Question for ya'll who play WoW:Follow

Ok, I'm thinking of cracking finally and buying WoW. The other alternative is Guild Wars. I just ran over to the WoW board to ask people who had played both their take on things, and I noticed something. The WoW board has 93 visitors right now. The FFXI board has 328. Am I missing something? Because I thought WoW was the One Game To Rule Them All... have that many people quit playing?

Ahh. Ok, that makes me feel better. I've been hearing some negative things about WoW, and I didn't know if the game was already dying or what. Cool beans. =)

Most Wowers specialize in ******** and complain about ganking. Its like its there job.

the only thing Ive found so far not so good about the game is there needs to be more high end game content.but by the time you get up there the expansions should be out soon

Well, I'm going to be going against the grain on this one:

If you plan on playing WoW at an endgame level, find something else to play.


After having wasted entirely too much time in the honor system and raiding grind and acquiring the best items possible, I have to look back and ask myself just why I did it.


The PvE is unimaginative. It's fun enough the first time through, I suppose, but even that is in doubt these days.


Why? Because even on a new server, you're going to be playing second fiddle to another guild, or joining them in the mindless farming.


All of the guilds that have a chance at being "The first", or one of the first, guilds to do new content are already well established. They're all full, with a waiting list 100 people long. Even those who are merely the 'top of the server', no matter how far behind they are vs the rest of the world, have plenty of people wanting to join them.


All of the servers already have established raiding guilds. You will not be able to create a 100% new guild that can raid without bringing them in all from out of game. You will, without doubt, end up taking people who quit their old raiding guilds, or were kicked out, or were left guildless when it disbanded due to drama. They will, invariably, explain how to kill every boss that they have been to, which, at this point, is almost certainly all of MC, and most likely quite a bit of BWL, and some of AQ.

Failing this, there are guides all over the net for all of the bosses.

Ah - But what about when they release new servers? Well, the second and third best guilds on servers want to be on top - So they move to a new server. Or a bunch of experienced players from across the game get the message out they plan on making an uberguild from day one, and they end up on that new realm.




If you plan on playing casually - Sure, get it. Great game for that, plenty of fun to be had!





However, if you leveled at a decent rate in FFXI, and will be spending a similar amount of time playing WoW, you will hit cap very quickly.




The issue with the endgame is, unfortunately, the nature of MMOs.



Of course, all of this is based off of my opinion. WoW is a good game - don't get me wrong! But when I play games, I play them pretty heavily, and it's not any fun when you're forced into being far behind guilds who end up releasing strategies for the encounter. It takes the challenge out of the endgame, and if it's easy, what's the point in doing it? Because of the way things work, heavy and medium population realms that were around in the beginning are almost permanently well ahead of everyone else. They had the critical mass to get the endgame rolling sooner, and with the raid lockout timer, and gear being a huge part of things, this allowed them to get a more than healthy head start.





The expansion *Might* fix some of the issues. With level 70 being the new cap, the endgame epics will be better than 70 dungeon blues, but not my an overwhelming margin. This will be the chance for a more even playing field, and we might even see some newcomers dethrone one of the current uberguilds.

I have not played Guild Wars...and having heard that the level cap is at 20...nor would I ever want to....

My experiences with WoW however, have been good

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That's a problem I ran into end-game, finding a guild that had people in it with decent personalitys who raided on a weekly basis. It actually took me around 3 weeks I think to find a guild that met my slim requirements....

End game pvp SUCKS if you're a casual gamer, though I played a very gear dependant class so this might not apply to everyone. What I thought once reaching level 60 was that it would be more even in the battlegrounds compared to going up against twinks all my days before then, but no. Now I was up against epic monsters with 100% mounts. Though Blizzard is implementing the .5 tier sets...it's really not helping as far as going up against BWL and AQ equipped players.

So, on average, how many people are online between the times of 5pm-12pm?

No man, I mean how many Assylumites are on their server between that time on most days?

I might just turn back on my WOW subcription and get back in with you all. The whole Smoggy thing drove me away the first time.

what time zone?

After having wasted entirely too much time in the honor system and raiding grind and acquiring the best items possible, I have to look back and ask myself just why I did it.
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i know a butt load of top end EQ players asking themselves the exact same thing. after 500 aa points, level 75 and all the latest and greatest gear.......why?

same with any game. if your playing for the golden ring, you will ALWAYS end up at the top, looking back, and asking....why?

if your having fun, what you are playing is the game for you. period.

if your just putting in your time to get to the golden ring......your wasting your time. period.

WoW is very time friendly. ffxi is less. guild wars is less time friendly than WoW, and more time friendly than ffxi. WoW has things to do if your not in a group, guild wars does not, you are in a group fighting, or your doing nothing. kind of like D&D online.

guild wars is like most pvp games, fun for a while, but fades quickly. wow is pretty much the same level of entertainment untill you reach the very top, then it is lacking.

my kids love WoW, my kids do not understand guild wars. so, i have 2 WoW accounts, and one account for myself i use to bounce from game to game. currently playing D&D online, a blast for the last 3 months, but now is kind of fading, like guild wars, since i have reached the top.

waiting for Vanguard, saga of heros myself, will keep bouncing till it launches.

if your having fun, its the right game. once the fun stops, and it becomes "putting in your time" to get to the top......time for another game. there is nothing at the top in ANY of them except.....looking back and asking yourself....why?

I dunno. Usually there tend to be a good amount artound 8pm ET or so It stays hopping for awhile and then tends to decrease around 11 or so? I havent been on much lately ( sorry )but unless its drastically changed that sounds about right

/salute