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My first rant has to do with me. I wish that I could get over the healer mode I'm (apparently) used to having. Don't get me wrong, I'm LIKING the fact that my minstrel needs a group to do the simplest of things. I just wish that I could *remember* that this is the case rather then dying 2-3 times before I notice a problem! Damn you easy MMO's that have spoiled me into thinking it's my right as every class to accomplish the same thing, in the same way, at the same level, with every class! It doesn't help I play 2-3 MMO's at a time. So I have trouble remembering how each works right away.
Thank you Tovin for answering a question on my biggest problem with WoW and why I'm searching for an alternative. In EQ if you were a healer, or as it happens a ranger as my alt was, you simply couldn't do the same things as other classes solo. That was sometimes frustrating and requires some away time doing something else on occasion to calm down. My biggest complaint was how easy it was to level my holy priest in WoW, they seem to have spent so much time balancing it for pvp and to give everyone the same chance to level that while it is ever so slightly tougher to level a priest than say a hunter it's still not challenging.
I like the challenge, I like helping people, I like healing... I choose my class to suit how I like to play when I'm in a group and this often requires a group to do things which other classes can solo, do I have a problem with my "weaker" soloing abilities? No. Why? I like the sense of achievement that you have completing something in a group where the abilities of that group really do complement each other, less focus on soloability and more on using your talents in a way that your class was designed for is a bonus.
Don't get me wrong I don't like doing things the hard way for the sake of it, I just think it's better for the classes to reflect their role rather than equalising (in one way or another) all classes for the sake of satisfying someone who doesn't have the time to play the game properly.
I've only played the free trial on the US LoTRO and just restarted on the EU version now I've managed to get hold of a copy at a decent price, and if as you say they've dealt with this easy-button problem WoW has then I for one can only look forward to paying LoTRO and although I know I'll be tearing my hair out at various points through my healing career after umpteenth deaths to trash mobs I'll also be playing the healing class(es) the way they were meant to be played!
Hurrah!
Edited, Dec 19th 2007 1:51pm by cococj
