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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 09:49 Post subject: Getting bored with WoW... |
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I'm sad to say it, but it's looking like I'm reaching the end of my WoW days.
I hit lvl60 a few weeks back and since then have spent my time getting Lightforge Armor, playing the Battlegrounds and raiding MC. I'm BORED!
Grinding from 1-59 was a blast and I loved every minute, but I find I now spend most of my time faffing around while waiting in BG queues!!
As a Paladin, raiding is dull and at times irritating as you watch loot, which you can put to good use, get passed by you as your not on the Priority list. Add to the mix the DKP system, which does nothing but favour the people with far too much time on their hands and you have Raids that add up to nothing. As a casual player it's impossible for me to outbid someone.
With my life at the moment I have alot of time to play video games, but not always in one long chunk. I might have an hour here, and hour there. But not 3-5 hours in one stretch. WoW when you hit lvl60 doesn't cater for players like me. Battlegrounds take one hour to get into, then in the case of AV, can take 3-5 hours to finish. I usually log off long before I get into the Battleground.
So...that's what I stand atm. I have a lvl60 Paladin, lvl52 Rogue and 4 other low lvl characters which i can't bring myself to level. Having had a great time with WoW I think I'm finally starting to move on....but to what?
Anyone have any suggestions? I've got Guild Wars but it didn't grab me when I first tried it. I want a Pick up and Play MMORPG really. I can't commit to 3 hours for a instance run, it's not healthy and it's not always fun.
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 10:13 Post subject: |
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Guild Wars is nice. You don't have the lvl pressure there. I just play wow on freeservers with much higher max lvl etc.
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 10:16 Post subject: |
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Have you tried EQ2? I find that game much better when it comes to casual gamers. There's no PvP to ruin your little hunting trip and there's lot of solo content in the game. Sure, there are instances that take time, but you don't have to play them to have fun. If you only have like half an hour or so, you can always craft or do some short quests.
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 10:17 Post subject: |
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agree there, Eq and eq2 is great games!
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 11:00 Post subject: |
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MC is boring, I understand where you are coming from. I swear if i do anymore MC runs ill go nuts. But BWL is so much different, its actually fun, especially right after Vael where you have to keep killing the whelps and move while doing it. If you are still bored you should take a long break from playing it and then come back to it later on.
Here is us today taking down Vael. BTW our loot system is different, it doesnt matter how much DKP you have, all the loot is passed out equally, for example I have around 70 DKP, and if a paladin got something before my turn will probably come up next. Its actually worked out pretty well for everyone. Also I understand how paladins get the shaft on loots, it sucks, either its more for warriors or its more for casters.

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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 11:08 Post subject: |
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like are you teh pro, and can farm bwl?
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 12:14 Post subject: |
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HAHA, try to one hit onyxia ^^ i have, in a private server though:P
Reality is booring...
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 13:42 Post subject: |
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 13:59 Post subject: |
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i have a social life, the only times i sit on a pc is when im at school, maby 30-60min a day at night and when it`s weekend i play 3 hours, if im not on a party or playing poker etc.. therefore, you can have a social life if you play wow, i think wow rules but you dont have to spoil it all away in a week.. do like me ^^ i think my self that it can be alot of playing when im home in the vacations in the night, or in the weekends, it can be up to 3 hours..! then im tired!
Reality is booring...
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 14:01 Post subject: |
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MariusED wrote: | i have a social life, the only times i sit on a pc is when im at school, maby 30-60min a day at night and when it`s weekend i play 3 hours, if im not on a party or playing poker etc.. therefore, you can have a social life if you play wow, i think wow rules but you dont have to spoil it all away in a week.. do like me ^^ i think my self that it can be alot of playing when im home in the vacations in the night, or in the weekends, it can be up to 3 hours..! then im tired! |
i mean, its easier to not get that addicted.. you can go in an out much easier than in eq, wow, ao....
