World of Warcraft: Hit 80? You’re Hardcore

Posted by | December 6, 2008

Ghostcrawler, our favourite Blue over at Blizzard, recently posted on the World of Warcraft forums that “If you’re 80 already, you’re a relatively hardcore player.” He may be right. The content in Wrath of the Lich King was meant to last most gamers for months, if not well into the next year. Which is why it came as no surprise when I started seeing level 80 characters pop up a bit less than a day after Lich King’s release.

I’m really not sure what to think about such an achievement, as there are good reasons to burn through the game in what has to be the most boring, face-grinding manner ever invented by the cruel hand of man. There are world firsts to secure, new dungeons to raid, and new gear to collect. Many people feel that max level is where the real game in World …

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