Blizzard must have discovered some way in which to commune with the future. Perhaps in some guarded room with retina scanners for door locks deep below the blizzard facility. I only say this because they continue to evolve new ways in which to reconstitute my addiction.
In Vanilla wow it was the AQ gates. In burning crusade it was the new talents and arenas. Now in wrath, they have unleashed the greatest weapon man has ever known: achievements. They have turned my OCD and need for perfection against me in a brilliant ploy that ensures that I will play for years to come.
Personally, I love the achievement system. I think it is a bottled form of goodness. While I realize that blizzard did not invent the concepts of achievements, they do what they always do: they looked at what works in the current market and made it better. I think the incentive for rewards is what makes it so addictive, a cool mount or a new title. I want the fishing coin so bad that I am going to pick up fishing and level it once I hit 80.
I was out with my shaman friend last night, finishing up our remaining quests in Howling Fijord. I pull up my achievement screen and notice that I am only about 25 quests away from completing I've Toured the Fjord. But I had run out of quests in my quest log, and didn't know where else to look. Rather than simply move on to Dragonblight (in which I knew an abundance of quests awaited me) I slowed my leveling pace to search out and hunt down those last remaining 25 quests. Oh and I got them. Boy, did I get them. Well played blizzard, well played.
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