Who else is disspointed with all the latest cataclysm news?

[Shodokan]

That basically it's WOTLK 2.0 with new raids and a lot of stuff that would basically be a content patch but is being pushed as an entire expansion?

I hate that nearly all their plans have been changed and that cool things like guild talents and path of the titans are gone.

Seriously is activision that hungry for money that they are forcing them to release an unfinished product? I know theres still beta and such but beta is almost the finished product where there are few balancing issues and kinks that need to be worked out but overall just an experience of new content.

I dunno, i'm just a bit frustrated personally and am a bit pissed off i basically am paying for the equivalent of two content patches. Yes i understand it's their whole 2 year model but still, i feel WOTLK'd ending is being rushed.

/end rant

[drevil]

the original dev team already moved to other projects,
so we get only a new brew of some things (again).

it's a shame no other company managed to push out a similar product,
to give blizzard a "real" competitor.

[Shodokan]

the original dev team already moved to other projects,
so we get only a new brew of some things (again).

it's a shame no other company managed to push out a similar product,
to give blizzard a "real" competitor.

in all aspects blizzard never had true competitors, no RTS has stood up to starcraft, and that game came out in 1996.

[Akoko]

I don't mind. I just want to get back into Azeroth. Outlands and Northrend were really disappointing as zones.

[OzPhoenix]

The leveling better be less boring this time round. I could handle Cata being Wrath 2.0 becuase I like Wrath's systems, but not if the 5-levels are like 10 spun out even longer.

[Shodokan]

The leveling better be less boring this time round. I could handle Cata being Wrath 2.0 becuase I like Wrath's systems, but not if the 5-levels are like 10 spun out even longer.

from my experience in alpha they are longer than wrath levels.

[MiRai]

from my experience in alpha they are longer than wrath levels.

I remember them saying, at Blizzcon I believe, that they wanted these 5 Cataclysm levels to be just a long as Wrath's 10 levels.

[OzPhoenix]

I remember them saying, at Blizzcon I believe, that they wanted these 5 Cataclysm levels to be just a long as Wrath's 10 levels.

/wrists

[Redbeard]

They stated they want leveling to feel bigger than it was, hence theyre 5 more "meaningful" levels instead of 10 quicker levels.

I thought the pace of WOTLK / TBC leveling was fine, if they continue that im golden.

The big disappointmetn was the path of the titans thing. Supposedly they are going to be redesigning the glyph system instead, so there is still hope for some improvement there *shrug*

After reading their reasoning for ditching guild talents it makes sense, not too upset about that one.

So far the positives outweigh the negatives for me, and I am excited to go level in the old world some more.

Well see how it goes.

[Svpernova09]

I'm glad they ditched the guild talents. It would have really kinda divided LoB since we have such a diverse crowd. I don't mind the leveling speed since I'm the minority that actually loves to quest. The path of the titans was kinda nice that they removed that IMO. I like the idea that I can swap to any of my toons solo and feel like I can do anything in the game without too much of a time sink (lol). Granted I have my druid, that has most of my achievements, and I'm not trying to duplicate that on all my alts, but it seems like the path of the titans was going to be a huge required to raid time sink, and atm, I have fun raiding on whatever toon I feel like. Just this weekend I dropped 35k on my DK and went and pugged 6/12 ICC25. Having that kind of freedom is what keeps me logging in everyday. If I had to do some kind of long grind to be able to stay competitive in raids, I'd probably close up shop and drop to 1 account only logging in every few days.


WotLK ending is rushed? I don't think so. I mean, ICC has been out for 6+ months and there hasn't been anything NEW since then (unless you count the gating of ICC itself) Killing the LK was one of my top 10 wow moments. It was a huge deal for me and when we finally did it, I truly felt ok with the expansion being over. They could release cataclysm next week and I'd be content with it. I'm glad they aren't, and I'm glad we still have some time left because frankly, I fear the change because it will all be reset. Gear will mean nothing and everyone will be racing to 85 and farming heroics with purpose again. The unknown of what lies head is what really keeps me playing. The time between expansions is nothing more than a means to an end. A journey to the next adventure.