Have I mentioned that WoW forum withdrawal is a thing yet? I probably have. Since I'm not going to reopen my account just to post on the forums, I'll make a comment here concerning this post: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/18194590112
I almost halfway agree with Tewa on a couple of things he is saying (some of you know I almost never agree with him on anything).
On leveling: Tewa is right here: WoW leveling has always been fairly easy. What made it a pain back before the Cata revamp was having to travel from-say- the Undercity, to Thunderbluff, to some obscure town in another zone just to finish quest series. That's where the "difficulty" was in leveling during Vanilla and BC (though if I recall, in Vanilla there weren't enough quests to get to 60 <I never managed to make it past 45 in Vanilla>).
Over the course of the expacs, Bliz has reduced the amount of XP needed to level. That is why leveling is so quick these days (sure, the old world revamp probably helped a lot).
And as he says in post 43, unlike a lot of other games, WoW does not have a real penalty for dying. You don't lose XP, you don't lose levels: in WoW, the penalty for dying is this: if you decide to rez at the spirit healer, you lose a majority of your stats for 10 minutes; otherwise you run back to your corpse, rez, and then bandage/eat up. Personally, I like the WoW way better. I remember how annoying death was in FFXI.
Where I disagree with Tewa is when he makes the claim that the only real raiding is Mythic. This is an old mind set that he really just needs to get over at this point. This is the same mindset that has always been in WoW: casuals vs hardcore, 10m vs 25m (LK and Cata), LFR vs normal vs heroic vs Mythic. This debate has been going on literally since WoW came out. I've said it before and I'll say it again: WoW is the only MMO that has a raid setting for every play style. WoW is also the only MMO that I know of that tries to cater to each and every type of player (note: I said tries. If they brought back scenarios, I think WoW would be perfect for everyone).
There is a reason why things such as LFR and LFG exist (yes, they both still have a purpose despite the raid finder tool <not to be confused with LFR>).
I also agree with Tewa in the fact that raid gear is a tool. I've never been able to understand the mindset of people raiding just for gear. The whole point of raid gear is to gear up for the next echelon of raiding (normal to heroic; heroic to mythic) or for the next tier (normal tier 10 to normal tier 11 etc). This is also why LFR drops gear. Despite popular belief, LFR bosses don't fall down dead when you look at them. They still require some sort of effort. Again, this is another mindset the community needs to stop spreading (LFR bosses falling down dead when you look at them).
He is right that the reason to raid is because it can be fun (even with some PUG's raiding can be fun).
As far as "lack of community" goes: again, Bliz cannot force people to socialize. Want to socialize? Start socializing instead of complaining that no one does it. A big reason Staghelmers knew me was because I would talk to people.
Anyways, I just wanted to respond to that stuff.
I almost halfway agree with Tewa on a couple of things he is saying (some of you know I almost never agree with him on anything).
On leveling: Tewa is right here: WoW leveling has always been fairly easy. What made it a pain back before the Cata revamp was having to travel from-say- the Undercity, to Thunderbluff, to some obscure town in another zone just to finish quest series. That's where the "difficulty" was in leveling during Vanilla and BC (though if I recall, in Vanilla there weren't enough quests to get to 60 <I never managed to make it past 45 in Vanilla>).
Over the course of the expacs, Bliz has reduced the amount of XP needed to level. That is why leveling is so quick these days (sure, the old world revamp probably helped a lot).
And as he says in post 43, unlike a lot of other games, WoW does not have a real penalty for dying. You don't lose XP, you don't lose levels: in WoW, the penalty for dying is this: if you decide to rez at the spirit healer, you lose a majority of your stats for 10 minutes; otherwise you run back to your corpse, rez, and then bandage/eat up. Personally, I like the WoW way better. I remember how annoying death was in FFXI.
Where I disagree with Tewa is when he makes the claim that the only real raiding is Mythic. This is an old mind set that he really just needs to get over at this point. This is the same mindset that has always been in WoW: casuals vs hardcore, 10m vs 25m (LK and Cata), LFR vs normal vs heroic vs Mythic. This debate has been going on literally since WoW came out. I've said it before and I'll say it again: WoW is the only MMO that has a raid setting for every play style. WoW is also the only MMO that I know of that tries to cater to each and every type of player (note: I said tries. If they brought back scenarios, I think WoW would be perfect for everyone).
There is a reason why things such as LFR and LFG exist (yes, they both still have a purpose despite the raid finder tool <not to be confused with LFR>).
I also agree with Tewa in the fact that raid gear is a tool. I've never been able to understand the mindset of people raiding just for gear. The whole point of raid gear is to gear up for the next echelon of raiding (normal to heroic; heroic to mythic) or for the next tier (normal tier 10 to normal tier 11 etc). This is also why LFR drops gear. Despite popular belief, LFR bosses don't fall down dead when you look at them. They still require some sort of effort. Again, this is another mindset the community needs to stop spreading (LFR bosses falling down dead when you look at them).
He is right that the reason to raid is because it can be fun (even with some PUG's raiding can be fun).
As far as "lack of community" goes: again, Bliz cannot force people to socialize. Want to socialize? Start socializing instead of complaining that no one does it. A big reason Staghelmers knew me was because I would talk to people.
Anyways, I just wanted to respond to that stuff.