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First things first, this isn't a thread for WoW criticism. I don't really care how much you think it sucks compared to X game or how you think Y mechanism stinks. Keep that elsewhere, like an MMORPG discussion thread or something. Anyway, I reactivated my account the other day (about a week ago), and got back into playing. Got a few characters and decided to level up my Priest... It's only level 14. My main's a 66 Shaman, though. Oh, and my realm is Emerald Dream. I know it's a longshot to find someone from the forums who even plays WoW, let alone play in Emerald Dream, but oh well. xD Anyone?

2008-12-04 01:22:00 Author: aer0blue Posts: 1603

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I WANT to play it, but the fact that I have to pay on a monthly basis turns me off :/ I've played it at my friends' houses, and it's pretty dang awesome, though =D

2008-12-04 01:27:00 Author: Stix489 Posts: 2080

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I used to think the same thing, Stix...until I started playing it. No longer did I care about the monthly fee(that much). You can just buy those prepaid cards at a video game retail store, anyway.

2008-12-04 01:39:00 Author: aer0blue Posts: 1603

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I WANT to play it, but the fact that I have to pay on a monthly basis turns me off :/ I've played it at my friends' houses, and it's pretty dang awesome, though =D exactly what i was going to say i played the trial and its amazing i might get it one day

2008-12-04 02:24:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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i had it for a little but paying was a sad thing for me since i had no money still a fun game

2008-12-04 02:41:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246

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I used to play, but I never managed to get a character past level 40. Idk, I just got bored. :/

2008-12-04 02:53:00 Author: Code1337 Posts: 3476

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i played it way back for about a year. stoped for 6 months then played again for another 2, then finally stopped playing and never picking it up again, never got to 70 lol. I guess real life got in the way. I do really miss it and tempted to pick it up again. but meh i'll think ill play smaller games, the ones with an ending =D it was fun while it lasted

2008-12-04 02:54:00 Author: BinkTGH Posts: 15

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LEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Someone HAD to say it >_>

2008-12-04 02:55:00 Author: Stix489 Posts: 2080

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Aero seriously don't get back into it. I played since release and just quit recently, only to be hooked on another game..LBP. haha But yeah, it's very addicting and very good...but the player base is a complete bunch of morons looking for attention. Finding mature people to play with in WoW is like finding money in my bank account.

2008-12-04 06:03:00 Author: Neverynnal Posts: 374

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Aero seriously don't get back into it. I played since release and just quit recently, only to be hooked on another game..LBP. haha But yeah, it's very addicting and very good...but the player base is a complete bunch of morons looking for attention. Finding mature people to play with in WoW is like finding money in my bank account. Agreed. That's why I'm playing with real-life friends. LBP turned me off with Cool Levels, so WoW will have to do until that's fixed.

2008-12-04 06:07:00 Author: aer0blue Posts: 1603

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I've thought about it before, but I'd rather not try it so I don't get addicted. Don't need something else taking up space in my life. I do play RuneScape though, and it's nice and easy to quit that for a game like LittleBogPlanet.

2008-12-04 06:09:00 Author: BassDeluxe Posts: 984

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I also was going to play it, but from what I've heard it can easily ruin lives, and I don't want to take the chance, + I played it once, got to level 2 and got bored, lmao. I don't know, I just don't like games that aren't 1080p Lmao...

2008-12-04 06:51:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino Posts: 5250

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I heard it's super addictive and I really don't want to take the chance. Exams this year.

2008-12-04 20:51:00 Author: Killian Posts: 2575

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WoW for life... 76 DK right now. Getting kinda lazy since I will be getting little big planet soon. 19 days

2008-12-05 04:50:00 Author: Unknown User

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I've stoped MMORPG forever. I get easily to addicted and become crazy. I liked wow but it has the same problem has any mmorpg. The point of it is to grind. The longer you grind the longer you pay the monthly fee. O does that coutn has a criticism? I used to play Lineage 2 also. Getting level 70 on wow was pretty much a piece of cake compared to Lineage high levels.

