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Ive never played WOW, should i try it?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 10:24 am
Posted on 8/9/20 at 10:24 am
If so where should i start? I love diablo series but never played any wow games. really dont even know what they are about but kinda looking for a new game to sink my teeth into.
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Posted on 8/9/20 at 10:50 am to Lucky_Stryke
In all seriousness, it's probably not a healthy life choice. You may end up loving it, and if so, it can consume you. If you don't love it, you wasted your time and money. Kind of a lose-lose in my opinion.
This post was edited on 8/9/20 at 10:51 am
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:03 am to Lucky_Stryke
You used to be able to do a free trial. Might start there if so
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:09 am to Lucky_Stryke
Incredibly massive game with YEARS of content, it will consume you.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 12:33 pm to bad93ex
lol.... well.... which one to pick up first?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:16 pm to Lucky_Stryke
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Ive never tried crack cocaine, should i try it?
I've never played it fwiw. I probably wouldn't recommend it. Not because you likely wouldn't like it, but because anyone I know who got into it, REALLY got into it. You got time for 30hrs straight raiding or whatever?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:30 pm to LSshoe
Hell naw lol.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 2:02 pm to Lucky_Stryke
If you've never played it you will love it. Almost 2 decades of content and if you want to see what it used to be like you can play classic. You don't have to mythic raid to get a lot out of WoW anymore either.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 2:07 pm to Lucky_Stryke
I’ve never played it but can tell you don’t do it. MMOs are life ruiners. Seems like something that should only be played when you retire lol
Posted on 8/9/20 at 7:56 pm to Lucky_Stryke
As someone who played for years, I can tell you it is an extremely fun game that you should never touch. It will consume you and can ruin your life. I've seen it happen to others.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:08 pm to imjustafatkid
I’ve played Warcraft, starcraft, and diablo since I was a kid. I still play diablo 2 today. I just never got in wow. What makes it so consuming?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:42 pm to imjustafatkid
I was lucky enough to be addicted to WoW early on, in BC and WOTLK era in my sr. year of high school and after graduating, so I had tons of time to play. The downside: it took over my life for about 6 years and I'm just lucky I managed to pass tech college and start a career while being hardcore hooked. It couldve been very easy to get lost in the game and have my career go to the wayside.
Anyway, if you have a career, a wife, a child, or otherwise don't have 4-5 hours a night to play, stay away because of you get hooked you will find ways to have that kind of time to play, even on regular wow, which is much more friendly to casual players.
MMORPGs in general are extremely time consuming. In WoW, you have literally decades of content to catch up with and the content is all designed to be very fun and hook you. Even once you get to level cap, dungeons can take an hour to clear, and raids can take 4-6 hours 2-3 nights per week. And once you get committed to raiding with a guild you lose your slot if you show up unprepared or don't show up at all. So you spend hours upon hours actually raiding but you also have to spend hours upon hours preparing for raids, gathering materials for buffs, enchantments, etc.
To top it off, it used to have a very vibrant social dynamic that was like logging in and playing with friends every day.
These days WoW is more casual-friendly, with dumbed-down raids and a queue system for dungeons and raids, which means you don't have to join a guild to explore content, and a lot less materials to gather to get buffs for raids. But it's still time consuming.
Anyway, if you have a career, a wife, a child, or otherwise don't have 4-5 hours a night to play, stay away because of you get hooked you will find ways to have that kind of time to play, even on regular wow, which is much more friendly to casual players.
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I’ve played Warcraft, starcraft, and diablo since I was a kid. I still play diablo 2 today. I just never got in wow. What makes it so consuming?
MMORPGs in general are extremely time consuming. In WoW, you have literally decades of content to catch up with and the content is all designed to be very fun and hook you. Even once you get to level cap, dungeons can take an hour to clear, and raids can take 4-6 hours 2-3 nights per week. And once you get committed to raiding with a guild you lose your slot if you show up unprepared or don't show up at all. So you spend hours upon hours actually raiding but you also have to spend hours upon hours preparing for raids, gathering materials for buffs, enchantments, etc.
To top it off, it used to have a very vibrant social dynamic that was like logging in and playing with friends every day.
These days WoW is more casual-friendly, with dumbed-down raids and a queue system for dungeons and raids, which means you don't have to join a guild to explore content, and a lot less materials to gather to get buffs for raids. But it's still time consuming.
This post was edited on 8/9/20 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:59 pm to Hulkklogan
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It couldve been very easy to get lost in the game and have my career go to the wayside.
It almost ruined my life. I just happened to get a job waiting tables for breakfast service because I refused to work nights because I had raids to run. What a pathetic loser.
ETA: I started playing during vanilla and quit playing during WOTLK (after Ulduar) from a pretty decent progression guild, and quitting was the best decision I could have made. The rest of my life has been decidedly better ever sense.
This post was edited on 8/9/20 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 8/9/20 at 10:28 pm to Lucky_Stryke
WoW is not some kind of drug that you'll get an addiction to if you try it 
It's not necessarily the type of game that you can "play through" once and put down. It's a live service game like Destiny or The Division where they're constantly adding new content, and the real meat of the game is tackling the hardest content with groups of real players.
WoW was always one of the more casual MMORPGs and is even more so now. You'll have to devote some time if you want to min/max your build, grind for best-in-slot gear, and complete the bleeding edge raid content, but if you don't care about any of that, you can see virtually everything the game has to offer as a solo player.
That said, in 2020, I'd recommend both FFXIV and ESO as superior products to WoW. WoW has been on a downward trajectory since Wrath of the Lich King, and Blizzard isn't the studio they once were.
