I wanted to know if Cata did this for anyone else.
Ive had WoW since day 1, but my problem was i would get really bored of levelling fast and go play CSS or something, wasting the money I spent on time, and would do the same month after month. I would always feel like a change, so id get time, play for 2 or 3 levels and bore myself out.
When the BC and Wotlk came out, i bought them, and did exactly the same. Ive never once in like the past 5 years had a max level character of my own in any expansion or Vanilla. But when cataclysm came out, ive thouroughly found myself really enjoying the game. Im actually enjoying the levelling, the quests are great, and Ive gone from 68 - 83 in about 2 weeks, I was wondering if cata sparked anybody elses interest like this?
yep i played wow when it first came out in 04 but then quit around 2006 or the end of 05, cata has got me back into it and i love going through the old but new dungeons and seeing what has changed in the world
herrod in scarlet monastery made me nostalgia and the humour theyve put in has been great
Never had a max character untill WoTLK. Cataclysm is a great expansion, a challenge finally.
I wiped on the first boss in The Stonecore with a Dungeon Finder group
Finally :froggonk:
Lmao
Been to Stonecore twice, both with DF groups.
First run wiped twice on the 2nd boss through my etanking and didnt know the tactics till someone told me.
Wiped once leading up to the 3rd boss and once on the 3rd boss.
Didnt do the last boss.
All because we had a level 85 healer whos mana ran out on bloody trash mops or 1/4 way through a boss fight.
Second time, did the whole thing with no wipes.
Same for me. Got the original WoW, then TBC 2 months later. I got to lvl 58 with my main, but I found it so boring. I also created several alts to try out different classes, but it just didn't work. Stopped playing WoW in what I believe was late 2007. Didn't bother with WOTLK. Gave my account to a friend, he activated WOTLK on it. Then he wanted to rather play on his own account, and told me I could have it back. I wasn't interested, but when Cataclysm was released, my friend bough the game for me, so I decided to give it another try. I was surprised of how much for fun it was compared to the last time I played.
Im bored again already :/
Not played all week despite signing for tons of raids. Ive probably been gkicked but i dont care enough to log in and see.
Leveling was too short, and raids were hard for the first day or so in heroic gear.
I dinged 85 yesterday.
Got to say, the feeling of never wanting to level to max level, and then finishing to 85 on the deathwing quest in the Red Dragon area, finishing on the quest where they are fighting on the mountain.
I literlly felt accomplished and proud of myself that i had actually levelled a character to max.
Then i got ridiculously tired from staying up to hit 85 and fell asleep for 15 hours lmao.
I dinged on my shaman by killing another shaman.
I never touched WoW until about 2 days after Christmas, now i have a level 78. Fuck this game man
I played until reaching around 50, when it was hard as hell to reach max level. Before BC came out, I stopped. But Cataclysm has sparked my interest, now either I need to try to find my friend who is playing this game(she is unfortunately playing as an Alliance character, or at least one of them), or say fuck that and make a Horde character. I am leaning towards Horde badass.
Unless I get distracted by SC2. But that game is $60, and will probably stay at $60 till 2012 or when the next SC2 game comes out.
I don't like Cataclysm, they made healing so boring. In Wrath of the Lich King you could heal impossible odds. Your reflexes and judgement were the limit.
The feeling you get when everything went bad and all the healers are dead except for you, and everyone thinks we are going to wipe, and you still manage to keep the tank and some dps up and down the boss, is awesome.
In Cataclysm healing is so slow. Instead of making you depend on your reflexes they challenge you by making you use the right heals for the right situation. But any competent healer was already doing that in Lich King. The only difference is, that when other healers die, you can't do shit. You can try and heal the tank + raid, but your heals are so goddamn slow and you go oom so damn fast that you just feel handicapped.
And I'm not interested in playing a different role, so Cataclysm actually made me lose interest. I downed a few raid bosses the first and second reset and then just quit.
[QUOTE=Notnotprobydoby;27328292]I don't like Cataclysm, they made healing so boring. In Wrath of the Lich King you could heal impossible odds. Your reflexes and judgement were the limit.
The feeling you get when everything went bad and all the healers are dead except for you, and everyone thinks we are going to wipe, and you still manage to keep the tank and some dps up and down the boss, is awesome.
