The point is that the gameplay of World of Warcraft unlike, say, 95% of the MMOs is the stuff you do after you've hit 70. What could prove this fact better that I have a 70 char since last February and since that I've played 1200+ hours with it (despite xfire stating otherwise). You can't say there is NOTHING there to do. It's about raiding and PvP. Raiding means you have to acquire consumables (~2 hour every week), read strategies (10 minutes) and spend time in big fucking places with 24 other people shouting at you on vent if you don't do your job properly (read: doing raid instanced), and while it's not PvP interaction, it's quite challenging. PvP is well.. PvP, battlegrounds, arenas, it's rather fun.Gunslinger42 wrote:The idea that once you hit 70, thats it, game completed has always stuck in my mind and is another thing that I think I wouldn't like about World of Warcraft. Yeah, there might be special stuff to do when you hit level 70, but to me it just seems... pointless. More pointless than normal gaming even. I just have the impression that once you reach 70, the only thing left is the actual gameplay itself (and the actual gameplay of MMOs rarely ever interests me) - theres not really any goals to achieve or rewards to get. I mean there may be little things here and there, but nothing worthwhile. Like CoH, I haven't been on my level 50 for weeks now, I've just been arsing around on a new character. Theres still a load of stuff to get for my level 50, but ultimately I don't see the point, it's not going to give me a new power that helps me blast the next, harder set of baddies because there are non.
Which is one of the things I like about EVE, you'd have to spend hundreds of years to get to the point where you've basically done everything and got everything.
And I'm fully aware my impression of CoH/World of Warcraft once you've "won" are probably a bit off, and there may even be a few "BUT YOU CAN X AND Y" responses waiting for me and while, yeah thats true, usually X and Y aren't ... I don't know, significant enough compared to getting to that next major level milestone and getting the next big power or ship or something, which is what I like the most about MMOs
My point is that unless you're a jobless, gfless loser (like all of Nihilum), you probably won't reach the "Game Over" point any soon.