It's not necessarily the type of game that you can "play through" once and put down. It's a live service game like Destiny or The Division where they're constantly adding new content, and the real meat of the game is tackling the hardest content with groups of real players.
WoW was always one of the more casual MMORPGs and is even more so now. You'll have to devote some time if you want to min/max your build, grind for best-in-slot gear, and complete the bleeding edge raid content, but if you don't care about any of that, you can see virtually everything the game has to offer as a solo player.
That said, in 2020, I'd recommend both FFXIV and ESO as superior products to WoW. WoW has been on a downward trajectory since Wrath of the Lich King, and Blizzard isn't the studio they once were.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 4:37 am to audodger
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In all seriousness, it's probably not a healthy life choice
I miss MMOs, but don't miss the life they take from you.
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It almost ruined my life. I just happened to get a job waiting tables for breakfast service because I refused to work nights because I had raids to run. What a pathetic loser.
At 20(14yrs ago) I dropped all classes,
moved in with Grandmaw, and began loading UPS trucks part time at 3am so I can play City of Heroes, WoW or any new MMO my crew wanted to try.
Best and Worst time. But mostly did nothing for 2yrs.
This post was edited on 8/10/20 at 4:43 am
Posted on 8/10/20 at 7:10 am to imjustafatkid
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quitting was the best decision I could have made. The rest of my life has been decidedly better ever sense.
Yeah
For me, WoW was actually the 2nd MMO I got hooked to. Before wow it was some shitty Chinese game called Conquer Online for about 6 or 7 years also. After experiencing back-to-back MMO addictions I gave them up. Once I got married and bought a house I decided that I generally won't play games I can't pause and save whenever I want.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 8:36 am to Hulkklogan
I gave up WoW in the Great Relationship Summit of 2010, and am better for having walked away.
That said, Vanilla, Burning Crusade & Wrath of the Lich King were some of the greatest game experiences I've ever had.
That said, Vanilla, Burning Crusade & Wrath of the Lich King were some of the greatest game experiences I've ever had.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 9:10 am to Lucky_Stryke
Wait for Shadowlands. Significantly better game. Been playing the Beta for a bit now.
Edit: I guess im the only person who can manage a career and play this game in this thread
Edit: I guess im the only person who can manage a career and play this game in this thread
This post was edited on 8/10/20 at 9:12 am
Posted on 8/10/20 at 9:12 am to Lucky_Stryke
Like everyone here has said - there is a possibility that it will suck you in...
I've played since launch and no game will ever touch the hours (days now) I've logged. It didn't almost ruin my life per say, but I've had school troubles, relationship issues, and lazy issues throughout my years playing it though. More so in the early years of playing (Classic-WOTLK). As I got older it didn't effect me as much though. Everyone's different, however.
With that being said I wont' tell anyone not to play it though. In it's current game state, it's not too grindy if you want to be casual and you can get a lot done with just a few sit downs a week. I play two nights a week now because I'm married with kids and still feel like I accomplish something.
I would NORMALLY suggest starting with classic, but for the above reasons I would go retail. If you don't have the time to grind to 60 and do end game stuff I don't particularly feel Classic is worth it, but with that being said I've already done it countless times so the level 60 grind is the chore for me.. for a new player it may be amazing. Classic can consume you because the more you play the more you accomplish because it takes time to earn things.
WoW is a great game that gets memed a lot but I've had some great experiences and met friends I still chat with daily - even met some IRL. It's a shell of what it once was but still fun to play and probably the best MMO of all time.. it's success will be hard to touch. It will be be a sad day when/if the servers close down one day.
TLDR: Play the game, try it out! I suggest Retail but can't go wrong with Classic but it's grindy (but rewarding). Play responsibly!
I've played since launch and no game will ever touch the hours (days now) I've logged. It didn't almost ruin my life per say, but I've had school troubles, relationship issues, and lazy issues throughout my years playing it though. More so in the early years of playing (Classic-WOTLK). As I got older it didn't effect me as much though. Everyone's different, however.
With that being said I wont' tell anyone not to play it though. In it's current game state, it's not too grindy if you want to be casual and you can get a lot done with just a few sit downs a week. I play two nights a week now because I'm married with kids and still feel like I accomplish something.
I would NORMALLY suggest starting with classic, but for the above reasons I would go retail. If you don't have the time to grind to 60 and do end game stuff I don't particularly feel Classic is worth it, but with that being said I've already done it countless times so the level 60 grind is the chore for me.. for a new player it may be amazing. Classic can consume you because the more you play the more you accomplish because it takes time to earn things.
WoW is a great game that gets memed a lot but I've had some great experiences and met friends I still chat with daily - even met some IRL. It's a shell of what it once was but still fun to play and probably the best MMO of all time.. it's success will be hard to touch. It will be be a sad day when/if the servers close down one day.
TLDR: Play the game, try it out! I suggest Retail but can't go wrong with Classic but it's grindy (but rewarding). Play responsibly!
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:08 am to 50_Tiger
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I guess im the only person who can manage a career and play this game in this thread
I think I could now, I'm 31 and understand the hooks they have. But it's a time thing. I can only play 4-5 hours per week, usually, so I get absolutely nowhere in MMOs anymore. It can take me months to get to level cap, then I can't commit to large-scale endgame content and I spend my precious hours grinding away. I tried Guild Wars 2 for about 3 months. They're just not worth the time anymore when I can play a 40-50 hour game with a story and get so much more enjoyment.
This post was edited on 8/10/20 at 10:09 am
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