So today I was a little bored and perused some of the old sites I used to visit in the old days. Curse, mmo-champion and the sort. I get bored and like to stay at least a little up to date so I can talk to my old friends who still play. Then I saw something that just made me laugh and a little heart broken at the same time.
Tier 15.
Seriously? Tier 15? God damn. I remember wanting Tier 1. REALLY wanting Tier 2. Eventually owning almost all of Tier 4-10 complete sets. But having taking such a long break and recently getting that inkling of "I kinda wonder what has changed since I left...." Seeing Tier 15 made me gut-wrenched a little. I've missed too much now. I can't go back. I'd have to buy an expansion, re-learn all of the classes (I had an 85 for everything but Lock and DK) and grind for months on dailys and crap just to feel "adequate" to the days of old. I miss my 125+ Minipets, my 125+ mounts, almost 9k achievement points, and god knows how much gold. I miss the days of raiding. I miss the days of old school WoW. But it's not like that anymore. I have so few friends left in the game, and god knows I don't want to taint alttab with that trash. But I still miss it.
It's almost like that feeling of seeing an ex-girlfriend. It was fun back then, good memories, but your in a much better place now than you could have ever been before. Or an old book that at the time was absolutely stunning, could never put down, and never wanted it to end. Then when you re-read it, it leaves you empty. A void. Can't recapture that feeling of the past. That is the feeling I get from WoW and try to fill with every other game that comes onto the market.
GW2 came close, don't get me wrong, but something was still missing. I still don't feel accomplished in GW2 like I did back then. Something about practicing raids for weeks, finally killing that boss, getting that sweet loot drop... Or farming factions for bragging rights because you could show off that title/pet/mount/achievement. FISHING. OMG that fishing! Spamming Old Ironjaw in Orgrimmar from your recent expedition in Ironforge. Or complaining that your Magical Mr. Pinchy took you till your third wish to be granted. Never winning the weekly tournaments because your work schedule never allowed you to compete (or taking lunch breaks at a specific time so you COULD compete).
Battlegrounds. I remember the days of twinking. The days of week long AV's. Shaman vs. Paladin battles. I remember holding all of my badges in my bags before the new honor point system. Seeing/playing with HWL's and thinking "Wow. That's REAL dedication". High Warlord Venomm was in our old Arcanix back in the day. I'll always remember the name, because he earned that prestige. No one can ever take that away from him. He earned it. I was happy with my Blood Guard rank (which I achieved at 49, which again was no easy feat), only so I could enter the hall of legends in org. Yeah, there was a zone in the city that you couldn't enter until you had reached a certain rank. I wanted to go in. I didn't care if there was a youtube video showing the inside, I WANTED TO GO IN MYSELF. And I earned the right to do so.
My quick blurb all of a sudden turned into a very nostalgic rant. I want that feeling again. I want to EARN things again. Sure, I can earn things in GW2. Titles. Legendaries, cool gear sets, achievements... But it's not enough. It's not as satisfying as it once was in the past. I need something more. I need prestige. I need to feel special again. I need to have a purpose again. Not just "Oh, I logged on. Guess I should do my fractals daily for that weapon skin that'd be kinda cool". An hour later "I guess I could SPvP. I guess I could WvW. But I already have the rewards I want... And it's kinda boring after you get what you want. I could level an alt, but I prefer my Ranger over any other character. Guess I'll play that instead." Jump around LA. "Guess I'll log off now."
Bah. I think that's why I spend so much time on alttab. I get excited when people join the community. Want to play things. Want to talk, discuss, look forward to new things and enjoy old things. That's the feeling of the community I miss from the old days. I get it here on alttab. But now I need that game that holds my interest. I want to be addicted. Always have things that I WANT to do. Not just a lot of things. I finish a dungeon once, I don't feel compelled to do them again. I finished it, I got my reward, I'm done with it (achievement in this case is my reward). I hit Rank 20 in SPvP. Not super high. But I've experienced everything there is to experience. Now it's just the same without any real reward (ok, cosmetic gear from chests, yay). WvW.... /sigh, I expected so much more from you. And CRAFTING. I expected WAY more from you. You did not satisfy me in the least. Where are my perks? Bonuses for actually completing you? Legendary gifts? Woopdie-doo. Give me that hard to obtain recipe to make something that is cool and fun. Hard to craft pets with mats that are soulbound and only obtainable with certain mobs in different areas. Or is that too grindy for the atmosphere? I mean, I'd rather a DIFFERENT activity than a general gold sink, even if it was grindy.
I wanted more from GW2. I don't like being a patch jumper. I want something unique again. Fuck, if you incorporate fishing into the game, I'd be set. I need something that I can just DO. Not worry about groups, or being top efficient, or worrying about the hundreds of gold I'd have to sink into it. I just want something relaxing. Slightly beneficial, even for novelty purposes. Fishing would give me that.
