I finally kicked the habit. Tonight I nuked World or Warcraft from my Powerbook.

After having ran the marathon up to level 60, explored the world thoroughly, I attempted to start a new character.

After a few sessions I realized that the game had lost its luster for me. The graphics are gorgeous, mechanics decent, but it lacks the grand events to generate more social interaction or build a real mythology.

Like the time the Alliance raided Orgrimar taking down the server I play on, or the bug that caused a nasty disease to spread throughout the cities, killing even NPCs.

Why aren’t NPCs raiding the towns and cities? A million players grinding through a valley of Yeti, or cave full of baddies should trigger some revenge you would think.

But no.

Instead we are expected to rinse and repeat with the occasional new raid or dungeon being added.

Sure, an expansion pack is coming, but it doesn’t need too.

The game needs to get smarter, not bigger. Faster not more cumbersome.