11-19-2005, 10:09 PM
I raid for around 4-5 hours a week (my guild just recently reached the size needed to run MC by itself; prior attempts with a guild alliance varied from disappointing to disastrous).
I PVP for perhaps an hour a week, if that, with several more hours spent sitting in IF waiting for BG entry. Battlegrounds are great fun, though I'm yet to win one (I play at offpeak time and am in the larger faction so pretty much the only opposition is an organised honour farming group). The latter is some of the least satisfying time spent in WoW - you can't instance because you might need to leave halfway, you can't level an alt while waiting, you can't leave the computer and do something else because because invites only come up for a couple of minutes. You can fly somewhere and do a little grinding, but you get dumped back in IF instead of at your grinding spot afterwards. I don't think this is anything Blizzard can fix (though being able to queue for a BG's from any inn and returning to that inn afterwards would help) - it's a natural consequence of an unbalanced population and playing at offpeak times - I'm just mentioning it as a reason that PvP is not and can not be the endgame for me.
The rest of the time I play, which is the vast majority, I look for instance groups or grind solo. Five man instances are great fun and the reason I'm still playing... but few people are willing to five man the zergable instances, Dire Maul lost that fresh feel a long time ago and it's a pain having to fix my chat channels every time I enter IF after grinding. I'm not sure whether I'll renew once my subscription runs out.
I PVP for perhaps an hour a week, if that, with several more hours spent sitting in IF waiting for BG entry. Battlegrounds are great fun, though I'm yet to win one (I play at offpeak time and am in the larger faction so pretty much the only opposition is an organised honour farming group). The latter is some of the least satisfying time spent in WoW - you can't instance because you might need to leave halfway, you can't level an alt while waiting, you can't leave the computer and do something else because because invites only come up for a couple of minutes. You can fly somewhere and do a little grinding, but you get dumped back in IF instead of at your grinding spot afterwards. I don't think this is anything Blizzard can fix (though being able to queue for a BG's from any inn and returning to that inn afterwards would help) - it's a natural consequence of an unbalanced population and playing at offpeak times - I'm just mentioning it as a reason that PvP is not and can not be the endgame for me.
The rest of the time I play, which is the vast majority, I look for instance groups or grind solo. Five man instances are great fun and the reason I'm still playing... but few people are willing to five man the zergable instances, Dire Maul lost that fresh feel a long time ago and it's a pain having to fix my chat channels every time I enter IF after grinding. I'm not sure whether I'll renew once my subscription runs out.