I'm considering buying a 60-day gametime card (so I don't decide to pay for another month over and over until I'm paying $15 and playing for less than three hours a month) to one MMORPG, but I'm not completely sure which. The only MMORPG's I've put a good amount of time into are WoW and Age of Conan. I'm thinking it would be better to pay for Age of Conan now and then try WoW again when Cataclysm comes out. I'm only about 1/3-1/2 way finished with reaching endgame in each game, so I'm really undecided.
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Is WoW worth it at this point?
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What you have seen is an ad for the new 40 odd level dungeon just opened in the game, its for training the new Dungeoneering skill.
Runescape has its dungeons, and its buildings and world map, follow the link below, click hold and scroll around there is a key and stuff also.
http://tip.it/runescape/html/world_map.htm
I think you answered your own question. Ultimately, you'll have to decide what $15 a month is worth to you. I mean that is a meal and one or two beers.
i'm quitting wow, it's very boring and it's all about grinding gear, grinding gold, grinding honor.. theres not much "fun time" left, it's all about working your ass off to get gear, and then flash it in orgrimmar.
i'd rather wait for Diablo III og play something completely different, like portal, half life, CS, TF2, L4D2, or whatever
i'd rather wait for Diablo III og play something completely different, like portal, half life, CS, TF2, L4D2, or whatever
i'm quitting wow, it's very boring and it's all about grinding gear, grinding gold, grinding honor.. theres not much "fun time" left, it's all about working your ass off to get gear, and then flash it in orgrimmar.
i'd rather wait for Diablo III og play something completely different, like portal, half life, CS, TF2, L4D2, or whatever
They've killed world PvP by basically taking everyone out of the world to do instances, battlegrounds and raids now. Cataclysm has also made the old world much more dangerous for lower levels wandering through contested or enemy territory, as there are more high-level guards and NPCs about. Blizz is catering to those gear-headed morons who enjoy grinding and all that.
If you're "thoroughly enjoying it" now, you prolly will like it more later on. WoW is one of those games that any RPG fan HAS to try. To the end...if not stay for "gear grinding" or whatever. There are different guilds that cater to different lifestyles and social interation, etc. I think there's actually like a Facebook for WoW that Napster or some big shot made. I forgot the name. This is a HUGE game with lots of content and music, and "archtecture" and stuff for the PVE player, and there's lots of PVP and economy interaction.
You know what the largest wiki on the internet is?
Trick question...it's not WoW.
It's Wikpedia.You know what the second largest wiki on the internet is?
WoWWiki!
That's kind of a personal choice, don't you think? I've played since 2004 and I am definitely a grown adult with a full-time job and an education. I don't feel as though I've wasted my time because I've enjoyed it a lot.
Fair enough - but please enlighten us to your favorite gaming experience so we have some idea of where you're coming from...
Played WoW for a solid year, dropped out just after Lich King. We were on a heavily unbalanced PvP server, and by that time I was tired of grinding and being constantly ganked, so I decided not to upgrade.
I must admit, I do get a bit of a tug when I see my old chars and screenshots, so when I received my new comp a couple weeks ago I started a free account just to see what the fps would be on my new machine. I realized that I don't actually enjoy <i>playing</i> WoW anymore, I just like the <i>idea</i> of WoW, if that makes sense.
I must admit, I do get a bit of a tug when I see my old chars and screenshots, so when I received my new comp a couple weeks ago I started a free account just to see what the fps would be on my new machine. I realized that I don't actually enjoy <i>playing</i> WoW anymore, I just like the <i>idea</i> of WoW, if that makes sense.
WoW is not just a game anymore. It's a "phenomenon" actually. If you think it's childish, or whatever, that's just either a type of game you don't like...or perhaps you're an ex-WoW-addict that blames the game for your loss of girlfriend, wife, family, dog. Nowhere in history has a game became such a staple name across the globe. I don't think even Pac-Man has achieved this.
I mean, you can say ALL games are "childish". If you weren't wasting your time on trivialities like video games and internet forums, you could be a "grown-up" and go get 2x40 hour jobs and do something productive with your entire waking life!
I mean, you can say ALL games are "childish". If you weren't wasting your time on trivialities like video games and internet forums, you could be a "grown-up" and go get 2x40 hour jobs and do something productive with your entire waking life!
i'm quitting wow, it's very boring and it's all about grinding gear, grinding gold, grinding honor.. theres not much "fun time" left, it's all about working your ass off to get gear, and then flash it in orgrimmar.
i'd rather wait for Diablo III og play something completely different, like portal, half life, CS, TF2, L4D2, or whatever
For the hard core, it is a lot about gear. After all prestige is killing bosses and showing off gear collected as a result of it.
For the hard core, it is a lot about gear. After all prestige is killing bosses and showing off gear collected as a result of it.
I believe Blizzard once revealed that the majority of their subscriber base is the "casual player".
I mean, WoW has A LOT of subscribers so of course you're going to run into the "hard core" every now and then. Plus, ppl who are "casual" about this game aren't likely to talk about it all the time or post on internet forums / blogs about WoW. So most WoW players are actually silent while it seems that everyone you DO come across talks about "gear".
Recently, EvE Online was a very decent experience for me. But that's done.
As for my favourite gaming experience, the kind that got me really excited? Those days are long gone. I've found nothing that will hold my interest over the last few years that I could truly call "great."
Here were the real gems of gaming (and yes, it's my opinion, but it's also an opinion backed by great taste.
Maniac Mansion (1987)
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988)
Defender of the Crown (1986)
F-19 Stealth (1989)
F-14 Tomcat (1988)
Pirates! (1987)
Pirates! GOLD (1993)
Civilization I (1991)
Civilization II (1996)
(I'm not sure how to feel about CIV III and IV. The graphics are a big distraction, but they do work.)
Rise of the Dragon (1991)
Fallout (1997)
Fallout 2 (1998)
Escape Velocity: Nova (2002)
Morrowind (2002)
AVP 2 (2001) - the only shooter that deserves a place on this list
Red Storm Rising (1988)
The Total War series is quite brilliant as well, though I've only played Shogun and Rome.
I think the problem might be that I've just outgrown games, at least the kind that are big at the moment.
For me, the Golden Age of gaming lasted from about 1985 to around 2001 or so, with the real meat of the era being in the 90s.
I'll make an exception for Morrowind in 2002 because with mods and all it was really able to draw me in. But by then it was pretty much over for me and "new" games. Big on graphics, short on story.
Interesting to note that these were the days when the game manuals (maps, extras and all) were almost as important and central to one's enjoyment of the games as the games themselves. I recall the Pirates! manual increased my interest in the game and entire historical period a hundredfold. Games of this era left so much to the imagination. I miss that.
It was a feast for the brain and the imagination. Nowadays, it's all about sensory overload. Probably why I do more reading than ever these days.
I think games really lost it for me when they tried to mirror our visual and spatial reality by going (or attempting to go) first-person 3D. I didn't buy it.