Author Topic: World of Warcraft (Read 1413 times)

SunKing · « **Reply #15 on:** June 05, 2006, 10:22:51 PM »

So going in AB and getting rolled in 5 mins or less because all the team are GWL's with BWL on farm status is fun? Not for me.

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #16 on:** June 05, 2006, 10:37:00 PM »

I don't do PVP because it doesn't interest me. I do enjoy the banter while hanging out with guildmates in Molten Core and the challenge of trying to become a better player. All of this with just a few hours a week of play time, and I still win phat lewtz and have fun at the same time.

The reason? I don't do frustrating things, I do fun things. I don't pay to do frustrating things, and now neither do you.

-- Todd/Leviathn

J_A_B · « **Reply #17 on:** June 05, 2006, 11:02:26 PM »

"I'm not trying to make you WOW fanbios quit."

I'm such a fanboy that I quit the game (heh, not much of a fan!) ; Blizzard took it in a direction I dislike. That said, I respect it for what it is, which is pretty much the most successful major MMO to date.

If a dedicated PvP game is what you're after, though, WoW is pretty mediocre. EVE online is a much better PvP game.

J_A_B

nirvana · « **Reply #18 on:** June 05, 2006, 11:24:41 PM »

Phat lewt lolz

My uncle plays...Everquest? I think he has 3 computers, and then he plays on my cousins computer, 4 characters. When he was unemployed for 6 months or so after getting the axe from United, he'd play day and night. Don't know how my aunt puts up with it. I think it's my cousin, he's a brat, and it takes them both to handle him.

Stang · « **Reply #19 on:** June 06, 2006, 01:06:36 AM »

Nerds.

Saintaw · « **Reply #20 on:** June 06, 2006, 03:20:30 AM »

I tried that game for a ew weeks, and was utterly bored after 3 days. Same ole same ole...

I have a LVL20 dwarf warrior that I am willing to sell 1Bn USD, any takers?

Swoop · « **Reply #21 on:** June 06, 2006, 04:22:19 AM »

This is a repost of something I wrote about a year ago on the squad forums:

I'm a sad, sad little gamer. [/size]

MMORGs.

They're stupid.

Everquest, ultima online, rubbish the lot of them. Stupid, repetative little games with no depth and the people that play them are sad shut ins who never see the light of day. Addictive though, by all accounts. Lost a couple of mates of mine for a good 12 months while they were addicted to Dark age of Camelot....or the Dark age of Crack as we referred to it.

And now there's World of Warcraft.

Oh dear.

The two lads I share a house with bought it. Pre-ordered since July last year. I remember a couple of weeks back looking over one of their shoulders and he was sat on a river bank fishing......which involved pushing a key to cast, sitting and watching the little float until it bobbed (minutes sometimes) and then clicking the float to catch the fish. Too soon and it'll get away, too late and it'll get away.

Goooooood grief Penfold!

I mean just go fishing ferchristsakes, you might get a tan ya fat ugly git......and go take a shower, jeez.

And then I got talked into trying it. Not the fishing, the rest of the game.

HELP ME!

Tonight I went fishing in game.

HELP!

It's actually entertaining. Not the fishing.

ARGH!

You actually start to care about your character.......your personification in this fantasy world which sucks you in and never lets go. Hit a boring bit....no problem, just quit the game in disgust thinking "enough of this ****, where's my spitfire?" and ten minutes later you'll be logging back in thinking "I'll just buy that new bow....then I'll show that damn ogre."

Oh GOD SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEASE!

I ****in' hate MMORGs.

P.S. My name is Swoop and I'm a warcraftoholic, it's been 6 months since my last fix.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 06, 2006, 10:10:33 AM »

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Originally posted by SunKing
So going in AB and getting rolled in 5 mins or less because all the team are GWL's with BWL on farm status is fun? Not for me.

Why PVP in a game thats 10% skill 90% gear? You are posting on the board for the best PVP game around, one thats 75% skill25% plane.

WoW is a fun PVE game, the PVP portion is lame.

I play less then 15 hours a week, and I am in a raiding guild, I have pretty nice gear without making it my life.

It is by far the best MMOLRPG out there.

SunKing · « **Reply #23 on:** June 06, 2006, 10:32:46 AM »

Wow the 1st year was actually PVP competitive till the BGs and gear gap ruined it.

But considering I play games online to compete with humans rather than robotic mobs, that is why I'm back to AH2 and should've never left.

This game fits me the best.

