gear or any rewards because I was on trial, in the end just had to leave, it was pointless.

I'll have to have a think about what I want to do with WOD. While I love playing with my mates, the inevitable direction is that our raiding revolves around 2-3 core people, and while they get little buzzes, they inevitably leave the game and our raids in chaos.

For the first time since WOTLK I'll probably need to make a conscious decision and go elsewhere to integrate into a new community.

The point being, none of this was blizzard fault or their problem. While I consider LFR to be one of the worst features ever created after instanced PVP, Flex was a brilliant addition, and allows me to raid when it suits me. And I've been able to go into normal runs and heroic runs to do some bosses because of that stepping stone.

Sinsiter, be reasonable. Wildstar is new and fresh. WoW is almost 10 years old and at the end of an expansion. The only thing Wildstar has done that WoW hasn't is the telegraph combat system. It's not a WoW killer, nothing is. WoW will end when Blizzard unveil their next big MMO, and until then, it'll just plod along nicely.

So in short for DCULLY,

Come back to WoW, it's pretty excellent if youve been out for a while. The Flex mechanic and cross raid functionality now means you can pretty much easily raid flex and normal difficulties at a time that suits you.

The advent of openraid websites and ingame addons means you can nearly find a raid on demand, or sign up in advance for one that suits you.

Heroic content will still need a guild obviously, but there is plenty to get your teeth stuck into as you wait for the new expansion if you havn't been doing current content. What they have dond with Flex and cross-raid mechanics, is essentially what they should have done rather then implement LFR.

You can raid at a decent level, at a time that suits you and your schedule, while being somewhat challenging.