2008-12-05 04:55:00 Author: Unknown User

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I use to play as well, I have 4 characters at level 70, and another at 60 something... But this was I think 3 months ago. A month before the new expansion there was some problem with my credit card expiring. When I sorted it out I was off the credit card automatic plays and was onto the pre-paid game cards. But by then, the patch just before the new expansion had come out, with the expanded level trees and all that stuff. I could have gotten back into it, but I was doing well over 20 hours a week raiding and so on. to be realistic, it was more like 40 hours a week. The server I mainly played on, Norgannon, was a quiet server and the Australians were not the best. I tried a bit on the Oceanic servers which are better time zone and player base wise, but I was not too motivated to transfer and learn all the changes they've made to the game with the expansion. I've actually got the expansion disk and a game card, but have not installed either of them. Maybe some day I might go back, but it's nice having the free time. 20 hours a week is a fair chunk of it. So now I focus on LBP more. I probably spend as much time on that as I use to on WoW. But I don't know, LBP just feels a whole lot more constructive and a whole lot less a grind in comparison to WoW. It just has a better feel and atmosphere, with less people sulking about not being on the top of the game. With LBP, there is no top. Do what you want, when you want, with a chance to express your own creativity. Sure there is acing the story mode, and trying to get as many hits you can with levels you have created, but it's by no means the be all and end all of the game. I like the change of pace.

2008-12-26 13:18:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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It's on my "to do" list. Sadly, I got 9 new games over Christmas, and hadn't opened Saints Row 2 or Battlefield BC or Gears 2 yet. So it'll be a while. If there is however, a place where you can get a LEGITIMATE trial that lasts more than the normal 14 days I see advertised, I may think it worth the effort to get it running on my laptop. Anyone know of anywhere? Still, I'm looking forward to it when I get the chance!

2008-12-26 14:05:00 Author: flakmagnet Posts: 1084

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I used to play Runescape, got really high, then I realised.. it was not worth it, they are to addictive. (On the topic of MMPORGS) I tried WOW once, quite good but I don't want to get addicted again, I just got off the wagon.

2008-12-26 15:50:00 Author: Boomy Posts: 3701

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I used to play Runescape, got really high, then I realised.. it was not worth it, they are to addictive. (On the topic of MMPORGS) I tried WOW once, quite good but I don't want to get addicted again, I just got off the wagon. Same, can't believe how much time i've spent on runescape...

2008-12-26 20:40:00 Author: oldage Posts: 2824

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Same, can't believe how much time i've spent on runescape... Mustn't.....ask...level....must....contain... *guh*

2008-12-26 20:46:00 Author: Boomy Posts: 3701

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I could have gotten back into it, but I was doing well over 20 hours a week raiding and so on. to be realistic, it was more like 40 hours a week. The server I mainly played on, Norgannon, was a quiet server and the Australians were not the best. I tried a bit on the Oceanic servers which are better time zone and player base wise, but I was not too motivated to transfer and learn all the changes they've made to the game with the expansion. BLASPHEMY and LIES I SAY! Jokes lol. A lot of aussies arent the best. Usually we are either really good or really bad hehe. ANYWAY! I hate to say it but... I PLAY IT *Gasps for air*. Im not out of play time until about march, but I have bought like 3 new games here in america (New releases are like 40 dollars less than australian new releases when you convert it!) so sadly I dont think i will be playing my 3 week old lv 27 Blood Elf Paladin. My only character too he he. I'm fairly new but i know what im doing. Im on the Detheroc realm sorry guys . BUT! That means that i have like 2 10 day trials left! So ill just give you one (Or two if u want 20 days) but if you want em ill have to get mack from NY first. Thattl be on the 8th of Jan.

