How addicting is World of Warcraft

A lot of my friends play and they say its awesome. I had no interest at first but now im serious on buying it. The only problem is that i hear that its really addicting and people play it hours at a time. I was wondering if this is true or not bc i may get it for the summer and play it until school starts again. Do you think i would be able to quit easily or should i not even bother getting it.

You ever tried crack?

There you go.

Don't do it. I played for many years, on and off.

Every period I played (I would play for like 4 months, and stop for like 2), I never had a girlfriend lol.

Then freshman year, I played hardcore for a year straight, and my life was terrible.

It's better just to stay away.

That is really dependent on the gamer I myself played WOW and didn't really get into it mainly because the combat system was lame but each to his own I guess.contaminated

This. My friends convinced me to take a stab at it. Man, I couldn't believe how bored I was. It is definitely a very niche kind of game. You're either totally addicted or you don't care.

I thought it was addictive, but after 6 months I managed to free myself from it's evil grip on my soul. ferrari2001

Play the trial and decide on your own, no two people have the same taste in anything.

I play multiple hours a day, but I still find time for School, a job, and doing stuff besides WoW with friends.

Having friends play WoW with you though is great fun.

I found it pretty damn addictive. I quite twice and came back, then quit a third time and have no intention of going back (but intention might not count for much).

Even when I did play, I was never hardcore. I have a level 79, and two 70's (with the help of triple exp and grant-a-levels). But I never did any end game raiding.

If blizzard started up a 1-60 azeroth only server, that would be dope. Of course, I wouldn't play again.....

It was pretty addicting for me. I played from at the start of the Burning Crusade xpack until then end, so about a year. I was in the best guild on the server and we cleared all raid content before WotLK. I was playing for like 40 hours a week though, so I could have just had a job.

I quit back in November when WotLK came out. Haven't looked back since, I had my fun with it. No vice owns me and I don't understand why people can't quit smoking or drinking cold turkey. Guess my lack of knowledge of the aformentioned is why I never got into them.

I'm shipping out to Relaxin Jackson on Oct20 so I have better things to do than play WoW. AIRBORNE!

Some people lose their lives to it.nicknees93

Yep. I've seen marriages end and people completely shut out their friends and family. For many, it's a serious addiction.

Ummm...well I guess when its been coined World of Warcrack then it would have to be somewhat addicting

I personally played, but nothing more than 5 hours a week tops, usually go one for an hour or 2 after work if time permits.

Im off to go do Basic Training this summer, then start school right afterwards so I most likely will be calling it quites. In no way am I angry, or feel like WoW was a waste of my time though, Ive actually made some great friends from it. Ive had my fun, but now that chapter is over...time for bigger better things......like CODMW2 :P

Imo, go for the free trial and see for yourself, you'll either love it or hate it. Justkeep in mind, its just a game, and theres a world with much better graphics sitting right outside your front door!

No epic loots though :(

If you have an addictive character (alcoholic, smoker) or weak will than you shouldnt play it, but than again why not try and see? WoW is a game that you have to spend some time in to accomplish anything that is true. This isnt a game where you can turn on for 20min for a little bit of fun. To me its a good game and so far I dont feel as if I am addicted. I had alot of exams lately so I havent played it in 2 weeks or more and it doesnt bother me so in the end everyperson will react differently.

DON'T GO INTO WoW!! We might never see you again :cry:, if you do start playing it then, good luck trying to stop :D. And yes WoW is as addictive as crack, but that depends on preference, some might like it, some won't.

Firstly ignore what people are saying about it will take your life or will stop you form having girlfriends, it wont do any of them if your not a weak person. I play wow and iam not addicted as i find it more boring the longer i play, anyway look it at this way if you smoked would you get addicted, same for choc, drugs, drink ? if you DO or WOULD then dont play, if you can control yourself then go ahead.

Its all about moderation, alot of one thing is always going to be bad.

I played WoW on and off for about 3+ years..... I have 2 lvl 80's, 3 or 4 lvl 70+.... and a bunch of other alts (alternate characters)..... I WILL NEVER GO BACK... I remember days when I played for 16 hours, thats just 1 day..... NOW IM FREE!

My nephew puts in about 40 hours a week and he says thats not much in wow terms

It is an addictive game, but it all depends on you. My classmates - unfortunately - are WoW egoists, and they're talking about it in their major time, so it actually ruined their lifes. They are selfish, arrogant, rude and such. One of the reasons why I do not like them..Seeing how easily they turned out to be angry for the smallest reason that pisses them off (for example: losing in a game), and such negative things made me think that WoW is a bad game, and it should be avoided for the most people, since it can ruin you if you let it.

However if you can play it in moderation (like me), you won't have much problems with it. But do not think it's that easy; you must be strong enough to realise that this is only a game, yeah. An addictive game and nothing more. So, you can keep your life without a hitch, but then you probably won't stick with WoW for a longer time. I've seen immediately from the beginning, that this game is not fun, expect for the first times. But the longer you play it, the more boring it becomes. It just cannot make it, this game is an utter disease to hit you off from your feet. Blizzard is a money-thriving company, and WoW is their best product to kick out a few bucks from your pocket, if you're a fool enough to let that happen. Devote your life to WoW, or miss it: it is up to you.

