Beta’s been over for two weeks now, and in about three hours will be one week since WoD launched. And on the 23rd, will be a year since it was announced and I made a blog post about it. I’m sure tomorrow’s posts on the forum will be “One week, your thoughts on WoD?”
\nSpeaking of it, I haven’t played all day yesterday. It was supposed to be a day of soloing old content. But I’ve just been so damn bummed out over Garrisons.<\/p>\n
The Garrison, the brainchild of the entire expansion, is an extreme disappointment from the hype that was promised. That’s pretty much all I hate. But, when re-re-rewriting this post, I had an idea. I still got ‘my old house’ that’s Southeast of Undercity. Yet… I kept seeing low levels or people hunting for veins\/herbs and check the house because it’s there, then leave. Plus it’s a pretty long, awkward flight around the huge bay separating the North and South sections of the Eastern Kingdoms. Basically, exactly what I did when it came to the house in Skyrim’s house-building DLC. Found the house too damn big for what I needed, and gave it to my Housecarl. I got to give temporary control of my Garrison to a trusted follower. Funny thing, though. Another thought. How the content has been pretty much unchanged since the beta ended. The only difference is the Garrison Campaign isn’t there, and Level 100 Garrison Invasions(what I’ve read from Blizzard themselves) only trigger if you do the Garrison Missions and start acquiring Apexis Crystals. Speaking of Skyrim, I’d go back to it ’till 6.1, if I have a guarantee it won’t crash and freeze. Sadly, I’ll never get it. Just like for worthy content in 6.1. I feel it’s going to be an even worse disappointment than the Garrison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beta’s been over for two weeks now, and in about three hours will be one week since WoD launched. And on the 23rd, will be a year since it was announced and I made a blog post about it. I’m … Continue reading
\nGoing over my just under a year blog post, I can’t believe how hyped I was for Garrisons. And all the points I made about Garrisons that were so cool. More like a fool.
\nBut why do I dislike Garrisons so much, where others actually like them as-is? Let’s see here;
\n1)<\/strong> Followers get boring overtime. How did I not know this was going to be an issue in the past?! What makes Followers boring, is you constantly got to tell them to go on missions and make sure they have that counter, which also drains resources. You literally waste more resources than you take in.
\n2)<\/strong> Waiting four hours for 20 resources via the Lumber Mill, every time. Garrisons in this form are a massive time sink.
\n3)<\/strong> The feeling of pointlessness, once you finally get your Garrison to Tier 3 and all of your buildings to it, then realize there’s nothing more you can do with it.
\n4)<\/strong> I can’t RP in my Garrison as I could in Azeroth. As in, take off my blood-soaked combat gear and get on something more comfortable. The Garrison is a military base, not a home. And no amount of Blizzard’s sugarcoating will make it better.
\n5)<\/strong> No ‘home’ building for Garrisons, to have true player housing. I’d have it instead of the Inn, or whatever plot if they ever decide to do it. I hope it’s a Medium or a Large plot.<\/p>\n
\nYet also, this is closer to true Player Housing than the Garrison, which is quite upsetting and also hilarious at the same time. Yet, even in EverQuest, there was still no such thing as Player Housing. What I’ve done for years is pretty much the same in EQ; find a house with no NPCs inside and miles away from any major places.
\nUnfortunately, the Horde will still be paying me a visit from Undercity.
\n…But I think I rather deal with this than Garrisons. Just put someone else “in charge” of it until new content comes, so I can focus on soloing and making money again.<\/p>\n
\nSo probably Admiral Taylor’s ghost that haunts my Garrison, yet is still able to help.<\/p>\n
\nEventually this will piss off a group enough to want to invade your Garrison.<\/p>\n