Shall i give WoW a go?

Just give it a go, you will either like it or not like it. The trial is free.

You really can spend as much time on the game as you want, even at 80 raiding now is a lot more casual. I intend to raid 3 days a week tops - and raids aren't as long either, especially after a few runs and people start to get better gear.

The slowest part is leveling, but then that is quicker now too.
 
Dark_Angel said:
You really can spend as much time on the game as you want, even at 80 raiding now is a lot more casual. I intend to raid 3 days a week tops - and raids aren't as long either, especially after a few runs and people start to get better gear.
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Well at the moment the hard stuff isn't out and there's not really much to raid. :X

Most challenging thing is prolly Sartharion with drakes up.
 
fastwunz said:
I dont know why people mock WoW so much - perhaps it has something to do with the stereotype goth wrist slasher image that we are all presented with when anyone without a scrap of real knowledge on the game formulates an opinion.

WoW is an incredibly detailed and rich game with absoloutely loads and loads to get stuck into. One thing i would say is that although there is a simple game mechaninc of kill X to gain Y - surely thats exactly the same mechanic in an fps? anyway, the point is that if you allow yourself the time to read the quests and understand the story lines then inevitably you will be drawn into a pretty amazing plot with massive diversification. Plus the graphics are gorgeous in places (even for a game of this age) and the sense of atmosphere that is created by the soundtrack is brilliant in places.

Dont forget that a lot more effort has gone into WoW than practically any other game ever made......ever. So why not jump in and see if you like it? im pretty sure you will, and if you dont, then you have not lost anything. Im sure Blizzard will continue to cater for the other 11million who do.

Dont listen to the pillocks who tell you its gash. Sure the image thing is something that everyone will have to worry about, but, just be selfish and give it a go regardless. Im a casual gamer who enjoys to play WoW 5-6 hours a week and have done for 4 years. I have been to and thoroughly enjoyed university having just graduated, i have a wonderful girlfriend and a steady job and life is good. As far as the other retards are concerned though, the fact that i play WoW must mean that im a sad cyber geek with no mates who wets the bed and goes shopping with him mum on saturdays.

Aint generalisation great eh?
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great that you can play it for only 5-6 hours a week, but you are the exception, the majority of players are addicts
 
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great that you can play it for only 5-6 hours a week, but you are the exception, the majority of players are addicts
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I have lost good friends to WoW.

The game sucks you in (have tried it myself) and raiding requires up to 6 hours (correct me if I am wrong here, I only ever did PvP stuff) to have a good bash at one.

The game is an eternal grind, whoever plays it more generally has better gear. There is skill involved, but for the most part skill plays a very small part. On player vs player, ignoring class, spec etc etc, generally the one with the better gear wins. I found myself to be fairly good at killing others though, as many players are just school kids who are crap and argue within guilds constantly.

If you have the time to put in 20+ hours a week in then you will enjoy it. I played it casually (<10hours a week) and it just was not enough, not in the sense of I wanted to play more, I mean that my gear was always a long way behind others.


If you play WoW the following could be affected:
You spend less time with the other half or children
Don't play any other games you bought
See friends less
Uni work suffers (if you are a student obviously!)
You stay up all night and job suffers

At no point is the game ever really awesome, there is just so much to do and you feel you want to keep playing more and more. The above points may seem silly, but I have seen good people at uni turn into fat, unclean, antisociable wasters due to excessive Warcraft gametime - 1 or 2 failed uni years too.
 
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I completely disagree with the above poster.

A raid now generally takes only a few hours. We did 3x 2 hours and got most of naxx down, and that is with several breaks for drinks and stuff.

It really is what you make of it, and Naxx for example can be done in mostly blues. (we did it in that, and to be honest I think for 2 wings we could have got away without even the tanks being defence capped).

Saying that the game is never really awesome isn't true either, it is down to personal preference. To me 10 people working together, yelling in joy after taking something down is awesome. But that is my personal opinion. I am not saying the OP will like the game, there is an equal chance he won't - but saying it will suck every last drop of time away isn't true.

I work (well not this week because have had flu) but I work, see friends, play other games, and STILL raid, as does everyone else I know in my guild. One guy even went to the beijing olympics to compete, and still managed to work, raid, have a gf, train at the same time. Another guy I know goes to Uni, goes to work, has a gf, and still plays wow.

