Should I play wow?

[ZeroMachine]

I've seen a lot of people here ask that question, and I can guarantee you, you'll either get "yes, it's a great game, and it doesn't do nearly as much damage to your life as people think it does unless you let it" or "DON'T PLAY IT IT'S SPAWN OF SATAN IT RUINS YOUR LIFE!"

I'm the former- get a trial. Try it out. If you like it, don't think that playing it will suck your life dry of any social aspect. It doesn't. My social life is fine, and I have a level 80, and I'm a Guild Master.

 

[Senor Smoke21]

It depends, up to level 80 it can be a time sink. WoW is a brilliant game and the new expansion was really well made. Play the trial see what you think and if it's your cup of tea and your friend is willing to help you then go for it.
For me the game has dried up a bit. Just recently started playing Lord of the Rings, which is pretty much just WoW set in Middle Earth =D

 

[gibboss28]

Have a go and try it.

Also ignore the people who say "it'll ruin your life" 9 times out of ten they don't know what they're talking about.

 

[Dorchucks]

it really depends if your into MMORPG's and then again if u like the whole fantasy, magic gnomes and stuff. + its also a good thing if your mate has been playing for a more than a year cause he can help you out with getting to grips with everything.

i personly play wow love the whole realm stuff and that so many ppl play it ive been playing for about 3 months with a mate of mine frm skwl and were at lyk 74 i think. but yeah back to my point wow is much better when playing with sum 1 els tha you know an it really helps.

 

[Charli]

Wait till you're out of school.

SRS.

This. School kids are GENERALLY not mature enough to handle their time properly.

I did for this game and I love it immensely and can easily balance it with my life now (School literally sucks the life out of you I've come to conclude). I'm sad I didn't start playing when I received it as a present because I wouldn't be treated as a newbie WotLK bandwagoner, but on the other hand I got through my exams without distraction so it worked out well.

 

[bulbasaur]

look its a simple answer...no, unless you seriously don't have anything better to do with your free time. i was in the same position and i regret it. i wasted time i could have spent doing something good, like sports/socializing.

 

[irishdelinquent]

yea alright, your irish ill let it slide. haha, i honestly wasnt mad, i just hate random dicks on the internet. No point in arguing though.

Hey wait, I'm Irish! Calling someone else Irish insults my honor! *Gloveslap* I challenge you to a duel.

Anywho, back on topic, have you tried the free trial? This will give you a little bit of an intro to the game and answer some questions you may have; do you like the style of it? Do you like the background of the game? Is there a preference for you between Horde and Alliance? Is the game worth spending about $15 a month on? Is there any other MMO that might interest you more?

If you are genuinely interested, then give it a try. If you only want to do it to satisfy your friend, then that is a pretty poor reason. If you are still confused, join Warhammer Online

(there, that was pretty impartial for a devout WoW-hating WAR fanatic)

 

[toapat]

One of us... one of us...
Sorry. I've only played for about 3 days (Free Trial) and it wasn't my cup of tea.

thats because its the fucking free trial for WoW, which has no flavor unless you time it for the christmas season. you have to invest $80 up front for WoW, not get a free trial. but before you get WoW, you should first figure out weather you truely want it, then research the class you want to play (not hunters) on WoWhead.com and WoWwiki.com, then get it, make a charicter, and get to lvl 80 ASAP while hitting VC,WC,SM (all wings), ZF, Mara, and a few other dungeons for gear upgrades

 

[headshotcatcher]

In before the idiot parade, it's not a bad game it is all very server depeendent. It would also help if you could get your friend to help you as the game doesn't really start till the max level which is always going up.

Edit: You don't have to play 6 hours a day, hell I barely play at all now apart from the occasional raid it's just a fun game to have, don't worry about loosing your social life in anyway whatsover.

If you rarely play why do you pay?

 

[stormcaller]

In before the idiot parade, it's not a bad game it is all very server depeendent. It would also help if you could get your friend to help you as the game doesn't really start till the max level which is always going up.

Edit: You don't have to play 6 hours a day, hell I barely play at all now apart from the occasional raid it's just a fun game to have, don't worry about loosing your social life in anyway whatsover.

If you rarely play why do you pay?

I generally scrounge freebie months out of recruit a freind and such, but when I do pay it's with Gamecards.

But to answer your actual question, I pay because like I said it's nice to have. It's ice to be able to jump on and have a chat with people back home (Aus) or just do some questing or a dungeon, it's mostly a "trophy" game and as stupid as that sounds it makes sense enough to me.

Edit: I do play actively during holidays though it's just because we've got exams now I had to drop out of the raiding group.

 

[stormcaller]

yea alright, your irish ill let it slide. haha, i honestly wasnt mad, i just hate random dicks on the internet. No point in arguing though.

