Well I suppose that it could be its too expensive, they change it too much, or the fact that I don't like MMOs anymore.Jangles said:
How Many Times Have You Quit WoW And Why?
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Only twice, and both times I only played for about 5 months. I wanted to keep playing, but I feel like I'm cursed or something...BOTH times I joined because long-time WoW playing friends convinced me to, and BOTH times these long-time WoW playing IRL friends subsequently quit on me. Somehow I inadvertently cause addicted WoWers to suddenly choose sobriety! *shrug*
Twice, first time was when the level cap was still 60, I hit 60 and my guild sucked cocks so end game was boring as shit. Then recently a friend gave me an account with an 80 on it so i cracked open a DK leveled it to 80, got geared enough for ICC, then started full time work and found I didn't have the energy or the give-a-fucks for WoW and my character remains dead to this day in VoA.
I played for a few years, quit, and I've been clean for about a year now. I only enjoy a game as long as I'm actually advancing. So, once I hit top level, I got sick of it. I don't get anything out of raiding the same dungeons multiple times a week for minor equipment upgrades that don't actually do anything in the game except give you a larger ePeen than the people that don't have the same gear. Once Cataclysm comes out, I'm considering creating a brand-new account and starting over again with a new group of characters.
Twice. Once because I was at university and had exams to do. The other time because when I came back, everyone I had known on there had vanished, my guild disbanded and felt intimidated by everyone elses VAST EXPERIENCE about every single little aspect of the game.
4 times. Turned it off twice because i was starting a new semester. The other two times was boredom and seeing how pointless playing was.
Run the same dungeon over and over to get the gear you want.... Then what?
You run another dungeon over and over to get the upgrade...then what?
Since Blizzard put a block on dungeons (once a week), this could take years. Bastards!
Run the same dungeon over and over to get the gear you want.... Then what?
You run another dungeon over and over to get the upgrade...then what?
Since Blizzard put a block on dungeons (once a week), this could take years. Bastards!
Originally I meant to quit for a week and a half to study for exams and then return. I did quit, but I never returned, and this was about two years ago. Recently I've felt like maybe I should go back, so we shall see if I stay sober.
I tried to play it 3 times, each time because my mates start again and each time I ended up quiting after 2 weeks.
Seriously, WoW is a pretty shitty excuse for a game. I mean, everyone I know who actually plays it, always says the same thing: "The community is great and it doesn't become fun until endgame!"
Last I heard, it's the game itself, the ENTIRE game, that makes the game great....not the community....
No thanks kids! I'll just stick to Aion, at least that gets interesting halfway through the levelcap, and it has something WoW should have had at launch: Decent open world PVP...battlegrounds, my ass.
Seriously, WoW is a pretty shitty excuse for a game. I mean, everyone I know who actually plays it, always says the same thing: "The community is great and it doesn't become fun until endgame!"
Last I heard, it's the game itself, the ENTIRE game, that makes the game great....not the community....
No thanks kids! I'll just stick to Aion, at least that gets interesting halfway through the levelcap, and it has something WoW should have had at launch: Decent open world PVP...battlegrounds, my ass.
Never "quit". Am not playing it much right now, so my playing is in a state of hibernation, I suppose you could call it, but I have no intention of "quitting". Why would I want to? Nothing has happened to make the game not fun, and I don't think that Blizzard WOULD make the game not fun. I bet they have a rather large amount of people working on making it as much fun for as many different people as possible.
I'd like to know why on earth people talk about WoW like a controlled substance. First off, it's available to by and large anyone, second it's really quite cheap, and third it's not actually addictive. If you spend so much time in WoW that your real life starts to wither around you, then either you were kinda screwed up to begin with, or your life was, to such an extent that you consciously or subconsciously are hoping that the withered ashes will spout something more interesting if you wait long enough. It won't, but that's not the game's fault ;-)
I'd like to know why on earth people talk about WoW like a controlled substance. First off, it's available to by and large anyone, second it's really quite cheap, and third it's not actually addictive. If you spend so much time in WoW that your real life starts to wither around you, then either you were kinda screwed up to begin with, or your life was, to such an extent that you consciously or subconsciously are hoping that the withered ashes will spout something more interesting if you wait long enough. It won't, but that's not the game's fault ;-)
Oh yes. Another thing. If we were to allow the proposition that yes, World of Warcraft is somehow addictive, something on par with alcohol, then you NEVER quit. There's no such thing as a "recovering alcoholic", it's a "long-term, willfully sober alcoholic". You're still no closer to having a reasonable relationship with alcohol, which scores of people prove every day is possible; you're staying away and not touching something that you cannot control.
By that same token, a "WoW-addict" that doesn't play WoW isn't recovering. He'll never "recover". He'll always have a problem with WoW, he'll never be able to play it in a reasonable way. Now, at this point we return to "there are no WoW addicts", as unlike alcohol for an alcoholic, it's quite possible to stop playing WoW and not having it define your life from that point on.
If it "doesn't become fun until the endgame", then nobody would ever have gotten there; they'd be bored, and quit. For me, WoW was fun, interesting, and told great little stories, gave me great amusement, from the very beginning. The endgame is fun too. Now, I'm not raring to go create another character to experience it again, because hey, I've done it already. The endgame content, on the other hand, there are some parts of it I haven't seen yet, thus that still holds some fascination.
You're well within your right to not like the game, but a sorry excuse for a game it is not. It is a masterpiece. Not flawless, not perfect (hell, far from it), but it is a masterpiece nonetheless. It is massive, lots of people derive enjoyment from it, and while it cannot please everyone, it does a better job of just that than most other games in the world. Since the purpose of the existence of a game is to give people entertainment and enjoyment, it is massively and admirably succeeding in being the definition of a "good game".
Personally I found Aion to be dreadfully boring, but I will not say it is BAD... I simply didn't LIKE it. If there are people out there who enjoy it, as you seem to, then it, too, is a good game.
By that same token, a "WoW-addict" that doesn't play WoW isn't recovering. He'll never "recover". He'll always have a problem with WoW, he'll never be able to play it in a reasonable way. Now, at this point we return to "there are no WoW addicts", as unlike alcohol for an alcoholic, it's quite possible to stop playing WoW and not having it define your life from that point on.
Your friends are morons.Shotgunbunny said:
If it "doesn't become fun until the endgame", then nobody would ever have gotten there; they'd be bored, and quit. For me, WoW was fun, interesting, and told great little stories, gave me great amusement, from the very beginning. The endgame is fun too. Now, I'm not raring to go create another character to experience it again, because hey, I've done it already. The endgame content, on the other hand, there are some parts of it I haven't seen yet, thus that still holds some fascination.
You're well within your right to not like the game, but a sorry excuse for a game it is not. It is a masterpiece. Not flawless, not perfect (hell, far from it), but it is a masterpiece nonetheless. It is massive, lots of people derive enjoyment from it, and while it cannot please everyone, it does a better job of just that than most other games in the world. Since the purpose of the existence of a game is to give people entertainment and enjoyment, it is massively and admirably succeeding in being the definition of a "good game".
Personally I found Aion to be dreadfully boring, but I will not say it is BAD... I simply didn't LIKE it. If there are people out there who enjoy it, as you seem to, then it, too, is a good game.
Once. The quests were mindnumbingly boring (there's probably some interesting ones here and there, but all I ever encountered were crap), the combat was boring, the graphics uninteresting, basically there was nothing good about it. Most other MMORPGs I've played has something, so I didn't see a point in playing.