
Mainly this comes from discussions I have read about people complaining about no Firelands raid yet. As of today in heroic 10 and 25 mans 207 guilds have killed Sinestra, 571 have killed Al’Akir, and 722 have killed Neferian. That’s not a lot. My own guild is 6/13 in 25 mans. Really I am not ready for a new tier. I know some are sic of the current content even if they haven’t beat it all yet. It just seems asking for new content is a way of giving up on the old. “Yep Heroic Cho is too hard. Give me a new tier so I can come back and over power this.” Thing is most guilds don’t go back. TOC was about the only time I ever saw this. I think that was due more to gating then anything else. Lots of guilds went into ToC on the 1st day killed the 1 available boss and then went back to Ulduar HM the rest of the raid week. When ICC opened its doors there were 4 bosses on day 1 to get through. After that people didn’t really go back to ToC.
So many players are just concerned with getting epics these days. Item level is such a pain. I have seen people who will take the 359 gear simply because it is higher so it must be better. These people don’t want to do old content to finish it, they want to move to the new content to up their gear score. Even if there raid isn’t geared enough for the new content.
OMG Achievs! I have a few myself and it has been a nice way to fill gaps in content but I hate not completing something before moving on. I am not overly concerned with getting the little achievs in the current tier but I at least want to finish the instance.
Blizz has hinted that new tiers will have increased need for hit and such as we move forward. That being said do I have the gear needed to step into these raids? I have no idea. Maybe they will have some new enchants or something but we just don’t know. Tank walks up to 1st Fireland boss and takes a big ol swing at him. The boss parries and strikes back twice! Hey wait a sec I thought parry haste was gone. Not if you have 10 expertise or lower. Well crap complete Bear re-think going on for me now. Are they going to bring that back? I have no idea but that’s my point. We have no idea. Yes as a 4.2 PTR goes online we will get MMO-Champion finding all kinds of stuff out way in advance but by then I might learn I am so wrong I need 2 weeks of BoT plus some lucky drops to be ready.
Ask a racer any real racer and they will tell you, It doesn’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile winning is winning. (yes I just used that) I say to you. Ask a Raider, any real raider and they will tell you. It matters a ton if you beat current content at level and gear. I don’t like to ROFLSTOMP. I have been helping a friend get bow from KJ in Sunwell. With me tanking in all cat gear 1 healer and 10 DPS we clear in 20min. Man it saddens me because I loved the epic HOLY****IJUSTGOTHANDEDMY*** feel of Sunwell back in the day. I don’t want to go to Firelands, gear up and come back. BTW groups of 85s with raid gear going after Heroic Anub is FUNNY. Finally a mechanic that doesn’t allow for over gearing. Personally I blame there healers for topping off.
Finally boredom. Are you bored with the current content? Have you beaten it? Most of you havn’t. What you are bored with is week after week going in and banging your head aginst the wall hopeing this week the off tank can pic up the adds, or the healers get there CD rotation correct. Most likely that is what is boring you. Same fight every week, same failures every week. Just because a new tier comes out doesn’t mean you will progress any farther, faster, or at all. So I pose the question, Are you “ready” for 4.2?
So I pose this question and I want you to really think before you answer. Are you “ready” for 4.2?