Saturday we mounted up and headed into Hellfire Citadel. It was a good night, very few issues and we downed Kormoc for the first time. A good raid night all around, I was very happy and my tanking didn't kill us all. We had a new raider and a person we pulled from the nether with us as well. It was nice.
Sunday didn't happen as a raid night. Not enough showed so we split up and rand timewalking dungeons. I pulled my DK Illyrea out for a tank test (I haven't DK tanked since Wrath, when I could duel wield tank. Thank you Blizz) and only wipe us a couple of times. To me the tanking feels a little clunky on the DK at the moment, but I haven't developed the timing and muscle memory for the class. Had fun anyway.
So this week Topic is one that has been on my mind. With Illidan and a lot of old stuff being brought back again, there seems to be a lot of people wishing for the old days of World of Warcraft. You know, where there were 40 man raids and everything was mind numbingly hard, because only the elite raided, and they stood apart for it. And the grinding man, if you didn't spend hours getting herbs and ore making your eyes bleed with all the pixels they were taking in just so your character could be their best.... Well, I think you can already tell where my opinion is on this.
I think there should be some challenges in game. And I think we have them, there is Mythic raiding, PVP, and some bigger achievements. Do I think we should go back to the days of having to CC every pull, spending a couple hours in a dungeon, and wandering around Dallaran yelling in trade for a group? No. Not at all.
This game, like all successful things has evolved with the player base. I would imagine for every person who yells about how easy this game is now, there are a could hundred who roll their eyes and close their ears as soon as the song of the glory days of vanilla comes on. While I started playing at the end of Vanilla, or original Wow, I sure don't miss the days of grinding and praying I could get one character to level 60. To me, getting one, being able to get a couple things done, and getting off in an hour or two is perfect. Heaven knows I can't spend hours upon hours on the game anymore. Call me a casual. I'm cool with that. I hardly believe though the people calling for things to be like the old days are the majority. I think it's more a vocal minority with a lot of folks who just as soon don't want to engage in a long pointless debate.
But I could be wrong. I admit it. I mean, I know raiding wise as a leader I'm not lighting any fireworks. We have fun, which I thought was the point of this game, but compared to a lot of the "big raiders" we are mediocre. I will take mediocre and fun any day over stress, yelling, and treating this game like a job. Obviously if you want something harder there are other options out there. Wildstar is going free to play in a couple of months, and it is supposed to be very punishing and hard on the raid content. Of course, like I said, it's going free to play so there might be a reason for that.
Alright, my rant is over. I meant it to be an argument and it's all one sided. Sue me. I just can't justify a discussion on making the game harder and more grindy for a few special snow flakes. In other news....
Get your pathfinder done. 6.2.2 drops on Sept 1st. That means we are getting close to flying in Draenor. If you haven't gotten your achievement, now is the time to get 'em done. If you don't care, it doesn't matter what I say anyway.
See you in game.
Lag.
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