Should I play wow?

[squeekenator]

2 things. First off you arn't throwing your money away. You are paying for a service. Think about how many television channels you get vs how much tv you actually watch in any given week. You pay for a lot of shows that you will probably never see.

Of course you're throwing money away. Blizzard charges you for the right to play a game that you already bought (there should be a law against that, it's ridiculous), even though other online games give you that option for free. If you have a choice between, say, WoW and TF2, then playing WoW costs you an extra $20 every month. It is true that WoW has a different sort of online play, in that there are ridiculous numbers of people on each server compared to what you get in TF2, but all that means is that there are a few thousand characters walking around that you will never care about or talk to, rather than 30-ish at the most. Imagine if Blizzard released DLC for Starcraft that cost you $20 a month and made a horde of ghost Zerglings that could not affect the game in any way run around your screen. Even the most passionate of Blizzard fans would think that they'd gone nuts. But when you throw it into an RPG, everyone jumps to your defence every time someone has the nerve to question the judgement of the mighty Blizzard, because how could they ever do wrong?

... That went off on a bit of a tangent. Most of that wasn't aimed at you, by the way, it was just me being disgusted by humanity in general.

Anyway, don't do it. Even if you don't become addicted, you're paying a sizable amount of money for no real reason at all, making yourself sound bad if anyone ever finds out (because most people who know what WoW is automatically associate it with addiction) and may potentially cause other friends to join, which could end up getting them addicted and having them waste their lives playing that soul-destroying carrot-waving grindfest. That's sorta what happened to some of my friends; some people started playing, and because it has that addicting quality they would constantly talk about it at school, then other people started to play because the talk interested them or they just wanted to know what they were on about, then they get addicted, then you find that you're the only person there who doesn't like the game, because other people are 'only playing until I reach level 80' or 'really not that addicted' or whatever.

Just play a real game, one that motivates you to play it with good gameplay rather than an endless stream of pointless rewards that get replaced next level anyway.

 

[Pumpkin_Eater]

No. There are much better things you could be doing with your time like playing better games, learning an instrument or just putting your money in a pile and burning it.

 

[Pumpkin_Eater]

Modem crapped out and a double post happened. If any mods happen to pass through go ahead and delete it please.

 

[jasoncyrus]

if you have a part time job then it won't hurt to much
WoW is the best rpg ever made so i recommend it only if the monthly fees are not a big pain

Amazing...someone who doesnt even know what an RPG is.

WoW is NOT an rpg, it would need actual proper RPG aspects first.

As I have personally explained before the ONLY RPG element in wow is the PLAYER MADE role playing.

The rest is just multiplayer pve dungeons with no plot other than "Kill everyone here" and pvp content.

If youre determined to play an MMOG that does exactly the same as wow, play Voyage Century Online. It does everything wow can (aside from fly on wow and sailing on VCO). For FREE, with an OPTIONAL item mall for additional, non vital to game play items. More importantly VCO does it better and does it with better graphics too.

Tbh for the amount Blizzard are raking in with WoW they could at least use a decent engine.

 

[conceptual]

I would recommend wow only if you're prepared to schedule time slots for raiding at higher levels. Otherwise, skip it as the high end raids are the real meat and fun of the game.

If you are going to start playing, you should look into recruit a friend. Have your friend recruit you and make another character and level with you. You'll both get triple exp from quests and monster kills as long as you're both near each other in game. This will make levels 1-60 go by in a flash, since every zone will give you 10 levels or so instead of 2 or 3. With the triple exp, you can easily get to level 80 in about a month of playing 5 hours a week or so. Also, your friend will get a free mount and some free game time if you do decide to keep playing.

Just check it out. You might be surprised at how much fun it can be.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Do you have a solid income? Are you willing to give up your social life for a game?

If so, then yes.

 

[ironmace2.0]

Thanks a lot guys/girls for all your help I just started playing the trial and really like it and again thanks

 

[SAccharing10]

From the perspective of somebody who has two level 80's and numerous other high level characters. No. It takes you a while to realise why you started playing the fucking game to begin with, you remain bored up until 80 where you're promised exciting content and new raids just to sit in Dalaran doing nothing all day; even when you raid it's boring, and heroics are useless in WotLK.

 

[SAccharing10]

You think you can get to 60-80 in 20 hours? Derp.

 

[JC175]

Nope. That's pretty much it.

IMHO it should be called World of Grind.

 

[SAccharing10]

If you're going to take anybodys point of view on this game - use his, I can't think of a better worded message on why not to play WoW from a neutral standpoint.

 

[Mr. Cyanide]

It's a good game, I've a level 80 Paladin myself but I've taken a break since early February, one word of advice however, is to play the 14-day trial first to see if you genuinely enjoy it, and find a decent server, because some are full of the biggest dickheads I've ever met in my life. (Okay, that was two pieces of advice but who's really counting? )

 

[eddoddo]

i would advise playing it, i played it, got lvl 80 on 2 chars, fairly good gear and mounts etc. and now i have sold it for $900, which seems like a pretty profitable investment, seeing as how i played it for 4 years (4x180=720). It can impact your social life, but if you just watch how much you play then it is easy to make sure it doesnt.

