[Rahl Windsong]

The thing about World of Warcraft that always ends up making be bored is the fact that there is a level cap. Once my character reaches the level cap, it is not very long after that I find myself no longer wanting to log in and play.

So last winter I decided to buy the Burning Crusade expansion and I have to say that Blizzard did fix the problem I have with WoW as least to some degree. I think the main reason that the newer version of the game is better after the level cap is the fact that they have streamlined how PvP rewards work.

No longer do you need to earn ranks in PvP to get your gear, instead all you do is purchase the gear with honor points and badges. The badges you get from the Battlegrounds. You get one badge for a loss, and three for a win.

So it is not that difficult to get really good gear from the PvP aspect of the game. For myself this was key because for the most part when I log in I don't have time to do the lengthy raids and therefore my characters rarely had any decent gear.

I can see why it won the MMORPG award even though it could be better in terms of roleplaying. One thing they could do right away to make RP work a lot better in WoW is make it possible to talk to the enemy. What I mean by this is let the Alliance and the Horde talk to each other, that way there is way more choices then just fighting or running when you meet in the game. The way it is now when you meet an enemy in the game you can fight each other or run, there really are no other choices and RP with the static enviroment is just way too "pretend" for me.