Things I Miss About Vanilla

We are all happily trudging along, exploring new zones, following new and exciting quest lines following good ol’ stories we have followed since the beginning, as well as elaborating on new stories we are just now discovering. Through it all, I have been reminded of the “old days” and how hardcore I feel when I think about the fact that Haf and I have been playing this game for 4 years now.

A few of the blogs and podcasts I follow have made mention of, “If you could bring anything back from the original WoW, what would it be?”. Here is how I would answer…

1. The Suppression Room – I think that every heroic-level raiding instance should have something along the lines of the suppression room in Blackwing Lair. It was one of the few times that I heard, “Screw your mana, we gotta move NOW!” It also made good use of the underused rogue talent – Disarm. WTB more things to DISARM! Aside from the hilarity that ensued, it was a great test of communication and coordination – two attributes that are crucial to any successful raiding guild.

2. Rank Honor System – I invested days, and days to obtain the Knight-Captian rank on my warlock. And, I suppose now that title is more of a badge of old-school-ness than anything else. Personally, I liked the old honor system. It had good points and bad points, but I liked the idea that I had to push week after week to obtain and maintain the rank I achieved. I am sure there is some way a sub-rank honor system of some kind can be combined with the current rack-em-up system to achieve the effect.

As many things change, many more remain the same. Luckily we can still go back and relive many of the old instances that bring back so many fond memories…