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Baraka_Guru · 07-12-2010, 03:32 PM

Thanks for the feedback, Tactix. I've pretty much found out as much. My gear right now isn't bad. I bet I can do most of the "entry-level" raids. The issue for me is that I don't think I want to get into it. It's too involved. I'm more of a casual player, I guess.

But the whole thing is a bit ridiculous. People take it too seriously. If you need the gearscore, the achievements, and whatever, it pretty much means they're looking for people who've already completed the raid before, right? So they're looking for people to go for another lap? Lap 10, 20, 30, or whatever, right? Well, whatever. People can have fun with their repetition. I, on the other hand, have grown too bored with the game to get into it that far just to do it over and over again.

Even outside of raiding, I've run into people who lose it when someone doesn't quite have everything up to speed. You know, they act as though it were a job, and not a game. It's like they're afraid of the additional challenge. It's like too many players prefer a sure thing. Because it's about the loot. Because it's about the achievement.

No thanks. If I wanted a game for that reason, I'd play Progress Quest, or many of the fine games available on Facebook.

Anyway, my account's not even active at the moment. I've been filling my time up with reading science-fiction and fantasy novels and designing a D&D campaign. I've forgotten how awesome these things are. You don't even need a computer. I'm even planning on writing a book soon, maybe plumb another aspect of this next-to-useless English degree.

07-12-2010, 03:32 PM	#3068 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Thanks for the feedback, Tactix. I've pretty much found out as much. My gear right now isn't bad. I bet I can do most of the "entry-level" raids. The issue for me is that I don't think I want to get into it. It's too involved. I'm more of a casual player, I guess. But the whole thing is a bit ridiculous. People take it too seriously. If you need the gearscore, the achievements, and whatever, it pretty much means they're looking for people who've already completed the raid before, right? So they're looking for people to go for another lap? Lap 10, 20, 30, or whatever, right? Well, whatever. People can have fun with their repetition. I, on the other hand, have grown too bored with the game to get into it that far just to do it over and over again. Even outside of raiding, I've run into people who lose it when someone doesn't quite have everything up to speed. You know, they act as though it were a job, and not a game. It's like they're afraid of the additional challenge. It's like too many players prefer a sure thing. Because it's about the loot. Because it's about the achievement. No thanks. If I wanted a game for that reason, I'd play Progress Quest, or many of the fine games available on Facebook. Anyway, my account's not even active at the moment. I've been filling my time up with reading science-fiction and fantasy novels and designing a D&D campaign. I've forgotten how awesome these things are. You don't even need a computer. I'm even planning on writing a book soon, maybe plumb another aspect of this next-to-useless English degree. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 07-12-2010 at 03:35 PM..