Some people have wondered where I’ve gone. The answer is simple: my gang of real life friends has opted to move on to WoW for our Friday night games. Although I still enjoy WAR, I have to admit my interest has tapered off a bit. A couple others would probably like to stay too. But we move as a pack and the majority of us are clearly restless with WAR.
Why are we moving on? Why now with new content around the corner? The truth is that the new content will not mean all that much to most of my friends. The majority of us never made it to 40 with our extremely casual play style.
So what was it then?
I think the first point to make is that we played the game regularly for nearly nine months (or so). By the standards of most PC games that’s a pretty long time. As I mentioned in another post, some of the gang are fairly new MMO players. I think it’s a testament to War that they have become hooked on the genre. Clearly WAR did quite a bit right.
But still, it has not been as “sticky” as some other MMOs we have played. Our first trip through WoW, for example, lasted for about 2 years. I think the difference here comes down to the dungeons and other opportunities for small group play. The dungeons in WAR – those few that exist – seem to me to be pale imitations of the WoW dungeons. They are fun for a bit. But they are clearly meant as an occasional diversion to RvR.
But what about RvR. Well, in a prior post here that got a lot of attention, I discussed certain features of RvR that made those combats play out largely the same way from territory to territory. Although Mythic has made many changes and improvements they have still not really altered the factors that contribute the repetitious feeling in RvR. Don’t get me wrong: RvR was fun. Heck, it held our attention for several months. But ultimately, we just got sick of it.
Like so many other bloggers who have recently left the game, I look forward to trying it out again sometime down the road. Best of luck to all of your still playing the game. I look forward to reading about its continued improvements on the remaining WAR blogs.
Will be sorry to see you go mate, loved reading about your gunbad adventures in particular. I do understand how the game doesnt seem to have as much depth as other titles though. Good Luck in WoW!
I am slowly seeing the decline in WAR blogs, I would love to see the status of the game and where it is at currently as seen by bloggers. I wanted to start a blog about my character, guild, and server progress. From the smallest achievements to server and world firsts. We accomplished some that have never been recorded, even though many felt that anything news worthy wasn’t enough to bring up, keeping away from all aspects of WoW mentalities. Sorry to see you go and especially sad to see this game go from a promising contender to well..we all know what it has become.
I guess you could look at the decline in WAR blogs as an oppertunity foryour own blog. There are reportedly at least 200k other players out there. That still translates into a lot of interest in the game, I would think. Bets of luck