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Originally Posted by Genjiro  Is this directed to me? |
Nope, just commentary.
As sad as it is, I do practice "raid snobbery" (i guess?). I would rather recruit a raider who's had EQ raiding experience, though now days that rarely comes up anymore. Either we're far enough into MMO generations that referencing first gen content isn't picked up, or that WoW has created enough raid content to invalidate every previous generation.
Even in WoW-era, there's a clear separation between Classic and TBC raiders, where before it used to be EQ vs WoW raiding (in terms of experience). Now a generational gap between MC-Naxx and Kara-Sunwell. I know when we first started WoW we were picking up people with PoP+ raid experience.
And realistically, how many people do you think actually exist that have played EQ and WoW and could make it in the gaming industry? As time goes on, it will be nearly impossible to find someone who's had "significant" MMO raiding experience (that is, knowing the big titles). Not only that but we're not getting any younger. When the next generation of MMO comes out, the "in" devs will be the WoW players instead of the EQ players. What sort of monsters will be published by devs who grew up with WoW?