Too much of a good thing...

... Is the only way i can honestly sum up my time in WoW. Don't get me wrong, i really liked the game and the time i spent playing it but i just feel Blizzard ruined it towards the end, more on this further on.

SarGara the level70 Frost Mage. This was my only character throughout the almost 2 years i spent in the game. Hard to imagine considering how Alt fever grasps most people but i think this is how i managed to stay on top without dedicating all of my life. While guild members were busy leveling their 3rd character i was happily plodding along doing battlegrounds and slowly but surely improving my gear. The above screenshot is how i ended my WoW experience months before WotLK launched during Season3.

Pre-TBC

Or as i like to remember them, the "good old days". The best of my gaming time came from running the 20 man raid instance: Zul Gurub located to the south in Stranglethorn Vale. I know alot of it was a pain wiping on bosses again and again but as me and the rest of the guild were all experiencing this first hand together it only helped to bond us.
We skipped the other end game raid instances such as Molten Core and Black Wing Lair due to their 40man nature so this made Zul Gurub ideal for a hatchling guild such as ours and being the logical step up from the 10man UBRS raid meant it was a tough ride.

As you can see things didn't always go to plan! As well as issues progressing in the instance, our guild also had its fair share of issues outside of instances as well, queue: e-drama!

Mage envy is a horrible thing!

The Game:

As i said earlier i don't dislike the game at all and i will still recommend this to anyone to try out. What i do dislike is the way Blizzard changed alot of things to mainstream the game for the masses. Obviously unless you played from the start this isn't a problem and your gaming experience wont be jaded like mine. But honestly, ask anyone in the same situation as myself and they will tell you how much better the "vanilla" WoW was. I would give anything to see the below scene again in Alteric Valley for example:

By making the game easier and more accessible to the masses alot of the fun or quirk's were removed. Combine this with expansion packs making everyone feel useless just devalued the time i had spent.

Whats done is done but i still miss WoW and i will definitely be checking out WoW2 :)