Tier 15.
Seriously? Tier 15? God damn. I remember wanting Tier 1. REALLY wanting Tier 2. Eventually owning almost all of Tier 4-10 complete sets. But having taking such a long break and recently getting that inkling of "I kinda wonder what has changed since I left...." Seeing Tier 15 made me gut-wrenched a little. I've missed too much now. I can't go back. I'd have to buy an expansion, re-learn all of the classes (I had an 85 for everything but Lock and DK) and grind for months on dailys and crap just to feel "adequate" to the days of old. I miss my 125+ Minipets, my 125+ mounts, almost 9k achievement points, and god knows how much gold. I miss the days of raiding. I miss the days of old school WoW. But it's not like that anymore. I have so few friends left in the game, and god knows I don't want to taint alttab with that trash. But I still miss it.
It's almost like that feeling of seeing an ex-girlfriend. It was fun back then, good memories, but your in a much better place now than you could have ever been before. Or an old book that at the time was absolutely stunning, could never put down, and never wanted it to end. Then when you re-read it, it leaves you empty. A void. Can't recapture that feeling of the past. That is the feeling I get from WoW and try to fill with every other game that comes onto the market.
GW2 came close, don't get me wrong, but something was still missing. I still don't feel accomplished in GW2 like I did back then. Something about practicing raids for weeks, finally killing that boss, getting that sweet loot drop... Or farming factions for bragging rights because you could show off that title/pet/mount/achievement. FISHING. OMG that fishing! Spamming Old Ironjaw in Orgrimmar from your recent expedition in Ironforge. Or complaining that your Magical Mr. Pinchy took you till your third wish to be granted. Never winning the weekly tournaments because your work schedule never allowed you to compete (or taking lunch breaks at a specific time so you COULD compete).
Battlegrounds. I remember the days of twinking. The days of week long AV's. Shaman vs. Paladin battles. I remember holding all of my badges in my bags before the new honor point system. Seeing/playing with HWL's and thinking "Wow. That's REAL dedication". High Warlord Venomm was in our old Arcanix back in the day. I'll always remember the name, because he earned that prestige. No one can ever take that away from him. He earned it. I was happy with my Blood Guard rank (which I achieved at 49, which again was no easy feat), only so I could enter the hall of legends in org. Yeah, there was a zone in the city that you couldn't enter until you had reached a certain rank. I wanted to go in. I didn't care if there was a youtube video showing the inside, I WANTED TO GO IN MYSELF. And I earned the right to do so.
My quick blurb all of a sudden turned into a very nostalgic rant. I want that feeling again. I want to EARN things again. Sure, I can earn things in GW2. Titles. Legendaries, cool gear sets, achievements... But it's not enough. It's not as satisfying as it once was in the past. I need something more. I need prestige. I need to feel special again. I need to have a purpose again. Not just "Oh, I logged on. Guess I should do my fractals daily for that weapon skin that'd be kinda cool". An hour later "I guess I could SPvP. I guess I could WvW. But I already have the rewards I want... And it's kinda boring after you get what you want. I could level an alt, but I prefer my Ranger over any other character. Guess I'll play that instead." Jump around LA. "Guess I'll log off now."
Bah. I think that's why I spend so much time on alttab. I get excited when people join the community. Want to play things. Want to talk, discuss, look forward to new things and enjoy old things. That's the feeling of the community I miss from the old days. I get it here on alttab. But now I need that game that holds my interest. I want to be addicted. Always have things that I WANT to do. Not just a lot of things. I finish a dungeon once, I don't feel compelled to do them again. I finished it, I got my reward, I'm done with it (achievement in this case is my reward). I hit Rank 20 in SPvP. Not super high. But I've experienced everything there is to experience. Now it's just the same without any real reward (ok, cosmetic gear from chests, yay). WvW.... /sigh, I expected so much more from you. And CRAFTING. I expected WAY more from you. You did not satisfy me in the least. Where are my perks? Bonuses for actually completing you? Legendary gifts? Woopdie-doo. Give me that hard to obtain recipe to make something that is cool and fun. Hard to craft pets with mats that are soulbound and only obtainable with certain mobs in different areas. Or is that too grindy for the atmosphere? I mean, I'd rather a DIFFERENT activity than a general gold sink, even if it was grindy.
I wanted more from GW2. I don't like being a patch jumper. I want something unique again. Fuck, if you incorporate fishing into the game, I'd be set. I need something that I can just DO. Not worry about groups, or being top efficient, or worrying about the hundreds of gold I'd have to sink into it. I just want something relaxing. Slightly beneficial, even for novelty purposes. Fishing would give me that.
