That's the curse of all long-running MMOs, though.
You have to have power inflation, for any of the common content models to work.
And you have to also provide a fast lane for new players, otherwise no one is going to join, only to be a decade behind where everyone else is now.
It's unfortunate because it screws existing players. But ultimately, that's only because they believe the myth that MMO stats / levels / gear actually have value.
Totally. I don’t fault Blizzard really at all for the evolution of WoW over the years. It had to evolve, and so it did. It just meant that for me, a lot of the magic was gone. But I had also grown up a lot, and had dramatically less free time, so I don’t even think I could ever support that “golden age” of WoW gaming even if it had never changed.
All in all, they grew up with their player base and I don’t fault them for it in the slightest. Sure, minor gripes here and there but generally speaking, they have made the right calls.
I actually think their current model works pretty well. You have a fast track to the current content but the current content has levels of difficulty that you can work on.
You have to have power inflation, for any of the common content models to work.
And you have to also provide a fast lane for new players, otherwise no one is going to join, only to be a decade behind where everyone else is now.
It's unfortunate because it screws existing players. But ultimately, that's only because they believe the myth that MMO stats / levels / gear actually have value.