Your right. If it sounded like I was criticizing Wow for doing 10 quests in an hour, I was'nt. Just blabbing.
I did not lose it with WoW until I hit the end game wall. So if I missed it, are you still playing WoW, playing SoR or both?
tannack wrote:Dare I say it, but that's not the fault of the game, it's the fault of the players.
My wife and I started into WoW as a couple of humans, and simply worked our way through the Abbey, Goldshire and then moved on into Westfall. Taking our time, and just slowly doing the quests, and actually *READING* what was going on, we found it painted a very vivid picture of that region. As we slowly followed the quest chain, it became apparent that the Defias (bad guys) had a valid grevance. Van Cleef's last words before he dies are "Our cause is just." (*) He had a point.
(*) Or a paraphasal of that meaning.
But against that backdrop, yes, the world of WoW is stagnating.
As a matter of necessity, WoW MUST present it's content as scripted quests. When you consider that their subscription base comprises 1/10th of one percent of the entire world's population, (**) they can't realistically do GM sponsored events. And to a degree, they do some good story telling in those quests.
(**) About 6 billion people on earth, about 6 million subscribers to WoW. Do the math.
However, that implies that you have the option of looking them up on thottbot if you want to. It's an interesting commentary on what people want that such information is available and is used so heavily.
It's hard to say that Ryzom is better or worse than WoW. For every criticism you can level at either game, it's possible to find something wrong with the other. All that can honestly be said is that they're incredibly different.
If you do a quick number crunch, it works out that you should expect to spend, on average around 50 hours in UBRS trying to get your tier 1 chest piece in WoW. Do you have the same "end game grind" here? Maybe you do? How long do you have to fight bosses, and dig for materials in PR, in order to collect the required mats to make the most Uber end game weapon / armor? However, you DON'T need to spend that entire time teamed with 14 other players, that's for sure. None of that awful "raid or quit" mentality.
