Boredom leads to World of Warcraft?

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#1 castiel4
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If any of you played World of Warcraft, chances are you play it "seasonaly". I mean play for 2 months, 1 month break, play for 1 month, 3 month break, play for 2 months, 2 months break and the cycle goes on. Now after a while I yet again want to start playing. What is it with that game that just keeps me going back, doing the same stuff over and over. Back in the day, Runescape was like that. Now its World of Warcraft.

Any of you out there that actually are finished with the game? I mean really done with it. Never have the urge to play again?

And what do you think makes this particular MMO so successful?

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#2 jonathan_rector
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Population.

Alot of people play, so its easy to get back into.

And its a Blizzard game. Blizzard takes care of its people.

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#3 GOOCHIE247
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Damn get out my head @_@..... this happens to me always. Cant wait for The Secret World.. so it can stop :/

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More like World of Warcraft leads to boredom.
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#5 castiel4
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More like World of Warcraft leads to boredom.ZuluEcho14

Ha! True! Boredom leads to World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft leads to boredom (after a while)

Will the cycle never end?

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#6 Tannerr33
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I was actually getting ready to resub because I'm so bored over this spring break. It has been nearly 2 years since I last played. Thankfully I saw that promo code that brought BC2 down to 20 bucks so that should keep me away from WoW for now.

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#7 the_ChEeSe_mAn2
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I played it from release to December 2006, right before the Burning Crusade launch. Quit and never looked back :) I have no desire to start from scratch again and I prefer to stay away from MMOs for now.
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#8 SF_KiLLaMaN
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I never played WoW and do not plan on it. It's a waste of money.
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#9 castiel4
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I always found that while I play WoW I don't play anything else. So instead of buying a expensive new game every now and then, I pay the subscription. Works out much, much cheaper. Especially since I play WoW for a month or two before stopping again.

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If any of you played World of Warcraft, chances are you play it "seasonaly". I mean play for 2 months, 1 month break, play for 1 month, 3 month break, play for 2 months, 2 months break and the cycle goes on. Now after a while I yet again want to start playing. What is it with that game that just keeps me going back, doing the same stuff over and over. Back in the day, Runescape was like that. Now its World of Warcraft.

Any of you out there that actually are finished with the game? I mean really done with it. Never have the urge to play again?

And what do you think makes this particular MMO so successful?

castiel4

This is very true. I told myself that it was done with the game, but then WotLK came so yeah :p. I really liked that expansion.

I feel that I have "finished" the game now, yes. Class-wise I have hardcore raided as tank / dps (Death knight) and healer pre WotLK (Paladin). So I have 'mastered' all types of classes. I feel now that I have finished the game in another sense aswell, as I have worked my way up to a top guild.

The game is extremly fun, and I still think it is, especially as DPS. It's not just what you do in raids, a huge part of the fun is outside of raids when I was 'researching' talent specs / glyphs /enchants / gems / spell rotations to get the highest DPS possible and then applying this into the boss fights. It was especially fun as a DK, because the class is hard to play. The downside is that you have to play constatly in order to keep up gear-wise, and to keep your spot in the guild. I mean you don't have to put in alot of time, but that's where the fun part is imo. Now that I'm 20 years old and I'm getting into the more advanced courses in college, I don't see myself hardcore raiding anymore. Sure I miss it, but I don't really feel an urge anymore.

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#11 Ghost_702
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I used to do that but have pretty much stopped now. I think it's so successful because there is so much to do and so many ways to play the game. So many games try to take it's throne as the best MMO but fail because they just rush their games or only focus on specific aspects of what makes WoW so great, as opposed to all aspects. For example, I believe a ton of people thought Warhammer online was going to be so much better than WoW, especially in regards to PVP, but I never heard about that game after it's release, it just couldn't compete. Then there was Age of Conan or whatever it was called. I heard about it for like a month after its release, then never again. Yet, people are always talking about WoW, which just advertises the product to others. Word of mouth helps spread the game a lot. One person gets it, then all their friends get it to play together. I've played different MMO's that were free, but they just can't compete with WoW. I'm not a hardcore WoW player so I don't fret about classes being more OP than another, so the game doesn't get boring in that regard.
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#12 Cdscottie
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[QUOTE="ZuluEcho14"]More like World of Warcraft leads to boredom.castiel4

Ha! True! Boredom leads to World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft leads to boredom (after a while)

Will the cycle never end?

Sure it does, I played WoW and got bored of it and haven't looked back.
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#13 dakan45
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I play WOW!!! ;)

*Draw your own conclusions!! :D

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#14 kevy619
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wow is bigger than the video game industry, and only possible on pc.

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#15 KeizerHalil
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I never played WoW and do not plan on it. It's a waste of money.SF_KiLLaMaN
TBH I have been playing it for years now and I thin its the best game ever, averything is getting better and better each patch. Blizzard takes care of their ppl, insted of buying other games, I just play WoW :P And i play wow a lot and i still look like this: http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee159/KeizerHalil/Untitled.png

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#16 kevy619
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[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]I never played WoW and do not plan on it. It's a waste of money.KeizerHalil

TBH I have been playing it for years now and I thin its the best game ever, averything is getting better and better each patch. Blizzard takes care of their ppl, insted of buying other games, I just play WoW :P And i play wow a lot and i still look like this: http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee159/KeizerHalil/Untitled.png

wow makes you dark and mysterious does it?
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#17 KeizerHalil
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[QUOTE="KeizerHalil"]

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]I never played WoW and do not plan on it. It's a waste of money.kevy619

TBH I have been playing it for years now and I thin its the best game ever, averything is getting better and better each patch. Blizzard takes care of their ppl, insted of buying other games, I just play WoW :P And i play wow a lot and i still look like this: http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee159/KeizerHalil/Untitled.png

wow makes you dark and mysterious does it?

NOt really, made me buff instead!
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#18 MJPK
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I never played WoW and do not plan on it. It's a waste of money.SF_KiLLaMaN

How do u know it's a waste of money if u never played it?

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#19 Kh1ndjal
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yes i play it seasonally. it is hard to enjoy it for a long time in one go, so i sub for 1-3 months at a time. though i have not played it in over a year, i plan to resub when cataclysm comes out (if there are no games to hold my interest at the time)