The bubble, power word shield, rage, totems and so forth make each class play very differently.Īrt style – The WoW art style really helps the world come alive. It responds instantly to your commands and it feels “tight” to me.Ĭombat signatures – I like the fact that each class has a distinctive mechanic to it.
It really allows you to feel like a whirling dervish, or careful caster, or whatever you want to be. It was pondering why I wasn’t logging in that spurred this post.Ĭombat mechanics – WoW combat feels smoother and faster-paced than any other MMO. But the negatives have started to outweigh the positives for me and so I find myself not logging in. I’ve been playing WoW since release and it holds a dear place in my heart. This might be one of those tl dr posts, but it’s the slow time of year at work, so… But having played WoW, EQ2 and LotRO in the past week, I thought it might be interesting to compare your likes and dislikes of each of these MMOs.
This is one of those long, rambling posts.