World of Warcraft or PC Gaming

Hi there. I love PC Gaming. I love World of Warcraft. But I don't think I can play with both. World of Warcraft takes a hell of a lot of time to have a character on level 85 (plus, I want 12 characters one of each race/class), and there are so many cool PC gamesthat I don't think that I can have time for both :/

So what to do? PC Gaming or World of Warcraft?

I want 12 characters, because I want to explore every tiny corner of Azeroth, with every spell and every mount. Call me a nerd or something, but I think it is fun. The really problem is I don't want to play WoW if I lose the joys of The Witcher, GTA, or other games. But I don't want it viceversa :/

its not easy but it can be done.. sup crimsader.. perhaps its jsut me but i havent seen you in a while :)

I know people who manage to play WoW AND mainstream shooters. Not sure if it's up to your will or your level of addictiveness, but I know both are compatible.Crimsader

WoW is a very time consuming game if youre an hardcore player. like a few people said just play until youre bored of it. I personally dont get bored of it because my RL friends play it with me . batus111

I agree.

I mean if you look at the basic structure of most MMOs its really bland gameplay, but the player to player interation is what make the genere special. If you play with friends its 10x better.

Personally though I'm burnt out on the current stock of MMOs, I'm waiting to see if the next line (SWTOR, TERA, GW2) will improve on the gameplay aspects.

Seriously? Geez....I think you might be setting an impossible goal for yourself here, seeing as how several mounts are literally impossible to get now.

This is what we call an unhealthy obsession. Even if you wanted to do all these things, there is no reason that they should be consuming all of your time. Right now I'm farming Netherwing rep, leveling Archaeology, leveling 2 characters to 85, and trying to get my tank ready for raiding, yet I still have plenty of time to play other games, or to just enjoy life in general (life isn't just about playing video games). WoW isn't going away any time soon so there's no reason you have to do everything all at once or as soon as physically possible. All that does is make the game NOT enjoyable because it just ends up feeling like a job, like something you feel like you HAVE to do.

WoW is a chore and a waste of time. It's not fun. PLEASE don't do it. Play actual good games. And I've played wow off and on since beta till after catclysm, so I'm not a hater. It just sucks.

How can you stand archaeology drkessence? I can't do it, even by doing homeworks. Seeing my character flying through Flight paths just for get common items for 3-5g isn't funny for me. Not even the prospect of getting the Vial of Sands recipe helps me do that boring profession. Miroku32

Yeah, its boring, but I do love me some cosmetic items :P Plus, I'm a completionist....and an achievement whore. But, yeah, its definitely god-awfully boring, but some of the little, goofy rewards make it worth it IMO, plus the skeleton raptor mount.

@the guy above me, lrn2 opinion.

WoW is a complete waste of time. Think about the time that it has/will take you to level all of those characters to 85. You will miss out on a ton of other great games and tbh, life in general. Uninstall that trash and come back to the real world.

WoW is a complete waste of time. Think about the time that it has/will take you to level all of those characters to 85. You will miss out on a ton of other great games and tbh, life in general. Uninstall that trash and come back to the real world.

kungfuchaos

Right, cause every other video game ISN'T a waste of time, right?

just dont play wow anymore, save yourself the time and grind to get things that dont really exist

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WoW is a complete waste of time. Think about the time that it has/will take you to level all of those characters to 85. You will miss out on a ton of other great games and tbh, life in general. Uninstall that trash and come back to the real world.

drkessence

Right, cause every other video game ISN'T a waste of time, right?

I think what kungfuchaos was trying to say is, often when playing MMOs it end up being more of a job than a game. For instance the basic MMO model is all about grinding to get better gear/stats, no one really enjoys killing X amount of monsters repeatable, but they do it so they can level thier character.

Thats why I quite MMOs until they change thier model, I just took a step back and thought "Hmm I just spent a couple of hours doing task in order to make my character PvP viable when I could have spent that time actaully PvPing (andprobably much morebalanced/skill based PvP mind you)in a non MMO game, this isn't fun at all."

Hopefully GW2 or TOR will change this forumula up, but I haven't missed MMOs since I quit playing them.

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[QUOTE="kungfuchaos"]

WoW is a complete waste of time. Think about the time that it has/will take you to level all of those characters to 85. You will miss out on a ton of other great games and tbh, life in general. Uninstall that trash and come back to the real world.

Croag821

Right, cause every other video game ISN'T a waste of time, right?

I think what kungfuchaos was trying to say is, often when playing MMOs it end up being more of a job than a game. For instance the basic MMO model is all about grinding to get better gear/stats, no one really enjoys killing X amount of monsters repeatable, but they do it so they can level thier character.

Thats why I quite MMOs until they change thier model, I just took a step back and thought "Hmm I just spent a couple of hours doing task in order to make my character PvP viable when I could have spent that time actaully PvPing (andprobably much morebalanced/skill based PvP mind you)in a non MMO game, this isn't fun at all."

Hopefully GW2 or TOR will change this forumula up, but I haven't missed MMOs since I quit playing them.

I realize that, but some people enjoy doing all of the "work" needed to build up a great character, hence my comment. No one has the right to determine what is a waste of time or not. You do what you want enjoy doing. You could say that being on these forums is a waste of time because you could be out making real-life conversation and relationships, but you're here because you enjoy being here.

I used to play WoW pretty seriously for both PvE and PvP. Now that I've quit, I've discovered so many other wonderful games that I was missing out on.

You may feel sad at first, but trust me, more variety > the one game that is World of Warcraft.

I used to play WoW pretty seriously for both PvE and PvP. Now that I've quit, I've discovered so many other wonderful games that I was missing out on.

You may feel sad at first, but trust me, more variety > the one game that is World of Warcraft.

CaptainAhab13

Or you could, you know, play both. WoW isn't a hardcore game anymore. You can easily enjoy it as a casual player, like me. I play WoW as well as several other games, all while going to college, working, and managing a website.

I want 12 characters, because I want to explore every tiny corner of Azeroth, with every spell and every mount. Call me a nerd or something, but I think it is fun. The really problem is I don't want to play WoW if I lose the joys of The Witcher, GTA, or other games. But I don't want it viceversa :/

tjricardo089

I have 110 mounts and lemme tell you it is a very very long time investment to get every mount. Some of them you will never get.

I quit WoW (after first playing it with Cata) so I can start playing the games that are coming out soon. Granted now I hate wow but hey, it lasted me 5 months. Now I will have Brink, Witcher 2, Duke Nukem forever, Deus ex 3 over a period of a few months.

Just be carefull with MMO's, its very easy to get addicted to them and frankly if your already considering getting 12 characters to 85 thats a little scary. I'd try to balance your time out better.Croag821