WoW Cataclysm: First it was Heroics, now it's Raids

Going from faceroll Wrath heroics to the new Cataclysm dungeons was a bit of culture shock for some players. Yeah, well, it's an expansion. That's how it works. We went from over-geared toons that we knew inside out to under-geared newbs relearning our classes. And, yes, the difficulty was ramped up a bit, as it very well needed to be.

Ghostcrawler's famous "Wow, Dungeons are Hard!" blog, explained why things needed a push but it wasn't well-received by all. Some thought he was saying L2play, if not in so many words. Soon heroics were nerfed.

On the World of Warcraft forums, many players were upset about these nerfs especially after having read that blog (apparently, Ghostcrawler has been nerfed a bit too). Players that like a challenge talked of "slippery slopes" stating that soon raids would also be nerfed.

They didn't know the half of it. While it's expected that content will be nerfed late in an expansion, the force of the nerf bat on T11 this early was pretty extreme. This is especially true since with easier access to gear, content nerfs itself.

A raid made up of alts and pugs can now clear all of Tier 11 in a couple of hours.

WoW: Real World v. Azeroth

It's been a long time. IRL stuff got out of hand and started messing with not only my WoW time but my writing time as well. So, how have you been? A lot has changed since we visited here at World of Warcraft Corner.

I was pretty surprised to see that my last post was from the Ulduar days. I didn't realize it had been that long. Ah, but the memories of Ulduar are awesome. It was the best raid in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, IMO. I doubt will ever see something as grand again.

So, a lot has happened since those days. Lots of big changes. I'll spare you the IRL stuff but a lot has changed in game as well, both personally and overall.

Towards the end of Wrath, I quit the guild I had been in for over a year and my husband and I started a raiding guild of our own. We went 11/12 HM in ICC.

Love it or hate it, Wrath was an expansion like no other (how I miss BC).

Intro

So, I never thought I’d be playing a game like World of Warcraft. Didn’t think I’d like it at all. I’m no leet gamer. In fact, I never really got into gaming much before, especially not role playing games. They seemed to take up too much time.

What would I be doing instead, watching TV?

My husband and his cousin were already into WoW and talked me into a trial version. The next day, I asked for my own copy, and not long after, I asked for The Burning Crusade. I swore I would not buy the expansion. No Wrath of the Lich King for me!

Uh huh... my main is level 80, my alt is 71.

Blizzard says 10 million + people can't be wrong, so who am I to argue?

How did you get started playing WoW?

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