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I have been playing WoW since November 2004. I have quit a few times here and there. I was on a quit spell when the introduction of Cata was made. After some review, and playing a friends Beta, I couldnt be happier.

I am one of the few players, I think, who hated WotLK. HATED it. Over the years, I have watched content get easier and easier, and then to WotLK... where it was so much instant gratification of "gimme epix"

The game was developed, started, and grew in popularity because of how content was in vanilla. It was a real accomplishment to see a guy in full T1 or T2 or, if you were lucky to find one, in full T3, standing around in a major city. Very impressive. It took dedication, and strive, play skill, improvisation when things go wrong, (and do it smart), in order to get a particular boss down.

The game evolved into, [Run in, AOE tank, AOE heal, AOE dps], YAY epics! and the boss fights werent that hard. [Stand here, dps or dont dps, move some, perhaps, then loot.] I was very disappointed.

For me, (and I do recognize this is only one opinion on the subject), Cata is a step towards catering to the group of individuals that made WoW popular and successful in the first place. A Tribute sort of. There is still the "badge" gear, else the most of the gear is earned... truly earned.

Example: I had gone into a group dual boxing with other member of my guild. I told the mage, to sheep moon, and the lock to banish the diamond. BOTH of them... the mage says, "ok, hang on, I dont have that on my bar." The lock says "wait! what do you mean banish, I dont have a banish." (These players are new players since Wrath.)

LFG in vanilla was, "LF Fire Mage for MC!"
LFG in BC was, "LF Mage for BT"
LFG in Wrath was "LF DPS for Naxx"
Then its a "click me for a group, we dont care what your spec or class is, its all gooood."
LFG in Cata is now "LF Fire Mage for BoT"

Anyone else see the "dumbing down" there?

No. I rather enjoy the new content.

[Lpwned]

I feel bad now Like I have been the catalyst in a big quitting wave. I see a lot of fairly well known names in this thread.

I am one of the few players, I think, who hated WotLK. HATED it. Over the years, I have watched content get easier and easier, and then to WotLK...

You’re not alone.

WotLK felt SO cheap to me.


Most people don’t even know that Naxx was a rip off. It was a level 60 instance, and it was the EXACT same as it was at 80 (+ some HP and damage). Literally, they changed nothing! Same abilities, same encounters, same strategies, but as you all can imagine without the ‘LOL I WIN’ button that was given to all the classes in Wrath, it was an incredibly hard instance.


They were really that lazy and cheap. They just moved a 40 man instance from level 60 to 80, made it a 25 man and sold it as a $50 expansion… Hated Wrath with a passion!


Edit: And if you want a good LOL, go Google the warrior T3 set that was dropped in the ORIGINAL Naxx. I think you Wrath lovers will suddenly love Naxx a little less… sloppy seconds sold as new content. YAY FOR WRATH

[Khatovar]

They were really that lazy and cheap. They just moved a 40 man instance from level 60 to 80, made it a 25 man and sold it as a $50 expansion… Hated Wrath with a passion!


Edit: And if you want a good LOL, go Google the warrior T3 set that was dropped in the ORIGINAL Naxx. I think you Wrath lovers will suddenly love Naxx a little less… sloppy seconds sold as new content. YAY FOR WRATH

Hmm, I wasn't aware that the only content in Wrath was the starter raid they put in.