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Recently I wrote about quitting World of Warcraft and how I didn’t really miss it. I even listed several reasons as to why I left the game. I didn’t include everything on that list but I still wrote a lot of them down.

One reason I left is because I was on the Alexstraza server. When I first started playing the game it was where my friends were (namely Jim).

Over time Alexstraza has become known as a server full of drama, problems, glitches and slow overcrowding.

One reason I left the game was because I was sick to death of waiting in a que, having to wait hours for Alterac Valley and the general childish drama of the server.

this week Blizzard opened a new server. This week I resubscribed to the game and moved ALL of my characters to said new server and decided to give the game another go.

Imust say I’m impressed. Not having to deal with the same stupid childish antics (yet), being able to get in to Alterac Valley with only ten minute ques, and not watching trade channel be spammed every two seconds is a nice change.

Will this bring me back to the game forever?

Maybe… not likely as I still have a great deal of issues with the game… but will it get me playing again for a while? Most certainly.

Besides with Age of Conan now being pushed back until May what am I suppose to play?

I cancelled my World of Warcraft account recently.

As of right now I’ve already found that I have more time dedicated to getting things done, posting on my blog more often, talking with friends a bit more and surfing the news on the Internet.

Do I miss it?

I can’t really say that I miss it. I have noticed though that on ocassions I find myself thinking it would be alright to login and start grinding for some gold.

The more I thought about that though the more I realized that grinding is one of the reasons I left.

Upon further thought I also realized that it is highly likely I may join the world again when the next expansion pack comes out.

My logic here is rather simple.

When Wrath of the Lich King comes out the value of everything in Northend will be higher and the game economy will again for a while inflate.

As such I should be able to make a large amount of gold by simply questing and doing things that I’m already going to need to do to begin with.

I’m not addicted to World of Warcraft, I’m not counting down the days until the next expansion pack either. I am interested though on how it will play out and how good of a game it will be.

Age of Conan though… I am counting down for that one

I’ve been a pretty loyal World of Warcraft player for some time now as many around me already know.

Earlier this week as evidenced in this post you saw that I decided to cancel my account.

I left because…

• I hate que times.
  Sure the ques are only about fifteen minutes or so now. I realize they used to be much longer and used to happen more often but my new busy schedule prevents me from giving World of Warcraft long periods of playing. Fifteen minutes is 1/4 of my play time spent waiting to get in the game. I can simply play other games without a que and get my fix of fun gaming elsewhere.
• I hate Blizzard’s customer is wrong approach.
  The moderators on the forums will often belittle players, take sides, and post statements that if another company made them to a customer base or called a customer stupid would be totally unacceptable. For Blizzard though it seems acceptable.
• Childish Antics.
  Something about World of Warcraft sure does attract the drama filled children. I’m waiting for Age of Conan a truly adult game to finally be released. I’m sure the kids will come eventually but I’m holding out hope they won’t be like the children in World of Warcraft.
• Alterac Valley.
  Why does Blizzard insist that Horde players now have the upper-hand in Alterac Valley when the Alliance clearly has an amazing chokepoint. Why should I suffer through two hour que times to play my favorite battleground because the Alliance gets beaten and won’t que for it until the Horde lets them win some.
• Battleground AFKers.
  I realize they are now taking action against people who are AFK a great deal but this like other solutions will slowly be used less and less often.
• Boredom.
  The game hasn’t really changed all that much. Sure we’ve got Black Temple in the game, Sunwell coming in the game, and more but at the moment nothing revolutionary is happening in World of Warcraft. Blizzard take some ideas from other MMORPGS that are coming out this year and start adding new features to attract players back.

I may only be one player to quit in 9 million players but I’ll take my money and spend it on the Age of Conan Collectors Edition where I can experience a truly adult game, better PVP, player built cities, new classes, and a whole new story line.

I don’t do New Years Resolutions.

I have made the following commitments to 2008 though.

1. To not blog once each daily, weekly, or monthly but to blog when I feel I have something to share or say. I don’t want to post crap each day just because I said I’d post every single day.
2. With that thought in mind I do promise to give my blog some much needed attention though.
3. To quit smoking once and for all.
4. To make at least five new close friends this year.
5. To play Age of Conan to the maximum level.
6. To stop playing World of Warcraft as much.
7. To reach the maximum level in Mythos before the next beta server wipe.
8. To drop at least ten pounds.