Huh, am actually pretty tempted...
Oct. 24th, 2011 12:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xannosideI got off the WoW train months ago, since Cataclysm, while fun in the single player, was one of the more grindy raid experiences I had ever had (reminded me of the bad old days of Vanilla a little too much). If I want to go back to grinding an MMO, I'm turning my EvE Online sub back on.
However, with the announcement of Mists of Panderia, I'm thinking to dive back in. Panderia sounds like they're actually adding some really big PvE content zones (which were my favorite parts about Cata). They're re-working talents again into something less complicated, which was another thing I really liked about Cata (what's the point of complicated point systems when everyone has the same build anyways?). And they're adding Pandarens, which I have wanted to play since WoW was announced back in 2001.
So new xpac, basically yes.
And then there's this annual pass concept. Since up for WoW for a year, get Diablo 3 for free, and various bonus stuff for WoW and beta access to MoP. Pointless if you don't intend to play WoW, but with D3 taken into account I'd be essentially paying $8/month to log into WoW 2-3 times a month for 3-4 hours a pop, which is pretty far from bad. Plus, the last content patch of each Xpac has tended to be pretty good since vanilla.
Need to think about that, but it's very tempting.
However, with the announcement of Mists of Panderia, I'm thinking to dive back in. Panderia sounds like they're actually adding some really big PvE content zones (which were my favorite parts about Cata). They're re-working talents again into something less complicated, which was another thing I really liked about Cata (what's the point of complicated point systems when everyone has the same build anyways?). And they're adding Pandarens, which I have wanted to play since WoW was announced back in 2001.
So new xpac, basically yes.
And then there's this annual pass concept. Since up for WoW for a year, get Diablo 3 for free, and various bonus stuff for WoW and beta access to MoP. Pointless if you don't intend to play WoW, but with D3 taken into account I'd be essentially paying $8/month to log into WoW 2-3 times a month for 3-4 hours a pop, which is pretty far from bad. Plus, the last content patch of each Xpac has tended to be pretty good since vanilla.
Need to think about that, but it's very tempting.
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on 2011-10-24 07:08 pm (UTC)Likely the reason why they're rolling out new content and likely MoP so quickly is because Cataclysm did significantly worse in terms of user retention than either of the previous 2 xpacs.
Naturally, the raiders are lifers, and even you and I stuck around for a fairly significant amount of time before turning our subs off.