Very brief. I\u2019ve been gone since the end of Flame and Frost.<\/p>\n
I can see why everyone is saying \u201cgo \u2018zerker or go home\u201d now, too. DPS is king and everything is balanced around the dodging mechanic and twitch play. Control and support are just theoreticals.<\/p>\n
The downside to the Living Story is that, after an absence of several months, nothing substantial has changed in the game and I\u2019m still left with little to do or care about. It\u2019s not like I can spend a week or few to catch up on the story and understand what the deal is with the current events. So, there is no investment in what is going on. There were some zone events with rescuing or protecting Vigil engineers, but nobody was doing them in the maps that I passed through and no one stopped to help on the one that I soloed. Wintersday is Wintersday, but it doesn\u2019t look like I can finish up the achievements from last year. I can make more snowmen, but it doesn\u2019t count for anything. So, there\u2019s the same mix of dungeons and dragons that were there when I left. I was tired of repeating them months ago and I don\u2019t feel any impetus to go back to them.<\/p>\n
After running around a bit, I found the new construction in Divinity\u2019s Reach. Not much explanation of what it is or why I can\u2019t get into the blocked off area with the laurel vendor. I don\u2019t have a pass and I didn\u2019t find info on how to get one, if I can get one. I just threw up my hands at that point and decided that I had other things to do with my time.<\/p>\n
I still don\u2019t understand the decision to make so much content temporary without any way of visiting it after the event it done. Upon return after several months, there\u2019s really nothing to reconnect to and catch up on. Well, there\u2019s another armor tier. Yay. *shrug*<\/p>\n
So, I\u2019m left with an MMO itch that still needs to be scratched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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