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 - It's not what it's cracked up to beI've been playing wow now for around 2 years. Have 3 70's and it's been very hard to get these toons to this level. I enjoy wow's graphics and music and different areas in the game but it has some serious problems that can and will get to you over time. One, Unless you have got a group of really good buddies forget about end game instances. People over time have gotten so self serving that even your casual friends won't help at times cause they want the stuff. Everything is about what you have in this game, gold, armor, weapons etc. If you don't have it you don't do high level raids and nobody is gonna help you get it unless there just plain bored or really nice people (not common). It's all about grinding, there are no really good quests, not very creative. It's an I want I want game which is fun in the beginning but gets very old later. And the quests that are there if you so choose to do them will never give you rewards like arenas or instances. In fact they have made the arena and instances rewards so much better than what any person can make in their profession that it is really rather discouraging. Wow is a good short term game for graphics and to keep you busy till something better comes out. I also have a problem with the fact that Blizzard is this multi-million dollar company collecting tons for money for subscriptions and still has to take the servers down weekly for upgrades, fixes or patches. How noobie can you get with the bucks there pullin down they should have back up servers to kick over while they fix the primarys. There should be no interuption in service. I have seven toons on GW, its good game, GW and WOW are actually very similar in lots of ways. The down side to both of them is that both games are all based on war of one kind or another. GW is free and don't believe it has a down time, it's been a while. Neither are perfect they are both fun for a while but i think both games need to work out systems and questing where if your willing to do the work you should have equal rewards versus fighting all the time. Don't make the games group dependent make it optional. This way if people are willing to put in the time they can get good stuff to. Good Luck to all :) Rating:  - Turn it up to Eleven!After a year off from World of Warcraft to focus on my newborn daughter, my friends pulled me back in with the promise of more classes, higher levels, better gear, and greater rewards. The Burning Crusade expansion does all of this. I was worried that I'd be lost in the game, but it's like riding a bicycle; just jump on and muscle memory does the rest. My level 60 Troll Warrior was ready to go and experience the new content and let's just say I was more than amazed. Within minutes, I was garnering equipment that far surpassed my current gear. If you play WoW, this is a must have expansion! Rating: - Required for serious gamers.If you (unfortunately) play WoW, this expansion is now a requirement for any respectable player. It's the only way to get to level 70, the only way to get a lot of items and other such garbage. However, if you're just starting out and you don't want to play one of the new races, there's no reason to get this game until you're ready to advance to the new lands. :) Rating:  - ........i like this game, blizzard did a good job, but theres a problem. i got an incredible windows vista computer for christmas, its brand new, high speed, and fast. the thing is, its slow as hell when i play wow. i e-mailed them only 100 times, did what the support sight said, and still, its terrible. it's always lagging. i cant play the game anymore. i now believe that the people that work for blizzard dont care about the players. all they care about is their stupid money. over 9 million players are logged on to wow, and blizzard gets billions of dollars anually. they dont care for the game. they care about their wealth. i bet they dont even have a phone support line. you cant ever contact a GM, it's all a scam. i just wanna play. Rating: - Very convenient design of OutlandWith 139 other reviews, I didn't see a need to add my 2 cents, but after reading some, I noticed that no one really mentioned the design of Outland. One issue I had with the original lands of WoW (Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms) was the travel time from place to place. If you were Alliance, and ever had to travel to Tanaris or Un'Goro Crater, you're talking about 5 full minutes just to fly there (about 20 minutes by land) from any of the main cities (Ironforge, Stormwind, and Darnassus). And setting a hometown just to be closer to Tanaris would mean taking a long time to reach any Eastern Kingdom land, so that wasn't a viable option either. With the expansion, however, Outland is designed such that the main city, Shattrath, is pretty much in the center of the entire continent, so that travelling from one area to another is much easier. Add to that epic flying mounts, and then traveling from one corner to another is much faster. Additionally, in Outland, each dungeon area was actually a dungeon portal in that there were actually 3 or 4 dungeons right next to each other, so that they're easily accessible (geographically, at least, since some required certain quests and levels to unlock). This meant that you had over a dozen dungeons for 5-man groups, as well as half a dozen or so raid instances added with this expansion. A second feature that wasn't really mentioned is the reputation rewards. You now really have three ways to get very good equipment. One way is to join big groups (raids), and hit the big areas and get the big loot. Another way is to do lots of PVP (battle grounds and arenas) and get PVP based equipment rewards. A new, third viable way is to repeatedly do solo and/or small group (5-man) adventures and grind your way toward epic reputation rewards. (There's of course a 4th way, where you buy, swindle, or flirt your way to a lot of gold and buy epic equipment, but that's of course heavily discouraged and may get you in trouble if the transactions are illegal.) Again, very good expansion. If you own WoW and are still playing it, buying this expansion is a must. Highly recommended.
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