BW isn't getting the praise they deserve.

An opinion, not based on any known facts.

You can't put out a game to compete with WoW and have it be inferior to WoW in nearly every facet save story. I mean it's just common sense.

They're getting too much of a praise, considering all the bugs and rubbish design they've released.

I'm not sure if you tried SWG or EQ2 but they are very in depth compared to anything wow or post wow that i've seen.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone that's played either of those games that wouldn't agree, besides you.

Wow really brought the crafting bar down. Same as many of the more hardcore features.

Yeah, a lot of people went with 2 gathering professions. Why? Because crafting was useless.

I don't feel boxed in in TOR.

WoW has absolutely zero variation in leveling. You grind out a bunch of mobs the exact same way in the same zones. Being able to skip Stonetalon Mountains because you ran a couple instances isn't variation. You're still going to grind out Stranglethorn Vale for the 5th time, and if you're really unlucky you'll have to do Desolace again because the game just never had enough quests.

Saying that you can take 2 directions in the BC areas is simply false. You can level enough through Zangamarsh that you can skip Nagrand, or maybe do Nagrand and skip the mountain area after it. Ultimately, the only variation is which dots on the line you skip.

Northrend doesn't have 2 different paths, it has two different starting areas that converge on the same path.

It is competitive it had over 2 mil subs

The game is great

and you seriously need to actually go look up what it takes to make a game

I believe somewhere around 15mil or so bragging on their box now they have dropped to somewhere in the low 9 millions...a game drops and once everything is fixed I will be proud to sit here and watch this game prosper and be part of it.

Name some "rubbish" designs right now. That have not been fixed.

quick edit here is another one name one game one game that has been released without bugs.

You don't feel boxed-in in TOR? Ok, I guess it's an opinion thing. For me, though, it's very boxed it. I'm forced to do Nar Shadda, I HATE Nar Shadda, i'm FORCED to do Taris, Belsavis, Voss, etc. etc. etc.

WoW had some variations in terms of leveling. I didn't have to go through goldshire> westfall > redridge for everybody. I can switch it up if I like. This game? Nope.

And I never grinded STV, EVER. I only went there once or twice.

And northrend? Replay it again. There's only like 1 zone that you HAVE to do and thats Dragonblight, or w/e the heck that name was. You could do Grizzly Hills or the troll place if you wanted to.

Oh lordy... EQ2 crafting was unique, yes, but THE MOST USELESS THING IN THE FACE OF THE PLANET! Seriously, the only thing that was GOOD was either Carpenter or one of the three spells crafts. And don't even MENTION the grind it took to level that monstrosity up.




You don't feel boxed-in in TOR? Ok, I guess it's an opinion thing. For me, though, it's very boxed it. I'm forced to do Nar Shadda, I HATE Nar Shadda, i'm FORCED to do Taris, Belsavis, Voss, etc. etc. etc.

WoW had some variations in terms of leveling. I didn't have to go through goldshire> westfall > redridge for everybody. I can switch it up if I like. This game? Nope.

And I never grinded STV, EVER. I only went there once or twice.

And northrend? Replay it again. There's only like 1 zone that you HAVE to do and thats Dragonblight, or w/e the heck that name was. You could do Grizzly Hills or the troll place if you wanted to.

Personally I liked Nar Shadaa.

But anyway, WoW had no variation in terms of leveling at release and very little later on. You're still stuck grinding out Strangelthorn Vale. I have no idea how you leveled without doing it, but it you did I can imagine you spent a lot of time in Desolace, which is worse. And, to be honest, Silithus isn't that different from the Eastern Plaguelands.

As far as Northrend, saying you can skip points in a line doesn't make it non-linear.