2008-12-28 03:14:00 Author: Unknown User

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Not exactly, but I do have Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, Maybe I will get it some day

2008-12-28 06:48:00 Author: BloodFlameX Posts: 349

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It's on my "to do" list. Sadly, I got 9 new games over Christmas, and hadn't opened Saints Row 2 or Battlefield BC or Gears 2 yet. So it'll be a while. If there is however, a place where you can get a LEGITIMATE trial that lasts more than the normal 14 days I see advertised, I may think it worth the effort to get it running on my laptop. Anyone know of anywhere? Still, I'm looking forward to it when I get the chance! Why would you want more than a 14 day trial? You can buy the original game without the expansions quite cheaply here now, like $10 or $20. That will give you one month to play. If you wanted to extend that, get a game card which is $40 here for 2 months of play. If you get the game without expansion discs though it will likely be an old version. That means maybe a 3gb (yeah, 3 gigabytes) of downloads to update. I know it's not free, but it's realitively cheap (ignoring the downloads). If you wanted to make the most of your 14 days, just cut down or cut out your other game playing. But then you might get addicted to the game, but I think that's the plan anyway.

2008-12-28 17:35:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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I'm surprised at how many people go "this game will ruin my lief!!1!1!"... Really, people. All things in moderation and you'll be fine. That applies to everything. You don't see me playing WoW 8 hours a day... Just a couple of hours and I'm fine. It's deep enough for the hardcore gamer, but it's also light enough for a more casual audience. I fall somewhere in between. ...I'm still doing that 24-hour WoW Marathon whenever possible, though. ;D

2008-12-28 17:43:00 Author: aer0blue Posts: 1603

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Why would you want more than a 14 day trial? You can buy the original game without the expansions quite cheaply here now, like $10 or $20. That will give you one month to play. If you wanted to extend that, get a game card which is $40 here for 2 months of play. If you get the game without expansion discs though it will likely be an old version. That means maybe a 3gb (yeah, 3 gigabytes) of downloads to update. I know it's not free, but it's realitively cheap (ignoring the downloads). If you wanted to make the most of your 14 days, just cut down or cut out your other game playing. But then you might get addicted to the game, but I think that's the plan anyway. As I said, I've got a lot of games to get through after the Christmas period. If there was a month long free trial, it'd be worth the time of getting it onto my laptop. As there isn't at the moment, I'll wait until I've finished the 12-13 high stack of games I've barely played before installing it on my PC (which is located on the main TV in the house) instead.

2008-12-28 22:07:00 Author: flakmagnet Posts: 1084

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Yeh lol. I have about 5 games now (5 new unplayed PS3 games from america) so THAT will be ruining my life. WOW is seriously addictive, and I held off buying it for about 3 months because I was afraid it would take over my life (LOL). I'm fine though. It's easy to handle. If you just think "It will take AGEES to level" you will be fine. When I needed to stop playin COD2 I would just say to myself "Whats the point? I run around and shoot someone to get a point but it never ends...". So if you have been thinkin about buying it, get it. Get the battle chest, it's a bit cheaper that way and you get Burning Crusade :3.

2008-12-30 20:11:00 Author: Unknown User

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To complete before I would consider paying for WoW: Saints Row 2 Mirror's Edge Tomb Raider:Underworld MK vs DCU Bioshock Legendary Prince of Persia Gears of War 2 Left 4 Dead Smackdown vs Raw 09 Battlefield BadCompany Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty Resistance 2 Haze Mario Galaxy Super Paper Mario Folklore Lego Batman Crash of the Titans (By the time I've got throught those, I'll also have Halo Wars and Resident Evil 5 to finish too!) So that's why I would need longer than 14 days to bother trying to get it to work on my laptop to make it worth my time.

2008-12-31 09:59:00 Author: flakmagnet Posts: 1084

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Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty Excellent choice. Never gotten the chance to play WoW. But I like the ideas of MMORPGs.

