Let’s get creative with WoW

I’m posting this little rant as kind of an addendum to my most recent fit of verbal diarrhea, where I basically vented my displeasure and disappointment with the current state of WoW.

What I’m arguing is that the achievement system has opened up a Pandora’s box of crybabies and spoiled brats that have just enough financial pull in their massive numbers, to directly affect the game we play. That recycled recolored models are being passed off as new content when they lack any sense of innovation or any feeling of something truly new. All of this in the name of making it easier for Joe Blow to get his achievement for 50 billion mounts, thus giving him the title “BIGGER DOUCHEBAG THAN SPOONER” which unlike other MMOs, adds nothing to his character in any way aside from a little notch on a size 79 belt, fatass.

Example: The new quest hubs and the general way that this Argent Tournament is being handled is essentially a copycat of the Sunwell Plateau world event on the Isle of Quel’danas. Sure there are different elements and mechanics such as vehicles and phasing and such that you see in Wrath exclusively, but fundamentally its the same. There are kill quests, vehicle quests, collection quests, even a bombing run and more fighting on sailboats. They could take the phasing mechanic and really craft some amazing and engaging stuff with it; but that would take a lot more time in developement and might alienate players who aren’t on the same “page” in the phased area. God forbid.

Give us an underground ZONE to play in, like AQ was conceptualized to be. Make Icecrown Citadel as massive and all encompassing as BRD is. Have the flying fortresses in Icecrown actually BOMB something and the faction that wins out gets double the gold reward at the end.

I’m not asking that the developers and game designers reinvent the wheel with every patch or expansion, but I see subtle hints here and there of the potential in this game and the coming changes that only serves to frustrate me when its otherwise abandoned or resigned to the novelty gimmick game item.

Example: The Sea Turtle mount. What an awesome idea! A mount that actually moves rather quick in water, especially when you’re probably going to see underwater zones or a lot of water overall in the next expansion. It looks like a joke mount and seems to be pretty much meant as nothing more than a joke mount only a few fishermen can get because of the amazingly low and random drop rate. Something to screw around with when you’re bored once you get it.

Passenger mounts. So they nerfed the tundra mammoth and the motorcycle mounts to take fall damage now and work like a normal mount. I’m fine with that. Why not make flying passenger mounts? Special PvP only passenger mounts with NPC guards on them that shoot from their seat or something. Or perhaps a sack of grenades your player passengers have access to when they’re mounted up.

I’m not asking for the game to suddenly be tuned to the extremely difficult, I don’t believe you need to go that far. There is a gray area in the middle where content can still feel challenging and accessible but not wide open for every player to waltz through in an effortless stupor and reap the same benefits as those players that dedicate more time and energy.

I guess overall I’m just disappointed at the direction this game is taking with the PvE content. PvP is another argument entirely. I see so much potential for an MMO that can provide an amazing player versus player experience that remains true to its upbringing. The Warcraft franchise has a thoroughbred worthy of best MMO, period. I want to see all out war like it was originally. I want to see air units, land units, sea units like in Warcraft 2. There should be a fast paced and exhilirating gameplay in effect and they’re almost there. The new battleground is fucking BALLS awesome. Make that into a normal overworld zone or mechanic.

The lore and PvE content is incredible as well. It’s amazing as is, why the need to hand feed the loot to people that crumble when doing a heroic 5man? You can only lower the fruit so far before its sitting on the fucking ground and the starving apes STILL cry foul and demand that for their $15.00 a month you hand feed it to them. This game is mighty accessible already, leave it up to the players now to decide how far they want to go to see the content.

If you think that the World of Warcraft is a hard game and that you’re being denied access to anything in the game, Hello Kitty Island Adventure is over there.