How much grind is WoW?

[Dys]

What game is there that doesn't have grind?

Any platformer, puzzle, first person shooter, most racing titles as well as some RPGs (especially action-RPGs like fable).

Every genre you mentioned has you repeating the same exact thing over and over again.

Grind.

My understanding of grind is that it is leveling or farming outside of the story in order to forward your character enough to move on in the game, repetition is different from grind.

My understanding is that grind is the repetition of the same activity over and over to achieve a higher goal.

I.E. Any game ever made.

Same thing as RPG. Every game is an RPG. You role play a character in every game.

Not so much in real time strategies, but that's getting off topic. The way grind is used is in a way so as to imply repetition outside of the story/missions that is neccissary to progress through the game (like farming). I don't think it actually has a technical definition, but I'm fairly certain that's the most commonly excepted one.

Agree on a tom-ay-to/tom-ah-to then?

Agreed, there's no further benifet as to discussing slightly differing definitions.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

A lot, lot, of grind is involved. The grind to fun ratio is about 3:1 , but the fun part makes it worthwhile. Even at 80 you have to grind like a slave to have enough money for raiding bills. PvP is cheaper though, so at 80 you grind less.

Yea... I have over 60,000 gold and I log on maybe 45 minutes a day average. I didn't grind anything to get that gold, I simply played the Auction House and exploited morons selling things cheaply.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

It wasn't very grinding as MMOs go when it began and now there's very little at all. I picked up WoW for awhile recently and I was shocked and impressed by just how little of the shitty grindy elements that caused me to quit last time are present anymore. Pretty much the only parts you really have to grind anymore are dungeons if you want decent loot. And honestly that's not such a big deal as there some of the more fun parts of the game.

If it wasn't for the fact that it slows down considerably about lvl 35 or so until about lvl 50 I'd be a level 80 Troll Shaman by now.