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 - World of GrindcraftI love Blizard, I think they make great products, all of them have extremely well designed game play, most can be replayed over and over just because they're made in such detail & with such skill. So when Blizzard came out with WoW I played it like may others, and it was without a doubt the best designed MMO to date. Problems started arising once everyone had hit the level cap & dungeon caps. They release new content in patches and now with the Burning Crusade. TBC added a whole new world to explore and the game play truly resembled that which you had experienced with initial release of WoW. This time, they seemed a bit more prepared and had alot of endgame content ready and available so that only a very small and select group of people plowed through all the content. Even now months after it's release, only very few guilds have managed to complete the most difficult dungeons. And a new one has already been announced. So there's plenty of content, and the Blizzard team seems to be keeping pace, releasing new content before it's needed by the bulk of the player base. The problem with WoW arises with terrible support and absolutely no interaction with the designers or anything. The only Blizzard employees you deal with are the CMs(if they actually bother reading your post). Or the GMs whom for the most part are just watchdogs and have very little to do with what happens in game. I feel that just a tiny bit of interaction between the designers and the player base should be implemented into this MMO, it would give the customers some idea that their opinions matter, that they're not just trying to squeeze you out of 15 bucks a month. The other small issue that exists in WoW is the epic grind of reputation. You need reputation with soo many factions in order to get keyed to dungeons, you need reputation for items & upgrades in tradeskills that for a new player or a player that just doesn't have a whole lot of time to devote to the game it might seem like an unreachable goal. It's all doable, nothing in WoW is hard. Anyone can really play it and the only thing you need in the game to be the best is pure dedication. Sadly not everyone has that much time to put into a game =), then starts the "hardcore" vs "casual" debate that has been raging since the game was first released. The basic idea behind it is that casuals want good items, they just don't want to invest half their spare time getting the items. The hardcore people think that the nicer items are only for them simply because they put the time in and the hardest dungeons and whatnot take a lot of time & coordination to complete, this making them feel that casuals don't "deserve" these good items. But I'm rambling. In conclusion: Very well made expansion & game. Just be aware that if you don't play a lot you'll probably have a hard time keeping up with the more dedicated WoWers. The only bad thing about the game is the loud mouthes you find in every MMO, but WoW just like the rest has GMs & the ignore function. TLDR i know. Rating: - Don't pick up the habit. Quest on planet earth instead.I've played wow since it came out. If you want to know about the game then yes The Burning Crusade is an awesome expansion. The only problem is that it never ends, Blizzard did an awesome job making a game that is fun to play. The problem is there is never enough. There is always better gear, as well as alternate characters to grind. It's fun to play with friends but its highly addictive, this sounds weird but I highly suggest avoiding this. Pick up a hobby instead. Rating:  - Class Balance Lost in this ExpansionThis expansion ruined WoW. Got my character to 70 bought the flying mount, then canceled my subscription. Why? you may ask, class balance has been ruined. I spent more time being corpse camped by random mages, then I spent playing. To be sure, I understand that corpse camping is a part of the game, what I don't understand is how a level 70 character can be basically 1 hit by another 65 plus character. Solution? simple, put a limit on the amount of dots a mage can stack on another character in pvp, have different limits applied to pve. Anyway, If you enjoy WoW you may be disappointed by the BC expansion. Side Note, IF you are a WoW junky that spends every waking hour in game, and have all the best gear, then BC may be just what the doctor ordered, for the casual gamer though, its a game stopper. Rating:  - They Destroyed It!They gave us all this new end game content which caused old end game content to become worthless. I still prefer the old instances but nobody wants to run them. It is all about the new instances because guess what they did not edit and upgrade the loot tables for the old ones. So blue and purples are lesser than greens in the new zones. The new zone is just missing that joy the old areas had. I loved the little details of the old zones. The new zones are just missing those little details. Things they also destroyed include the PVP, the balance between sides (horde and alliance), and usability of this game for people who do not want to upgrade. In addition this expansion and it's subsequent patches cause my machine to crash more than ever. I miss the good old days. At this time I am currently looking for a new game to play. This is no longer as fun as it used to be. Rating: - Good, but...It's a good expansion to a great game, too bad they turned the game into a farming game in order to achieve your ingame goals. Epic Flying Mount=farm your butt off, epic gear that you can make yourself such as 3 piece armor sets= farm your butt off...
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