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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[World of Warcraft: So easy, a caveman can do it]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/world-of-warcraft-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/world-of-warcraft-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-it/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/world-of-warcraft-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-it/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/endgame/" rel="tag">Endgame</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/wowcover.jpg"  alt="" />If it feels like <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> may be losing its luster for your, then chances are that you feel the game has become too easy.  Since the launch of <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/wrath-of-the-lich-king/">Wrath of the Lich King</a></em>, a large chunk of the game population has hit 80, done the heroic dungeons, and even entered into the raids with ease.  Has the game become too easy?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gamespy.com">GameSpy</a> editor Gerald Villoria has <a href="http://www.gamespy.com/articles/953/953662p1.html">dedicated one of his columns</a> to just some of the ways that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><em>Warcraft</em></a> might have become too easy for everyone.  While he points his finger at both the player community and the developers, his main point comes from the newly introduced <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/13/heirloom-items-are-for-leveling/">heirloom items</a> that come from the endgame emblem vendors.  With enough emblems lying around to fill a bathtub, Gerald was able to equip a new rogue with three heirloom items and effectively outclass almost everything in the lower levels including blue item drops.<br /><br />At this point, it seems that any higher class player, or any player who enters the game through the <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Recruit-A-Friend">recruit-a-friend program</a>, can develop a character that can completely skip through low-end content without giving it a thought.  You don't need to get excited about rare drops in early dungeons, or even really pay attention to the item drop system anymore.  Has the game become so easy that it's no longer fun?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/world-of-warcraft-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-it/">World of Warcraft: So easy, a caveman can do it</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/953/953662p1.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/world-of-warcraft-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-it/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1462288/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/17/world-of-warcraft-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-it/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blizzard</category><category>difficulty</category><category>dungeons</category><category>heirloom</category><category>heirloom-items</category><category>raids</category><category>too-easy</category><category>woltk</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wrath-of-the-lich-king</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
