So, last week a very powerful storm front ripped through Northeastern US this past Tuesday evening.
In my area alone, some 190,000 people were without electricity for one or more days (and still counting for some unfortunate people).
I got my power back on the end of Day 5 (which was last night).
Between work and that power outage, I’ve only been able to really put any time on WoW on exactly 3 (or was it 4? I forget) days out of the, what, 14 that the event has been going for?
We only have 16 days left.
Now, before anybody pipes up, I am not trying to be entitled, and I am not asking Blizz to cut me specifically a break. However, the circumstances of the power outage, and work, and RL obligations can happen to anyone, not just me.
I think this event would have been a lot less anxiety-inducing and a lot less stressful if it had been two months instead of just one month. It’s not like any of the reps buffed are current, and it’s not like leveling fast is going to make you suddenly win at endgame, so what’s the harm in having the event stick around a little longer?
But, given the really good bonuses, I’ve been finding it hard to pass up time in WoW, but yet there ARE other games that I would also like to play now and then, but the event only being on for a month means that I feel like I am punished if I don’t put every second I have to do gaming with, into WoW because of this event and it is actually causing some burnout. I know should log a character on and get on those reps and alts, but sometimes I look at my character list and groan because what I really wanna do is play something else as I’ve had plenty of WoW for awhile, but I’ve stuff that needs caught up.
I’d love to get my alts levelled and reps caught up so I can just log on for a couple hours a week on a chosen character and not have to feel like I’m forever playing catchup while they’re releasing new content at breakneck speed that I just can’t keep up with anymore.
So, Blizz… how about making these events 2 months for reasons like these? It wouldn’t hurt anything whatsoever.