I was just reading the WoW forums and...

I suddenly had an intense urge to play again, despite the fact that there's no possilble way I can and it would probably destroy my life if I did because I work in a competitive industry and have an active lifestyle. I barely have time for playing shooters, let alone something like WoW.

Wow is honestly like a hard drug if you've played it for long enough (I played launch-Dec 09). I haven't played for nearly two years but just reading about it for a while made me daydream about sitting in Org crafting stuff and looking for raids.

WOW is petty casual now. I come from work do 1 or 2 instances top or maybe none at all. You can still build gear real easy. The end content is pretty boring now tbh.

WOW is not a drug if you spend to much time on it its your own fault.

WOW is petty casual now. I come from work do 1 or 2 instances top or maybe none at all. You can still build gear real easy. The end content is pretty boring now tbh.

WOW is not a drug if you spend to much time on it its your own fault.

mattuk69

Well when I last played during WotLK the majority of the raids took several hours to complete. That's doable on a weekend with absolutely no plans but completely impossible during the week.

Anyway, I'm not talking about playing too much, I was just surprised by the feeling I got from reading about it. I have enough self-control to choose not to play but the game creates a system of rewards that I think are definitely designed to get you psychologically hooked.

I found WoW very boring tbh. All I did most of the time was use Rain of Fire(an attack) over & over & over again. Essentially I was walking around while pressing only 1 button to complete a quest or do a raid or w/e. how is that fun? I got to level 80 pretty quickly so don;t tell me the game gerts better once u reach that point cuz i beg to differ. it doesn't change at all.

I've found that whenever I had urges to play WoW, it's during times when I'm really bored and have too much free time. Usually during the summer when school is out. I go back and play and play too much then I realize how bored I get of the game. It's a good timewaster if you have time to waste.

I suddenly had an intense urge to play again, despite the fact that there's no possilble way I can and it would probably destroy my life if I did because I work in a competitive industry and have an active life**** I barely have time for playing shooters, let alone something like WoW.

Wow is honestly like a hard drug if you've played it for long enough (I played launch-Dec 09). I haven't played for nearly two years but just reading about it for a while made me daydream about sitting in Org crafting stuff and looking for raids.

superfluidity

AND here we go YET AGAIN...

Another person that can't juggle real life with WoW and thinks because you play WoW, it will destroy your life like a hard drug.

I played WoW for like 3 years... never interfered with my personal life, I didn't loose any friends or relationships either.

IT"S CALLED SELF CONTROL.

I found WoW very boring tbh. All I did most of the time was use Rain of Fire(an attack) over & over & over again. Essentially I was walking around while pressing only 1 button to complete a quest or do a raid or w/e. how is that fun? I got to level 80 pretty quickly so don;t tell me the game gerts better once u reach that point cuz i beg to differ. it doesn't change at all.

painguy1

One button to raid? Maybe with a stacked group late in an expansion's lifecycle, but otherwise you would probably get kicked. Some classes do spam one button a lot I suppose but there's still dealing with all of the dynamics the raid encounters throw at you.

I agree that the game isn't all that exciting most of the time but it constantly holds a carrot in front of one to keep them playing, for competitive people anyway.

AND here we go YET AGAIN...

Another person that can't juggle real life with WoW and thinks because you play WoW, it will destroy your life like a hard drug.

I played WoW for like 3 years... never interfered with my personal life, I didn't loose any friends or relationships either.

IT"S CALLED SELF CONTROL.

FelipeInside

It comes down to what satisfies one both in life and in the game. I have no doubt I could reopen my account, log on 5 minutes a day and accomplish nothing. That isn't enough for me to feel satisfied.

Honestly, WoW is crap now. I WANT to play it and I WANT to be addicted to it, and I WANT it to consume my life. However its just so boring and repetitive now I cant bring myself to play it even if it wanted to. I couldnt even log on when I had 5 days free. Its just bad after cata. Completely ruined for me. IxX3xil3d0n3XxI

Why would you want to be ADDICTED to it though....???

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AND here we go YET AGAIN...

Another person that can't juggle real life with WoW and thinks because you play WoW, it will destroy your life like a hard drug.

I played WoW for like 3 years... never interfered with my personal life, I didn't loose any friends or relationships either.

