should i start playing WoW?

Yes, you should pick it back up again. And dont worry, all your progress since you quit will still be saved!

Just remember, play WoW in moderation...its a game, not an obligation.

no, you should never play WoW.

no, you should never play WoW.

airforceone452

I just recently got to 70, (dwarf rogue ftw) and i have got to say that it is a much different game at the lvl cap. too be honest it kind of sucks. the guy above said to play in moderation, but good luck competing with all the nerds and no lifers who have the best gear in the game. just today i say a warlock with tier 5-6 on one of those frikkin armored netherdrakes. 310% faster...effin ridic if you ask me.
too be honest, the combat in the wow is choppy anyways. with all these fears and dots and bleeds, its really all about countering and countering, and whoever counters the most before someones health runs out is the winner....
for me, im waiting until warhammer online comes out, that game looks much more fun and fresh considering that wow is almost 3 years old now.Felix77

See, that is what ruins the game! Its not a competition. Why do you think Blizzard provided so many races, each with their own starting lands in addition to multiple other lands to quest in? So you could spend a few months getting your main to the level cap, then start a new character and experience an entirely different play mechanic and scenery.

A lot of people complain about WoW, but I think they just misunderstood it or didnt get the point. But hey, wtf am I talking about you play the game however you want.

Its taken me over two years to get my main to level 64, for example, and he is still fun. Most people would laugh at me but Im not the one spending five hours a night running Karazhan or grinding pvp stuff.

You want my opinion, they need to design an MMO that limits your progress on a real time basis. Like even if you play 7 hours a day, you wont get level 20 until next week when your time is up. I know, stupid idea but imo the MMO genre is still in its infancy and it has a lot of kinks to be worked out (and ya, I know its been around for years but its not until the past 5 or so that its become so popular).

[QUOTE="Felix77"]I just recently got to 70, (dwarf rogue ftw) and i have got to say that it is a much different game at the lvl cap. too be honest it kind of sucks. the guy above said to play in moderation, but good luck competing with all the nerds and no lifers who have the best gear in the game. just today i say a warlock with tier 5-6 on one of those frikkin armored netherdrakes. 310% faster...effin ridic if you ask me.
too be honest, the combat in the wow is choppy anyways. with all these fears and dots and bleeds, its really all about countering and countering, and whoever counters the most before someones health runs out is the winner....
for me, im waiting until warhammer online comes out, that game looks much more fun and fresh considering that wow is almost 3 years old now.mrbojangles25

See, that is what ruins the game! Its not a competition. Why do you think Blizzard provided so many races, each with their own starting lands in addition to multiple other lands to quest in? So you could spend a few months getting your main to the level cap, then start a new character and experience an entirely different play mechanic and scenery.

A lot of people complain about WoW, but I think they just misunderstood it or didnt get the point. But hey, wtf am I talking about you play the game however you want.

Its taken me over two years to get my main to level 64, for example, and he is still fun. Most people would laugh at me but Im not the one spending five hours a night running Karazhan or grinding pvp stuff.

You want my opinion, they need to design an MMO that limits your progress on a real time basis. Like even if you play 7 hours a day, you wont get level 20 until next week when your time is up. I know, stupid idea but imo the MMO genre is still in its infancy and it has a lot of kinks to be worked out (and ya, I know its been around for years but its not until the past 5 or so that its become so popular).

Thats not entirely true, although most races have their own unique starting areas, you will end up in the same 20+ leveled areas anyway.

I'm sure this is great, but it's the complete losers that play it that really ruin it.

For the record, I'm not calling everyone who plays the game a loser. But for christ sakes, you know who you are...

No, if you are weak minded dont get it. It will leave you addicted and you will wake up one day and say "wtf happened to my life".

If you have a good ammount of money you should learn Systema and join the UFC. The UFC is lacking in diversity and Systema can exploit pretty much all your competition b/c they mainly know boxing and jujitsu. With that you can make a good ammount of money and make your own MMO. That would be your best bet IMO.navyseal2101

You sir, are a funny one. Hah systema

Don't bother. I made the huge mistake of going back for the expansion hoping to be casual and it just isn't possible. You have to raid if you want to have fun and get anywhere and that requires that you waste a lot of your useful time.mrxdemix

No play Guild Wars its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy betterNuKkU

Well you get what you pay for, and GW isnt that amazing. All boring when you hit 20, same o same o.

And cause its free monthly sub, you get far more idiotic kids in the game, one of the reasons I left GW to WoW.

@LakesAreCool - Whats wrong with Systema?

@LakesAreCool - Whats wrong with Systema?

navyseal2101

Nothing, I like the concept of systema, but some of it is simply not realistic. To say that someone who takes systema will be able to beat someone in the ufc under ufc rules is stupid. Maybe they'll be more efficient at a street/killing type situation, but even then its unknown until the fight happens and i'd still vote for the muay thai/bjj person

i dont suggest to play wow ... if you do have the money for it, it's fine, .... but you'll probably have discovered most of what has to be done within the first 6 months

just start by playing the 10 or 14 day trial ... if you continue, you can even keep the trial account and upgrade it

[QUOTE="NuKkU"]No play Guild Wars its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy betterDABhand_UK

Well you get what you pay for, and GW isnt that amazing. All boring when you hit 20, same o same o.

