Archive for July 25th, 2008:
My stance on the WotLK beta
Ever since the closed beta started, teh Intarwebz have exploded with news about the beta. Everywhere people are discussing the talent trees, the new skills, DKs everywhere. It’s a bit much to absorb. My guild’s GM is in the beta. Some of my favorite bloggers blog about the beta. But not me.
I didn’t use the opt-in for the beta. The last betas I tried were LotRO and Mythos, and I just found for myself that I don’t like unfinished products. I love Blizzard polish. I don’t like Captain Placeholder. And I don’t like to speculate about talent trees that will probably change a lot until we see patch 3.0 distributed. YMMV.
Do I think about some beta stuff at times? Sure do. What the heck is up with the new Shield Block? Are the rumors true that PvP gear > all for WotLK tanking to get max benefit from Shockwave? (If that’s true, Imma kill someone in Irving). Will I level protection, will I level fury, will I figure out how to create a crazy prot-fury hybrid? Those are burning questions, but I am pushing them back in my mind.
A la maison de tank and warlock, I most certainly don’t talk about the expansion. There are few things that drive my other half up the wall more than talking about WotLK. It somehow manages to boil the blood, talk of the expansion. Not even news of non-combat pets turning into spells to save bagspace caused a cheer. She has 63 non-combat pets, you see.
Today, I have a slow day at work, and I couldn’t help myself and watched a very long preview video over on a German WoW site. I also looked at screenshots. Do want. Heck yeah. It’s so pretty.
Few things make me feel as torn as all the beta infos. How about you?
