I'm thinking about getting WoW

[DiscoDave]

Its been a while since I've played a MMO for a considerable amount of time, the last one I played regularly was Ultima Online.

First questions is : Are the experienced players harsh to the new people? I don't particularly fancy joining and getting slated for being a noob and whatnot.

Hows the PVP? I loved UO for the PVP and community etc, but its dead now so that was why i left it (mainly due to additions made to the game that made it a bit boring)

And just generally speaking, is it a good game to play? I know MMO's can get quite addictive, and i loved UO.

So go on then, convince me

Cheers

David

Edit: I'm trying to get the trial but it seems off fileplanet and IGN downloader im getting poor speeds even on my 10MBit connection

[Guest]

It sounds good, I played it for a couple hours and it wasn't too bad. Better than EQ anyway

[bitWISE]

1) For the most part people just ignore you or their nice. If you do or ask something really retarded we might give you shit for it but if someone is really annoying you can just put them on ignore. What really helps is getting into a guild that can help teach you stuff and beat hard quests.

2) I'm not much of a PVP player but its great fun. They have entire zones that are dedicated to pvp, one is CTF, one has command points to capture, and the other i haven't played. You can also fight anywhere in the world if you feel like whiping out a small city just for fun.

3) Yeah, I'm not as hooked as I used to be but 6 months later I still can't get enough.

4) If you want to do me a HUGE favor, before signing up for your real account, if you enable a trial account that I give you and then pay for service I get a free month of play. I could paypal you half the reward or you could do it just to be nice :icon26:

[brisk]

Starting WoW with the summer just around the corner... are you insane?!?

[Guest]

Ya rly

[mjrpes]

Are you one of those people who likes to explore every part of a game? If so, WoW will keep you busy... for months...

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[l0g1c]

Wanna buy an account?

[Crispie]

Dont, the games not nearly as big as you'd think. It only takes 10-15 minutes to walk from the east to west coast of a continent. The size of the game compared to real life is a couple cities at most. Its mostly grind, and endgame is the same(you do the same instance over and over to prepare for the next instance gear wise, and so on in one big cycle). As far as PvP, it sucks nuts, unless you've had the character for at least half a year, you can't be anything special, too gear dependant, and gear has inflated so much that now your life spikes up and down, its all about who can 2 hit you the fastest. Trust me, its repetitive, mindless, garbage. I wish I hadnt wasted half a year on it.

[SOAPboy]

Its been a while since I've played a MMO for a considerable amount of time, the last one I played regularly was Ultima Online.

First questions is : Are the experienced players harsh to the new people? I don't particularly fancy joining and getting slated for being a noob and whatnot.

Hows the PVP? I loved UO for the PVP and community etc, but its dead now so that was why i left it (mainly due to additions made to the game that made it a bit boring)

And just generally speaking, is it a good game to play? I know MMO's can get quite addictive, and i loved UO.

So go on then, convince me

Cheers

David

Edit: I'm trying to get the trial but it seems off fileplanet and IGN downloader im getting poor speeds even on my 10MBit connection

Harsh people, Ya but like any game theres both sides of people..

PVP, dont be stupid, roll on a pvp server.. Illdian is a decent server, with decent people, with decent guilds.. I made the mistake of rolling on PvE TWICE, Finally playing on a PvP server.. ALOT more fun knowing your ass can get cut down at any min..

Dont, the games not nearly as big as you'd think. It only takes 10-15 minutes to walk from the east to west coast of a continent. The size of the game compared to real life is a couple cities at most. Its mostly grind, and endgame is the same(you do the same instance over and over to prepare for the next instance gear wise, and so on in one big cycle). As far as PvP, it sucks nuts, unless you've had the character for at least half a year, you can't be anything special, too gear dependant, and gear has inflated so much that now your life spikes up and down, its all about who can 2 hit you the fastest. Trust me, its repetitive, mindless, garbage. I wish I hadnt wasted half a year on it.

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10 min across a continent? Maybe on a bird, but walking. fucking lol.. Sounds to me, your just bitter about getting beat down a few times.. Fuck, gadgetzen to org on a bird is 8 min.. know how long of a run it is? Of course you dont, because your talking out of your ass..

Or.. possibly, you never played MMOs before.. EQ, same thing, Gear grind.. Welcome to every MMO ever played, except CoH..

[bitWISE]

It probably takes 15 minutes to walk across each zone. I wouldn't want it any bigger unless there were teleports between cities like diablo 2.

[losCHUNK]

Dont, the games not nearly as big as you'd think. It only takes 10-15 minutes to walk from the east to west coast of a continent. The size of the game compared to real life is a couple cities at most. Its mostly grind, and endgame is the same(you do the same instance over and over to prepare for the next instance gear wise, and so on in one big cycle). As far as PvP, it sucks nuts, unless you've had the character for at least half a year, you can't be anything special, too gear dependant, and gear has inflated so much that now your life spikes up and down, its all about who can 2 hit you the fastest. Trust me, its repetitive, mindless, garbage. I wish I hadnt wasted half a year on it.

this is tr00 (except maybe the world being 10 mins long)

which is why i didnt agree with it to much and disagreed more with them taking my money

but yea... MMO... grinding..... not much else to expect really

and even though the world is big, from what i seen of it... it was mostly the same.... it changed from grass to barren lands etc but the layout was pretty much the same

few trees, a group of monsters, maybe an epic building or a farm.

[SOAPboy]

It probably takes 15 minutes to walk across each zone. I wouldn't want it any bigger unless there were teleports between cities like diablo 2.

