We have seen a lot of reactions to the impending release of the second expansion to our favorite addiction, World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King. I wanted to go into the two 'extremes' when it comes to the end game pre Wrath. The two extremes I am seeing pretty nicely equate to feast or famine.
Feast - Let's get as much done as we can before Wrath comes and we move onto the new content. These are typically those not at, or not satisfied with their place in the conclusion of the Burning Crusade end game. Maybe they just started 25 mans, or maybe they are hammering their heads on BT, Hyjal, or a fight in Sunwell. Either way these people are ramping up to get as far progressed into the end game as they possibly can before Wrath hits. These people are the ones likely to be raiding even the week before Wrath if it will get them one more kill under their belts.
Famine - There's nothing to do. I'm bored. I'm going to play something else while I wait. These are those who either feel they have 'been there, done that, got the tabard', or they are giving up with the thought that all their gear will be sharded a few days or hours into Northrend and it is utterly useless to even try to go any further in the present end game. These people have usually gone off to play other games or another faction. They, and their raid groups, often suffer from this in huge ways, especially if a majority are in the Feast category.
The differences could also be the half empty/half full comparison. Is the glass half full(more to do) or half empty(no use wasting time)? Personally, I am a half full when it comes to the game, though I would love to be about 1/4 full, like if, say, I got into the beta. That would give me a chance to report on and test out the Wrath content and get a better feel for the specs of the Death Knight in the expansion, which no video can do well enough to make me decide which spec I want to play.
So far the info I am seeing, from Lume and from DeathKnight.info, has me really excited. I am, as some of you know, a huge Tirion Fordring fan, and lore fanatic, so added Ashbringer and Tirion story is just...amazing! I am not pushing for more raiding than those I play with are up for as a group, but we would like to see more, to see some progression, so that it is not such a big jump in activity once the expansion hits. What is your end game like? Are you striving to do better, to do more? Have you left WoW for the mistress of AoC? What are your goals before Wrath hits?
Feast - Let's get as much done as we can before Wrath comes and we move onto the new content. These are typically those not at, or not satisfied with their place in the conclusion of the Burning Crusade end game. Maybe they just started 25 mans, or maybe they are hammering their heads on BT, Hyjal, or a fight in Sunwell. Either way these people are ramping up to get as far progressed into the end game as they possibly can before Wrath hits. These people are the ones likely to be raiding even the week before Wrath if it will get them one more kill under their belts.
Famine - There's nothing to do. I'm bored. I'm going to play something else while I wait. These are those who either feel they have 'been there, done that, got the tabard', or they are giving up with the thought that all their gear will be sharded a few days or hours into Northrend and it is utterly useless to even try to go any further in the present end game. These people have usually gone off to play other games or another faction. They, and their raid groups, often suffer from this in huge ways, especially if a majority are in the Feast category.
The differences could also be the half empty/half full comparison. Is the glass half full(more to do) or half empty(no use wasting time)? Personally, I am a half full when it comes to the game, though I would love to be about 1/4 full, like if, say, I got into the beta. That would give me a chance to report on and test out the Wrath content and get a better feel for the specs of the Death Knight in the expansion, which no video can do well enough to make me decide which spec I want to play.
So far the info I am seeing, from Lume and from DeathKnight.info, has me really excited. I am, as some of you know, a huge Tirion Fordring fan, and lore fanatic, so added Ashbringer and Tirion story is just...amazing! I am not pushing for more raiding than those I play with are up for as a group, but we would like to see more, to see some progression, so that it is not such a big jump in activity once the expansion hits. What is your end game like? Are you striving to do better, to do more? Have you left WoW for the mistress of AoC? What are your goals before Wrath hits?
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I am nowhere near the "end game" stuff at this moment, with either of my characters. What I am rushing to do instead is work up enough gold so one of my characters can get a really cool mount. I have enough for the smaller version of the mounts, but, the bigger ones look so much cooler!
Reading this blog today is making me want to go play WoW, right this minute.