Tellaria wrote:
VanDeeks wrote:
I think founding a guild will give you two much fun and will get your wife more involved (as women are more interested in communication than achievements and fights :-))
This is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard on this board, but I guess it is pretty typical of most male gamers (thankfully, none that post here regularly). I'm sure our other females will agree that you are wrong though. I'm female and I play this game for progression (working on heroic Majordomo atm) and achievements, not to have a social tea party.
Edited, Nov 23rd 2011 6:46pm by Tellaria
Not only are you right but this is one of the inherent dangers in this scenario. My personal experience is that women are just as goal-oriented as men and if your lifestyles happen (as mine did) to allow her more play time than your self there is a risk that you find yourself left behind.
I'm not going to claim that WoW ruined my marriage but it (and EQ before it) contributed somewhat to growing apart. When you say "I could use some help with this quest" and you get the answer "I'll see if they want me in guild first" you know something is going awry.
That said playing together with someone is one of the best ways of enjoying this (or any other) MMO.