Tamanon said:
Classic WoW blew compared to now. I mean I still remember having to spec into Ice Block and Ice Barrier being my top tier talent. Raiding was godawful, my mage is still 2k away from Exalted with Hydraxian Warlords.:lol
Molten Core wasn't really a good example of "good" Vanilla raiding.
Either way, this argument comes up almost as often as the Gearscore one, and both sides of it are pretty stupid. Yes, raiding is more difficult now. But as a whole the community is a lot smarter and there are many more tools than were available or used in Vanilla. Managing 25 vs. 40 is a rather large difference as well. Yes, it's much easier to obtain things now. I'd argue that that killed the sense of accomplishment that I enjoyed about WoW, but others disagree. Almost every change that's been made to WoW has been a double-edged one.
What is worst about WoW now is the same thing that made Vanilla so enjoyable for me: the people. Same goes for any MMO, but it is pretty difficult to find good people out of the blue. Most of the people I play with and/or talk to on a regular basis in WoW are the same people I've been playing with for 4-5 years now, and that group of people dwindles each year.
On that note, I've seen four cases in the past two days of people initiating vote kicks on people simply asking for things like cleanses, asking a dps to move behind the rocks on Garfrost, etc. Everytime I see things like this, click No, and it gets passed, I lose a little more of my will to continue playing.