Comments on: Point-to-Point Questing

By: Garumoo

Garumoo — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:18:33 +0000

I didn’t skip any quests while doing Hyjal either, partly because I wanted the XP, partly the story, but also a lingering worry that maybe it’s this particular quest which is needed to unlock the next phasing and if I skipped it I’d be screwed out of doing any further quests.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:53:59 +0000

I’ve been playing Lotro recently, and maybe its because I’m still in the starting zone, but I feel like I’m a lot less railroaded then I was in WoW. yes, there’s a main storyline, but its clearly marked and there’s plenty of diverting quests you can do without having to complete the main storyline yet, before you’re ready to move on. Or, you can skip the quests you don’t like and just proceed with an epic storyline – your choice. WoW’s new quest model, doesn’t give you that choice. you don’t have hubs to chose from. you cannot skip quest chains, because if you do, you cannot get to the rest of the quests in a zone. it wouldn’t be so weird if it was single player, but even the most recent single player I was playing gives you more choices and options (fallout 3)

By: ZombiePirate

ZombiePirate — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:31:07 +0000

Vashj’ir is boring the hell out of me. I hear that Hyjal is much better though, but I’ve started a zone so I’m going to finish it! I can only manage an hour or two of questing before I have to go do something else.

By: Bex

Bex — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:17:39 +0000

Well, when things got crowded in Vash’jir, I upped and went back to Hyjal, but I do get your point. I just didn’t mind it – probably because I’m so used to it from LotRO (which I think was my point, however badly I made it).

By: Kring

Kring — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:55:31 +0000

It’s yet another thing that reduces the “WORLD” of warcraft. For me, that isn’t a “world” anymore, it’s a story. And you don’t explore the world, you follow the story.

Having said that, Uldum and Twilight was a very fun experience. (Especially the movies improve the feeling and don’t annoy like they did before. Good work there. They just need to always despawn the pet, because it stands in front of the camera otherwise and respawn it after the movie and not make the movies break if you’re on a mount… and add an option to review the movies later. Is there one?)

But I’m not looking forward for leveling my Alts. The questing experience is the worst I ever had in WoW. You never have more than 3-4 quests in the quest log and can’t proceed if you don’t do each and every quest. And if it’s the stupid vehicle quest, you’re going to do it. And if it’s the bad drop quest, you’re going to do it. And if it’s killing the named mob together with 50% of your server, you’re going to do it. No chance to break out or pick the quests you like. Very bad design. For your main the story (if you read the quest texts) compensates for the bad design. For your alts the story will be the same…