Meh, I wouldn't. There's other games that can give more fun per hour spent and in any online game you can find a buncha cool people to hang with.
I have to object here.666Chaos said:In pre-bc they had some interesting lore and it all sort of lead up to something in later zones. The attunement quests were also a way to give you a reason to go into the raid and try and kill the big bad guy not just because hes got some loot. Then their was opening the gates of AQ which was probably my best wow experience i ever had, even more so since i was on medivh the first server to open them. In BC they used the warcraft 3 lore and except for kara it kind of made some sense. Now comes wrath where they completely scrapped the idea of using any backstory and rehashed a few raids. Naxx made no sense being in wrath and neither did ony, toc was a quick thrown together patch to stop people from quitting and uldaar was a complete and udder mess. Basically they said ok the big baddy in the lich king but your not gonna be able to do anything about him for acouple years while we thrown random shit at you.Ranorak said:What about it?Zeithri said:The issue isn't the grind.Ranorak said:Funny you say that, Because Pre-TBC was FAR FAR more grindtastic then WotLK is.Zeithri said:No it isn't worth checking out even if you are into MMO's.
If it was Pre-TBC, then I'd say yes. But after that? No, don't.
And yes, it is Grindtastic.
Not as bad as many others but your manager is wrong if she says it isn't.
In fact, a lot of grind has been removed.
It's the lore.
Sure, the lore is advancing. But what?
It's not going the direction you like....or?
This. I'm also a player of 5 years, and while I tend to get burned out from the grind every now and then (currently a bit tired of it, fyi), it's still a game that has kept me interested in various ways over the years, obviously. I do not raid, I don't PVP like I used to nor do I play as much as I used to, but I attribute that to my availability and the fact that PVPing and raiding has changed so much, I've not been able to stay interested.Yureina said:I played WoW for 5 years... wait I just made this post last night. I'll try to shorten it ;P
WoW can be pretty fun, but its largely dependent upon who you end up playing with once the novelty of the game fades away. If you end up with bad people, it will ruin your gaming experience, but if you end up with cool people you can have alot of fun with it.
As far as grind goes, it's not as bad as some other games, but its still grind business that can get really old really fast. There's enough opportunity to give yourself variety, but its all still a grindy sort of business.
Oh, and as for what "warcrack" does to people... it only really does that if you let it. If you have some other important thing in your life, then it probably won't happen to you though. It's just a matter of taking things in moderation, as with everything else (except forum posting!)
If you are into MMO's, i'd check it out. If not, don't.
Pre-BC lore isn't a concern to a player 5 years removed from the start of a game that was using years-old lore to begin with. If it is someone with fresh eyes, they aren't going to know the difference until/unless they go digging for themselves or have vanilla-wow lore/gameplay stories shoved down their throat by players who can't accept change by the authors of said lore.Zeithri said:The lore isn't advancing.Ranorak said:What about it?Zeithri said:The issue isn't the grind.Ranorak said:Funny you say that, Because Pre-TBC was FAR FAR more grindtastic then WotLK is.Zeithri said:No it isn't worth checking out even if you are into MMO's.
If it was Pre-TBC, then I'd say yes. But after that? No, don't.
And yes, it is Grindtastic.
Not as bad as many others but your manager is wrong if she says it isn't.
In fact, a lot of grind has been removed.
It's the lore.
Sure, the lore is advancing. But what?
It's not going the direction you like....or?
The lore have taken a fork-cut, dugged out a lake with a spoon and took a crap in there.
It -MESSED IT- up.
But hey! It's their lore so let us let them get away with it.
WoW and all MMOs are grindtastic. Anyone who says differently is lying to you and probably themselves. That being said, grinding is the nature of the MMO beast but does not automatically remove the fun.crimsonshrouds said:My opinion of WoW has been that its just a huge grindtastic game... But talking to my manager at work who loves WoW she tells me that im wrong.
Me, I've always been a "console-tard" and not part of the "pc-gaming master race." I grew up playing nintendo until the Wii came out and the xbox360 is now my gaming of choice but i think i would like mmos a lot though I've seen what it has done to people.
