I’ve seen this before… a few years back when I ran a little guild called “The League of Majestic Goats”  and we all saw WotLK coming.  People just stopped wanting to raid.  We’d lose a person here and a person there, until eventually there were only a few of us left.  At the time I thought it was probably because we were just a small guild not really pushing cutting edge content… in retrospect I’m not sure that’s what killed us.

Here it is again, a WoW lull.  I really think it’s a combination of things.  For one, summer is here!  Summer just changes things… some people move back home, some go on big vacations, others just like to get out and enjoy the weather.  People just miss more raids.

Then add on the fact that we can sort of see Cataclysm from where we’re standing.  Yeah, it’s a ways off but… we know its coming.  We know it’s only a matter of time before all this stuff is obsolete.  And a lot of people have hit raiding walls.  Your guild has downed all the content it will probably do.  Wiping week after week on the same stuff (when you’re probably training new raiders every week cuz… it’s summer) only to hope that with the next 5% buff you can down one more thing… well a lot of people just give up hope.  So either you’ve downed all you expect to down in ICC, all you’re capable of downing, or you’re just plain bored of running it by now.  Either way, your interest dwindles.

And maybe none of that applies to you, and you’re still raring to go… but as you see the friends and raiders around you dropping one by one… well… it sorta kills your drive doesn’t it?

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At the end of Burning Crusade when they talked about having 10 man raids I was really excited.  I loved having and running a guild, but honestly I just don’t like that many people.  I thought it would be great that in WotLK I could finally have a 10 man guild!  Well, as you know that just didn’t work out, people wanted the better gear.  Now here we sit at the end of WotLK and Blizzard is making it look a lot like my hopes are finally coming true.  Ten man content that drops the same gear as 25 man content!  I know a lot of people aren’t a fan of that idea, but I am.  I’d love to be able to raid with a tight-knit group of 10!  Honestly, I’ve half considered starting a 10 man guild right now just to be “ready” for Cataclysm.

So what can I do to keep my interest until then?  Well I ticketed all my BoE gear over to my Alliance server (*fingers crossed they do it*) and hopefully it’ll arrive tonight.  I might piss around with leveling something new… maybe I can convince some friends to join me? Hey, maybe you wanna join me?  Leave a comment, we’ll talk!  I’m thinking a disc priest… that might be fun!  Although I’m sure the last thing I really need is another alt.  Hum… who knows.