World of Warcraft bashers

[deletemeplease107]

I used to play WoW. I realized i was developing an addiction and had to quit. It's almost been a year now since i stopped. With LK out, i was really tempted to get back into it, but i stopped myself. I do miss WoW though... I dont know why though.
Im glad it didnt hurt my social life though. Thank God i stopped before that happened.

 

[TSED]

Because all the other MMOs out there are more fun.

 

[Squarewave]

People who hate wow generally fall into 2 groups.

1) People who think that wow players are losers, so hating wow (and its players) makes them think they are a better person by proxy. Can also be bandwagon people who think that hating something everyone else hates makes them cool

2) People who hate it do to the effect it has had on the MMO genre. Prior to WoW, MMOs would try to make virtual worlds ware death was to be avoided and rewards required work. After wow took the world by storm many existing MMOs as well as MMOs that came after tried to cash in on the wow success by cloning many of wows elements like its difficulty, UI or quest system. At this point there is very little reason to play any other MMO besides wow as most of them are so much like it only with less players.


I don't hate wow, I find it boring. What I hate is how new MMOs are so afraid to make something that's not a clone of it. If I wanted a wow clone with more pve (lotro) I would just play wow and not pvp, If I wanted one with more pvp (WAR) I would just play wow and pvp more

 

[Sillyiggy]

The biggest thing to understanding people who love or hate MMO's is simply understanding that they are social games. If the community you play with is full of fun and supportive people it is easy to get into playing 30ish hours a week, especially coupled with virtual success that gives a sense of accomplishment. If it is full of bitter, selfish people it is a horrid experience.

It is also a game, and personal preference enters into that.

It also requires time to be competitive with other people, if you are a competitive person with time this is a good thing. If you are not you get resentful and like to say mean things about those people who are. Such as they have no lives.

At least that is my opinion. I was much more sucked into the game when I had people I liked to play with. When I lost the time to play I couldn't raid with them anymore, and I found the community doing lesser content to be full of rather mean people. So I quit.

 

[Antiparticle]

My biggest problem with WoW is the same problem I have with most MMO's in general: I refuse to keep paying for a game month after month. However, I did try a free MMO once (it was called Anarchy Online, I believe), and I didn't see what all the fuss was about. I guess they're just not my kind of games anyway.
And then there's the stories of people completely losing themselves in WoW, but that might be more a problem with those people than with the game..

 

[The Great Fa]

To All Those Who Are Being Cocks:

It seems to me that this thread is bringing out the wanks by the truckload. This is "The Escapist", right? Not "The Elitist"? Look, I dislike WoW, but I can tell people that without being an utter pantaloon. Mercy...

For everyone who responded to this post with a shred of maturity, you get a pat on the back.

 

[Dys]

Other people hate it because it offers no real story and believe it destroyed what story the Warcraft series had.

This.
What other games have blizzard released since WoW expansions since WoW came out?
To a lot of gamers WoW represents one of oldest and most respected game developers selling out, they have stopped producing new games and seem to be content to charge people top dollar for, what is now, a very dated game. Whether the game is enjoyable or not is irelevant to my point, don't take that as me bashing the actual game. I'm just saying that it makes a company that was/is much loved seem evil and greedy as they keep charing full price for new expansions, keep charing $30 odd (I'm in australia, I'd expect this to be different elsewhere) for a recharge card (I have no Idea how long they last). WoW is also partially responsible for the microtransactions in games, with people paying real money for ingame items and gold, a trend that most gamers despize.

 

[Col.Gentlemen]

I think It's more of a social thing, I have a lot of friends who play W.O.W and if you can't moderate it yourself it can get...disgusting.
Also, I don't understand why people love it so much - I played it until level 15 and gave up, the map is interesting but it's not that fun unless you're really into it.
I would rather bathe regularly.

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

I think It's more of a social thing, I have a lot of friends who play W.O.W and if you can't moderate it yourself it can get...disgusting.
Also, I don't understand why people love it so much - I played it until level 15 and gave up, the map is interesting but it's not that fun unless you're really into it.
I would rather bathe regularly.

THis ladies and gentlemen is an example of an epic first post...


I tried WOW...didn't like it. I prefer my EVE

 

[DickInPudding]

They interviewed some dude a few years a go..12 hours straight, playing WoW without taking a piss or shit or eating or drinking. wtf. No life much? And maybe not all MMO's but WoW yes. Pathetic how fast people get addicted to that piece of shit. The fact that they play 24 hours straight astounds me it's nothing special.

 

[Azaradel]

Other people hate it because it offers no real story and believe it destroyed what story the Warcraft series had.