My hint is to stick with Warcraft III, if you like the Warcraft series, at least, for now. There are a plenty of custom - battle.net - maps available, and heck, some are even incredibly fun (and no, it's not just about DOTA). A future Warcraft game should come, and I hope that Blizzard will make the blast with that. I also hope that Blizzard will care more for the gameplay rather than for the money. If I could be a game developer, then my primary job would be to make good games, not because of the money, but because it's fun - the process - to make it. It's a kind of a hobby if you think of it.

Just my two cents anyway.

If nicotine was a 9/10 and crack was 7/10 WOW would be a 3/10.There we go easy peasy,course there is no physical addiction unless induced by the mental one unlike the other things i listed.

Do you normally get addicted to games?

Willpower, I work full time, and attend college full time, in a 1+ year relationship and an Auntie to 2 baby boys. I still play WoW, just makes sure you realize what's really important. ;)

I found the game boring as sin until i hit 80 and joined a guild. Now i enjoy it quite a bit more but personnaly ive never found myself to be addicted to it. I can pick it up or put it down at any moment

Do you normally get addicted to games?

fadetobright

Well, those games with little or no ingame depth (which could touch you in one way or another) like WoW: I don't get addicted. For the rest, I may do.

Its a drug. Drugs are just bad, mmkay?

My nephew puts in about 40 hours a week and he says thats not much in wow terms

vitriolboy

Am I the only one who thinks that WoW and every other MMO is as boring as hell?

NEH, WOW is stupid I don't get what the big deal is. I played it for like 2 weeks then quite. In my opinion Call of Duty 4 is much more addicting then WOW

About the girlfriend issue, look at Athene ;)

matters for everyone else if you dont have a purpose in life then youll get hooked up, backin 7t grade when the gmae first launched i was pretty addicted to it nearly 70 hours a week, but i was a kid i was stupid and had too much time on my hands. But as soon as i hit 8th grade i found some prios and goals in my life that i sticked to so i could balance game time with anythig in life basically:

School/Work>Activities/Hobbies>Family>Friends>anything else?>WoW. if you get the order right youll be fine.

but for a new starter and since i dont know you

dont play the game period

it was amazingly funy years ago and i would let anyone get absorbed into it, but at the current state its just a waste of life. :)

cheers!

Its more addictive than heroine. I was suckingpenis for godly armor and subscription money when I hit rock bottom =(.

Who is to say family and friends are more important than WOW? god damn liberals telling everyone what to do,how to think and how to act.Viva la revolucion!

thanx guys. i think im just going to avoid it for now. if im really bored this summer, ill try the 10 day trial. then ill see how many hours i play and stuff.

I've put some numbers on this using stats from Xfire. At the time of writing they have 23,379,604 minutes of WoW being played in a day by 89,345 users. That means on average Xfire users are logging 4.36 hours each day. There will be many many more who don't use Xfire as well.

I wouldn't play it.Its typical over indulgent human psychology...people want what they can't have,and when they finally do get it.They get bored with that thing they strived for and wished they could have,move on to the next thing...rinse and repeat.Good business plan,Sigmund Freud and his kin would be proud of blizzard.

I was addicted for a few years where it escalated to the point of nearly ruining my life.

So, it's very addictive :)

Seriously....... Stay away.

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I wouldn't play it.Its typical over indulgent human psychology...people want what they can't have,and when they finally do get it.They get bored with that thing they strived for and wished they could have,move on to the next thing...rinse and repeat.Good business plan,Sigmund Freud and his kin would be proud of blizzard.

Astaroth2k

There we go.

Its very addicting, if you have a decent self control then maybe try it.

Oh man yeah it's addicting. After several years of playing it pretty much exclusivly, I finally pulled the plug just before the Uldar patch dropped. The first three months were miserable. I was SOOOOO bored it was painful. I honestly had no idea what to do with my life. I had all the symptoms of a hardcore addiction. I used to often just play til I passed out, so I couldn't even sleep. P.S. does anyone know a safe way to sell your charecters? I know it's against the games EULA but people do it all the time. I've got a bunch of epic'd 80s including a pally, warlock, and priest just sitting collecting dust.gawnn

Accounts.com I was afraid I might get scammed, but I didn't. Only got $200 since I had full T6 and S3 gear after WotLK hit, but it got me my 9800 GT =P.

My hint is to stick with Warcraft III, if you like the Warcraft series, at least, for now. There are a plenty of custom - battle.net - maps available, and heck, some are even incredibly fun (and no, it's not just about DOTA). A future Warcraft game should come, and I hope that Blizzard will make the blast with that. I also hope that Blizzard will care more for the gameplay rather than for the money. If I could be a game developer, then my primary job would be to make good games, not because of the money, but because it's fun - the process - to make it. It's a kind of a hobby if you think of it.

Just my two cents anyway.

Dal-Force