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12-19-2008, 01:12 PM
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Reader comments - ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week. Be sure to dive into the comments area of each thread (not this one!) and add your own thoughts - unlike your mama, we like us some hot, fresh backtalk.
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This Breakfast Topic, which looked back at the little annoyances we're not sorry have gone the way of the dodo, included plenty of nostalgia for the epic-length Alterac Valleys of old. Players claimed to have hated them back then - but they seem to miss them now that they're a thing of the past.
A number of readers pegged a different annoyance that early WoW players remember with chagrin. "One of the things I remember with the least amount of fondness is unconnected flight paths," noted lightningjynx. "There wasn't the clicking a destination halfway across the world and going to do something productive while you waited. No, you had to stare at your character flying to get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time, unless you had all the flight path times memorized and played that way." "Wow, yeah, I had forgotten about that," agreed MadScientist17. "Had to try to remember which flight points went where."
We agree, too - but ultimately, we think Veil has the pointiest point: "Definitely don't miss old Andorhal (http://www.wowwiki.com/Andorhal). That place was an f'ing death trap." Continue reading [1:Local]: Perspectives on WoW past, present and future (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/19/1-local-adjusting-to-wrath-s-new-paradigm/)
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Reader comments - ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week. Be sure to dive into the comments area of each thread (not this one!) and add your own thoughts - unlike your mama, we like us some hot, fresh backtalk.
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This Breakfast Topic, which looked back at the little annoyances we're not sorry have gone the way of the dodo, included plenty of nostalgia for the epic-length Alterac Valleys of old. Players claimed to have hated them back then - but they seem to miss them now that they're a thing of the past.
A number of readers pegged a different annoyance that early WoW players remember with chagrin. "One of the things I remember with the least amount of fondness is unconnected flight paths," noted lightningjynx. "There wasn't the clicking a destination halfway across the world and going to do something productive while you waited. No, you had to stare at your character flying to get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time, unless you had all the flight path times memorized and played that way." "Wow, yeah, I had forgotten about that," agreed MadScientist17. "Had to try to remember which flight points went where."
We agree, too - but ultimately, we think Veil has the pointiest point: "Definitely don't miss old Andorhal (http://www.wowwiki.com/Andorhal). That place was an f'ing death trap." Continue reading [1:Local]: Perspectives on WoW past, present and future (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/19/1-local-adjusting-to-wrath-s-new-paradigm/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)[1:Local]: Perspectives on WoW past, present and future (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/19/1-local-adjusting-to-wrath-s-new-paradigm/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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