I know folks are howling abut CRZ, but don't be guided by the echo chamber,
I see plenty of herbs and ore in Outlands these days. It's really a shame
though. A lot of care and crafting went into many of these quests, and some of
the rewards , especially at lower levels who don't have much WOW gold, are pretty unique (like the
one-hand bronze katana from a quest in South Barrens that can only be gotten,
IIRC as a quest reward). I look at it as immersive storytelling. And though
there are some quests that still have poor tuning on the drop rate or the ratio
of quantity to drop rate, for the most part questing these days is a
cake.
Questing is easy, but boring IMO. If you find the storytelling exciting and
immersive, that's great for you (no sarcasm). Your dessert analogy only makes
sense if we take for granted that questing is really enjoyable and some people
weirdly don't want to do enjoyable stuff. I'd re-work that analogy to fit
myself: leveling up is having to eat a dinner you hate as a child in order to
get to the dessert (raiding). To me, questing is just incredibly repetitive
with essentially no skill required. Repetitive alone is not an issue...almost
every game is repetitive. But when there's no fun skill being tested, it's less
the fun repetition of, say, Super Mario Bros. In the '80s and more the
repetition of stocking shelves. Even the "story" aspect doesn't really wash when
you're talking about alts...you've already seen the story, maybe multiple
times.
I understand that leveling is part and parcel of the CRPG experience (MMOs
just being a subset of CRPGs---the 'C' is for "computer," separating it from
pen-and-paper RPGs). I would have to admit that I'm not a fan of CRPGs...what I
love about WoW is the raiding experience, not the RPG experience or how to get
WOW gold. So I just have to bear with the leveling, and I
accept that. I'm not trying to convince you to dislike leveling, but you said
you didn't understand that perspective so I was trying to help you understand
what someone who doesn't like leveling sees.
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