The future looks bright - not so much
The World of Warcraft expansion is coming. The new races, content and levels mean little to me. I can’t imagine starting new toons, we’ve done that too many times already. We play Instances exclusively. Unless there are new mid level instances we won’t be seeing any of the new content, or levels, with our level 27 toons for a long time. With our play schedule, it could be a year before we reach 60 again and see any of the new instances. Blizzard has taken too long for this expansion. For us anyway.
Vanguard is out soon as well. I’ve got high hopes for this game, but the word on the street isn’t all that great. I’ve yet to read one glowing statement from anybody playing beta. Sure, they are constrained by an NDA. That hasn’t stopped the grumblings of, “no fun” coming out. I’m afraid they are trying to resurrect the most unpleasant parts of EQ such as corpse runs and shared dungeons. Not that there aren’t many who enjoy such torture. WoW’s success shows that most don’t.
Mike has been waiting for Pirates of the Burning Sea. I’m more than willing to give it a try, assuming it ever comes out. I don’t see how they are going to handle sea travel in a less than boring way. EVE is a beautiful, sophisticated game, but travel is a curse.
We’ll play WoW, that’s almost guaranteed. It’s still one hell of a game. We’ve committed to trying Vanguard for a couple of months. Mike and I will try Pirates if it comes out this year. I’m not excited.