In the distant past when i had some friends who played runescape i joined mostly because we worked together but when they quit i played it for a while longer cause it was free but then i found it to be so horrible that i had to quit.
So my question is WoW really worth looking into? and why?
A good read. I am interested though... how do you personally manage to keep yourself entertained? What do you actually do while playing?Nemu said:This. I'm also a player of 5 years, and while I tend to get burned out from the grind every now and then (currently a bit tired of it, fyi), it's still a game that has kept me interested in various ways over the years, obviously. I do not raid, I don't PVP like I used to nor do I play as much as I used to, but I attribute that to my availability and the fact that PVPing and raiding has changed so much, I've not been able to stay interested.Yureina said:I played WoW for 5 years... wait I just made this post last night. I'll try to shorten it ;P
WoW can be pretty fun, but its largely dependent upon who you end up playing with once the novelty of the game fades away. If you end up with bad people, it will ruin your gaming experience, but if you end up with cool people you can have alot of fun with it.
As far as grind goes, it's not as bad as some other games, but its still grind business that can get really old really fast. There's enough opportunity to give yourself variety, but its all still a grindy sort of business.
Oh, and as for what "warcrack" does to people... it only really does that if you let it. If you have some other important thing in your life, then it probably won't happen to you though. It's just a matter of taking things in moderation, as with everything else (except forum posting!)
If you are into MMO's, i'd check it out. If not, don't.
That being said, there are many things you can do within the game depending on your interests, and Blizzard has made the game a LOT more casual-friendly than it ever was (for example: while I miss the way the PVP system used to be in MANY ways, I do NOT miss the pressure to "keep up" with it-you no longer have to maintain a certain amount of playing completely dedicated to PVP if you don't want to, whereas in the past, if you wanted the best gear and the highest ranking, you had to accrue and maintain a certain amount of "honor" each week or drop lower on the rank ladder).
The game has rather rich lore, so if plot/lore is anything of interest to you, you'll find the game rewarding in many ways. I would suggest taking a look at http://www.wowwiki.com/Main_Page and just poking around there looking up the factions and races/classes to see if it piques your interest.
The community...can be challenging, if you are looking for a social aspect. Some servers (and within them, the factions) have a very nice, friendly and helpful community (sometimes it's different-one faction being wonderful the other not, sometimes both sides are awesome), in other cases, the servers are filled with utter trash. You have the option of turning off the more global chats to avoid some of the mediocrity and just focus on talking to friends/guildmates (like MANY in my guild do), so you won't be totally bereft of an in-game social life should you choose to be social. You don't HAVE to talk to anyone, tho, especially since Blizz has made much of the game solo player-friendly and introduced random instance (dungeon) queuing, so that it's easier to find parties to run with.
As for "what it's done to people", I'd like to reiterate that I've played for 5 years, and the only thing it's done to me is enhance my relationship with my GF--she's a tank, I'm a healer, we play together. I've never had any problem just getting up and leaving (well...no, in Vanilla Wow's PVP system, I found that I could NOT stop PVPing until I had 150k honor a week, but we don't talk about that...). I guess if you have an addictive personality or a lack of willpower, it could get to be a problem, but if not *shrug* there's no reason to not take a shot with the trial version for a couple of weeks. I know people who play for fun, like myself, and I've had to fire people at work who called out or just didn't show up because they wanted to raid or, in one case, thought he'd not get caught at the midnight sale of Burning Crusade. Too bad for him, I have spies... >=D
(Sorry if this was a bit long, I just grow tired of folks bashing the game for no other reason than it's popular, so suggesting it to new players is kinda fun.)
True trueYureina said:WoW can be pretty fun, but its largely dependent upon who you end up playing with once the novelty of the game fades away. If you end up with bad people, it will ruin your gaming experience, but if you end up with cool people you can have alot of fun with it.
That's pretty much what happens.Audio said:True trueYureina said:WoW can be pretty fun, but its largely dependent upon who you end up playing with once the novelty of the game fades away. If you end up with bad people, it will ruin your gaming experience, but if you end up with cool people you can have alot of fun with it.
There are 100s of WoW gamers who say their guilds are like family. The people who never find a stable 'relationship' with a guild are the ones who open their eyes. They see how much time they are wasting.