World of Warcraft
I’ve quit WoW. Again. I actually canceled my account a couple of weeks ago, and the end of my subscription came the very next day. I uninstalled and deleted all my WoW files. My quitting seemed abrupt to my friends, but I’d been considering it for a few weeks.
I’ve complained before that my friends all switched faction from Horde to Alliance, and went on to out-level me in Alliance. They’d all reached level 70 before I reached level 60. They were already working towards heroic-level instances while I was grinding my way through the low 60s.
I really like WoW, but it really had become a grind at the end. Before entering Outland, my human priest character was exploring areas I hadn’t seen or been to before with my old orc hunter. Playing was still pretty much just grinding through the levels, but at least the places and quests were new and different from what I had experienced before.
Then when I went into Outland, in Hellfire Peninsula, my human priest was doing all the same quests, in the same areas that I had done with my orc hunter. The names of the quests were different, and I was based in a different town, but the actual work and terrain was the same.
When I hit level 63, all my friends were so far into the end-game adventures and gear that I really didn’t think I’d catch up and be able to take a real part in their raids for several more months. I found myself trying to play as much as possible so I could catch up faster. It just was taking too much of my time and attention.
I figured I should just give up on the game. Besides, there are some fantastic-looking first person shooter games that I’d like to try. FPSs used to be my favorite computer game style, but I haven’t played a new one in two or three years. I’ve been looking around at computer upgrades, and I’ve found some stuff that’ll let me play Crysis and Call of Duty 4 — games I’ve been dreaming of for months. So in a couple weeks, I’ll be testing out a new video card and a hot new game.
Bullgrit
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