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kyrukufire
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it's addicting.. i dont know if that is a good thing tough... -_-
WoW is a fun game with great classes and interesting storylines. You'll enjoy WoW as much as you allow yourself to.
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play the trial? see for yourself
Played almost everything...
Currently playing nothing...
Waiting for: Darkfall, WAR, Guild Wars 2.
If you've never played a mmo before its great to start on. Easy to get into, decent depth to the design. If you've played other MMO's I personally wouldn't bother, you will soon realize after playing for a month or two that the game, isnt the best thing since sliced butter. It has a name attached to it that everyone knows, and a developer attached to it that everyone knows. I'd try the trial, but before you buy, try other games like EQ2, EVE, LOTR, they all offer trials. After playing them all, decide where you want to go.
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Played (In order of favorite first to least): DAOC, EQ2, EVE, WOW, Vanguard, AC2, City of __, Guild Wars, LOTRO, EQ, Sword of New World, FFXI, Lineage 2, Second Life, DDO, Anarchy Online, RF Online, Archlord, Uru, Ragnarok Online, Shadowbane, Planetside, Auto Assault, Ryzom, Matrix Online, Horizons, Entropia, Sims, Runescape, Lineage 1, AC1, Dungeon Runners
The funny thing with trials is that it only shows you the very beginning. With most games, this might be enough, but MMOs are a different animal. WoW at level 5 is nothing at all like WoW at level 50, and level 50 is nothing like level 70. While you may enjoy the trial quite a bit, in a week's or a month's time you may have changed your mind.
I agree. WoW's popularity is due to its the dumbed-down MMORPG system, which obviously attracts a larger audience. Not only that, but the South Park publicity stunt helped as well. It's not the best MMO, but a good start.
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Try the game and convince yourself. Seriously no one is going to make a game fun for you as only you can do this yourself. If you don't find it fun no amount of "convincing" by anyone else is going to make it enjoyable.
Games I've played/tried out:WAR, LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, AoC, EQ1, EQ2, WoW, Vangaurd, FFXI, D&DO, Lineage 2, Saga Of Ryzom, EvE Online, DAoC, Guild Wars,Star Wars Galaxies, Hell Gate London, Auto Assault, Grando Espada ( AKA SoTNW ), Archlord, CoV/H, Star Trek Online, APB, Champions Online, FFXIV, Rift Online, GW2.
Game(s) I Am Currently Playing:
GW2 (+LoL and BF3)
WoW's popularity has as much to do with it's polish on release that EQ2 lacked. Along with it's low system requirements and easy to pick up game play. That being said it's end game and PvP is beyond repetitive ever since a few ex-EQ1 devs were hired and started managing the game. Most of the original devs who conceived WoW have long since left Blizzard.
Games I've played/tried out:WAR, LOTRO, Tabula Rasa, AoC, EQ1, EQ2, WoW, Vangaurd, FFXI, D&DO, Lineage 2, Saga Of Ryzom, EvE Online, DAoC, Guild Wars,Star Wars Galaxies, Hell Gate London, Auto Assault, Grando Espada ( AKA SoTNW ), Archlord, CoV/H, Star Trek Online, APB, Champions Online, FFXIV, Rift Online, GW2.
Game(s) I Am Currently Playing:
GW2 (+LoL and BF3)
Its very fun to begin with, the drawback is how long till you get bored of it? For different people it will be different times but you should enjoy it for a few months at least and that definitely makes it worth a try.
WoW's popularity has as much to do with it's polish on release that EQ2 lacked. Along with it's low system requirements and easy to pick up game play. That being said it's end game and PvP is beyond repetitive ever since a few ex-EQ1 devs were hired and started managing the game. Most of the original devs who conceived WoW have long since left Blizzard.
Exactly. It uses a dumbed-down gameplay system. It's easy to play (gameplay, combat, requirements) and get into because of this aspect. PvP is a grind in itself. If you don't see that, you should open your eyes. Those gear infested gamers are boring me, so I quit.
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if you need convincing , that most likely means you havent liked what you have seen so far. Fair enough, the only way to convice you would be you trying it and it being fun for you.
Its not fun for me as i have played that exact same game since MUD's using telnet ( no internet) and am tired of it by now.
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Like what people have said in earlier posts, it a great game if you are new to mmorpg's. Honestly I stopped playing a week or so after Burning Crusades (BC) came out. I have basically moved on to other more challenging games.
But I still think back when I was a level 30 and some "uber" level 60 came around and killed 5-6 other level 30 players sat there and camped the area, laughed the entire time and considered himself not as a PK'er but as a great PvP player....I wonder how they would do in a game where there are penalties for PKing ...do you think they would be laughing when their character turns red from PKing and a real PvPer kicked their butt , took all of their "uber" gear and suffered XP loss? I think it would be funny to watch
Because if you don't you'll be one of the 5 gamers in the Western Hemisphere that hasn't tried it.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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because it has a 10 day FREE trial.