2008-12-31 10:01:00 Author: Unknown User

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To complete before I would consider paying for WoW: [Long list here] (By the time I've got throught those, I'll also have Halo Wars and Resident Evil 5 to finish too!) So that's why I would need longer than 14 days to bother trying to get it to work on my laptop to make it worth my time. Well, if that's the case, I don't think you will ever play WoW, to be brutally honest. There will always be more games, and there will always be good games coming out. Some of those games easily have at least 20 hours game play to finish them, and if you play 3 hours a day, then that's 1 week per game. If you keep having the sentiment "I won't play WoW as I suspect it's addictive, takes up a lot of time, and I want to give my full attention to it when I finally get around to it"... well, honestly, I just can't see that happening. I'd just try the trial casually if you would ever treat it like a casual game, or just ignore the game completely. It's not like the world will end if you never play WoW, just the same as if you skipped any other game that is on your list. If you really, really wanted to set aside time for a game like WoW... and said I won't until this, this and this is done... and then stuck to it.... well... Gaming is a hobby, at least for me. It should not be a chore.

2008-12-31 20:05:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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Well, if that's the case, I don't think you will ever play WoW, to be brutally honest. There will always be more games, and there will always be good games coming out. Some of those games easily have at least 20 hours game play to finish them, and if you play 3 hours a day, then that's 1 week per game. If you keep having the sentiment "I won't play WoW as I suspect it's addictive, takes up a lot of time, and I want to give my full attention to it when I finally get around to it"... well, honestly, I just can't see that happening. I'd just try the trial casually if you would ever treat it like a casual game, or just ignore the game completely. It's not like the world will end if you never play WoW, just the same as if you skipped any other game that is on your list. If you really, really wanted to set aside time for a game like WoW... and said I won't until this, this and this is done... and then stuck to it.... well... Gaming is a hobby, at least for me. It should not be a chore. I played WOW for a couple years. And being the type of gamer I am, you can't play WOW casually and really have fun. I found myself being committed in a guild (I actually ran one for over year) raiding and had to tell my friends i couldnt hang out cause i was raiding and felt that was lame. But they set it up intentionally that you dont get jack out of it unless you invest a lot of time therefore making you play more

2008-12-31 20:57:00 Author: Hamsalad Posts: 2551

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Level 70 Dran. Shammy. Proudmoore Realm. I don't play anymore though.

2008-12-31 21:10:00 Author: DRT99 Posts: 431

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Gaming is a hobby, at least for me. It should not be a chore. You might be right about WoW, I may never get round to it. But if anything I've said in the topic earlier gave the impression that I view gaming as a chore, please disregard that. Gaming is a MASSIVE hobby of mine, and my favorite. Yes, I do take what I feel to be a sensible approach to it in order to make sure I actually get my money's worth out of a game, as it's not always a cheap hobby, but I LOVE gaming. There is nothing else hobby-wise that compares. The thing is I want to try WoW. I'm almost certain I'm going to like it. My problem is just ensuring that I give it the time I feel it deserves.

2009-01-01 12:45:00 Author: flakmagnet Posts: 1084

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I have wanted to play WoW, but two things put me off the purchasing of it: A) Monthly cost which is actually quite expensive...not your usual XBOXLive Price. B) If I did accept the cost I would have to buy "Time Cards" everytime my month/s were running out due to the fact I don't have a Credit Card I have tried the trial and even tried some "PRIVATE" server. But they're not the same since instantly your a level 70 and I'd actually like to do the quests on my own.

2009-01-01 12:56:00 Author: harrypmgaga Posts: 114

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I played WoW for almost two years and I know just how addictive you can get. I warn all of you who want or consider beginning with it, like Elbee said, if you want gaming to be a hobby and not a chore and if you're not absolutely sure that you can handle your gaming i strongly disencourage you to begin.

