Are Daily Quests a Good Thing?

Blizzard are quite obviously pushing Daily Quests into the game of World of Warcraft. With Patch 2.4 and the introduction of sunwell isle there were 36 new quests, although some were 'continuation quests' once a phase had been completed. (See Here for the Full Shattered Sun Offensive Patch 2.4 Daily Quests)

Now despite the occasional daily quest being fun (I love the bombing run dailys) suddenly people realised you could make a lot of gold very quickly by doing daily quests. All of a sudden the influx of people doing daily quests destroyed raid groups, set to motion people logging on for 4 hours and doing nothing but the same quests over and over, and eventually saw a lot of people quit because what they were doing was boring and held no challenge.

My view on dailies is that while they are a good idea their implementation makes them too powerful. The fact is that these should be a supplement to the game, instead because they reward so well they are infact BECOMING the game. In my personal opinion the daily quest rewards should be significantly dropped so people can play the game once more.

I like to raid, I can see why people PVP, Hell I even agree that arena Epics aren't welfare (Though the ones bought with honour and tokens most definitely ARE welfare epics!) Daily quests have turned world of warcraft away from a game aimed at focusing on being the best and instead have shot it right into the realm of boring repetitive questing.

Magtheridon Patch 2.4 Changes - for better or for worse?

I am quite disappointed that the once great Magtheridon has been nerfed into such an easy fight.

The once great boss can now be taken down with ease, and though his loot has been increased (Badges of justice, bag of epic gems and a non unique 20 slot bag) I cant help but miss the challenge that players faced with co-ordinating such an epic fight.

This kind of change I can't help but feel signifies a dumbing down of world of warcraft to accomodate those who find it harder to play. Especially with things like the removal of attunement for karazhan I am incredibly worried about the number of undergeared players who will start fighting for raid spots with excuses like 'I did it before' 'my damage is good enough' and 'look at my damage meter, i didnt do my crowd control job because i like high numbers'.

But back onto the subject, is anyone actually pleased by the magtheridon nerf? Is it allowing your guild to progress just a little bit further?

Or are you more of the side that liked a challenging, easy to get to boss, that helped train your guild into good co-ordination.

Either way, for better or for worse Maggy has been changed beyond recognition.

The WoW Gold Buying Argument

Buying gold in World of Warcraft has been condemmed by most people since it first started. However the fact that it remains a booming multi-million pound business suggests that not everyone is arguing against it.

Buying gold for real life cash is a subject that is of great annoyance to those who spend huge amounts of time grinding cash so they can get the best ingame objects. Why, when they go to so much effort, can someone else just jump in and buy things with no actual effort.

The people who have admitted to buying gold tend to form around the reasoning that since they spend a large portion of their time working, why shouldn't they use some of their cash to progress themselves in the game, since they could not at work.

Others say that time shouldn't be the only resource brought into question, on both sides of the argument.

Skill is a massive factor of the argument and it is used by both sides.

Those against gold buying say that buying gold boosts a player through the game and prevents them gaining any skill.

The two main counters to this are

a) Have you never sent gold to an alt to help it level up?

b) If you dont have much free time it is hard to raid and farm for gold for mates and repair bills. buying gold allows people to continue raiding and definately does not suggest the player is any less skillful.

All these arguments have run back and forth across the forums of WoW. In my personal opinion I think gold buying is wrong. It goes against the game mechanics and is unfair on those who have worked hard to progress. I do however see why people do buy gold, so I do not condemn it.

Do you think gold buying in WoW is right or wrong?