My brother and I were talking about this just last night. I think a lot of people (myself included) is tired of the old content and starting over in general. We've done so many TLPs, that I think it has played itself out... at least for us.
I like the Mischief server's ruleset all except for a couple things; truebox and experience grind.
Truebox Must Die
Plain and simple, truebox has to go. It just isn't practical for the longevity of the game, and the simple fact is that it's widely abused by those who know how to abuse it. The only people truebox is keeping from playing multiple characters on one computer are the casual players. Those people basically get fucked by the rule that was supposed to protect them.
Truebox needs to die, and never be done again. And, by die, I mean they need to remove the rule from all TLP servers immediately. Don't create another TLP server a year from now and announce it wont have truebox. No. Fuck that. Fix the existing TLP servers.
Enough with the Experience Grind already
As for experience grind, yeah I get it. Grinding is kinda fun, but it has its limits. The level 1 to 20 range is great. You move along at a great pace. The mid levels are a little more annoying, and then you get to level 40 where everything goes to complete shit. The grind from 40 to 60 is an old outdated game design that needs to be put out to pasture. And, no. I am not saying I can't get to 60. I've done it more times on more servers than I care to admit. It's just fucking got old after the millionth time.
They need to make the experience curve after 20 feel like the 30 to 40 range all the way up to max level. I realize that some of you have absolutely no life, and love to dedicate 40+ hours a week to playing a game. Some of us actually grew up, have a job, friends, and a lot of expensive toys not related to video gaming that we would like to spend some of our free time on rather than spending every waking hour in a game just to get the most out of it.
I'm Done With Raiding
That being said, I'm done with raiding. I went hard on some of the past TLPs as well as easy on some of the other TLPs, and at this point, I'm just fucking over it. Call me a selfish lazy old bastard, but I just don't fucking see the appeal in showing up on a schedule two to three nights a week to earn virtual points that I can use to bid on gear in a future raid. It feels like a fucking job, and I already have a full time job that I love very much. I don't need another fucking job.
In the end, after you dedicate all that time in to your second job of raiding, the server eventually dies. Don't believe me, fine. Go play on any old TLP server, and let me know how populated it is now.
This is one reason I like the Mischief ruleset because I don't have to raid to get the raid gear that I want or need. I can buy it from those people that chose to take up that second career of playing a video game for a living. Good for them. I get to go cruising on Harley, hang out with friends, and do shit in the real world.
And....
Back to the point of this discussion. I will probably play VERY casually on Mischief until later expansions. Just like some of you, my brother and I are both tired of repeating the same old content. I don't see myself putting many hours per week in to the Mischief server anymore until it reaches at least Luclin at which point I will go buy all your uber raid gear in the bizarre for next to nothing. Keep up that second job yall. I'm counting on you to feed cheap gear to my alts.
