I've already mentioned before that I dont think WoW is really a bad game, its just a mediocre game, it is smooth, polished, and well done, it just has some horrid concepts/features.
And I've also mentioned that a mediocre game with friends, is better than a good game with none. I play with my clan...no matter what MMO, I don't have fun (atleast not for an extended amount of time) without them...I just get bored after a few weeks/months...And I would find it sad for anyone who plays these games alone and doesnt have a group of friends they roll with...I wouldn't be able to survive much longer after my first year or so in the genre like that.
I've already mentioned before that I dont think WoW is really a bad game, its just a mediocre game, it is smooth, polished, and well done, it just has some horrid concepts/features.
And I've also mentioned that a mediocre game with friends, is better than a good game with none. I play with my clan...no matter what MMO, I don't have fun (atleast not for an extended amount of time) without them...I just get bored after a few weeks/months...And I would find it sad for anyone who plays these games alone and doesnt have a group of friends they roll with...I wouldn't be able to survive much longer after my first year or so in the genre like that.
Well that's kind of the reason why most of us play MMOs: there's lots of people to meet and play with/against. I've rarely felt compelled to continue playing a game simply because my friends are still enjoying it.
Edit: lol, why the back button is worth it's value ...
Originally posted by SeanAlex
Wow is a game for Pricks, Whiney little girls when they don't get there way, and 10 year olds who immediately identify with the Disney movie-esque Graphics.
Respond with your typical WoW lover rhetoric, I'll still tell you to shove it.
Lol . . . wow.
Ico Oh, cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee.
i was just roaming the threads and thought i was brilliant and witty for coming up with this lil tidbit so i thought id post it ^_^ remember that game back in the day that the aztecs used to play and the winners got their heads chopped off?? consider wow the losers that got to live hahaha
Before I begin let me say this. I played WoW, for about 3 1/2 years. I got to level 70. I tanked Illidan on my pally. I've downed him, I've gone through the content in that game more times than I could even begin to comprehend at this time. I quit, about 8 months ago. Why? I saw what it became. It's that thing somebody loves so much they refuse to see its flaws, and use it as a comparison for everything else. Most the time omitting what the other thing brings to the table completely and only looking at what they lack opposed to WoW. What I've seen a lot of you not noticing is that WoW had an absolutely HORRENDOUS launch... The servers were down about 70% of the time, When they weren't down you couldn't log in for 2 hours because of overpopulation. They released with glaringly obvious bugs that not even my testing house would let through.. And we tested such crap as Legendary, Hail to the Chip, and Incecticide. Quite possibly the 3 worst titles to be released, ever. The game has gotten to the point that comparing any New title or launch to it is complete madness and just plain ignorant. It's like Comparing a Nissan GTR to a Ford Pinto. I'm just fed up with people ignoring the flaws WoW has.
First and foremost. The game would be damn near the same as a single player game. You could strip out the MMO from the name and it's practically the exact same experience. 3/4 of the game Requires absolutely no interaction with other people. Last time I checked The MASSIVELY MULTI-PLAYER implied a sense of community within a game, it required you to socialize and come together to achieve something greater than yourself. But WoW gives each and every person this feeling like they are Hercules and can do damn near anything by themselves.
Secondly. Quest grind is far more mind numbing than a group of people sitting in Dreadlands at the north wall pulling Ravagers and CONVERSING with other human beings during the down time.
Thirdly, where's the downtime? Why the god damn rush? Aren't we supposed to enjoy video games because they depart us from reality for a while? Why should the game force me into this feverish fast paced environment that is a mirror of life in the real world?
Fourth and finally, Mutual respect between players in the community. Albeit you may have HATED that prick PK outside Moonglow, but you RESPECTED him for his skill. Wow strips the skill from PvP. Smash a snare button then feverishly drop you hardest hitting attack as much as possible... You know how I won at PvP on my T5 warrior? I charged hamstringed and spammed Bloodthirst and Heroic strike. Since when is that skill? They are making PvP Twitch based instead of tactical. Not everybody relishes in being faster than another person.
