So I am sitting here reading my facebook feeds and it looks like every single gaming site announcing the news that Bliz is allowing flying has it complete wrong on exactly how long this debate has been going on (go figure). This debate has been ongoing since before WoD was in beta: so close to 2 years now.
You are probably sitting there wondering, "Okay, exactly why does how long this has been going on matter?"
It matters because I have fought tooth and nail over the course of the last two years trying to explain exactly why flying matters to people in WoW. I've seen some halfway decent ideas on how to reimplement it and I've seen some pretty bad ideas.
So upon reading the way Bliz wants to do this, it's like they picked the person with the last worst idea and decided to go along with that (if you follow the forums, this kind of idea always was down voted).
I have always maintained that I would be okay with it's return in the form of being connected to the exploration achievement. Heck, I can also cope with it being connected to the Loremaster achievement. What I am not okay with is this:
Treasure Hunting: look, I love to explore however I was never interested in the TI type of gameplay. I absolutely loathe treasure hunting in WoW. The game is not designed for those kinds of puzzles- it never will be (until we get double jump). I'm sure there are other people that want flying that feel the same way that I do about this.
Securing Draenor: is this really needed? Sure, it's somewhat lore connected, however, it's not a part of the Loremaster achievement and is only good for Apexis crystals (which are mostly worthless).
And now we come down to the nitty gritty: the rep grind. Are these reps somehow connected to flying in any way, shape. or form? I could understand this being a thing IF they had some sort of connection to flying (/cough Arrokoa).
After two years of this arguing, what I would most prefer to see is this:
Keep the Loremaster and exploration requirements. HOWEVER: charge 15K gold, 10K garrison resources, and 5K Apexis crystals.
This right here would suffice the whole "working for it" that Bliz seems to want people to do.
What people- and Blizzard- needs to keep in mind is future expacs here. Every expac, we get at least some new people (that might actually stay). Requiring all those ridiculous requirements- especially after the expac is done and over with- is, well, silly.
I also have another grumble, I feel Bliz owes it's player base- even those of us that quit over this- an apology. You have pitted friends against friends over this. Heck, I probably lost a few forum friends just because of the bickering. You've lost the trust from a lot of people over this also.
This right here would get me to return. Two years, Blizzard. Two years of bickering between the player base, basically ignoring us and we get what? A grind and no apology. Not even a "You guys were right."
If you want people to come back, you need to apologize.
You are probably sitting there wondering, "Okay, exactly why does how long this has been going on matter?"
It matters because I have fought tooth and nail over the course of the last two years trying to explain exactly why flying matters to people in WoW. I've seen some halfway decent ideas on how to reimplement it and I've seen some pretty bad ideas.
So upon reading the way Bliz wants to do this, it's like they picked the person with the last worst idea and decided to go along with that (if you follow the forums, this kind of idea always was down voted).
I have always maintained that I would be okay with it's return in the form of being connected to the exploration achievement. Heck, I can also cope with it being connected to the Loremaster achievement. What I am not okay with is this:
Treasure Hunting: look, I love to explore however I was never interested in the TI type of gameplay. I absolutely loathe treasure hunting in WoW. The game is not designed for those kinds of puzzles- it never will be (until we get double jump). I'm sure there are other people that want flying that feel the same way that I do about this.
Securing Draenor: is this really needed? Sure, it's somewhat lore connected, however, it's not a part of the Loremaster achievement and is only good for Apexis crystals (which are mostly worthless).
And now we come down to the nitty gritty: the rep grind. Are these reps somehow connected to flying in any way, shape. or form? I could understand this being a thing IF they had some sort of connection to flying (/cough Arrokoa).
After two years of this arguing, what I would most prefer to see is this:
Keep the Loremaster and exploration requirements. HOWEVER: charge 15K gold, 10K garrison resources, and 5K Apexis crystals.
This right here would suffice the whole "working for it" that Bliz seems to want people to do.
What people- and Blizzard- needs to keep in mind is future expacs here. Every expac, we get at least some new people (that might actually stay). Requiring all those ridiculous requirements- especially after the expac is done and over with- is, well, silly.
I also have another grumble, I feel Bliz owes it's player base- even those of us that quit over this- an apology. You have pitted friends against friends over this. Heck, I probably lost a few forum friends just because of the bickering. You've lost the trust from a lot of people over this also.
This right here would get me to return. Two years, Blizzard. Two years of bickering between the player base, basically ignoring us and we get what? A grind and no apology. Not even a "You guys were right."
If you want people to come back, you need to apologize.