If you want to play 12 hours a day you can (and I DO know of people that do) but also know a ton of people that don't. There are servers/guilds which cater for all. OCUK are making a new alliance guild at the moment I believe, and there is a horde guild somewhere or another also from OCUK forum members.

I also know of plenty of people that don't raid, that just play for something to do / use it basically as a chat program, do the odd heroic maybe, but generally just explore, level, talk to people, that kind of thing.

The game does have bad points, but to say that it is pure evil crack cocaine just isn't true.
 
Craig321 said:
I hate how everybody here slags it off just because they played/play it too much :rolleyes:
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But we're allowed :(

WoW is a fantastic game up until the point you realise you're addicted and can't stop.

If you can control the amount you go on it then you can have a really good time (make sure you dont join any exterme raiding guilds like i did).

Lad in college plays it until 5am comes in late and doesn't realise he's addicted, quite funny in a way but he's alright like just gets slated for coming in tired.

I'm not going to suggest anything really, you can decide for yourself.

Fantastic game but addictive.
 
Sinny said:
WoW is a fantastic game up until the point you realise you're addicted and can't stop.
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That's where people get it wrong. Just because they get addicted and play it too much they think that makes it a bad game. If you're addicted and play it that much then it obviously is a good game ;)

Might be a bad game for you, but that's no reason to try put everybody else off it

(I'm not saying this specifically to you by the way Sinny)

mglover070588 said:
If you play WoW the following could be affected:
You spend less time with the other half or children
Don't play any other games you bought
See friends less
Uni work suffers (if you are a student obviously!)
You stay up all night and job suffers

At no point is the game ever really awesome, there is just so much to do and you feel you want to keep playing more and more. The above points may seem silly, but I have seen good people at uni turn into fat, unclean, antisociable wasters due to excessive Warcraft gametime - 1 or 2 failed uni years too.
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Yes, if you have no self control then it can ruin friendships/job etc.

You don't have to play it 'hardcore' to get decent gear, you don't HAVE to compete with everyone, you don't even need to be in a guild.

There's nothing wrong with the game, it is a good game, fact. (note: 11 million subscribers)

Fair enough if you genuinely don't like the game then tell people why you didn't like it. There's no need for the size 7 "Don't do it" with multiple quotes along with people slating the game purely because they got addicted and have no self control.

No, I'm not having a go at anyone in particular.
 
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Craig321 said:
Yes, if you have no self control then it can ruin friendships/job etc.

You don't have to play it 'hardcore' to get decent gear, you don't HAVE to compete with everyone, you don't even need to be in a guild.

There's nothing wrong with the game, it is a good game, fact. (note: 11 million subscribers)

Fair enough if you genuinely don't like the game then tell people why you didn't like it. There's no need for the size 7 "Don't do it" with multiple quotes along with people slating the game purely because they got addicted and have no self control.

No, I'm not having a go at anyone in particular.
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Just saying what I know about the 3 WoW players I know from uni:)
If you can control yourself, try it:). If you easily get hooked on a game, don't -As this game has no end....
 
I've tried to quit... twice. The first time I returned I got addicted again.

I'm now on my second "return". WoW is yet to embed it's hooks into me and yank me back in, but i'm trying very hard to fight it and stop it from doing so.
 
mglover070588 said:
Just saying what I know about the 3 WoW players I know from uni:)
If you can control yourself, try it:). If you easily get hooked on a game, don't -As this game has no end....
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I wasn't having a go at you in particular by the way :)

I've played WoW, got to 46, but we're on 512Kbps here shared between 3 people so there's no point playing online, only time that was possible to play was at night/when nobody else was on the internet.

I'm sure a lot of you have heard of RF Online as well (another MMORPG). I played that for a fair few hours every day at the end of my last year of school and into the beginning of college. Still got the best marks you can get in college. ;)

Priorities and self control and it's not a problem even if you do play for quite a few hours a day.
 
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I would argue though that by that logic you can get hooked on anything. I know of someone that plays Gears Of War on some days 12 hours a day.

When I was younger I used to play tekken with my friend hours and hours a day, going to competitions and more, and I also have friends that was in in various counter strike clans, and played every single night without fail.

You can be addicted to any game (or indeed anything at all) easily, it is just that because wow is more "casual" (as in more people who don't normally play computer games are likely to play this than say Dead Space) it gets a lot worse reputation.

I know a lot of casuals on my friends list, and also have a lot of people that just play wow. But several people in my guild have families, and often come on when they can, which is once or twice a week to raid for a few hours and in fact only around 60 percent of our guild is 80. Still we had more than enough gear and people to do 10 man naxx.