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 17:37 Post subject: |
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Its because like all other MMORPGS they only focus on grind.. there is no RPG. its a big massive grind fest until you top out and then you grind again until they release an EP during which point you go back and grind your first character some more.
People are slowly coming out of the trance fancy graphics puts on them and finally realizing that these games are essentially nothing. There is no challenge other than, how much time can you put in to it.
Instanced worlds and other things that don't change (in 99% of RPGs the world doesn't actually change, so what does it matter if its persistent?) don't lend themselves to immersion, or attempting to do something more with your character other than level. If players had an effect on the world, if they could shape its development, then you might see a great joy coming from playing MMORPGs.. as it stands now, EQ and all the EQ derivatives are crap.
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 20:00 Post subject: |
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get some friends and go party?
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 20:42 Post subject: |
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Wanna know why you got bored? Because wow fucking sucks. The only gameplay element in it is to make sure that you reach lvl60 ASAP and can get on spanking some noobs...
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 21:15 Post subject: |
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I don't find the instances boring as such, they just take far too long and you get very little return. Plus all guild use the same crappy DKP system which always favours the hardcore players (and why shouldn't it). If there wasn't such a high time requirement I would continue playing. But as it stands 3-4 hours a night or 5 hours for a weekend raid is more than i'm willing to give.
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 22:02 Post subject: |
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about time.. I got bored after 3 days in the beta
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Posted: Mon, 9th Jan 2006 22:11 Post subject: |
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Dunge wrote: | about time.. I got bored after 3 days in the beta |
i also got kind of bored in the beta ^^
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Posted: Tue, 10th Jan 2006 02:28 Post subject: |
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end game in WoW isn't that fun...
but end game in GW is!! however, until you get to the end game the game is pretty boring... Im on my 6 char and still dont have UAX... /sigh
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Posted: Tue, 10th Jan 2006 08:32 Post subject: |
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CLDragon wrote: | end game in WoW isn't that fun...
but end game in GW is!! however, until you get to the end game the game is pretty boring... Im on my 6 char and still dont have UAX... /sigh |
damn you, then i have to kill that dude you have to kill to make the story goes on, haven't done that yet =\ You know the dude inside... The bonus is to kill him in 90sec or something
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Posted: Tue, 10th Jan 2006 12:31 Post subject: |
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I've started playing GW, and although it's nice, it hasn't grabbed me as quickly as WoW did.
I'm still not settling to a Professions and don't even want to think about the second profession.
I'm guessing something like a Warrior/Monk would be the same as a Paladin...
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Posted: Tue, 10th Jan 2006 12:45 Post subject: |
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Spike_UK wrote: | I've started playing GW, and although it's nice, it hasn't grabbed me as quickly as WoW did.
I'm still not settling to a Professions and don't even want to think about the second profession.
I'm guessing something like a Warrior/Monk would be the same as a Paladin... |
Its real fun in GW atm, its Tournament thing
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Posted: Tue, 10th Jan 2006 23:14 Post subject: |
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crossmr wrote: | Instanced worlds and other things that don't change (in 99% of RPGs the world doesn't actually change, so what does it matter if its persistent?) don't lend themselves to immersion, or attempting to do something more with your character other than level. If players had an effect on the world, if they could shape its development, then you might see a great joy coming from playing MMORPGs.. as it stands now, EQ and all the EQ derivatives are crap. |
Dark & Light maybe?
Anyway, I never played MMORPGs (except if you count Diablo 2 which I played about 12-14hrs a day at some point)... Can't stand PvP twats picking on the little guys, don't wanna spend 15€ a month when I can only play a couple hours a week, can't stand the datatransfer they use (my ISP still has a maximum data transfer you can have per month) and definately can't stand all the pointless chitchat coming from some ppl...
Try NWN, Gothic, Nox, DS,... all pretty nice SP rpgs without interference... sure, the world doesn't change, but it's still good for a gaming session and u don't need the 15€/month...
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