08-21-2006, 02:42 AM
Jarulf,
Specifically targeting the comments about Tradeskills.
I have long argued to guildmates that anyone that grinds mats (with very few exceptions, BoP mats being the primary counter example) is a fool. It is far faster to grind gold and then buy mats off of the AH.
I have, in my 60 days played past capping, acquired 3 (yes exactly three) felcloth through drops. And I have made well over 100 mooncloth. There's absolutely no way I'd grind felcloth when I can simply watch the AH and when it gets cheap, buy a stack and be set for a month.
A lot of the game's fun for me is about acheiving small goal that can be accomplished in casual bite-sized pieces:
Level 60
300 Enchanting
Every available Tailoring Recipe (including the useless ones)
Exalted with the Timbermaw Furbolgs (the trinket rocks btw)
Tier 1 Set
Tier 0.5 Set (even though I had Tier 1 already)
I retired my main (UD 60 Priest in 7/8 T2) 6 months ago and just returned to the game last month with a brand new character on a new server. I intend to return to my main with the expansion.
A lot of people, myself included, find joy in the casual grind. (I define casual grind as doing repetitive tasks without obsessing over the most efficient possible means; thus Grind to 60 in 7 days does not count, whereas fishing 100 stonescale eels does). The repetitive tasks can be soothing to the mind, they present much of the escape that I find pleasurable after capping. And when those actions move toward a desirable goal (like Exalted with Timbermaw) the experience feels rewarding beyond the task itself.
Many people, perhaps most, wouldn't find the description above to appeal to them. I suspect that it is strongly associated with the gaming addiction that has become such a news fad of late. A mind which craves repetitive minimally productive behavior above intellectual highly productive behavior is more capable of accepting repetitive addictions.
That having been said. I still enjoy the repetition and I still crave it on many days. And as for tradeskills (the rambling comes full circle) they are largely useless but for a few items per skill (HotW comes to mind) but they aren't there to be useful. They are there to facilitate two things, twinking and an alternate method of grinding.
The game is a grind, for those that want a rush, play a different game and may it bring you joy.
-Kershner
Specifically targeting the comments about Tradeskills.
I have long argued to guildmates that anyone that grinds mats (with very few exceptions, BoP mats being the primary counter example) is a fool. It is far faster to grind gold and then buy mats off of the AH.
I have, in my 60 days played past capping, acquired 3 (yes exactly three) felcloth through drops. And I have made well over 100 mooncloth. There's absolutely no way I'd grind felcloth when I can simply watch the AH and when it gets cheap, buy a stack and be set for a month.
A lot of the game's fun for me is about acheiving small goal that can be accomplished in casual bite-sized pieces:
Level 60
300 Enchanting
Every available Tailoring Recipe (including the useless ones)
Exalted with the Timbermaw Furbolgs (the trinket rocks btw)
Tier 1 Set
Tier 0.5 Set (even though I had Tier 1 already)
I retired my main (UD 60 Priest in 7/8 T2) 6 months ago and just returned to the game last month with a brand new character on a new server. I intend to return to my main with the expansion.
A lot of people, myself included, find joy in the casual grind. (I define casual grind as doing repetitive tasks without obsessing over the most efficient possible means; thus Grind to 60 in 7 days does not count, whereas fishing 100 stonescale eels does). The repetitive tasks can be soothing to the mind, they present much of the escape that I find pleasurable after capping. And when those actions move toward a desirable goal (like Exalted with Timbermaw) the experience feels rewarding beyond the task itself.
Many people, perhaps most, wouldn't find the description above to appeal to them. I suspect that it is strongly associated with the gaming addiction that has become such a news fad of late. A mind which craves repetitive minimally productive behavior above intellectual highly productive behavior is more capable of accepting repetitive addictions.
That having been said. I still enjoy the repetition and I still crave it on many days. And as for tradeskills (the rambling comes full circle) they are largely useless but for a few items per skill (HotW comes to mind) but they aren't there to be useful. They are there to facilitate two things, twinking and an alternate method of grinding.
The game is a grind, for those that want a rush, play a different game and may it bring you joy.
-Kershner