The Death of PvE?

...Well, so there are all sorts of reports that Nihilum has quit PvE. I personally think that the post is just an April Fool's Joke, but it does shed light on the pathetic state of PvE. Most of the good old PvE guilds are gone - the only "old-school" US guilds that seems to be doing respectably anymore are vodka and VANQUISH (or V A N Q U I S H as it's written now). Most of the good guilds have quit or are barely operational. That a guild as talentless as V A N Q U I S H (with possibly the most incompetent leader the world has ever seen, Onslaught) can get world firsts shows that the race for Sunwell is honestly pathetic.

This is not a new trend. Ever since the release of BC, raiding has seemed to be dying slowly. Each progression race has seemed more and more pathetic, and almost all of the talented players left in the game chose to focus on PvP or to go "casual".

While Nihilum probably hasn't quit, and probably will go on to down Kil'Jaeden first despite their lagging behind on the first few bosses, they seem to be the only good guild left around. Back Pre-TBC most of their firsts were just due to the Euro timings which gave them access to nerfed bosses a day earlier than US guilds, and it was usually this day that separated them from the rest. They really aren't all they are made out to be, yet at this point they're clearly the best. It's really sad when that's the state of the game.

Furthermore, WoW is not a PvP game. Shadowbane is a PvP game. WoW IS its PvE, the PvP is too deeply flawed to ever be the main feature of the game. Ask yourselves an honest question: Do you really think most of the millions who bought TBC did it for the spectacular new arena system (irony for those of you too obtuse to get it) or for the opportunity to kill that ****** who said "You are not prepared?" The most fun times I ever had in the Burning Crusade was my bried time in Mount Hyjal and Black Temple when they were still hard. Arena is fun, but in the end the game is structured so that it's PvE that has the actual longevity.

People say Bloodlust is dead? PvE is far more dead, and this is a far worse thing than one battlegroup going through some inactivity. PvP always goes around in circles, since it becomes monotonous very quickly until new FoTMs come and revive interest for short periods of time.

Blizzard needs to do something, quickly.