That's it? After all we've been through?

I think my WoW cycle is just about up.

You see, I play WoW in spurts. I'll be all over the game like white on rice for a few months, and then I'll get bored/frustrated/distracted and put it down for an extended period of time. It has happened several times in the past (which is one of the reasons why it took me almost 2 years to hit level 60), and I can feel it creeping up on me again.

Actually, it started creeping up in December, but then Blizzard released the expansion and I went all googley-eyed over Blood Elves. That was fun until I leveled two of them past 20, and now have to trudge through all the other stuff. /yawn. Been there, done that, got the tabard. I've been more excited about some of their Content Patches than with The Burning Crusade.

And to be quite honest, I'm a little underwhelmed by the 60+ content. I'm not disputing that there's some cool stuff out there (because there is), but there's nothing new. Oh sure, I'd like to get a flying mount, but do you know how much GOLD I'd have to make to get it? Too much.

Also, my shaman is kind of bland now. I've seen the spells he gets, and I am terribly unimpressed. I don't have the time/energy to level another character to 60 right now, and what am I gonna do when I hit 70? Probably the same thing I did when I hit 60: get my ass kicked by all the epic-ed out raider assholes who have 40+ hours a week to spend grinding their life away in an instance.

That's another reason. Time. I find myself to be running short on it recently, and WoW requires too much of it to get anything productive done. I've got writing to catch up on, and other games I'd like to play. I'd rather have a tense game of Dawn of War than spend twenty minutes finding a mage for a Ramparts run.

Finally, if there's one thing that Blizzard has done that has deeply dissapointed me, it is the way they've handled the PvP system. To put it simply, they botched it. The Battlegrounds were awesome...before they implemented the Honor System. Then it became an honor grind where winning took second place to earning those precious Honor Points. Even then I was okay, because I still had my Alterac Valley. Then they ruined that as well. WoW PvP is dead now, and I miss it.

Of course, if I want PvP action, I shouldn't be playing an MMO in the first place. Lesson learned. I was hoping that Battlefield 2142 would fill my burning desire to kick the shit out of other people, but it turned out to be a bug-ridden lag fest.

If dissapointment was a river, I could sail a damn aircraft carrier down it.

Much of my dissapointment stems from my foolish belief that companies will actually deliver on their promises. Hell, I bought a damn X-Box so that I could play Fable, and I think we all remember how that turned out.

Whew, I'm cranky today! I'll probably come back to WoW at some point in the next few months...and I think my subscription just paid itself again a few days ago. Damn.

Anway, I think this will be my last post for the afternoon (as I have work to do and a dinner to make), so until next time, peace out!