I still have hope that Blizzard might finally pull their thumbs out of their asses and add some new content. WotLK should have been out ages ago if you consider the original plans for "one expansion each year". I think they are dragging their feet since there is not much in terms of competition from other MMORPGs at the moment. The upcoming releases of Age of Conan and Warhammer Online might trigger some frantic content upgrades by Blizzard.
The current list of known features in WotLK is kind of underwhelming, especially considering the insane amount of money that should be available for the development. Hopefully Blizzard will put some more beef on the table, since 10 new levels worth of content and a single new class are slim pickings when you stretch it out over the amount of time that the content probably has to last for.
There are still tons of areas of WoW lore left to explore, like the Emerald Dream, or the Maelstrom. And the Caverns of Time are the perfect device to replay each and every major encounter of the Warcraft history. I really hope Blizzard switches development into a higher gear soon.
April 21, 2008
What is left?
There are still some things left for me to do in WoW outside the raid progression. I could start PvP. But I never really liked PvP, so it is unlikely that this is the answer.
Or I could level up more alts to 70 to get to know each class better. But having to drag another character through the same old content doesn't really appeal to me at the moment. I already tried to do some multi-boxing (playing several characters on different accounts at the same time) to spice up the levelling but while this is new and exciting in a technological way it didn't really satisfy me. There is no chance that you really learn to master a class while using the synchronized macros required for multiboxing.
And there are still a few areas I could explore and quests I didn't do. So far I almost exclusively played horde characters. My highest alliance character is a level 17 mage that I started ages ago. The alliance side still has fresh content that I have never seen before, areas I have not been to, quests that I didn't finish ten times already - hurray!
But of course there is a downside to playing alliance. It might as well be a different game, since due to the lack of communication between Alliance and Horde I am instantly cut off from my social network in the game.
Or I could level up more alts to 70 to get to know each class better. But having to drag another character through the same old content doesn't really appeal to me at the moment. I already tried to do some multi-boxing (playing several characters on different accounts at the same time) to spice up the levelling but while this is new and exciting in a technological way it didn't really satisfy me. There is no chance that you really learn to master a class while using the synchronized macros required for multiboxing.
And there are still a few areas I could explore and quests I didn't do. So far I almost exclusively played horde characters. My highest alliance character is a level 17 mage that I started ages ago. The alliance side still has fresh content that I have never seen before, areas I have not been to, quests that I didn't finish ten times already - hurray!
But of course there is a downside to playing alliance. It might as well be a different game, since due to the lack of communication between Alliance and Horde I am instantly cut off from my social network in the game.
Killing time
Over the last few months my enthusiasm for playing WoW has been fading. And now I have reached the point where there is no doubt anymore - I am burned out on WoW. I log on and do the same dailies every day, raid the same instances, do the same quests that I did last week on a different alt, ... basically I am just killing time. It is not so much the repetition that gets to me, it is the lack of new stuff to do, new areas to explore.
A lot of my time is usually spent raiding. The normal schedule of my guild is three nights with 4 hours each, plus some time before and after to prepare or to squeeze in a "last attempt". This is a lot of time, but it is necessary if you want to get through all the raiding tiers in WoW. There is fresh content in the raid instances, but it requires a huge amount of dedication to unlock that content.
While raiding the progress usually is glacially slow. Lots of raids are spent bashing your head against the same boss over and over again. Whatever was unique or cool with the encounter is soon replaced by the feeling of "not again". And after you beat the encounter you still get to do it over and over again every week for months - to gear up.
If I am not raiding then I am often levelling up my alts. But questing on an alt is been-there-done-that - there hasn't been much in terms of mid-level content additions apart from the upgrade of Dustwallow Marsh. There is simply no new content to explore after you levelled three characters to 70, one of which basically has done every quest there is in the game. The only new content gained by playing alts is from class specific quests and from gaining new spells and talents.
And the rest of the time in WoW was spent doing dailies for gold and reputation. The 2.4 patch was exciting for about a week with new daily quests. But doing the dailies over and over again? All the gold I earn doesn't buy me new content to explore.
Maybe it is best to cut down drastically on my WoW time and go into "hibernation". Drag out one of my characters for an evening or two each week and do some instances or a raid with my friends.
A lot of my time is usually spent raiding. The normal schedule of my guild is three nights with 4 hours each, plus some time before and after to prepare or to squeeze in a "last attempt". This is a lot of time, but it is necessary if you want to get through all the raiding tiers in WoW. There is fresh content in the raid instances, but it requires a huge amount of dedication to unlock that content.
While raiding the progress usually is glacially slow. Lots of raids are spent bashing your head against the same boss over and over again. Whatever was unique or cool with the encounter is soon replaced by the feeling of "not again". And after you beat the encounter you still get to do it over and over again every week for months - to gear up.
If I am not raiding then I am often levelling up my alts. But questing on an alt is been-there-done-that - there hasn't been much in terms of mid-level content additions apart from the upgrade of Dustwallow Marsh. There is simply no new content to explore after you levelled three characters to 70, one of which basically has done every quest there is in the game. The only new content gained by playing alts is from class specific quests and from gaining new spells and talents.
And the rest of the time in WoW was spent doing dailies for gold and reputation. The 2.4 patch was exciting for about a week with new daily quests. But doing the dailies over and over again? All the gold I earn doesn't buy me new content to explore.
Maybe it is best to cut down drastically on my WoW time and go into "hibernation". Drag out one of my characters for an evening or two each week and do some instances or a raid with my friends.
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