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I was squealing over minipets, playing Aion, and raging over epic fail Halloween events. Who knew it would be months without a new post? Let’s skip all the boring little details and fast forward to the good stuff.
1. I switched from a chanter to spiritmaster. Gear itemization in Aion sucks. There just isn’t enough easily attainable gear for chanters. Some of course might disagree with this and that’s fine but personally I had a hard time finding the gear I wanted and or needed to play my chanter to the best of my abilities. Now I’m not asking for gear to be handed to me on a silver platter but what I am asking for is more options for a certain play style so that you are able to play your class the way it was meant to be played. Most if not all gear is made for clerics and we value different stats. It made it difficult for me to enjoy playing the class.
2. I love my spiritmaster. Despite pets not scaling with gear and a few pet bugs I love the class. I’ve managed to get my spiritmaster to 42. A well played SM is one to be feared, pun very much intended.
3. They introduced the Aion “vision” trailer. With awesome visuals and the promise of the future. I was hyped. Then the lack of any kind of time frame on when said features would added to the game became a joke. “It’s coming soon but not that soon cause then it would be too soon.”
4. I haven’t played Aion in 2 weeks. Instead I’ve been playing Dragon Age. I am addicted. The idea of my actions affecting the outcome of the game fascinates me. As Bioware is the developer and also making the next Star Wars MMO I am intrigued by what the future holds for that game.
5. My subscription to Aion runs out tomorrow. I will not be renewing. I plan on finishing up Dragon Age and going back to WoW. Despite what some people like to call ezmode I still find some aspects of WoW challenging, especially raiding. My hope is to gear up as much as possible via the badge system and hopefully find a guild that is willing to take on someone who hasn’t played in awhile but willing to learn. I had high hopes for Aion but the closer I get to Aion’s endgame the more disappointed I become. A lot of people will complain about the grind. I am not going to sit here and say the grind didn’t get to me -however- I don’t believe that the grind is Aion’s biggest downfall. Lack of real end game content, poor gear itemization, the craptastic notion that RNG is the best way to reward players who’ve put in time and effort, and PvP that is neither fun nor challenging because people always believe “zerging is real PvP” are my reasons for Aion’s downfall. That and the above about the vague “coming soon” statements from community managers is frustrating. So rather than raging all over the forums I’m making my stand by just leaving. Not that my little subscription money not coming in anymore will change anything it damn sure makes me feel better.
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Next time on Girl vs MMO….will she actually go back to wow? Or will she start playing Mass Effect 2 instead and turn her back on MMOs forever? Or will she post her thoughts on Star Trek Online and why she didn’t buy the game? Tune in next time for these and other questions might actually be answered.
When I was playing WoW the one thing that I was highly addicted to was mini pets. I had to have them. While I never managed to get them all I did have quite a few. Today when looking over my google reader I came across a story about Blizzard offering mini pets in game for real world cash. Now I know that some people are against micro transactions but personally I see no harm in one such as this. It’s not like buying either of the two mini pets they are offering will make or break the game. It gives no bonus other than maybe completing one of the achievements. When buying the Pandaren Monk half of those proceeds go to charity. If I was still playing WoW I would so pick one up. I mean really my Death Knight would look awesome running around with a Lil T.K.
I haven’t logged into WoW since I think June. When my computer crashed I didn’t even reinstall. Yet for some reason I still follow WoW Insider (I don’t care that they changed the site name) faithfully. I still read WoW related blogs. There is something that still draws me to the game so much that I just can’t let go. ’sigh
I started playing WoW back in August 2006. At the time I was alliance because the friends I had playing were all alliance. I remember creating my very 1st night elf and watching as the intro cinematic came on and finally the camera landed on my character. It took a good long while before I realized that the people I saw running around weren’t part of a cinematic but actual players. I’ve always thought that was damn cool. I got caught up in the excitement that was the upcoming Burning Crusade but WoW didn’t really stick for me just yet. I still pre-ordered BC anyway and decided to take a break until it was released. During that time I found WoW Insider and read it everyday, as I still do. When BC was finally released I was ready. More importantly I made a character and I finally became connected to the game.
It’s a strange thing what a few well placed pixels can do for your gaming experience. Alyania as you see up there was my very 1st main. I left WoW back in June with her becoming my main again after I took a Death Knight to 80 and tried my hand as melee dps in the end game. In the end though its always been Alyania, my often misunderstood Warlock. I created a story based around her and her sisters, my various alts. I don’t roleplay but i felt it fitting that she have a story as dramatic as the one that I seemed to be playing out. I never did finish their story and that’s something I still regret. But now that I’m well into Aion a creeping little thought keeps coming up in the back of my mind and it shocks me. I miss WoW. I don’t know why, well ok that’s a lie I do know why. I just don’t care to admit it out loud. Perhaps sharing it here will help. I don’t feel at all connected to my character in Aion. Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy the game. I love a challenge but there is something lacking. I find myself not even reading quest text anymore. Which for me is a shocker. The lore for Aion is all there. I’ve read it, i’ve researched it and I do enjoy it but for some reason I’m not connecting what I’ve read to what I feel about my character. Perhaps that’s just me and hopefully this will pass. None of my friends plan on going back to WoW and I don’t really blame them. But if I don’t get connected to Aion soon I might find myself for the 1st time in a very long time going it alone in game and going back to WoW.