This is relevance.
Most of you already know (because the majority of the people who read this are people I personally know in real life), but I would like to tell you all that I play World of Warcraft.
Now, let me blow your mind. Okay, you ready? I'm not a hardcore player. WOo! Isn't that weird?
Yeah, I do have a max level character but that's after 3 years of playing on the same character with several months of breaks. Oh, and I cheated.
Cheated? What? Yeah, by all means, Addons are cheats. If it's not in game, then it's cheating the game. It's like using a Gameshark. I used questhelper to speed up my leveling process.
Sucks that I did, though. Now that I've reached the top, I'm bored.
Which brings me to the reason I felt like talking about WoW.
I FUCKING HATE PLAVER VS. PLAYER IN MY RPGs. And the stat min/max shit is annoying, too.
When WoW was conceptualized, PvP wasn't even on the main drawing board. Of course dueling and faction fighting is inevitable, but it's the glory hogs and whiners that made Blizzard add Battlegrounds and Arena.
Read this article and come back here when you're done. It's not too long.Every day or so I might get on, run around, then get off. Everyone at max level aren't even caring about the game itself. If the game didn't have the Warcraft logo on it, they wouldn't care.
I'm a loyalist from the original RTS game called Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. The game was fun, but most of all, the story was good. I loved the art, comical but with a serious tone. Blizzard really enjoyed making their games and weren't afraid to put in-jokes in them.
Click on an NPC too much and they might either insult you or go insane. It's awesome! Click on a sheep in WC2 too much, they yell out "bah ram ewe!"
Oh, in WC3, the sheep explode!!
So, the reason I chose WoW over something like Everquest or Final Fantasy Online was because I was excited to not only play as one of the heroic characters, but to also experience the lore with friends.
But douchebags have ruined the game either by being immature, competitive, or immature AND competitive. I hit 80 and wanted to do a regular, non-special dungeon that became available to me.
I asked for members to join, I got yelled at by several, and mocked by most. Why? Because I was 2 points too low in my armor class. What the fuck?
You fucking threw math in my fantasy!!!
Oh, and the only way to get my armor class up? PvP. Great. I really am conflicted here.
In order to do what I want in a game I pay for, I must do something that wasn't intended to be there in the first place. Why the fuck do I have to do all this unnecessary shit just to see a cut scene?
I know, all this and I could just quit. Which would end the frustration. But then I spent all the money on a game I quit on. I pre-ordered and payed for the new expansion because of the gameplay and lore it promised. But what do I get? Douchebags for game-mates.
I sigh.
Rants and raves and nothing gets done.
To be honest, I'm still happy I play it. It's just lonely. Questing is a blast, and the dungeons are great if you get a mature group.
Once I got to Northrend and started doing the high level quests, the experience just got better. The phase system is great.
I got to fight alongside the leader NPCs to kill another NPC that has been there since WC3. That was epic! After the fight, he never appeared again! No sprite respawn or anything.
Before Wrath of the Lich King (WotLK), after you kill an enemy as a quest, they normally respawn for the next player to quest. Now, if you are to kill them as the quest, they stay dead. Exhilarating.
I'm also excited for the instances to be had. Ulduar is supposed to explain why many things happen in the World...of Warcraft. Of course, that requires a raid and so far in my 3 years of playing, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACTUAL RAID BEFORE.
Okay, that's exaggerating. I was in 1 raid, and that's it.
Ranting again!
Heroics are stupid. Yeah, the loot is better, but what for? MORE PVP.
Oh, and no one ever does regular raids anymore. Only heroic dungeons, too. I can't do heroic. Wanna know why? No one will let me join their party. Something to do with me not doing the heroic before. Okay, how am I fucking supposed to do it, then? Also, it's the stat thing again. If I'm not equipped perfectly, they drop me. And then insult me.
Sometimes at the same time and then pester me days beyond. Seriously, it happened.
It's not the games fault. I just FUCKING HATE THE INTERNET AND ALL THE ANONYMITY IT ENTAILS.
And that is the word for today.
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