WOW i feel old (World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Add-On) (PC/MAC))

Member Name: Bearstorm

Product:	World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Add-On) (PC/MAC)
Date:	16/05/09 (0 review reads)
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Advantages: Innovative quests, Ulduar is awesome, Achievement system

Disadvantages: Death Knights, Every raid up to Ulduar being dumbed down, immature community

I have played WoW since release and have always been a big supporter of new content. Lich King has so many new things that I though would make the game more awesome. I am a raid leader in fairly casual guild, in TBC we cleared most of Hyjal so we got further than most casual folks, the announcement of 10 and 25 man versions of raids were met with glee from myself and my guildmates.

Sadly they dumbed the game down far too much for my liking. Maybe its the old school in me, when at 60 if you seen someone in full blues they were considered well geared given the effort and strat/scholo runs involved, then at 70 in TBC Kara was a nice intro to raiding for alot of folk, while it was great for casual guilds to start on as it was a 10 man, it was still tough enough to provide a challange to clear through. Now in WOTLK i'm sorry to say they made the entry level raid (the remodelled Nax) a complete joke. Heroics use to be a big challange for many in TBC also now as soon as someone dings 80, straight into LFG for group to heroic wherever.

Now everyone is running around at 80 in near full epics thinking they are awesome etc because they cleared Naxx and the other basic raids, the maturity level of the 80 community dropped massivley and it made the game a lot less fun for me. I went back to doing guild runs of places only, while pugging heroics is easier than it was, some morons can still make it a painful, drawn out experience.

That's most of the negative out the way, the light at the end of the tunnel is the new raid they have added in Ulduar. It is extremely hard for most and is a real reality check for most of the 80 community. It has pretty innovative boss fights and the mounted battle at the start is nothing short of awesome. Now there is a real challange in the game it has become more enjoyable again. They have also introduced a nice acheivement system where you gain titles, pets and items, thsi is great when you want to come on and talk to your guildies and do something fun. The levelling from 70-80 is a bit of a drag and can seem very slow but hey....what's the point in rushing through new content, there is nice (though somewhat large) areas with a variety of different quests with different novalties.

All in all if you are new to WoW I would recomend it and I imagine you will enjoy it thoroughly as it is a deep immersive world with so much to do you won't know where to start. If you raided classic and TBC and are thinking of coming back you may be disappointed. It all depends what you are looking for from WoW and your guild/community will be a massive part of that and will directly affect how much you will get from the game.

Summary: I love WoW, you get what you put in and enjoy as you like, shame about some of the community.