A time comes in every man’s life where he threatens to kill his mother and needs to leave home.
For me, this time is now.
So if you know of any good (cheap) lodgings in the Gosport, Fareham, Portsmouth or Southsea areas I would like to hear from you.
Either that, or I’ll be needing a good attourney, because i’m getting close to actualising my threats - And I won’t be getting manslaughter.
James
Tomorrow is my last exam of the year and I have taken the appropriate steps to ensure total success;
If I actually pass all of this year’s units then I will adorn a crown and declare myself King of Blag; because I really have done fuck all preparation.
Be sure to read Mark’s Gaming Drivel and check out WSAG because i’m encouraging some new authors to post!
James.
I checked the other day, I have been playing WoW for a staggering 21 Months now - about £189 in Real Measurements - and its time to reflect on the experience as a whole.
What i’ve done
When I started out on WoW I was totally green; had no previous MMO experience and didn’t even conscript any friends to form a pseudo-Fellowship to make the virtual journey with. I was just a small-town Orc in a big bad world.
Since then i’ve grown and risen through the ranks to a respected and recognised casual player not only in my guild ‘Novus Initium’ but also accross the server.
I still vaguely remember my first Instance Run; Ragefire Chasm as a level 15 Shaman - It went horribly. Nowadays i’m conquering new 5-Man content with ease - and fulfilling the role I want and not being pigeon-holed into “Healer” because of my Shaman Roots.
I’ve cleared Molten Core, Onyxia’s Lair, Zul’gurub as Raids and am currently working on Karazhan.
Whats Changed?
So much it isn’t even funny. When I first played, WoW was calm - New content was slow, but came out ready to be conquered. PvP was simple, you had WSG and Arathi Basin and World PvP was pretty much non-existant.
Raids? … Molten Core was where “it” was at and Onyxia’s Lair was brand spanking new; lets not forget UBRS >_>
Lets look at what’s been released since then; Green for I’ve completed it:
As you can probably tell, I’m not exactly up to speed with raid progress, my Guild was half way through BWL when TBC came out, meaning we’ll never finish it (or Naxx in all likelihood). My point being, content has come so bloody quickly that even the best Guilds out there (read Nihilium) aren’t even keeping up.
Lets not even talk about the bugs.
How about Class Balance?
Class Balance is actually an Oxymoron; because I can hardly remember a time when the classes were actually fairly matched. It didn’t used to be so bad … Rogues were kinda the Kings but that was it.
Since then, with the expansion of PvP, Blizzard have gone Balance crazy; and with the ever increasing difficulty of End-game content they had to buff and not nerf. Some classes have been running around Unbalanced to the Max; Paladins became the best healers due to their ridiculous efficiency - Mages now have Silly DPS.
Shaman. Well things used to be good, we used to be quite powerful foes for PvP, but in PvE we weren’t so great. You hadto be Resto to raid and our healing was never very efficient. Nowadays we have totally changed; In PvP we’re jokes; with such low Health and only Mediocre Damage (not going to talk about CC) we just get stomped.
PvE is totally different, All three Shaman builds are viable and generally accepted alternate builds; I Instance/Raid with my Enhancement build and do the job of Melee Support perfectly. The only thing you have to fight now is old-fashioned raid leaders.
So … Summary?
I’ve always loved the craftsmanship of any Blizzard product; I can still pick up and play their oldest Games and they work on every level. I play World of Warcraft and … I’m a little saddened.
I love WoW, it remains one of the best games i’ve invested my time in for quite a while - but I am still unhappy with many things. Like SW:G, Blizzard thought they needed big changes which were brought in for TBC. I think they’ve spoiled the entire game now.
Every new change seems to be a bad one … Shaman Nerf upon Nerf, Alchemy Revamp - Which makes it fucking shite … I just want to know how much longer I have to take this abuse before my card is up … Even during the last Shaman Class-Review, they just fucked us over and didn’t fix a multitude of our problems.
Where now?
I am confident WoW will continue to run for years to come and I hope Blizzard will get their best people on the case; because they are the Kings of Balance … but I don’t see why they’ve done such a shit job of Balancing WoW.
I bet £5 that WoW will run for 10 Years, and probably get a Graphics Revamp.
I said this because I do not think a Starcraft MMO could ever work; but then I thought about it … What about a Diablo one? Or at least a Diablo Online Game, like Hellgate: London?
Anyway, those are my Warcraft Reflections; Tune in next time.
James
Its that time of year again, a new Season a new Blog.
My Blogging partner in crime bailed on WeSuckAtGames.co.uk so in all likelihood i’ll shut that down and redirect the domain (and probably a new one) here.
So, what can you expect here?
Me, James. That’s all - I’m going to post whatever the hell I feel like!
University, video games, women, politics and even World of Warcraft if I feel the urge. To that end I don’t actually expect anybody to read this, but really … isn’t that what Blogging is all about?
Thanks for popping by, Check back soon!
James.