Ah2 game requires skill. Anyone can compete regardless the amount of time you spend in game. And the majority of the community is mature.

Perked planes being the ubergear of AH2 don't require 4 hours a day to acquire.

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #24 on:** June 06, 2006, 10:43:23 AM »

Blue Baron once talked about the difference between online air combat sims and MMORPGs. The former is a meritocracy where skill trumps time in the game; you can have people playing for ten years with less skill than someone playing for ten days. The latter is a geritocracy which rewards the amount of time in the game and the amount of time spent playing. You can have the greatest PVP skill known to man, but if you're a level 1 character with no weapons or armor, you're going to get your bellybutton kicked by a pimped out level 60 every time without question.

Different games, different rewards systems. I much prefer a meritocracy, but I can have fun with geritocracies in small doses. I don't play WOW to fight other players, but rather I play it to coordinate with other players. That's the appeal to me, gear or not.

-- Todd/Leviathn

moose · « **Reply #25 on:** June 06, 2006, 12:41:58 PM »

the one thing you're not taking into consideration SunKing is the additions of new servers by Blizz.

I played it when it first came out, got bored, and I didn't want to go back to a server full of 60s.. so I simply found one of the brand new ones and started there. Everyone has a fresh slate, etc. You don't have anyone with the crazy endgame armor, etc.

I just like the Warcraft lore so much that it keeps me addicted. I played all 3 RTS games and its cool exploring the world that you're familiar with from them.

Dnil · « **Reply #26 on:** June 06, 2006, 03:19:12 PM »

3 60s, warrior, hunter, shaman. 2 are on alleria, 1 is on dragonblight

I am the MT for my guild, down to 2 bosses left in BWL. What a ***** some of the fights are. in Full tier 1 with a couple pieces of tier 2. Exalted in AV with all 3 toons, just because I dig the wolf mounts.

Iceman24 · « **Reply #27 on:** June 06, 2006, 03:29:00 PM »

yeah I'm still kicking around in the silvermoon realm, i have a lvl 17 warlock and my warrior is now up to 15, I'm thinking of switching realms but worried my characters will get smoked by higher lvl characters... I've asked a few people in game and they said to stay on silvermoon until you get to at least lvl 20 then you can start exploring around with the pvp's and other realms. Only been playing a few weeks but I like the game allot, can't wait till I get to lvl 40 so I can get some mounts

We should start a aces high guild, i bet allot of people on here play wow as well, we could pwn everyone after awhile

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #28 on:** June 06, 2006, 04:01:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Iceman24
yeah I'm still kicking around in the silvermoon realm, i have a lvl 17 warlock and my warrior is now up to 15, I'm thinking of switching realms but worried my characters will get smoked by higher lvl characters... I've asked a few people in game and they said to stay on silvermoon until you get to at least lvl 20 then you can start exploring around with the pvp's and other realms. Only been playing a few weeks but I like the game allot, can't wait till I get to lvl 40 so I can get some mounts

We should start a aces high guild, i bet allot of people on here play wow as well, we could pwn everyone after awhile

I am on silvermoon as well, you horde or Alliance?

Grayeagle · « **Reply #29 on:** June 08, 2006, 04:48:45 AM »

D&D online atm .. Fernia server.. havin a bit of fun in a laid back guild.

A little more skill required than EQ, and I never have to make furniture again!!

Graphics are top notch, characters are done very well (can have two characters in identical armor, and it looks completely different), and based on D&D meant I had to try it.

Havent been back to EQ2 since release.
(poor Clawd Bawlz, my 60th Rat Assassin!)

My old time D&D characters have returned tho .. Oot, the fighter, Argle, the cleric, Skyl, the rogue, and Fudd ..the Cowar..er ..MIGHTY WIzard!

..and a two 'new' characters .. Grall the psychotic dwarf barbarian, and Cenye, my first experiment with multi-class .. rogue/fighter/barbarian.
Run fast, hit hard,wear plate

Some outstanding environments.. actually jumped when a trap went off I hadn't discerned .. guild is workin up to a Dragon encounter ..major bit of fun

Gone are the 60-person 6hour raids .. D&D raids are 2 groups max, and rarely last more than 2hrs.

Mostly its single groups, 6max, small unit tactics and some skill required.
(you dont just hit the 'attack' key and watch the show .. and live, unless yer tackling stuff that's fodder anyway)

(ie: when the GIANT swings, best to *use* that shield and BLOCK or get squashed

-GE