Sure, Naxx and some of the other content out now is "super easy" compared to Karazhan (I am obviously refering to the difficulty of the levels of gear you need at 70 vs the levels of gear at 80.... karazhans requirements were higher / more difficult to obtain than Naxx). This alone gives people a nice head start, and also allows people to see more of the game than they previously would have been able to do.

I would recommend if you play the game though (for the first time) don't rush your way to 80, instead take it slower - read the quests, and just enjoy exploring. There is a lot of cool quests and storys, as well as various interesting things to do for fun. Some areas in Northrend in particular are just awesome to walk through, and in the original areas the first time I started to head through Searing Gorge was just awesome :)
 
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That's where people get it wrong. Just because they get addicted and play it too much they think that makes it a bad game. If you're addicted and play it that much then it obviously is a good game ;)
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Aye, i couldn't really put it in words, it is a good game but you feel like you want to quit when you know you're up at 4am jumping around on an auction house roof.

My experience will definitely not count for everyones but just making the op aware that he should limit his playtime and not get caught up in trying to be the best etc.
 
Sinny said:
Aye, i couldn't really put it in words, it is a good game but you feel like you want to quit when you know you're up at 4am jumping around on an auction house roof.

My experience will definitely not count for everyones but just making the op aware that he should limit his playtime and not get caught up in trying to be the best etc.
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:D I remember doing that. Trying to get on the most awkward spot on the side of a building in Orgrimmar :p. Not getting anywhere, but I had to get to that damn spot on the side of the building!

To the OP: give the trial a go, it's a brilliant game. Just have some self control and prioritize education/family/friends over the game.
 
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i used to play silkroad online,i used to play it every single day for almost 3 years it has 18 million users worldwide...great game..but the problem with all MMOS is

1.It takes over your life becuase if you want to be anygood you have to put loads of time in
2.to be the best you have to spend real money


i will never play another mmo again....for these reasons

Dont get me wrong there is nothing better going out with your clan out to a job war,all of you on ventrillo all working as a team....

I sold a weapon in this game(Lv 64+7 Seal of Sun glavie) in 2007 for 1100 euro at the time,that was £750!! The person i sold it too was in Belgium...these games take over your life if you let them...
Beware...
 
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thevet said:
i used to play silkroad online,i used to play it every single day for almost 3 years it has 18 million users worldwide...great game..but the problem with all MMOS is

1.It takes over your life becuase if you want to be anygood you have to put loads of time in
2.to be the best you have to spend real money

i will never play another mmo again....for these reasons
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To 2. no you don't. Not at all.

I played RF Online when it was free, they sold items in the online store (stuff like experience increases, class changers etc.). I didn't spend a penny and was one of the best tanks in game, as well as being a race leader. I knew people who spent tons in the shop and they were, well, a bit crap considering they amount they had spent.
 
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Depends which mmo your playing...in wow you cannot sell your weapons on a market stall..but in sro you can..and the prices are crazy....because the prices are so high...people no longer get the gold the way the game was meant to be played,ie:trading...so what they do is buy it online from a gold store which has a knock on effect as the economy goes sky high and basically the game is ruined...

rule number 1..... make sure you have loads of time

play for yourself and you will see
 
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Give it another go i say. It is a lot better if you have other people to go about with. Once you get to lvl 20 and have some decent abilities its a bit more fun. Most of the time you can get a group for a lower lvl instance with a high lvl guys alt which in turn leads to making some friends for when you get to 80 or whatever.

The whole quests thing is boring but i found TBC ok and WOTLK has a lot of very fun quests and i got to 80 after doing all the quests in borean tundra,dragonblight and half of zul'drak without too much instancing. End game stuff is fun and obviosuly there is grinding involved,be it for leveling a profession or grinding rep to get some starter epics.

I do agree it can take all your life away if you want it to. I played lots when i was out of college and worked part time but i barely play these days because im in full time work. On the second point thats purely down to the person you are, if you care about being the best because you have X weapon/mount then fair enough. I am a bit behind my guild in terms of gear but i don't mind because i don't spend half(at the very least) as much time on it as other people.

There is guilds for everyone though. On my mates quiet active server you get night time,day time and all the time raiding guilds! My guild is generally 7.30 inv and 8pm start which is when im using at work!! and finishing for 11.30.
 
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