IT"S CALLED SELF CONTROL.

superfluidity

It comes down to what satisfies one both in life and in the game. I have no doubt I could reopen my account, log on 5 minutes a day and accomplish nothing. That isn't enough for me to feel satisfied.

Depends what YOU find satisfying of course. When I played I could log in for 30min-1hr and accomplish a few things...I didn't have to play 3-4 hours.

Depends what YOU find satisfying of course. When I played I could log in for 30min-1hr and accomplish a few things...I didn't have to play 3-4 hours.

FelipeInside

Let's be honest here, 30 mins-1 hour is enough to either level an alt a bit, farm or do a single instance.

I can see that being somewhat entertaining but you don't really experience the content you're paying $15 a month for.

i played for a year, but it was the same recycled treadmill every time. Get gear to raid, raid to get gear, rinse, repeat. I've since moved on to LotrO where fun can be had outside of endgame. Max level is 75 and my highest is 40 across 9 characters, and it's the most fun I've had in an MMO in over a decade. For once a game that doesnt thrive off of stats and gear cycles, plus i can make my character look however i want gear-wise

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

Depends what YOU find satisfying of course. When I played I could log in for 30min-1hr and accomplish a few things...I didn't have to play 3-4 hours.

superfluidity

Let's be honest here, 30 mins-1 hour is enough to either level an alt a bit, farm or do a single instance.

I can see that being somewhat entertaining but you don't really experience the content you're paying $15 a month for.

i played for a year, but it was the same recycled treadmill every time. Get gear to raid, raid to get gear, rinse, repeat. I've since moved on to LotrO where fun can be had outside of endgame. Max level is 75 and my highest is 40 across 9 characters, and it's the most fun I've had in an MMO in over a decade. For once a game that doesnt thrive off of stats and gear cycles, plus i can make my character look however i want gear-wise

wis3boi

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i played for a year, but it was the same recycled treadmill every time. Get gear to raid, raid to get gear, rinse, repeat. I've since moved on to LotrO where fun can be had outside of endgame. Max level is 75 and my highest is 40 across 9 characters, and it's the most fun I've had in an MMO in over a decade. For once a game that doesnt thrive off of stats and gear cycles, plus i can make my character look however i want gear-wise

FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="wis3boi"]

i played for a year, but it was the same recycled treadmill every time. Get gear to raid, raid to get gear, rinse, repeat. I've since moved on to LotrO where fun can be had outside of endgame. Max level is 75 and my highest is 40 across 9 characters, and it's the most fun I've had in an MMO in over a decade. For once a game that doesnt thrive off of stats and gear cycles, plus i can make my character look however i want gear-wise

wis3boi

Very true, that's why I LOVED LOTRO when I used to play it.

But remember, WoW also has these things... (carnivals, shows etc) but people don't care about them anymore, or don't use them as much as they used to when Vanilla was out...

I agree though that LOTRO concentrates more on the social aspect than WoW.

Look at your comments people and think next time when you want MMOs to be hardcore. Cataclysm was a huge step in the right direction for people that wanted a harder, more complex WoW, now that we got it, most are like "oh WoW is so boring now, I don't like it anymore, Cataclysm is so bad".

That's what you get for not knowing what you want, but they sure showed you and the masses, most want it to turn into WotLK as fast as possible AKA get more than 3 times as easy at it is now, because people have fun playing casual games, not hardcore ones, people want to feel special "Oh I said hardcore and MMO and now I'm cool, not like those kids that play all these casual MMOs, not that I play any hard games, but rawrgh give me hardcore MMO"...

As for others WoW doesn't start or end at lvl 85.

WoW is great right now (PvP not so much, but if you're a warrior or mage you don't have to worry about much), but it takes a lot of time, even now after they toned down the difficulty, you can't get gear if you only play for a few hours every week and expect to enjoy dungeons and raids, gear is not THAT easy to get and you won't enjoy just like most of the players right now don't (because they never asked for a hardcore MMO, they asked for a casual one), because it's not casual enough to be strictly about fun, people expect great performance in organized PvE, they expect you to know everything there is to know about what you're going to do, it won't be fun if you don't.

