World of Warcraft addict.. well almost
polycounter lvl 18
I pursposely avoided this game since it was released as I swore I would never pay monthly fees to play an online game. Well after a few years of talking co-workers into joining the Battlefield series bandwagon (and having countless hours of fun) reading the posts on Polycount regarding W.O.W. fun, I finally gave in and let them talk me into trying W.O.W. (It was actually very cheap with a 30 day free trial.) I will have to admit.. it is a very exciting, and involved game that really has an excellent knack for pulling you in.. but I am sure you all know that..
The real main reason for this post, is to poll all the Polycounters, and see if I can't muster up some good tips, strategies, advice etc to build a strong character, not be PvP'd so easily, or amass large quantities of gold etc.
Also, I am sure there was an old post (but I couldn't locate it) where Polycounters posted there character names and world they usually play on. I have found that I am often on when most of my co-workers / friends are not, and I am cursed to soloing most of my time playing. Not that that is a bad thing, but I have hardly played in any of the instances since most are a "group" or "party" adventure. I know I can probably hook up with a variety of people online when I am, though I find it more fun to play with people I like and know.. Thus I am looking for Polycounters who may have characters on Thorium Brotherhood or Anderhaul servers (sp?)
For the record I have a few characters "HunterLogan" and "Flaggstaff".. feel free to look me up..
Post your tips, info characternames etc here.. thanks..
(BoBo.. while searching some old posts I see you are a total addict, hehe .. I havent talked to most of the old Polycounters in well over a few years.. I wouldn't mind catching up with all of you..)
The real main reason for this post, is to poll all the Polycounters, and see if I can't muster up some good tips, strategies, advice etc to build a strong character, not be PvP'd so easily, or amass large quantities of gold etc.
Also, I am sure there was an old post (but I couldn't locate it) where Polycounters posted there character names and world they usually play on. I have found that I am often on when most of my co-workers / friends are not, and I am cursed to soloing most of my time playing. Not that that is a bad thing, but I have hardly played in any of the instances since most are a "group" or "party" adventure. I know I can probably hook up with a variety of people online when I am, though I find it more fun to play with people I like and know.. Thus I am looking for Polycounters who may have characters on Thorium Brotherhood or Anderhaul servers (sp?)
For the record I have a few characters "HunterLogan" and "Flaggstaff".. feel free to look me up..
Post your tips, info characternames etc here.. thanks..
(BoBo.. while searching some old posts I see you are a total addict, hehe .. I havent talked to most of the old Polycounters in well over a few years.. I wouldn't mind catching up with all of you..)
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I like to get outside at some point during the day. Playing games like this would spell ultimate doom for my marriage and life.
fuck it...
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Now that's the spirit!
There's a definite lack of things for a solo gamer to do.
Personally I've avoided it. Short, and being able to put it down are two qualities I like in games:P
Seems like it would be very addictive at the higher levels with some friends playing. Personally I don't have the patients to sit by myself and grind away for hours trying to hit the high levels so I can play with my mates.
That and every time I think of playing it I can always think of a heap of things I could be doing that are a lot more productive in real life. Although I do sometimes pump $15 into it if I'm stuck at home sick for a few days and my brain's to messed up to do anything else.
As for your character I'd highly recommend picking a class that can have a pet/minion, especially if you do a lot of solo play. They can tank for you and make the game a fair bit more interesting. I started as a Warlock myself and personally could not see a reason to play as any other class , they just don't seem as interesting to me.
I think the biggest let down for me was not having anyone to play with. I prefer playing with people I know instead of some random dudes.
-caseyjones
ive never gotten to 30 even. I start addicted, but I get bored too easily..its a pretty world, but ultimately I'm not a social gamer, and the 'social' things to do dont appeal to me.
There's a definite lack of things for a solo gamer to do.
