It seems that everyone I talk to while in game cannot stand what is happening with the expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. Every "new" fight is just an old one revamped with different colored armor. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, because, let's face it... there aren't any MMORPGs out there that come close to touching Blizzard's Epic Game.
I loved vanilla WoW. I loved how hard it was... the challenge to get the kill. 40 people working together to conqueror old gods. Then The Burning Crusades came out, and the level of difficulty was changed. It no longer took a 40-man team to defeat our world's villains, but a measly 25. Even still, we fought on conquering old enemies, and found new friends.... but this was just the beginning. We were not prepared. Blizzard released expansions within BC to continue to challenge even the strongest players. Floating fortresses crumbled, Mountains were crushed, Troll Kingdoms fell, and the Sunwell was vanquished... and we were left in limbo. The release of Wrath was supposed to prove to gamers out there, that Blizzard had not lost their touch. They were releasing about the same time as Warhammer and this was going to be the expansion to surpass all dreams. Yet, less then 1 year after the release, Blizzard has announced the next expansion.
Gamers flew through Naxxaramas without flinching. The once infamous dungeon became this expansion's laughing stock. Even Karazhan posed more of a challenge by the end of BC then Naxx does now. What a shame... We moved on to kill the dragons of our new frozen waste. The Spell-Weaver fell, as did Sartharion without any second thoughts. Though a few heroes were lost along the way, Fordragon and Saurfang's Son, we marched on to the new threat of an old enemy, Yogg Saron and Ulduar. Ulduar was a place of wonderments. It was not as easily destroyed as it's predecessors, but it too was conquered. It feels as though Blizzard has given up on this expansion. That they have chosen to cut their loses and move forward.... Is it too soon? Is it fair to the gamers to just stop this expansion, off the Lich King, and move on? When we kill the King of the Dead, the once Prince of Lordaeron, do we celebrate or do we cry?
It seems that in this expansion, the forests of Lordaeron whispered, Failure.
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