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World of Warcraft
Sep. 9th, 2006 12:38 pmAfter having played a character up to level 15 in WoW, which took about as many hours, I have to say:
City of Heroes is still more enjoyable. If it ever adds skills/crafting, it will be SIGNIFICANTLY more enjoyable.
Issues with WoW:
-travel time. My god, how can you people enjoy a game where half of the time you are just traveling? It's even worse when you die. At least CoH gives you travel powers by level 14.
-the impossibility of figuring out what level enemy you can take on. I figured - I have been told rightly - that in WoW, you should be able to take on one enemy of your level. (This is also quite frustrating, to me, because if you're spending time resting in between each kill, that's just MORE time spent not doing anything. But WoW has faster leveling, which makes up for it somewhat.) I discovered early on that this was not really the case. I was frequently, at level 7 and 8, killed by single enemies of my level. And it's not as though I was playing a squishy, oh no. I was playing a fucking warrior. High HP, good damage? Yeah. Dying to single enemies my level. These were not elites.
-the impossibility of soloing any real mission unless you're five levels higher. I skipped a bunch of missions like the Ancestor's Crypt - which was a, what, level 10-12 area? - and went back when I was level 13, 14, 15. Couldn't finish it. At all.
-Speaking of mission difficulty: you go through low-level missions too fast, and get high-level missions too soon. If I can only take on one same-level enemy at a time, it is no good to give me a bunch of missions that are +1 or +2 my level. Sorry. Just not happening. Hunting is obviously a part of the game - it's going to be part of ANY MMO - but it was too much a part of the game. If I have to kill every wandering enemy on the way to my actual quest, I'm just going to get bored and pissed off. I want to play for the stories and the kewl lewt, neither of which I get from random vampire bats.
Things I Like About WoW:
-Skills. CoH needs these, and now. We have them, to a limited extent (using salvage to make shit); but something like Tailoring, where you could make new costume items for cheaper than the tailor? That would be wicked.
-The openness of missions. CoH also has this in a limited amount, in things like Bloody Bay.
-Faster leveling. Everyone came back for the 2xXP weekend, Cryptic! Do it again!
Overall, though? Still a CoH girl. Sorry, everyone.
City of Heroes is still more enjoyable. If it ever adds skills/crafting, it will be SIGNIFICANTLY more enjoyable.
Issues with WoW:
-travel time. My god, how can you people enjoy a game where half of the time you are just traveling? It's even worse when you die. At least CoH gives you travel powers by level 14.
-the impossibility of figuring out what level enemy you can take on. I figured - I have been told rightly - that in WoW, you should be able to take on one enemy of your level. (This is also quite frustrating, to me, because if you're spending time resting in between each kill, that's just MORE time spent not doing anything. But WoW has faster leveling, which makes up for it somewhat.) I discovered early on that this was not really the case. I was frequently, at level 7 and 8, killed by single enemies of my level. And it's not as though I was playing a squishy, oh no. I was playing a fucking warrior. High HP, good damage? Yeah. Dying to single enemies my level. These were not elites.
-the impossibility of soloing any real mission unless you're five levels higher. I skipped a bunch of missions like the Ancestor's Crypt - which was a, what, level 10-12 area? - and went back when I was level 13, 14, 15. Couldn't finish it. At all.
-Speaking of mission difficulty: you go through low-level missions too fast, and get high-level missions too soon. If I can only take on one same-level enemy at a time, it is no good to give me a bunch of missions that are +1 or +2 my level. Sorry. Just not happening. Hunting is obviously a part of the game - it's going to be part of ANY MMO - but it was too much a part of the game. If I have to kill every wandering enemy on the way to my actual quest, I'm just going to get bored and pissed off. I want to play for the stories and the kewl lewt, neither of which I get from random vampire bats.
Things I Like About WoW:
-Skills. CoH needs these, and now. We have them, to a limited extent (using salvage to make shit); but something like Tailoring, where you could make new costume items for cheaper than the tailor? That would be wicked.
-The openness of missions. CoH also has this in a limited amount, in things like Bloody Bay.
-Faster leveling. Everyone came back for the 2xXP weekend, Cryptic! Do it again!
Overall, though? Still a CoH girl. Sorry, everyone.