2009-01-01 15:06:00 Author: Marklin80 Posts: 458

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sorry i play the competition FFXI online i played wow for a bit till FFXI came out (i still have my account )

2009-01-02 02:30:00 Author: Haruka-Ash Posts: 18

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sorry i play the competition FFXI online i played wow for a bit till FFXI came out (i still have my account ) FFXI came out long before WoW did. I played Diablo 2 for 2 years, then FFXI for 2 years, then promptly quit that and played WoW for 4. I stick to one game for long periods of time, so the monthly fee really didn't bother me (I would have paid more buying new single-player games). But yeah, I agree when Elbee said LBP is much better than WoW, for the simple fact that you can turn it off at any time and not worry about having accomplished anything or leaving someone in the dust (in a raid for instance). I also bought the expansion and a 2-month playing card, but they're sitting here in plain sight just waiting to be E-Bayed. I guess LBP has taken over for the next 2+ years lol

2009-01-03 01:22:00 Author: Neverynnal Posts: 374

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I'm actually playing WOW again, the name is Kmiller624, kmills11. Add me. I do really like the game the only bad thing is those **** PAYMENTS!

2009-01-07 00:21:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246

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It was fun playing up to 70, but after that, I quickly got bored as I don't have the time to revolve my entire life around it. Unfortunately, if you don't revolve your life around it, you can't get anything done except play some PVP which gets old after a while as gear plays a huge factor so you end up dying a little too much.

2009-01-07 03:15:00 Author: Voltiare Posts: 646

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The fees are not too bad. In Australian dollars is about $20 per month, and a new game costs anywhere from $60-120 dollars, averaging about $80-110. Considering that WoW is quite a well thought out game and they are constantly evolving and tweaking it, I would consider that good value. A friend of mine use to say that he felt compelled to pay every day or else he felt he had waisted his monthly subscription. I replied to him that it's actually less than $1 a day to play, and you pay more for, say, buying a cup of coffee. You don't have to pay every day, and if you use game cards, you can stop paying and have extended breaks. You can do that with credit card payments as well, but you need to let Blizzard know about this directly. Still though, it's kind of wierd reading Neverynnal's description of buying the expansion and a game card and then not using them. That's what I've done, and it is a bit odd. Well, maybe some day I'll go back. It's just that my realm, my contacts and my credit card all came up short just before the big expansion. It would be kind of like starting the whole thing all over again, despite having level 70 characters. I just wonder what the point is.

2009-01-07 11:22:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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nevermind i can't even play the game unless i can install the whole game on my external harddrive. Am i allowed to do that?

2009-01-07 12:44:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246

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I believe so. I DON'T THINK it breaches any terms of agreement, my friend was a big WoW nut and he had his game installed to a USB key, so he could plug and play almost anywhere.

2009-01-07 12:47:00 Author: flakmagnet Posts: 1084

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I also used to play a LOT on Emerald Dream EU. I had a gnome mage who looked exactly like David Letterman and named him Letterman of course.

2009-01-07 12:47:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391

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I quit WOW after quite a while, but I must say, it was superb. I love MMORPGs but have not played one in ages, so they're not really my thing anymore.

2009-01-10 11:08:00 Author: Bear Posts: 2079

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So, I took the plunge and sorted out a trial account. I'm a level 6 (count it, 6!) Orc Hunter on Blade's Edge named Rotankar. I'm enjoying it so far and have bought the retail game online so I'm awaiting it's arrival, but I can't see myself using it for more than getting to lvl 60 and having explored the world. But, then again, that's probably how it starts...

2009-01-11 20:50:00 Author: flakmagnet Posts: 1084

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Do yourself a huge favor flak. Get rid of the game and never ever EVER touch it again. You've been warned.

2009-01-11 21:32:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391

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I used to play this, it's not bad for a few good times. I hate that it basically forces you to be addicted to it, though. Unless you want to spend hours upon hours doing dungeons over and over to get good gear, you're basically screwed in the endgame. And personally, I level up really fast. I vowed to quit MMORPGs for good.

