For the last year and a half I have been in a desperate search for a new MMO that will hold my attention.
Let me preface this a little bit with some of the struggles/fun I had in WoW.
I was one of those 'had-been-playing-since-beta' freaks who had too much time on my hands. I lead a 40 man guild on a PvP server into server firsts from MC all the way to Naxx. I then rerolled Horde (lolalliance!) with all of my friends and and decided to just be a guild member.
You know... The kind of player that logs on for raids and actually gets gear on the reg. So I did! I had a blast in the pants re-raiding all of those groin-grabbingly awesome dungeons with all of my rl friends.
Then came the awe inspiring expansion. I couldn't wait for this bad-boy to come out, and when it happened I was even more aroused than ever!
So I ding 70 and start grinding rep for heroic keys, then rep from dailies, then rep from every other zone.
After the homies all hit 70 I start a new guild in which to raid with. <Terminated> (I love t2.)
So we raided. We went through Kara, Gruuls, Mag, TK, and SSC all the while loling at anyone who got in our way.
Then Tom Chilton pretty much ruined everything. From arenas to badge gear, to too many dailies, to... Well you get the idea. The whole game turned into World of Casualcraft. So I left, feeling unappreciated and kicked in the nuts for all the work I had put in.
Anyway, onward thinking! I found a few games and tried a few games, but every time, it just didn't have what I wanted. I found myself asking for someone to make the first two years of WoW over. (Or something similar.) So when I found Aion, I decided that this just might be the game I had been waiting for. A game that has the simplicity/complexity of WoW with a whole new story and flavor slapped right on top!
The suitable WoW clone I think all of the old-school warcrafters have been waiting for.
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