And cause its free monthly sub, you get far more idiotic kids in the game, one of the reasons I left GW to WoW.

I disagree with that, plenty to do and enjoy, get GW and have nothing to do with paying a monthly fee to pusher Blizzard for the drug WoW.

Yes I know its a free monthly. Thats why I said "You get what you pay for"..

All MMORPGs get old fast, but at least Blizz throw out new instances etc now and again.

GW was like FoW run FoW run FoW run, watch the 55 monk, FoW run....

Listen to the kids say "OMG u noob you dont have FoW armor"

FoW run, FoW run, spend a fortune on keys, sprint sprint sprint open chest, crap loot, etc etc

I suggest thinking about It a bit longer.I am in your situation and I have decided to buy the new Ex. and start playing then.It will have new things to play and it wont be boring to play if you have a level 70. If you have a few pounds spare I reccomend playing again. I did have alot of fun playing when I did.

[QUOTE="mrxdemix"]Don't bother. I made the huge mistake of going back for the expansion hoping to be casual and it just isn't possible. You have to raid if you want to have fun and get anywhere and that requires that you waste a lot of your useful time.jet2892

If you think that TBC is more of a grind than Vanilla WoW then you sir did not play WoW much at all.

[QUOTE="mrxdemix"]Don't bother. I made the huge mistake of going back for the expansion hoping to be casual and it just isn't possible. You have to raid if you want to have fun and get anywhere and that requires that you waste a lot of your useful time.jet2892

I remember playing at my friends house before TBC and molten core was sooooo fun. Now that I got the game NOBODY does molten core and EVERYBODY is at black temple farming Illidan. I think blizzard throwing in all the godly weapons(except corrupted ashbringer) into one raid and ungodly armor into pvp ruined the game for the more casual players.

Meh, I was one of those "nerds with on life" even thought I orginally only raided 2 nights a week. There was a point in my life where I raided 5 days a week across 2 characters. Do I regret it? Not really, it was alot of fun and I loved the people I played with. I had a prot warrior in full T5/6 and a Warlock in full T5/6. I just recently had to quit because of RL.

WoW is all about who you know and how good you are. If you are not stubborn and read up on theorycrafting to change your specs, you can do well. With just 2 days a week raiding you can see alot of good endgame if you have a good group of people.

Yeah well did you guys know that Activision/Blizzard is making 60% gross margins on all you suckers that are playing WoW? I am not denying that it is a good game (from what I have heard anyway) but still, anyone who plays WoW is really getting ripped off.redsnake9111

It's the same price as any other MMO and it's so much better than every other MMO in terms of quality and new content that it's in a league of it's own.

So everyone who ever plays this entire genre is getting ripped off?

The only way you can really compete as a casual player is to grind the Battlegrounds for PVP gear, which gets tediously boring. Otherwise forget casual play and play guild wars or something.hama666

Compete in what way? Just curious since you specifically mention pvp gear. Personally I have no interest in arena. But if that's where your interest lies, you might have to spend some time getting your season 1, and now season 2 gear.

If you're into PvE, heroic badge gear is great and in some cases better than what you could get from raiding up until the end of the T5 content. Collecting badges is easy enough if you run heroics like Mechanar and Botanica. Plus, Karazhan is a nice way to collect badges if you have a good group that can get a full clear.

OP, if you enjoy WoW, you might as well play. Personally, I'm taking a break from raiding, but I'm still having fun leveling up an alt and doing heroics with friends when they need dps. You really don't have to be that involved to play the game. A lot of the raiders in my previous guild would only log on right before raid time, and then you wouldn't see them again until the next raid night unless they needed to do dailies for consumable money or something.

I think a lot of the competitiveness is overstated. There are plenty of ways to get gear if you want it, and none of them are necessarily that time consuming. Pvp gear is generally terrible for pve given the more pve friendly options, for instance. And badge gear that competes with 25-man raid gear in quality is easily available if you want to spend the time getting the badges. Heroic Magister's Terrace also has some nice drops.

For other things like epic flying mounts, I don't know why people stress out about things like that. I chose to make tailored gear for my mage and knew I wouldn't want to save up the money for one. Nowadays, there's more than enough dailies to save up the gold if want one. The thing is, I don't really care. There are two cases where I want them, and that's such a limited part of my play time anymore. One is doing the bombing run dailies, and the other is doing quests with someone with a faster mount. Now, if I were a gatherer, I might be more inclined to pick one up. But I'm not, so there's really no need for me to have one. I spend very little of my time in the Outlands anymore, anyway.

[QUOTE="redsnake9111"]Yeah well did you guys know that Activision/Blizzard is making 60% gross margins on all you suckers that are playing WoW? I am not denying that it is a good game (from what I have heard anyway) but still, anyone who plays WoW is really getting ripped off.ViolentPressure

It's the same price as any other MMO and it's so much better than every other MMO in terms of quality and new content that it's in a league of it's own.

So everyone who ever plays this entire genre is getting ripped off?

It's standard that mot MMO's have a monthly subscription to play. At first I thought it was too much, but after playing for a long time (FFXI for about a year and a half and WoW for 3 and some change) you come to realize that the fee is well worth it compared to the MMOs that don't require a subscription.

I would rather pay for quality then settle for free sub-par gaming experience.