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End of World of Warcraft Beta
Today the Beta servers will be shut down, and by next week when the game ships all character information will be wiped from the system. After over six months, the World of Warcraft Beta Test is coming to an end. The test's final days are not without problems. Shiptar writes "Seems that some of the World of Warcraft Forum Moderator accounts were hijacked, and some posts were made deriding the latest patch. There's a discussion on WoW Vault Boards. It's not clear if the Moderator accounts were compromised, or a vulnerability in the forum software was used. The WoW boards have been down since last night."
I actually found that the quest system in DAoC, and now in WoW, added a lot of structure to my play. It provides goals other than just "kill a bazillion mobs until I ding", and even though the reward from completing a quest in WoW is nothing more than a few kills' worth of XP and maybe some cash or a decent item, the more frequent sense of satisfaction makes it far more enjoyable than attempting to quest in EQ.