2009-01-12 01:38:00 Author: Foofles Posts: 2278

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Do yourself a huge favor flak. Get rid of the game and never ever EVER touch it again. You've been warned. Warning came too late. Thanks for trying! It's got it's proverbial claws into me already!

2009-01-12 16:07:00 Author: flakmagnet Posts: 1084

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I used to play this too. Before Wrath of the Lich King ... I quitted ... Yeah. It forces you to be addicted to it ^^" Why I quitted? Well after you reach the lvl cap. Its not that fun anymore ... Well you can always ... get richer by boring yourself on professions, or get "Uberized" Equips from doing "ALOT" of Arenas ... which are often populated by bots anyways .... your pick.

2009-01-14 10:46:00 Author: Senrir Posts: 126

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I always did raids and PvE content. In general I tended to hate PvP. Let's say you manage to kill someone, that's a win for you, right? Well, the person on the other end might be having a bad day, maybe just grinding out some honour, and you just made their day worse. I know there have been times when I've been PvPing on bad days, and it's just awful to do. I just can't bring myself to do it, so I tended to just heal in PvP. And I never, ever did arenas. It just looked far too stupid, laggy and annoying in concept to have any appeal what-so-ever. Before people start beating me over the head with a wet towel, let me just point out that the above paragraph was all opinion rather than fact. I'm entitled to an opinion, and I did not state that PvE was better than PvP. It's just that I never really enjoyed that side of the coin. I like to co-operate, explore and challenge myself against a story, rather than go through battlegrounds or PvP. And it's not that I NEVER did PvP, or never enjoyed it at times, it's just that it was by no means my primary area of focus. But in general, you can become addicted and bored whether you take a PvP or PvE route.

2009-01-14 21:06:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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ya it forces you to become addicted based on the fact of how the process of getting any worth while gear is obtained. It forces you to be in a raiding guild (you can PUG some but good luck) and spend a few hours generally in a instace with people and the guilds make you usually put 3 days aside for it.... and thats not all... you have to farm gold otherwise you wont survive (basically you have to work in the game to repair...get stuff to boost you for raids or get new enchants on your stuff) I played wrath after i quit and i didnt feel like leveling again (even though BC i had nearly 4 70s one was 67 and i gave up on him. And the concept of the arena is actually awesome and very fun if you like PVP it was the best "IDEA" they had for PVP. But, how it could be minipulated and what it turned into made it not so great; and whoever said the thing about it being filled w/ bots i have no idea what your talking about or what server you played on but i've never heard anything about bots or seen them nor would i view a bot as a challange anyway. but it eventually turned into the same "cookie cutter" classes dancing around objects to prevent line of site or the most annoying of all classes the druid just puts instant heals on their partner and runs around in cheetah form while you try to chase him

2009-01-14 22:11:00 Author: Hamsalad Posts: 2551

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ya it forces you to become addicted based on the fact of how the process of getting any worth while gear is obtained. It forces you to be in a raiding guild (you can PUG some but good luck) and spend a few hours generally in a instace with people and the guilds make you usually put 3 days aside for it.... and thats not all... you have to farm gold otherwise you wont survive (basically you have to work in the game to repair...get stuff to boost you for raids or get new enchants on your stuff) I played wrath after i quit and i didnt feel like leveling again (even though BC i had nearly 4 70s one was 67 and i gave up on him. And the concept of the arena is actually awesome and very fun if you like PVP it was the best "IDEA" they had for PVP. But, how it could be minipulated and what it turned into made it not so great; and whoever said the thing about it being filled w/ bots i have no idea what your talking about or what server you played on but i've never heard anything about bots or seen them nor would i view a bot as a challange anyway. but it eventually turned into the same "cookie cutter" classes dancing around objects to prevent line of site or the most annoying of all classes the druid just puts instant heals on their partner and runs around in cheetah form while you try to chase him Right to the point Oooh I had a 70 Druid ^^" ... You actually just need to use stealth when healing xD

2009-01-15 13:21:00 Author: Senrir Posts: 126

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