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QFT. Unless you want to join a guild, or really want to get into the social aspect, soloing is a pretty shallow experience.
every time i resubscribe i spend more time playing with UI mods and crap than actually playing. i think the early game (1-30) progresses too slowly for solo play. and i really cannot find a class i enjoy.
love the art, the ideas and enviroment but the classes bore me. some of the art needs to be loved on some more (human male model and animations are terrible! no weight at all to them). would love to be able to get engrossed i the game but i just cannot..
then the whole thing with my ex being addicted/substituting WoW for reality and finding other guys to talk to on it.... er.. bitter? hahaha no.
Yeah a guy I worked with at Best Buy has something like a year of game time played...
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I had that much play time on my favorite character in Dark Age of Camelot.... And 100+ days on at least a couple others and a dozen other level 50's....
MMO's are bad.
/me goes back to the City of Villians forums...
I'll never play it.
A: Dont like MMO games at all or social/multigaming. (were it a solo RPG I'd have loved it)
B: Refuse to pay 15$/month for a game I already had to pay $50 to buy.
C: Have better uses of my time.
Fun anecdote:
I was in Walmart with the GF awhile back just idly browsing the computer games section when an employee walked up and asked if I was looking for a computer game and if I knew much about games.
Humoring him I said, "well maybe. I have a lot of games that I've yet to finish and dont really need another. Im just looking"
At which point he picked up the WOW box and proceeded to talk non-stop with his eyes firmly affixed to the floor for 10 minutes about how awesome WOW was and that I should buy it, etc. We could be friends online if we played, blah blah.
Like...this guy hadnt spoken to an actual person IN person in years/months. Super creepy. He wouldn't even let me interrupt him, we just had to walk away. Quickly.
When i started playing, i had no idea what i was getting into. I was innocently wanting to see my friend's art... and forever later, im still playing (he however is not at Blizzard anymore). If i knew then how i'd be playing now... i wouldn't have continued.
If you want to build a good character, i'd suggest finding, and playing with good people. If the sweet epic gear is your thing, it may be difficult to get into an established raiding guild who is doing the second and third tier raids - because honestly, it is a very slippery slope. That isnt to say it is impossible, you can level your characters up, get into a guild, get some experience with the raiding and how you need to adjust your playstle to fit into 10, 25, or 40 man raids, and just go with it. Learning and understanding the mechanics of the game makes it easy
Gold is pretty easy when you hit 70 (i left 4 zones unquested on my 70 priest... made 600 in one zone alone), you just need to not buy everything you see on the Auction House like i do
I still really enjoy wow. I lead our raids, lead up our strategies, and help coach our crew of players into defeating stuff with the help of the other officers and leaders of the guild. I genuinely find a lot of it still fun, even the stuff everyone groans and whines about (Heroic Shattered Halls trials ftw).
There is a lot of stuff in the game that saddly will go by the way side with the level 70 cap, such as the older raid instances. We sometimes go back to them to have fun, and even though its retardely easy... its still fun to go back and experience that stuff again. The Nefarian fight is probably still one of my favorites, and we're planning on poking around and killing Kel'thuzad after we can remove the entry-level 10 man raid instance from our schedule.
Just have fun with it, and if you're bored... try to fix it, or stop playing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazi...;pagewanted=all
oh noes!!!
...too funny.
- BoBo
I still stop by an old roommate's house and watch him do some of the instances though, and it's fun watching his guild and thier strategies.
Hey, if you have fun playing it more power to ya.
Oh yeah, fan art comic:
http://www.blizzard.com/wow/screenshot.aspx?ImageIndex=100&Set=64
The Life of the Chinese WoW Gold Farmer
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazi...;pagewanted=all
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Earns an equivalent to 30c an hour... DDAAYYYAAMM!
-caseyjones
man the soap box....sorry.
I refuse however to be the people that "speak" wow. I can not stand when people call people "noob" or pronounce "lol" (lawl). *twitch.
I seperate game world from reality. I don't go to work talking about what i did on wow. If i want to chat about wow, i get on ventrillo, when playing wow, and talk to the guys that are playing it.
I spend time with my family for a cuple of hours and work on my computer(art) or play wow for a cuple of hours.
just don't let it consume you. I know a chick that owns 2 or 3 accounts because she could not stand to see someone waste all that time spent. so she keeps up the accounts and plays on 6 or 7 60-70 level characters. *twitch