WoW Beta

is it too easy because you're not subjected to pointless grinding of xp?

in WoW, you do quests to level. it really gets rid of that grind feeling you got from EQ.

im lvl 27 warlock, i duo with a warlock, its not so easy its boring, but its way better than EQ's monotonous grinding.

if killing lvl 10 mobs is too easy, kill lvl 12s. there's always a challenge

I agree, lvl'ing with quests is much much better. That is how I ended up getting most of my lvls. I guess why I felt it was so easy was I didn't die very much at all. Maybe 4 years in EQ helped out? Could also be the game was so "user friendly" or whatever, made it seem like an easy game. I liked playing it overall. I really hated in EQ how you had to have an army of people online to progress at the end. I really hope WoW doesn't go that route. Same with flags. .

Hey wiccad did you play a troll shaman? i remember this name from someplace but i don't know why troll and shaman pop into mind.

WoW's raid force is designed for a max of 40 people. Groups only allow 5 people. So you won't have lagfests like in EQ needing 80 something people to beat an encounter.

So far, there are lots of instanced dungeons/zones, which all have elite (boss-type) mobs. if you're wanting to grind, taking a grp to these areas would be ideal, as you get approx. 3x the exp for an elite mob.

So i think the 7day wait for named spawns is out of the question

Its incredibly easy to get to 10. You start out tougher in the beginning, and get those noob levels over with, but it does slow down eventually. You reach a point where finishing a quest doesn't give you 1/3 of your level. Blizzard has a way of getting you to grind, but with a purpose. Not just to obtain the next level, for spells, talent points, etc. But for money, for items. Quest rewards the way they should've been in EQ.

WoW is really the "ever quest". I encountered this quest line ( 13 steps total ) @ lvl 26. 12 of the 13 steps was running around to different people, It got me at least 1/2 a level. ( ~ 14k xp ) These are obscenely rare from what i can tell, since its the only one i've encountered in alliance territory, and i can't finish it till i'm 35.

But the game isnt going lightning fast anymore. Maybe its because i'm playing an unfinished class, and not playing 24/7 like i would've in EQ, but its still very fun and it doesnt feel like EQ for dummies. Quests don't always mark the NPC now ( they used to, but for the most part that has been largely disabled ) and quests don't always tell you where to go next.

i dont think its a bad game, although, i wish they had bards and/or shadowknights, and blood elves

Yeah thats me. I played a troll shaman for a long time. I sold the account, though, so thats not me in there now. I quit right before we got into time.

I am jonesn for a new game.