 

[Jacklin]

the guy who made the thread still gets what I mean
there is nothing better than WoW, don't give me this sh*t it's irrelevant to what this forum is about. should he play WoW or not. Depends. If you like MMO's then there's nothing better. I play WoW and have tried to play a bunch of other MMOs and all they do is copy WoW and bring nothing significant of their own. If the person is interested in the story then they can read one of the books Blizzard publishes every 6 months or so. Don't give me this crap, I have bno time for it

 

[Fingolfin High-King of the Noldor]

No?

 

[Anachronism]

No?

Your user name is brilliant. Seems there is someone other than me who likes the Silmarillion.

But anyway, no is the correct answer. Play a proper, offline RPG instead.

 

[Shotgunbunny]

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" is my answer.

 

[lukey94]

I think you should because it's a pretty cool game - I mean I play it and I have a social life - I see my friends during the day and play at night - or vice-versa, we have an agreement between me and my friends - I stay atleast 1 level away from the cap and I'm not a loser. Also it helps me keep in contact with my brother.

The throwing away money thing is a load of bull. There are private servers that have better communities than Blizzards and they aren't all instant 80's. The throwing away your life thing is a bunch of crap aswell, I play after school because I'm only allowed out one night a week during the school week and even then that only applies once a fortnight because of work and air cadets and schoolwork. I play for a maximum of about 3 hours a day - sometimes more but them times I am just pissing about fishing and talking. I get alot done even whilst playing - I organise stuff with my friends,do homework,clean,cook and stop myself from going back into depression.


I'm a WoW player-I'm a party lover and I get good grades. WoW doesn't ruin people or waste money - It's helped me out because I have made some good friends and I would heartily recommend trying it out now matter what the cons of the game are

 

[Ashbax]

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.

I noticed that most trial-users dont buy Full wow. WHY? becuase the amount of levels someone whos never played before can go up in seven dayswhere they dont even play much isnt alot, and they likeley wont even hit level 12, and until at least level 30 the game is quite boring. The best bit about it is how It slowly gets funner and funner as you progress, until you eventually hit 80 and sure everyone says thats when the game 'Starts' But I just noticed all I did was Do Dailies to get money to buy good gear in AH until I was allowed to Dps/tank in Heroics (Feral drood.) so I could eventually get enough gear to Dps in Raids and that stage takes forever to get to and THENNNNN when you actually do go on raids (Yes the giant Teamwork aspect is fun as hell ) they are only about twice a week max so even with all the bosses and epix that drop if you mostly do 25 man+ like me (Oh and you get gear for 25+ by doing the 10+ ones :S and then after the 25 man ones you do some 40 mans where winning a roll is fucking harrrddd) its hard to Get alot of gear quickly, and THENNNNN...once you do the 40 mans you go and get your ossim gear then if you can be bothered and depending on your gear you grind in BG's for SIX FUCKING MONTHS to get ONE BELT and then THIRTY NINE TRILLION HOURS to get another peice of BG gear and then fast forward thirty bazillion Years until your awesomeley geared out, Then you make another character of another race/class and DO THE WHOLE FUCKING THING AGAIN UNTIL YOUR HEAD ASPLOEDZ!...But the One thing that confused me more than anything was WHY THE HELL DID I LOVE THE GAME SO MUCH?!...

But... After all my experiences through wow, I was pondering the whole aim of the game while doing some quests on an alt once, and I realised the game is ultimateley about who can get the best gear. You spend eighty levels learning the ropes and having a laugh, then once you get to the top its an enormous effort to get some Overly Cartoony armor that no one else but you cares about...*sigh* yet its so damn FUN. So yeah, Id recommend you get it, just dont become addicted, happened to me a little while back but luckily I snapped out of it early on enough to still have my Social life. We should really invent a word for something like that - Evil, and soulsucking, Yet tempting, fun and addictive. If your gonna get the game make your guy a druid though... they can turn into Animals, and shit like that. Its freakin' fun.

 

[jasoncyrus]

the guy who made the thread still gets what I mean
there is nothing better than WoW, don't give me this sh*t it's irrelevant to what this forum is about. should he play WoW or not. Depends. If you like MMO's then there's nothing better. I play WoW and have tried to play a bunch of other MMOs and all they do is copy WoW and bring nothing significant of their own. If the person is interested in the story then they can read one of the books Blizzard publishes every 6 months or so. Don't give me this crap, I have bno time for it

You sir, dont have a CLUE what you're on about. Feel free to go read my post on Voyage century, whic doesn EVERYTHING wow can, with one exception, with better graphics and gameplay.