World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

It's a real shame that massively multiplayer games have to have other people in them. No matter how good Burning Crusade is - and it is good - it cannot overcome John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory. Even discounting players who are total asshats, there is no shortage of bad players, healers who can't keep anyone alive, tanks who can't keep a monster away from the party, damage classes who seem to have misplaced their damage abilities. I know I'm far from the best Mage in the world, but some people I've grouped with for should-have-been-easy dungeon runs make me look like the goddamn king of Sparta.

Nevertheless I still enjoy galavanting around Outland, burning ogres and earning dough. An aspect of BC that the designers clearly worked very hard to improve upon is endgame solo and small-group play. As I have hit upon previously, there is a ton of stuff to do at level 70, and unlike the level 60 content in the original game, much of it seems attainable. Whereas before I was a little bitter about bleeding money every month for little gain, I feel better about recurring payment this time (though I am still in my first month).

Progress: Level 70, 388 Engineering