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Some questions about WoW
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Post by
Arberian021
Is it really worth paying 15$ for month ?
Do you like playing on starter edition accounts ( F2P and P2P got different types of fun when playing WoW )
Does WoW need new changes to be more attractive ?
Why do you think WoW has lost about 4 million subscribers?
Which was the best expansion according to you ?
Is WoW a complicated game ?
Write what do you think!
Post by
Uuneya
Prepare to be critted by my big wall o' text!
On the one hand, $15 a month for hours of entertainment is much cheaper than other media like cable TV, going to the movies, etc. On the other, there are a lot of great new games out there which are F2P or P2P (e.g. Guild Wars 2). I always seem to come back here though.
The WoW starter account is pretty worthless imo, it's way too restrictive. They should at least bump it up to level 40 or 50 and let people join guilds if they want to use it as a way to entice new players.
Despite all the complaints, for many years WoW managed to balance the desires of hardcore raiders, hardcore PVpers, casuals, roleplayers, and farmers (not gold farmers, but people who just like grinding). I've never seen a game before or since that had as many strong, vibrant sub-communities - most games have one main community and maybe a single second sub-community that no one really cares about. Imagine if WoW had only raiders and then twinks - that's what most other games are stuck with. I think WoW should keep adding things that can entice new players without being too resource-intensive (pet battles are a good example) instead of trying to increase veteran player retention. And I say that as someone that's been playing since vanilla.
I don't think it's possible for us to know. Maybe the people who read those forms we fill out when we quit know, but then again I've quit a couple times over the years and sometime I just fill out whatever so I can hurry up and cancel already. =P But it doesn't matter what me or my friends think, we're too small a group to be representative of the population at large. Anyone who thinks their personal experiences speak to the community at large needs to take a course on statistics (and maybe logic).
Anything but Burning Crusade. BC was tedious, especially holy pally healing. Lich King gave us the first beautiful expansion and was the first time I was truly invested in the storyline, plus fun encounters like the ICC dungeons and the tournament. Cataclysm redid pretty much the whole world, and has some of the best writing I've ever seen in any Warcraft game (no joke, I cried multiple times). And Pandaria is the richest, most vibrant setting in the game. I loved just about every minute of this expansion - even the dailies! - with the possible exception of archaeology (20 of each type to get the achievements and you have to keep solving over and over to get pristine versions? That's just cheap, make it like it was in previous expansions where after you finish it the first time you're done).
WoW has a billion freaking buttons, and I think it's too many. But I don't want them to get rid of flavor abilities - in fact my shammy wants his water breathing back, thank you very much! - but I think DPS/healing rotations need the bloat removed. Any rotation gets boring eventually, so keep them simple - a handful of buttons at most - and make the actual fights more interesting. I'll use my rogue as an example: knowing when to use CDs like smoke bomb, shadow blades and cloak of shadows? Fun. Having to fuss over things like which mob has the combo points, and refreshing Slice and Dice? BORING!
Post by
theridan
1) Is it really worth paying 15$ for month?
IMO, yes it is. It’s entertainment and look what we pay for TV, smart phones data plans, even our cup of joe at Starbucks. $15.00 per month for a pretty smooth running game is fine by me.
2) Do you like playing on starter edition accounts ( F2P and P2P got different types of fun when playing WoW)?
I never played F2P so I can’t answer this one.
3) Does WoW need new changes to be more attractive?
This is an opinion based question and therefore everyone will have their own answer.
For me I have never like rep grinds that are locked to a toon (or rep grinds at all for the most part). If I unlock rep with a faction I would like to be able to get what that faction has to offer for all my toons, but that’s just me.
4) Why do you think WoW has lost about 4 million subscribers?
It’s an ever changing world and Cata ran off a lot of players, WoW has never been toppled but there are always new games (PC and console) that pull players away and RL as well. People take breaks and some never come back, it’s a cycle.
5) Which was the best expansion according to you?
I really liked Burning Crusade (started playing a few months prior to its release) and I really like MoP. The community was almost “giddy” when BC came out and that to me has been lost ever since.
6) Is WoW a complicated game?
It can be if you’re a min/max number cruncher and feel the need to top the DPS charts but IMO it is not once you understand what goes into your character. It is far easier now then it was in BC though with the new talent system and WoD looks like it will be even easier with base stats on gear changing.
To a brand new person I can see it being a bit overwhelming at first but if you join a guild that is helpful and read sites this one and Noxxic and Icy Veins you should be able to jump right in.
Post by
Jkpman
Is it really worth paying 15$ for month ?
Yes, What does $15 get you games wise? Nada, Maybe the odd game on steam, You'll still have stuff to do in WoW even after you've 100%ed GTA V, or gotten sick of having your parentage and sexuality questioned by a squeaky voiced 12 year old on *Insert Shooter here*
Do you like playing on starter edition accounts ( F2P and P2P got different types of fun when playing WoW )
No
Does WoW need new changes to be more attractive ?
Yes it needs to stop catering to the lowest common denominator and accept that if things are too hard, and represent a challenge, that not all people can get to overcome that challenge and see that boss, then thats perfectly OK.
Why do you think WoW has lost about 4 million subscribers?
9 year old game still kicking ass, time marches on. Why do you think WoW still has over 7 million subs?
Which was the best expansion according to you ?
Wrath
Is WoW a complicated game?
As bad as some people are, no it's not, really it is quite simple, even easier now with sites like WoWhead, Noxxic, Icy Veins and the like.
Post by
Monday
Yes, What does $15 get you games wise? Nada, Maybe the odd game on steam, You'll still have stuff to do in WoW even after you've 100%ed GTA V, or gotten sick of having your parentage and sexuality questioned by a squeaky voiced 12 year old on *Insert Shooter here*
Pff, I got both Skyrim and Oblivion for $15 on Steam. And both of those > one month of WoW.
Post by
Jkpman
Yes, What does $15 get you games wise? Nada, Maybe the odd game on steam, You'll still have stuff to do in WoW even after you've 100%ed GTA V, or gotten sick of having your parentage and sexuality questioned by a squeaky voiced 12 year old on *Insert Shooter here*
Pff, I got both Skyrim and Oblivion for $15 on Steam. And both of those > one month of WoW.
Well of course you can bring out anything from the Bethesda catalog but do you get a game of the caliber of Oblivion every month? (personally I though Skyrim was somewhat lacking compared ot both Morrowind and Oblivion)
I was talking long term wise, not in the context of game of the year games that appear once in a blue moon.
Try this comparison my friend. WoW $15 or Vampire Rain Xbox 360 $40
WoW played every day for several hours
Vampire Rain - Uninstalled and listed on Ebay after 2 hours.
And both of those > one month of WoW
That depends, I took a break from Skyrim to play WoW, and honestly if I wasn't a WoW player of 9 years standing the other games would not have gotten a look in.
Post by
Monday
I dunno. WoW's fun and all, but there are many other games at its caliber or greater. With steam sales, you can easily find a game for less than $15 that will keep you occupied for a month.
But I digress. I'm not trying to say WoW is bad or anything. I thoroughly enjoyed it for a long time. There's just other deals that can be just as good.
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