In Cataclysm healing is so slow. Instead of making you depend on your reflexes they challenge you by making you use the right heals for the right situation. But any competent healer was already doing that in Lich King. The only difference is, that when other healers die, you can't do shit. You can try and heal the tank + raid, but your heals are so goddamn slow and you go oom so damn fast that you just feel handicapped.
And I'm not interested in playing a different role, so Cataclysm actually made me lose interest. I downed a few raid bosses the first and second reset and then just quit.[/QUOTE]
So the gist of your rambling whine is that healing is more about strategy and skill and less about random button mashing? That sounds like an improvement. It shouldn't be about how fast you can cast. It should be about anticipating damage and casting the right spell. I welcome a challenge as a healer, because that's how I will get better.
I feel like, if I had played WoW three years ago (Back when I was still into the Fantasy genre), I probably would have liked it more. My grief isn't so much with cataclysm, but the fact that my interest in Medieval Fantasy has waned over the years.
Now, World of Starcraft, if it comes out, would be something I'm interested in. I'm more into Sci-Fi now than I am Fantasy.
[QUOTE=Bignut_Squirrel;27329403]So the gist of your rambling whine is that healing is more about strategy and skill and less about random button mashing? That sounds like an improvement. It shouldn't be about how fast you can cast. It should be about anticipating damage and casting the right spell. I welcome a challenge as a healer, because that's how I will get better.[/QUOTE]
He's used to the endgame gear and the Epics that were literally just handed to you for almost no effort. This is the beginning of the expansion, and it's going to take more skill to compensate for the fact that you don't have full Epics yet, which enable you to roll your face on the keyboard to heal the entire party.
[QUOTE=Notnotprobydoby;27328292]I don't like Cataclysm, they made healing so boring. In Wrath of the Lich King you could heal impossible odds. Your reflexes and judgement were the limit.
The feeling you get when everything went bad and all the healers are dead except for you, and everyone thinks we are going to wipe, and you still manage to keep the tank and some dps up and down the boss, is awesome.
In Cataclysm healing is so slow. Instead of making you depend on your reflexes they challenge you by making you use the right heals for the right situation. But any competent healer was already doing that in Lich King. The only difference is, that when other healers die, you can't do shit. You can try and heal the tank + raid, but your heals are so goddamn slow and you go oom so damn fast that you just feel handicapped.
And I'm not interested in playing a different role, so Cataclysm actually made me lose interest. I downed a few raid bosses the first and second reset and then just quit.[/QUOTE]
wahh healing is hard :frown:
[QUOTE=Bignut_Squirrel;27329403]So the gist of your rambling whine is that healing is more about strategy and skill and less about random button mashing? That sounds like an improvement. It shouldn't be about how fast you can cast. It should be about anticipating damage and casting the right spell. I welcome a challenge as a healer, because that's how I will get better.[/QUOTE]
We were already anticipating damage and choosing the right spell in wrath of the lich king, even more so because when you didn't, the target would be dead. I just can't be the big hero any more that saves the raid when things go very wrong. As it turns out, that was the only reason I played the game.
And I just don't see the challenge in constantly using my most efficient spells and then watch how sometimes the raid dies because a dps stood in the raid with a debuff too long.
So yes, strategy wise it has improved, but more challenging for healers, not imo.
[quote]wahh healing is hard [/quote]
How could you even draw that conclusion from what I said.
[QUOTE=Notnotprobydoby;27347666]We were already anticipating damage and choosing the right spell in wrath of the lich king, even more so because when you didn't, the target would be dead. I just can't be the big hero any more that saves the raid when things go very wrong. As it turns out, that was the only reason I played the game.
And I just don't see the challenge in constantly using my most efficient spells and then watch how sometimes the raid dies because a dps stood in the raid with a debuff too long.
So yes, strategy wise it has improved, but more challenging for healers, not imo.
How could you even draw that conclusion from what I said.[/QUOTE]
working with other people in an MMO to complete content sucks, i wanna be an hero
I was always interested, just .. not very good. I was a level 20 hunter grinding all the time on level 14 mobs.
[B]All[/B] the time.
[QUOTE=TehSpah;27350179]I was always interested, just .. not very good. I was a level 20 hunter grinding all the time on level 14 mobs.
[B]All[/B] the time.[/QUOTE]
Explains why you were only level 20, you stop getting experience from creeps 5 levels lower than you.
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