This.
What other games have blizzard released since WoW expansions since WoW came out?
To a lot of gamers WoW represents one of oldest and most respected game developers selling out, they have stopped producing new games and seem to be content to charge people top dollar for, what is now, a very dated game.

Don't say they've stopped producing games when both the new Diablo and Starcraft games are under development.

Personally, I'm a WoW-player, but I'm still looking forward more to the new Diablo than I did to Wrath of the Lich King.

 

[Dys]

Other people hate it because it offers no real story and believe it destroyed what story the Warcraft series had.

This.
What other games have blizzard released since WoW expansions since WoW came out?
To a lot of gamers WoW represents one of oldest and most respected game developers selling out, they have stopped producing new games and seem to be content to charge people top dollar for, what is now, a very dated game.

Don't say they've stopped producing games when both the new Diablo and Starcraft games are under development.

Personally, I'm a WoW-player, but I'm still looking forward more to the new Diablo than I did to Wrath of the Lich King.

They announced both in 2008. There was a good 4 years when there was no non-WoW related project announced.

 

[Golgathoth]

I play WoW, but only for 2 hours a day max. If I had more real world things to do, though, I would likely play even less. Anytime something more important (read: anything in the real world) comes up, I just drop what Im doing in there and go live life.

 

[Taunto]

I play wow and i still have friends i just dont mention it much.

 

[Khadath]

Personally I don't really hate WoW, I find it very "jack of all trades, master of none", you can do endless quest but any developer can make that game, or you can do PvP but they've done a brilliant job at making that boring.
For MMO's WAR and EVE really are much better.

WAR has a very good RvR and PvP system especially Tier 4 where it becomes a struggle and masses of players have to band together and organize.

EVE is just a beautiful spectacle when you get large fleet engagements and makes for a good social game because while you will fail because you need an economy.

However amongst all that all these games do have a lot of grind but when you look at it all games that work on a level up system are grindtastic, be it killing lots of players or boars.

the only thing WoW is good for is endless and repetitive questing.

 

[Bolverk]

I play WoW. Have for about 8 months now. I play a few hours a day. Sometimes, it is all I do in a day, sometimes I don't touch it for weeks on end. It is hardly the most addicting thing I have encountered. I have never had a rollicking social life, so that doesn't bother me, but I do go out with my friends when we feel like it. Being unemployed gives me a lot of free time to play WoW at the moment, but that will soon be taken up by TAFE homework.
I enjoy it. It's entertaining, and while the seemingly endless grind does get annoying, thats where you either stop your questing and go do a battleground and take out your frustrations on the opposing faction, or you just turn the damn thing off.
Personally, I use WoW as a temporary escape from the crap I have to put up with in my life, and killing the rabbits and deer and sheep and other critters, while it gives no rewards, it makes me feel vaguely superior. Completely illogical. Same logic applies to the grinding and killing for quests. Bashing some creatures head in can be very therapeutic when all I want to do is throttle the next person to ask 'are you alright' or 'whats the matter?'.
I'm neither defending or bashing WoW. It has its good points and its bad points. If you enjoy the game, forget what other people think and just enjoy it for what it is. If you hate the game, leave those who do enjoy it alone. They aren't hurting you by playing it, chances are you don't even know them. This doesn't have to be like world war 3. You don't have to fight with each other ALL the time. It doesn't solve anything. If you don't like it don't play it. If you do like it, then get back in your cage and level your damn warlock.


NOTE: Just don't play it too much. While I agree that sunlight is evil, it's supposed to be good for you, so go outside and ride your bike, or play with kittens or play golf with cane toads or fling snails into your neighbours yard. Trust me, half an hour of sunlight probably won't kill you...Although I do recommend a pair of industrial strength sunglasses because all that time spent in front of the computer will have made you rather photosensitive.

 

[LeeHarveyO]

Now I don't play WoW, but I have played it and its not a bad game...just the people who play the game suck and is why people bash it. Or atleast thats what I think.

 

[brenflood]

I think a lot of gamers who hate WoW do so because they have one or more friend who spends all of his or her time in game. I think the gamers who like actual social interaction have something against reclusive gamers who do spend much of their time logged into WoW.
I don't hate the game because I've never played it. However, I can't stand the conversations that some of my acquaintances have about the game. They'll just talk for hours about game mechanics, and it's so boring to me.
I even know people who pay for multiple accounts in months when money is tight and they should be saving it for rent. Those people have come up short for rent on many occasions as a result of WoW and their awful nicotine addiction.

 

[Groovewood]

MMO's are in general extremely boring. Plus, paying $180 a year to play one game? No game is good enough to warrant $15 a month. I got no beef with anyone who plays it, but damn does it perplex me how they find it to be fun.