Hello, troll.
I want to argue against what you just said, but I cannot fight with a fellow Vendetta fan... what a great movie.
The funny thing with trials is that it only shows you the very beginning. With most games, this might be enough, but MMOs are a different animal. WoW at level 5 is nothing at all like WoW at level 50, and level 50 is nothing like level 70. While you may enjoy the trial quite a bit, in a week's or a month's time you may have changed your mind.
Just like how EVE is absolutely nothing special for the first month until you prepare yourself enough to get into pvp. Yet, people bash EVE because they only tried the free trial.
What is the best MMO?
"There are two great powers, and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."
John Parry, to his son Will; "The Subtle Knife," by Phillip Pullman
Lol, how do you know he considers himself one or the other(which of course probably is one or the other)? Did you decipher what he was saying? That aside...it would be funny to watch.
Don't bother WoW is past it's prime , wait for warhammer online , it will smash WoW into the ground and make it cry.
oh and by the way . when warhammer is released the only people left playing WoW will be snotty nosed kids that can't afford to play another puter game and people with shitty computers that can't run anything else. i know where i will be thats for sure. and it has hammer in it's name.
Um, can you explain to me how exactly WoW's gameplay is dumbed-down. I agree it's accessible, but haven't found it to be that much different in comparison to other pve games out there. Are you speaking of anything in particular? Classes, controls, UI, character customization, professions? Oh WAIT, IS WOW CHARGING MORE THAN OTHERS? No, I know...GRAPHIX. No? HMM?
What can you do in other games that you can't in WoW?
Grind is in WoW, pointless raiding is in WoW, rather large world to explore. Ok, it doesn't have item decay. Not alot of MMO's do. Skill progression? That must be it. It's not a skill based game. There are very few out there.
The only other thing I can think of is the PvP, which I agree is kinda trash compared to some of the best that have ever done it. World pvp is decent for a system with no penalties, but structered Pvp is all about twinks till of course you reach max cap.
I quit playing wow almost 2 yrs ago only to return a month or so ago due to friends and a few coworkers playing it. It's no worse than any other game on the market imo. It's just a game.
I've never seen so many haters in one area(this site). Like hating this game means anything to the rest of us out there. Either you like it or you don't. Why spend so much energy talking crap about a game when you should be playing the one you like. Right? That's me being practical. Then again I guess I am not following my own advice by posting this.
As for the OP, well try it out....you like it or you don't. Same as any other game. Practical enough for ya?
DON'T DO IT!!!! WoW WILL STEAL YOUR SOUL!!!!!!!
WoW's popularity has as much to do with it's polish on release that EQ2 lacked. Along with it's low system requirements and easy to pick up game play. That being said it's end game and PvP is beyond repetitive ever since a few ex-EQ1 devs were hired and started managing the game. Most of the original devs who conceived WoW have long since left Blizzard.
Exactly. It uses a dumbed-down gameplay system. It's easy to play (gameplay, combat, requirements) and get into because of this aspect. PvP is a grind in itself. If you don't see that, you should open your eyes. Those gear infested gamers are boring me, so I quit.
Um, can you explain to me how exactly WoW's gameplay is dumbed-down. I agree it's accessible, but haven't found it to be that much different in comparison to other pve games out there. Are you speaking of anything in particular? Classes, controls, UI, character customization, professions? Oh WAIT, IS WOW CHARGING MORE THAN OTHERS? No, I know...GRAPHIX. No? HMM?
What can you do in other games that you can't in WoW?
Grind is in WoW, pointless raiding is in WoW, rather large world to explore. Ok, it doesn't have item decay. Not alot of MMO's do. Skill progression? That must be it. It's not a skill based game. There are very few out there.
The only other thing I can think of is the PvP, which I agree is kinda trash compared to some of the best that have ever done it. World pvp is decent for a system with no penalties, but structered Pvp is all about twinks till of course you reach max cap.
I quit playing wow almost 2 yrs ago only to return a month or so ago due to friends and a few coworkers playing it. It's no worse than any other game on the market imo. It's just a game.
I've never seen so many haters in one area(this site). Like hating this game means anything to the rest of us out there. Either you like it or you don't. Why spend so much energy talking crap about a game when you should be playing the one you like. Right? That's me being practical. Then again I guess I am not following my own advice by posting this.
As for the OP, well try it out....you like it or you don't. Same as any other game. Practical enough for ya?
Amen, brother. I left WoW a few months ago because I didn't like the instances and how they worked. I did love playing WoW for a while, though and it IS a great game to get started on. Bash the media and publicity that the game has recieved all you want, 7,000,000 + people wouldn't play a game that sucked so bad no matter what Trey Parker and Matt Stone said. Give it a try- if you get into a good guild and have some RL friends to play with, you'll stay on for a long time and really enjoy it. If not, download Ryzom.
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