Shroomism said:

69 rogue... oooh yeah

and a big fucking PFFFT to all the people that said T3 will be worthless come TBC. I'm still wearing 5/9.  Only thing I replaced was a ring and a cloak. 

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Its more like:

T1 = 63+ blues
T2=  66+ blues
T3=  69+ blues

Im still running around in 5/8 T1 prophecy set, for the quick flash heal, and most importantly the +28 crit rating it gives.  I'm lvling holy/disc crit build, so breaking it would suck.

Funny thing is, i just got my T2 helm a week before TBC....pretty sad it's probably never gonna see action. 
Until i finaly decide to break the T1 set anyway.

RuNE said:

WoW is addictive from a psychological standpoint in many ways.

Really, it works just like any other addictive substance.
The first time you try it, you level extremely easy.  Very little effort grants you 'the next level'.  You get higher stats, etc.  You feel accomplished.
As time goes by, the pace at which you gain levels slows down, but because you like that exhilarating 'ding', you push it anyway.

Secondly the 'goals' never really end.  At first its only levels. Then its gear. Then its skills. Then its rep. Then its....etc.
After some time you become attached to your character as if it was some sort of superpet. 

Only recently did i realize how much time i wasted when the expansion came out, and my hard earned T1 gear was 'all for nothing'.  Still look at me, I'm still at it. 

Its really just a reward for easy work.  But in reality, its a huge time sink.  In 10 years i WILL look back and say 'i really should have gone out with friends instead'.  'I worked 2 years for what again?'.
I still chill with friends, but i do admit there have been times where i was in the middle of a raid, and i turned them down, pretending i had to do ' X '.

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Syle said:

this is the only life you have, we should be exploring it through and through! not sitting in front of a monitor exploring some pre-made virtual world!

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Shroomism said:

I STILL say people are weak if they are playing WoW over doing important things in RL. My first post in this thread still stands. It's not the GAMES fault you become addicted to it. It's yours.

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