Been playing WoW since US Beta, stopped playing near the end of TBC and then played for a while just Pre-Cata and a few months after.
Besides my time in TBC, the content i experienced for the few months before Cata was some of the best i ever have ever enjoyed in WoW (especially Arthas' Fight). However after Cata, i got to level 85, enjoyed some zones along the way (Vash'jir was a big highlight), but the "endgame" zone they give you was quite frankly boring. Going from TBC to WotLK to Cataclysm and thats the best they could come up with?
Being a tank, I also thought they made the heroics and raids too hard (and i remember TBC's heroics and raids), most who play WoW enjoy playing casually so going from WotLK-style heroics to cata-style heroics was a massive shock for many and probably resulting in many not achieving any progress. After several months of lack-of-progress many are getting tired of it. You can't let casuals into the raiding/heroics scene and then kick them out again, they'll just get pissed off and cancel their subs. As others have said, right now, theres no margin for error in heroic bosses, let alone raid bosses and theres going to come a point where people will look, realize they spent weeks/months achieving nothing and quit.
I quit in Febuary and now I'm looking forward to Guild Wars 2. I don't think i'll get bitten by the WoW-bug ever again. I really wish mmo's didn't rely on grind grind grind.
Besides my time in TBC, the content i experienced for the few months before Cata was some of the best i ever have ever enjoyed in WoW (especially Arthas' Fight). However after Cata, i got to level 85, enjoyed some zones along the way (Vash'jir was a big highlight), but the "endgame" zone they give you was quite frankly boring. Going from TBC to WotLK to Cataclysm and thats the best they could come up with?
Being a tank, I also thought they made the heroics and raids too hard (and i remember TBC's heroics and raids), most who play WoW enjoy playing casually so going from WotLK-style heroics to cata-style heroics was a massive shock for many and probably resulting in many not achieving any progress. After several months of lack-of-progress many are getting tired of it. You can't let casuals into the raiding/heroics scene and then kick them out again, they'll just get pissed off and cancel their subs. As others have said, right now, theres no margin for error in heroic bosses, let alone raid bosses and theres going to come a point where people will look, realize they spent weeks/months achieving nothing and quit.
I quit in Febuary and now I'm looking forward to Guild Wars 2. I don't think i'll get bitten by the WoW-bug ever again. I really wish mmo's didn't rely on grind grind grind.