The Hook

Ringo Flinthammer over at http://www.flinthammer.org/ asked;

"Despite a well-publicized dip in subscriber numbers, most WoW players have stuck around. But those folks didn't leave for no reason, so what keeps you coming back and still playing?

Is it the friends? The new content? Old content still to explore? Alts? PvP? Roleplaying?"

The easy answer is 'the friends' of course.  This game has always been about the people you meet for me as much as the game world.  Its what made it so easy to conjure up a character and Roleplay in it, to find the will to face the soulcrushing raid grind.

I do love leveling new characters or did.  Azeroth doesn't feel as unique or cool any more with the Cataclysm and that ruined my leveling experience.  Well mostly Blue side but ya know its affected how I look at the Red too.

The Consequences of Death in an MMO (Blog Azeroth Shared Topic)

Sharden over on http://15minutesofwow.wordpress.com/ posted a really interesting topic.

"How do you think dying in an MMO should affect the characters? In WoW we have a relatively insignificant repair cost from durability for a PVE death and no consequence for dying to another player. Do you think this is enough, too much, or needing improvement? Tie-ins to related MMO's or multiplayer games and what sort of repricussion there is for failure there can be a good way to explain your thoughts."

Their post about it can be found here.

Twisted Nether Munchies (Shared Topic)

By: Amerence of Amerence Love WoW

What sort of things get you through your daily grind of quest, dungeon runs, etc?  I have a wide variety of snacks I favor.  The easy part though is drinks, soda is the best.  Usually Diet cola but Ill drink leaded gas if that's the caffeine I can get my hands on.

New Class Speculation (twistednether shared topic)

Suggested by Shadowfox of Death Knights Don’t Blog
Looking into the future of 86+ I think the next class will have to include a tank spec due to the need for tanks.  It also should have some core elements both to draw people to the game who hadn't considered it before and to satisfy current players who pick it up with its flavor and playstyle.  I have to admit I have trouble picking just one option so I will just sketch up two of them.