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The Changing Face of World of Warcraft

Back in March Blizzard released patch 2.4 and significantly altered a good portion of the overall gameplay and provided a much more casual experience. Since then Blizzard has continued to make the game more approachable through new dungeons and removing attunements and other restrictions throughout the game. While this may open up a lot of new content to the masses and help the game's overall appeal, does this continuing trend promise to alienate the high-end players who thrive on new challenges? Should Blizzard care?

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  1. WoW has "raids", computers have "RAID". by PseudoThink · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm a nitpicking bastard for saying this, but I think you're confusing a World of Warcraft "raid" with RAID, the acronym that means "redundant array of inexpensive disks" to the IT industry and computer users. While it's possible for a person to save screenshots of their WoW raid to their RAID volume, saying you can't wait to join your guild's RAID makes it seem like you're just shouting the word "raid" for some strange reason. :)

  2. Re:hmm by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    People like you are the reason Scholo and Strat were allowed to be 10 manable for so long.

    I've never had an insult leveled at me that I understood so little as this one. It's like you're talking some moon-man gibberish language.

    BUt you probably never spent the time.

    Since I've never really played WoW your guess is right.

  3. Re:hmm by thesandtiger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jesus, it's like I can hear your 5 chins slapping back and forth in outrage as your Cheeto-stained fingers pound at your keyboard.

    --
    Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.