I... quit WoW today

antidonkey

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It's been almost two years since I quit WoW. Cata just stopped being fun and more like a chore. Sure I still enjoyed hanging out with my guild but it just wasn't enough anymore. I've been tempted to go back and check it out but have resisted. The server we played on has all but died so my guild switched to a different one which has made staying away even easier. There's no way to ever replicate the feelings of awe and wonder when I first started playing so that helps out, too. I still miss it from time to time though.....enough that it makes me want to check out other MMOs but I don't want to get sucked in like I did with WoW.
 
Sectan

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Loop Stricken said:
beez said:
now they announce that they are slowly implementing microtransactions on top of the subscription model
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No they're not. The public backlash would be immense.
The only things that you can buy on the store are all cosmetic and thus don't affect your ability to play the game whatsoever, other than leaving a weeping hole where your sense of entitlement used to reside.

The whole microtransaction thing has been brought up recently because of a trial system they're running in the Asian server clusters whereby you can buy Lesser Charms. The only reason they're doing this is because they don't so much pay a subscription over there as they pay hourly. The idea is to not waste your gametime farming coins, and just buying a bag and getting on with the raiding.

Now, if they started doing that in the EU/US market, I'll revolt right with you.

[sub]Full disclosure: Playing since vanilla release, never quit[/sub]
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I think the quote from one of the Blizzard reps was they were testing the waters in Asia and if it worked they would expand it to include a bonus XP vial that you could buy for real money. If it works dandy in Asia they'll finding ways to implement it in western servers.
 
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I played WoW shortly before BC came out, until about a month ago (on and off, most active during WotLK and Cata), I got into it because my friends were, but one by one in pretty quick succession they all stopped playing. I didn't mind that much, continued to do solo quests, raids felt redundant and pointless, I raided ICC many times, but never cleared it. I eventually gave up after levelling 1 of each class to 90, then felt I had done all the game could offer me. Never looked back. :)
 
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I myself never got the whole charm with mmo-games. I guess it's because of a mixture between liking more storydriven games and not putting down enough time on any mmo-game I tried playing.

Anyway, good for you, have some internet on the house.
 
beez

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Movitz said:
I myself never got the whole charm with mmo-games. I guess it's because of a mixture between liking more storydriven games and not putting down enough time on any mmo-game I tried playing.

Anyway, good for you, have some internet on the house.
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It's about a rather grandiose coop experience where you get to meet strangers and talk to them, just like omegle.. okay, not like omegle, but... like a team sport? It's competitive between roles and teams and sorta makes you feel really good after doing the impossible with the power of teamwork. PVP is similar, only that a lot more IRL things may break around the house during a pvp session lol. MMOs aren't for everybody, obviously. You get used to them gradually, there is no such thing as an MMO that instantly fits you like a glove if you haven't played one more seriously before. WoW is highly customizable tho, so through addons an UI mods, it adapts to you.

What am I going to do with all these internets?
 
Ieyke

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beez said:
After 6 years, I'm leaving. Can't say that I won't miss my pretty phoenix, all that cooperation and drama but... I mean, what they are doing to the game... well, I do not support it.

Here's my reasons:
I've been paying my subscription fee for years, and since Cata, a lot of the content we were getting was rehashed, remade, et cetera.
I've been paying my subscription fee for years and they kept holding back more or less awesome content for money. A lot of times I've saved up money on buying food (I did not starve, but I bought less, or worse quality food for example), just to be with my friends
now they announce that they are slowly implementing microtransactions on top of the subscription model, further locking people, like me out of content that should be part of the game (and cosmetic armor for money? srsly)
the new things they implement seldom work, so patch by patch we see classes struggle just to keep up, or get a complete redesigen in an even more ridiculous way.

I'm not having fun anymore, and all the stuff they publish convinces me that they lost their soul as a company. I don't think it's a coincidence that they are losing subscribers, I've lost all of my IRL friends. Also, I've found that all these things, plus, looking back at it, the time I've wasted that I could've used more productively, have made me regret playing at all in the first place. So, I think I'm not touching an MMO ever again in my life.

What do you think? I'm not planning to start a flame-war, hate-thread, or anything, I'm just interested in your opinions or similar stories.
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Jesus H. Christ, how can anyone still be wasting time on WoW?
 
Mr Mystery Guest

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I played WoW for a month and I did find it immersive and well made. Even though I put a lot of hours into it i found it easy to quit after my trail and not subscribe as i didn't meet anyone that nice who was playing it. I could write a book about the cunts I had to deal with and ultimately any institution that tells newbies to fuck off is rotten to the core and attracts the flies it deserves.
 
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