Friday, 14 November 2008

Level 80

World of Warcraft's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, had only been out a single day when a European group reached the level cap. It took around 13 hours for the team of gamers to hit the newly expanded level 80 limit.

Check it out for yourself at: http://www.worldofathene.com/records.php

Now, why am I even mentioning this? Well, while this always happens - especially in Warcraft - but it seems the people who hit the level cap first are always the first to gripe that there's nothing to do. Or that they're bored. Or that there's never anyone around their level to play with...

It's exactly the same in Warhammer Online. The game has been out six weeks and already people are complaining that the 'end game' isn't up to scratch (my character is only rank 19 out of 40 so I'm miles off the end game).

With MMOs being so popular these days, I can't see an end to the e-penis waving mentality that exists in online gaming, but if you're going to race to the level cap, you sure as hell better not come griping about the lack of content in game afterwards.

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