Part of the reason I quit World of Warcraft ... was also that the style of my play had become something I no longer enjoyed. There is a very mechanistic way to go about your business in WoW that is deeply counter to my nature. I like discovering my entertainment via an intuitive process, and it seemed to me that the game was essentially "about" running Molten Core over and over again to get a complete set of of numerically maximal lootz. I could see this point approaching, like the bright eye of an onrushing locomotive, and decided that I would rather slam my dick in a car door.
I'm not quitting... but that "the game begins at level 70" bullshit is just that.
Posted by Matt at January 14, 2008 07:24 PMMy greatest enjoyment in WoW comes from exploring the game, seeing new places, new quests... with my main at 70 largely out to pasture, I'm basically starting again with different races and classes, and I'm having fun with that. There are zones I missed the first time 'round, different ways of doing things with a different class, some new content that's popped up in the interim. I don't *like* power-levelling in a race to the top (although I admit, having high-powered friends to help out now and again is rather... heady :D ) because that misses the parts of the game I like best.
For me, the game ends at 70. I'm mostly solo, I frankly suck at math, and I get stressed when I'm rushed-- with that combination, I'm never going to raid. I do wish I could see that content, and get some of the cool gear and mats you can *only* earn from raiding, but I don't need that kind of stress. It's a tradeoff I can live with; I just have to remember sometimes that I'm not a power gamer and I never will be. I mean to focus on the aspects of the game I *do* enjoy, and the friends I have there. And maybe go outside every once in a while.
Posted by: Gris on January 15, 2008 12:43 PMI like seeing new stuff, and playing with my friends. So, I'm having fun playing the druid, and I'm trying to go to zones I didn't level my 70 through, and I think it'll be neat to get him out to Outlands, and it's easier to get the gear that is itemized for the class, but... I can see a time when I stop playing, because I've done most of what I want to.
Posted by: Matt on January 15, 2008 03:31 PMThis is one of the things that I have observed in my friends who play a load of WoW. It is one of the main reasons I have not played - the thing about gaming to me is the experiential aspect of it. Just running through the hoops in order to accumulate ticks on a wantlist of goodies does not appeal to me - either in face to face or online.
Chuck
Posted by: Kaiser Chuck on April 3, 2008 09:56 AM