yeah, I dont see any activity past HoT expansion on my server. there are some players bringing up new toons, which they stick to the Hot zones to level up. So..The game pretty much is narrowed down now to Hot, Voa, RoF, Cotf, and TDS. I stay out of HoT and VoA zones unless im power leveling, nothing to gain, and its for players grinding away building alts and boxes.
So much has changed. I remember when merc's first came out, it pissed me off so much. And completely changed the dynamic of the game. I actually quit playing on my current server and went to progression for a while to find that, Nostalgia that gaming experience back when I first hit level 31 and was introduced to lower guk. Zone in was packed with players waiting to get into the various camps, and then players fighting over the Bedroom area all the time debating and arguing whether or not it was classified as a "true camp". I spent a good 3 years soloing that zone and watched it die as more and more players moved more to Sebilis and KC were the hot spots. LOL..It still gives me a good laugh when i think about the level 1 rogues that would come into the zone trying to get the mask before it would rot. most of the time, they died. The point is, that time period is gone. I didn't find that same experience that I thought I would by going to progression. CR's were a big part of the game, and when that was completely taken out, the big penalty for going deep inside sebilis, or the hole, was removed, Which I think is a good thing, eventually I realized each was an improvement. The addition of merc's. And yes even heroic toon's. The downside to the heroic toons is you have many players running around that haven't had the time to understand the building blocks that the class is build on. So many incompetent players are in the game today. But most heroic the majority are players starting a box account. I just think its way to easy leveling now. at least AA's...I remember my first 200 AA's..each one took 40-45 minutes to get. unless you were a druid and could rack it up soloing in Halls of Honor. then it only took 15 minutes to get a full AA..that was unheard of. So yeah, players have it way to easy today. That era is no longer. The game is now focused, 80 percent of the activity is at CoTF and TDS, for both raiders and non-raiders. Its just the way it is. It has improved the game to the point a players doesnt have to spend 8-10 hours a day to farm or level up. Now you can actually balance play time with RL. I love the way the game has developed.
Edited, Oct 3rd 2015 6:43pm by RatheLinden
Edited, Oct 3rd 2015 6:44pm by RatheLinden