WoW is pretty casual these days, heck there is even a Looking For Raid tool. So if you want to raid, you can raid during those weekends.

I found WoW very boring tbh. All I did most of the time was use Rain of Fire(an attack) over & over & over again. Essentially I was walking around while pressing only 1 button to complete a quest or do a raid or w/e. how is that fun? I got to level 80 pretty quickly so don;t tell me the game gerts better once u reach that point cuz i beg to differ. it doesn't change at all.

painguy1

While raids do have more complex rotations than that. It is things like this why static trinity combat is a terrible combat, there is little need to adapt to encounters. As a dps you only need to focus on taking down the foe. It is the ultimate detriment to tactics, teamwork, encounter design and ultimately fun.

Look at your comments people and think next time when you want MMOs to be hardcore. Cataclysm was a huge step in the right direction for people that wanted a harder, more complex WoW, now that we got it, most are like "oh WoW is so boring now, I don't like it anymore, Cataclysm is so bad".

That's what you get for not knowing what you want, but they sure showed you and the masses, most want it to turn into WotLK as fast as possible AKA get more than 3 times as easy at it is now, because people have fun playing casual games, not hardcore ones, people want to feel special "Oh I said hardcore and MMO and now I'm cool, not like those kids that play all these casual MMOs, not that I play any hard games, but rawrgh give me hardcore MMO"...

As for others WoW doesn't start or end at lvl 85.

WoW is great right now (PvP not so much, but if you're a warrior or mage you don't have to worry about much), but it takes a lot of time, even now after they toned down the difficulty, you can't get gear if you only play for a few hours every week and expect to enjoy dungeons and raids, gear is not THAT easy to get and you won't enjoy just like most of the players right now don't (because they never asked for a hardcore MMO, they asked for a casual one), because it's not casual enough to be strictly about fun, people expect great performance in organized PvE, they expect you to know everything there is to know about what you're going to do, it won't be fun if you don't.

DanielDust

There are 3 reasons I consider WoW to be boring.

1. Cataclysm Dungeons just felt uninspired. Not only the layout, but also the encounter design. WotLK had a bit mroe fun encounters imo, despite being weaker.
2. Stagnation. What relevant changes did cataclysm do to WoW, sure it revamped low level areas, but what relevant changes at endgame where most people spend their time?
3. The gear, appearancewise is just so uninspiring. It was bad in WotLK, even worse in Cata. It is like they are not even trying anymore.

As for difficulty, fans can never be pleased, look at the Zelda cycle as proof. Furthermore I know a lot of the old fans who liked WoW during its vanilla and TBC eras, left during WotLK and never bothered returning, same goes for their community. A lot of people who play WoW now began with around WotLK. People are leaving at a faster rate than ever, and there is just not enough interesting content to keep people shelling out 15 dollars a month.

I cant believe it took them this long to add something along the lines of appearance slots.

the B-team pretty much ruined Wow

wait for Titan

Don't start WoW again. It'll only distract you from TOR.

Don't get me wrong here I have put a lot of time into WoW but I can't see what people find so addictive about it really, I have always found small MMO's with less servers and a tighter community to be far more engaging. I did make some pukka friends playing WoW :) but the actual game is a bit too monotonous to be compared to narcotics if you ask me :P.

I found WoW very boring tbh. All I did most of the time was use Rain of Fire(an attack) over & over & over again. Essentially I was walking around while pressing only 1 button to complete a quest or do a raid or w/e. how is that fun? I got to level 80 pretty quickly so don;t tell me the game gerts better once u reach that point cuz i beg to differ. it doesn't change at all.

painguy1

Don't get me wrong here I have put a lot of time into WoW but I can't see what people find so addictive about it really, I have always found small MMO's with less servers and a tighter community to be far more engaging. I did make some pukka friends playing WoW :) but the actual game is a bit too monotonous to be compared to narcotics if you ask me :P.

SapSacPrime

For me it was always about getting that new piece of gear.

When my character started getting really stacked in WotLK I had one of the top resto shamans on the server and I just became obsessed with improving my character in the smallest way. Same thing during BC, I played a warrior and I was obsessed with building both his tank set and his pvp gear.

There's always a new way to improve and after a while it becomes an extremely addictive cycle for me.