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[Column] World of Warcraft: Adventuring With Others
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One of the classic features in any MMO is the need and/or desire to group with others to adventure throughout the world In today's WoW Factor, we take a look at the adventuring life. Check it out and then discuss the article in the comments.
I would wager that most of the socializing that does happen in World of Warcraft, and other MMO’s for that matter, is probably among your guild mates. One of the greatest aspects of World of Warcraft is that a vast majority of the players are honestly great people despite what many discussion forums would make you believe. In all of my time playing World of Warcraft however, I have found that the most memorable moments have been the interactions I’ve had with other players. This is where some of the most rewarding things can happen and often all it takes is someone to get the conversation going.
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Originally posted by Arskaaa
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I'm not unfriendly in MMOs but I don't go out of my way to chat it up. The addiction of WOW is character progression, be it gear, acheivements, rep. Even in guilds I tend to mostly listen to vent chat rather than participate. I think a lot of players fall into my category of wanting to get stuff done rather than wanting to make a bunch of online buddies.
I totally agree with what was written in this article and I think it is good advise for any mmo but since this was about wow I'll just stick to commenting on my experiences in that game. I've played wow casually off and on since vanilla days and while it's true that the best experiences have come from actually interacting with other players most of the worst experiences have come from the same. Things like getting screamed at for not already knowing every encounter in a dungeon even if you've never run it before. Being left out of guild runs because you're not a close personal real life friend or relation of the guild officers and general chat that would make a sailor blush or throw up all have been my lot more often then not and usually the reason why I only play for one or two months a year. It's not that I don't encounter that sort of thing in other games especially ftp ones but it has been the worst in wow again at least in my experience.
Other then that very good advise to all gamers I wish more would take it to heart.
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I do most of these things in WoW. I even have a couple of battle.net friends that I've met with the lfg tool for dungeons and stuff, just with a simple hello. We've met up in diablo and starcraft 2 to play together as well. It's sad that they're from a different server in WoW, but we still have fun in other games.
Very nice article, and yes I agree with the points and even try to emulate most of them, though not when I am in a bad mood heh.
I think the old school players find WoW to be more of a single player game with respect to how the old games like EQ1 and old DAoC used to be. You had to group up on most classes to advance, it was not just about doing group content like in WoW. As a result, very deeply rooted communities formed that have lasted for years.
You can't really do that in WoW or in most recent games. The game communities have changed to have less strong ties, but players relate to each other differently now.
I do miss the old ways to some extent, but I don't mind the new ways too. At least there is considerably less drama in WoW these days in guilds, and that is fine by me.
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Most of the "socializing" I do in WoW is joking around in /instance chat. Just being silly, saying stupid things, reading a good joke someone shares, etc.That's with random people.
Don't have a guild, I quit that after I realized my time is more important the any guild leader's can ever be.
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Its terrible advice to talk to another player about their gear to suggest other things
. Reason I say that is because most players would then bite your head off and tell you in choice words what you can do!
Whenever I see players with no gems/enchants or even the correct stat gear and I have tried to talk to them in a nice manner in the past all I get is f-off dude its my game I pay my sub.
Although because of this column I have actually started to whisper people randomly in the game, saw a hunter today with an invisible snake dragon pet whispered him "cool pet".
Great article and advice. Ive played most MMOs, and WoW has a some of the best (and worst) people/community out there. I've had more random interaction and questing with strangers in WoW than any other game. I've recently started to tank, and I won't start a dungeon until I greet everyone. I try to talk throughout, and make sure no one is being overwhelmed. Most people respond very positively. I love meeting people in the world and throwing random emotes at them, shooting a whisper about their cool mount, buffing them, starting small talk as we fish, giving them a drink from the bar, etc. Many people don't respond, but the when someone does, great times often develop. Cross server really brought life into the game, its just a shame you can't share items with them, etc.