Hey wait, I'm Irish! Calling someone else Irish insults my honor! *Gloveslap* I challenge you to a duel.

Funny thing is I'm not Irish, I'm just living here. I'm actually Australian.

 

[Hazy]

One of us... one of us...
Sorry. I've only played for about 3 days (Free Trial) and it wasn't my cup of tea.

thats because its the fucking free trial for WoW, which has no flavor unless you time it for the christmas season. you have to invest $80 up front for WoW, not get a free trial. but before you get WoW, you should first figure out weather you truely want it, then research the class you want to play (not hunters) on WoWhead.com and WoWwiki.com, then get it, make a charicter, and get to lvl 80 ASAP while hitting VC,WC,SM (all wings), ZF, Mara, and a few other dungeons for gear upgrades

Nice agression, I like it.
Anyway, It was because of the free trial that I realized I don't want to invest my time into something like WoW. Thats what I meant by it not being my cup of tea..

 

[Abedeus]

Well, if you consider grinding to grind some more to grind even more fun, followed by chaotic PvP where best armor and weapons win, then give it a try.

 

[hippo24]

Well its not impossible to enjoy the game and still walk among the living,
But you need to have a hell of a lot of self control.

The game isnt bad, its not the most fun you can have with your pc either, however it is incredibly addicting. And because the game requires a huge time commitment to be even decent at, you end up sitting for days at your keyboard and killing the same murlok over and over.

Personally unless you have a bunch of close friends on WOW, I would shop around for more MMOs in that genera, ones that are less demanding and tedious. Just use their free demos, almost all of them have em'.

 

[wilsonscrazybed]

It depends on how much time you have, if you're familiar with MMOs already you know there's a lot of grind and work before you really get to the enjoyable point. WoW can be a great experience, highly polished, and Blizzard is always releasing new content. But, it isn't for gamers who want a game that you can ignore for a long time, come back to, and expect to go experiencing endgame content. If you're not going to have 5-10 hours a week simply forget about WoW. Perhaps you could grab a roguelike, they're free and many of them are quite deep and rich experiences.

I'll give you a rundown of what I had to do to at max level to get to endgame dungeons.

40+ heroic dungeons for rep and gear.
Spend around 8k gold.
Write an application that was more detailed than any real job app I've ever filled out.

 

[Flying-Emu]

In before the idiot parade, it's not a bad game it is all very server depeendent. It would also help if you could get your friend to help you as the game doesn't really start till the max level which is always going up.

Edit: You don't have to play 6 hours a day, hell I barely play at all now apart from the occasional raid it's just a fun game to have, don't worry about loosing your social life in anyway whatsover.

If you rarely play why do you pay?

Gamecards and when the industry isn't pumping out half of a decent game every three months.

Just saying. WoW is my game for the dry periods. I recently picked up my long-overdue copy of the Orange Box, and promptly stopped playing WoW. As soon as the OB starts to bore me, I'll hunt around for another game, and if I don't find one, I might pick up WoW again.

I can't run Warhammer, before anybody says to, at least until my new graphics card gets out of the idiotic system that is the American Postal Service.

 

[SeleneRose]

Wow is.. Sorta not fun, it lost its fun very quickly for me
I don't like paying for games I already bought
However, Guild Wars still manages to hold its fun for me

 

[Xrysthos]

Sure, if you enjoy the MMORPG genre, there's no problem at all. You just have to be able to limit yourself to an amount of gaming that you're comfortable with. Playing together with friends is great fun, and there is a lot of fun stuff to do ingame. I quit after having played for about 4 years, and I had a lot of fun. I've played Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer Online, EVE Online and Age of Conan, and I'd say that WoW is my definite favourite. There are great aspects to all the games, but WoW is still good fun after 4 years, which is saying a lot.

Edit: Oh, I've played Guild Wars too.

 

[solidstatemind]

I would say it's actually a very simple equation:
Give that the gameplay is pretty standard MMO fare (between grinding and time-suckage, etc.), it really comes down to if you played any of the other Warcraft games and enjoyed their atmosphere, you'll probably love WoW. However, if you have an addictive personality, or are the type of person who procrastinates (and does it via games), you probably shouldn't get into WoW. Seriously, I'm glad WoW wasn't around while I was in school, because I would've flunked out.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Since school's winding down, I've been hankering to get back onto the game...but can't until I get this stupid external hard drive fixed (it takes 15GB to install, now?!).

Yes, I can recommend this game. I'd give the whole "play responsibly" spiel, but honestly I doubt it'll be a problem. The game does take some tolerance for grind, but not nearly as much as the game's detractors seem to think. My target is typically 1-2 hours, maybe five days out of the week. Regardless of the game's reputation, most of the game is before the endgame. Powerleveling generally means missing out.