Yeah.. he prolly made an orc or something, and left valley of trials, saw the water, and went "WTF THATS IT?"

[Crispie]

I meant on a mount, sorry if you misinterpeted me(and if you did take me too literally, then it would probably take an hour to travel from east to west coast on walking mode). Ill give you a better idea, a 5 minute drive down the freeway will get you from top of the continent to the bottom. :P


And yes, I have played on a friends account who had all tier 2 epics (and some nice feral gear from Ahn Qiraj). I still hated the gameplay, it gets old and repetitive. My tier 1 geared Shadow Priest also got old fast. And this was both on Shadow Moon, a pvp server.

[SOAPboy]

I meant on a mount, sorry if you misinterpeted me(and if you did take me too literally, then it would probably take an hour to travel from east to west coast on walking mode). Ill give you a better idea, a 5 minute drive down the freeway will get you from top of the continent to the bottom. :P


And yes, I have played on a friends account who had all tier 2 epics (and some nice feral gear from Ahn Qiraj). I still hated the gameplay, it gets old and repetitive. My tier 1 geared Shadow Priest also got old fast. And this was both on Shadow Moon, a pvp server.

Even on a mount, north to south, on either continent is well over an hour of running, and nobody RUNS that far, everyone gets a port, or takes a flight path.. which, again takes 15 min sometimes...

Feral Druid? No wonder you hated it.. Shadow Priest? maybe you just hate casters?

Or hell, maybe you just dont like MMOs in general..

[bitWISE]

I cant wait for flying mounts. The whole, "the original world wasn't built for flying mounts" is just plain lazy though.

[SOAPboy]

I cant wait for flying mounts. The whole, "the original world wasn't built for flying mounts" is just plain lazy though.

Agreed.. eventually tho i think they will expand where they are used.. think they just dont want 60s bombing in as huge groups into lowbie towns..

[bitWISE]

I cant wait for flying mounts. The whole, "the original world wasn't built for flying mounts" is just plain lazy though.

Agreed.. eventually tho i think they will expand where they are used.. think they just dont want 60s bombing in as huge groups into lowbie towns..

You mean 70s. Have to be 70 to get it. I think it's because they were lazy with the design and there will be places for a flying mount to get stuck in many zones. Not to mention zones like Ashenvale where the trees would like super gay from the sky. Then there is probably some loading issues if you're hauling ass through the air into a zone where you really shouldn't have access.

First thing I'm going to see how high up I can fly and then see how far I can slow fall

[SOAPboy]

I cant wait for flying mounts. The whole, "the original world wasn't built for flying mounts" is just plain lazy though.

Agreed.. eventually tho i think they will expand where they are used.. think they just dont want 60s bombing in as huge groups into lowbie towns..

You mean 70s. Have to be 70 to get it. I think it's because they were lazy with the design and there will be places for a flying mount to get stuck in many zones. Not to mention zones like Ashenvale where the trees would like super gay from the sky. Then there is probably some loading issues if you're hauling ass through the air into a zone where you really shouldn't have access.

First thing I'm going to see how high up I can fly and then see how far I can slow fall

Yeah 70s.. Still trying to get used to the whole idea of 10 more levels.. lol

[Geebs]

I wish I hadnt wasted half a year on it.

I dread to think what would have happened if you liked it

[Grudge]

Starting WoW with the summer just around the corner... are you insane?!?

[plained]

i going to get it.

im not going to play it though

[Jackal]

It's fun up until about level 50, then the grind really kicks in (though it's nowhere even remotely as bad as FFXI). The problem is that, like an MMORPG, the game itself is complete shit. No matter how good you do there's always some hardcore loser out there who's mom is paying for him to play 27 hours a day who will have better gear than you.
The instances get old after you've been through them a couple of times. In fact the only good thing about them is getting rare drops, but then half the time you're with other people who will say "ZOMG I NEED THAT KNIFE CUZ IM STAB-FOCUSED" and you wont get anything.
The graphics are sub-par. The storyline is shit.

Anyways, it's a fine game for a little while but all of the good stuff is at the front end. The end game is terrible boring and you will invariably come to the realization that you are paying to have your time sucked away from you. If there was ever a backwards way of engaging with life the MMO dynamic is it.
Time = money. The $20/mnth thing may not be that hard to handle but I eventually came to realize that there's no way they can afford to buy my time.

[Fender]

The problem is that, like an MMORPG, the game itself is complete shit. No matter how good you do there's always some hardcore loser out there who's mom is paying for him to play 27 hours a day who will have better gear than you.

Except for maybe GuildWars. Max armor/weapons/etc are all available from crafters and collectors at a reasonable spot in the 1st chapter and VERY early in the 2nd chapter. Gear is not really a deciding factor unless you are competing in the higher ranks of the GvG ladder. Even then the differences are relatively minor.

[Ryoki]

Starting WoW with the summer just around the corner... are you insane?!?

[Jackal]

The problem is that, like an MMORPG, the game itself is complete shit. No matter how good you do there's always some hardcore loser out there who's mom is paying for him to play 27 hours a day who will have better gear than you.

Except for maybe GuildWars. Max armor/weapons/etc are all available from crafters and collectors at a reasonable spot in the 1st chapter and VERY early in the 2nd chapter. Gear is not really a deciding factor unless you are competing in the higher ranks of the GvG ladder. Even then the differences are relatively minor.

I have GWs and it is definately an exception to the rule. Having said that though I never play because I don't understand it at all.