Wow better than D&D?!

[Diablini]

Hi escapies.

Today, this happened to me:

Me and a few friends are considering buying D&D. And one of our friends says Wow is better. I ask him why and he answers:
"Because in Wow everything is already made and you don't have to imagine everything like in DD."
I told him he is an idiot and that the best thing in the game is the freedom of imagination. So does Wow really make you so stupid? I mean come on, a game where everything can be customized and is imagined differently by everyone is bad? What is your stand on this?


EDIT: Sorry if I posted the thread before I wrote something. I hit enter by accident.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Hi. Good for you, I hope you have fun.

Why did this require a thread to itself?

 

[Armored Prayer]

Good for you I guess....

 

[cainx10a]

I hope you save some of the bullets for you. Wait, uh, yeah D&D sounds like mad fun.

 

[Ciarang]

D&D and WoW are good ?
Nah I kid

But was this thread really necessary ?

 

[Diablini]

Hi escapies.

Today, this happened to me:

Me and a few friends are considering buying D&D

Ok...and how did the consideration go exactly? Do you want to know if its better than WoW or something? Or did you just feel the need to share your activities today.

I hope you save some of the bullets for you. Wait, uh, yeah D&D sounds like mad fun.

D&D and WoW are good ?
Nah I kid

But was this thread really necessary ?

Hi. Good for you, I hope you have fun.

Why did this require a thread to itself?

Sorry. I hit enter by accident. xD

 

[Pandalisk]

Guess it depends what you prefer, electronic or imagination, Its like books, some prefer them online others cant read a book if it isnt in their hand

 

[blood77]

Cool beans and stuff.

But did this really blah blah blah own thread blah blah blah.

 

[Baggie]

WoW doesn't (probably) make people stupid, people are just lazy by default.

Personally I love DND to bits, especially that time there was my level 5 Area of Effect spells against a goblin horde... dear lord that was awesome.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

WoW roleplay is very fun, if you find people who know the lore and aren't wannabe vampire trenchcoaters or something, I'd hardly say it's as good as D&D though.

 

[Nevyrmoore]

One of our friends says Wow is better. I ask him why and he answers, "Because in Wow everything is already made and you don't have to imagine everything like in D&D". I told him he is an idiot and that the best thing in the game is the freedom of imagination.

So does Wow really make you so stupid? I mean come on, a game where everything can be customized and is imagined differently by everyone is bad? What is your stand on this?

Roleplaying isn't for everyone. There are people that use their brain to imagine things and to act like another person, then there are people who would rather use their brain to do...whatever you need to do to play WoW at an advanced level. In the end, to each his own.

 

[Chipperz]

Dungeons and Dragons is provably rubbish.

Get World of Darkness, Paranoia or Warhammer : Roleplay instead. Trust me on this.

 

[Anacortian]

By the name of the thread, I would say you want to compare the two (World of Warcraft and Dungeons and Dragons). Not possible. While the genre is the same(ish), the medium is different. Both are fun. The only measurable difference is in time. On a weekly basis, one will spend more time playing WoW, but DnD requires scheduled time of several hours at a go (at least six, if you're doing it correctly) upon which everybody can agree. The DM, himself, will add much more time in prep. Both are fun; they just affect your time differently.

This is assuming you are playing 3.5 or earlier. If you are debating playing 4th edition, don't. DnD 4 is WoW with more latency, less graphics, and a computer open to bias. Play 3rd or, if you have to, 3.5.

 

[Reverare]

WoW doesn't (probably) make people stupid, people are just lazy by default.

Personally I love DND to bits, especially that time there was my level 5 Area of Effect spells against a goblin horde... dear lord that was awesome.

I stopped playing dnd when they stopped using actual measurements and started calling distances 'squares'. 4ed is more like an mmo crossed with a board game now than an actual pnp rpg. So in answer to the question: there is no longer much difference between dnd and wow- the question itself is moot.

 

[nohorsetown]

I'd recommend shopping around and checking out other pen'n'paper RPGs as well. Most of em are cheaper than D&D, last time I checked. Unless something's changed with the newer editions (I played 2nd "back in the day"), D&D likes to split everything up into "player's manual", "dungeon master's guide", "book 'o monsters", etc. Most of the other systems will sell ya one big core book for a lot cheaper than the total price of a functional D&D "set".

 

[GruntOwner]

Dungeons and Dragons is provably rubbish.

Get World of Darkness, Paranoia or Warhammer : Roleplay instead. Trust me on this.

There is merit to what this man says. DnD is mainly combat based, with very little crunch on exactly how roleplaying should be rewarded. Paranoia is good because, by definition, only one of you is allowed to know the rules, leading to "Laurel and Hardy on the original Enterprise" style campaigns where Laurel and Hardy are trying to prove eachother to be mutant, communist traitors, WoD is modern so easier to picture/relate to, plus it's a very easy system. I'm not familiar with the WHRP, but it's the WH setting and I hear the rules are similar to Dark Heresy... But most importantly it's the WH setting.

 

[Chipperz]

Dungeons and Dragons is provably rubbish.

Get World of Darkness, Paranoia or Warhammer : Roleplay instead. Trust me on this.

There is merit to what this man says. DnD is mainly combat based, with very little crunch on exactly how roleplaying should be rewarded. Paranoia is good because, by definition, only one of you is allowed to know the rules, leading to "Laurel and Hardy on the original Enterprise" style campaigns where Laurel and Hardy are trying to prove eachother to be mutant, communist traitors, WoD is modern so easier to picture/relate to, plus it's a very easy system. I'm not familiar with the WHRP, but it's the WH setting and I hear the rules are similar to Dark Heresy... But most importantly it's the WH setting.

I feel I should elaborate, but you've already done it I'll just point out that Warhammer Roleplay is on my "top 3" list because, like, D&D, it's primarily combat based. Unlike D&D, the combat rules fits on to less pages, with more detail (critical hit tables include - "The target takes a blow to the head, sending its brains over 3D10 square feet. It dies."), and has a character creator where the player's only input is to be told what their character's like and what they have.

 

[Evan Waters]

Dungeons and Dragons is provably rubbish.

Get World of Darkness, Paranoia or Warhammer : Roleplay instead. Trust me on this.

What if I want to play high, heroic fantasy instead of urban horror, dark future comedy, or dark fantasy?

The hobby has a lot of games in a lot of different genres, and D&D is very good for what it does.

 

[Evan Waters]

Getting back to the original point:

Someone who sees not having to use his/her imagination as a selling point is probably not cut out for tabletop RPGs in the first place. That's the entire "thing"- it's an imaginative/creative exercise, with rules.

WoW and D&D are in different media so I can't really say one is better than the other. They're in the same genre, and share some common tropes, but offer different experiences. It's like comparing watching a football game to playing BLOOD BOWL.