Wow is a game for Pricks, Whiney little girls when they don't get there way, and 10 year olds who immediately identify with the Disney movie-esque Graphics.
Respond with your typical WoW lover rhetoric, I'll still tell you to shove it.
I'm glad you don't play WoW anymore. Those of us that play and enjoy it are better off without people like you. I'd point out how wrong almost all of your "points" and sterotypes are but it would be be pointless. Please, get over yourself.
QFE. No one ever rushes me to do anything. I take games at my own pace.That's why I rarely join guilds. Because usually those are the type of people who WANT the game to be a second job and I just don't have patience for people with large egos.So what if some of us play alone? It's a hell of lot more fun than standing around a hub for hours hoping to find a group to roll with. Every once in a while I'll group with someone to get thru a quest but that's about it.
I've seen more than a few imature people here claim imaturity from the community of WOW and I'm just not seeing it. Worse community I ever saw in a game was SWG after the NGE hit. Go to their test center and try talking to anyone. Most of them are sploiters talking trash.In game you have to deal with morons who don't want to bother playing and just want you to give them stuff. It's the worst commuity I've ever experienced in a game. I've yet to experience anything remotely resembling that on WOW. Though I should say that the WOW haters on these forums run a close second.
And if you don't like WOW then guess what? Don't play it. Those of us playing it could give two sh*ts if you do because...
1.) your behavior here makes us glad that your childish antics aren't having to be dealt with in the game
2.) There are millions of subscribers who DO like playing the game. That's right. MILLIONS. One quarter of WOW's subscribers are more than most games entire population.
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I've already mentioned before that I dont think WoW is really a bad game, its just a mediocre game, it is smooth, polished, and well done, it just has some horrid concepts/features.
And I've also mentioned that a mediocre game with friends, is better than a good game with none. I play with my clan...no matter what MMO, I don't have fun (atleast not for an extended amount of time) without them...I just get bored after a few weeks/months...And I would find it sad for anyone who plays these games alone and doesnt have a group of friends they roll with...I wouldn't be able to survive much longer after my first year or so in the genre like that.
Well that's kind of the reason why most of us play MMOs: there's lots of people to meet and play with/against. I've rarely felt compelled to continue playing a game simply because my friends are still enjoying it.
Edit: lol, why the back button is worth it's value ...
Lol . . . wow.
Ico
Oh, cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee.
i was just roaming the threads and thought i was brilliant and witty for coming up with this lil tidbit so i thought id post it ^_^ remember that game back in the day that the aztecs used to play and the winners got their heads chopped off?? consider wow the losers that got to live hahaha
I'm glad you don't play WoW anymore. Those of us that play and enjoy it are better off without people like you. I'd point out how wrong almost all of your "points" and sterotypes are but it would be be pointless. Please, get over yourself.
QFE. No one ever rushes me to do anything. I take games at my own pace.That's why I rarely join guilds. Because usually those are the type of people who WANT the game to be a second job and I just don't have patience for people with large egos.So what if some of us play alone? It's a hell of lot more fun than standing around a hub for hours hoping to find a group to roll with. Every once in a while I'll group with someone to get thru a quest but that's about it.
I've seen more than a few imature people here claim imaturity from the community of WOW and I'm just not seeing it. Worse community I ever saw in a game was SWG after the NGE hit. Go to their test center and try talking to anyone. Most of them are sploiters talking trash.In game you have to deal with morons who don't want to bother playing and just want you to give them stuff. It's the worst commuity I've ever experienced in a game. I've yet to experience anything remotely resembling that on WOW. Though I should say that the WOW haters on these forums run a close second.
And if you don't like WOW then guess what? Don't play it. Those of us playing it could give two sh*ts if you do because...
1.) your behavior here makes us glad that your childish antics aren't having to be dealt with in the game
2.) There are millions of subscribers who DO like playing the game. That's right. MILLIONS. One quarter of WOW's subscribers are more than most games entire population.
Chew on that fat for awhile.
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