01-18-2005, 10:19 PM
I have not played MMORPG's before WoW. I played the euro-beta for a week or so, but quit because it felt like a waste of time. I don't understand what's the point. I'm a big fan of Warcraft 3 and have been playing it actively for two years, so I thought I might like WoW, but that's not the case. Gah, it seems like I can't explain exactly what's wrong. I'll jump around from one point to another, try to bear with this mess.
Well, I liked WC3 mostly because of the competition, it's always fun to get better and better in something and compete with others. Is there such an element in WoW? Of course there's a skill element in PvP, but how important is it? Does the "stronger" character usually win? What I've read, it's largely about the match-up ie. some classes simply beat up others.
I thought that it'd be fun to enter a fantasy world, so to speak. I don't know what it is, but I never seem to get the same feel of immersion as when I read a book or even play a pen & paper RPG. Perhaps it's different in the RPG servers. Where I played, there was far too much things that reminded me of it being just a game (stupid people, respawning of monsters [I should probably elaborate here], inane quests etc) .
WoW takes so much time. If I am to get anywhere I need to spend vast amounts of time on it. And if I don't, I can't really play with my friends because they'll be so far ahead of me. Also, it's easy to get caught playing. When I've spent hours hunting different creeps and running around doing repetitive quests I can really feel my life draining away. It's not even fun.
The social aspect is one of the main attractions in WoW and MMORPG's in general, I would think. That's one aspect that doesn't appeal to me (I don't get along with people generally and am somewhat of a hermit) so I'm better off playing single player RPG's with well-written stories.
I hate running/flying around! It feels like such an awful waste of time.
The reason I wrote this is because I'd like to hear what is it that you like about WoW, why do you play it? What makes it fun? What am I missing? I certainly don't mean to mock WoW or its fans. Anyway, I only played it to lvl 20, is the real fun in high levels and if so, what would that be? I have limited free time, why should I spend it on playing WoW instead of reading for example?
(Why can't I express my thoughts better?)
Well, I liked WC3 mostly because of the competition, it's always fun to get better and better in something and compete with others. Is there such an element in WoW? Of course there's a skill element in PvP, but how important is it? Does the "stronger" character usually win? What I've read, it's largely about the match-up ie. some classes simply beat up others.
I thought that it'd be fun to enter a fantasy world, so to speak. I don't know what it is, but I never seem to get the same feel of immersion as when I read a book or even play a pen & paper RPG. Perhaps it's different in the RPG servers. Where I played, there was far too much things that reminded me of it being just a game (stupid people, respawning of monsters [I should probably elaborate here], inane quests etc) .
WoW takes so much time. If I am to get anywhere I need to spend vast amounts of time on it. And if I don't, I can't really play with my friends because they'll be so far ahead of me. Also, it's easy to get caught playing. When I've spent hours hunting different creeps and running around doing repetitive quests I can really feel my life draining away. It's not even fun.
The social aspect is one of the main attractions in WoW and MMORPG's in general, I would think. That's one aspect that doesn't appeal to me (I don't get along with people generally and am somewhat of a hermit) so I'm better off playing single player RPG's with well-written stories.
I hate running/flying around! It feels like such an awful waste of time.
The reason I wrote this is because I'd like to hear what is it that you like about WoW, why do you play it? What makes it fun? What am I missing? I certainly don't mean to mock WoW or its fans. Anyway, I only played it to lvl 20, is the real fun in high levels and if so, what would that be? I have limited free time, why should I spend it on playing WoW instead of reading for example?
(Why can't I express my thoughts better?)