Will i enjoy WoW again?Follow

Hello all
Ive been away from WoW for about 2years now, mostly because i got fed up with the whole "you need to play 24hours a day - to be good" thing. I felt like the players wasnt there for the fun of playing, but only playing for the loot/rep etc. "How much AP do you have?, spellpower etc.". But lately ive had this urge maybe to get back into the game - so to speak. :-) My question is therefore will i enjoy WoW again or is it still for people who just want to play hardcore?

PS i had the mechanics down when i left and had alot of chars so i guess i can play the game again without the biggest learingcurve. :-)

WoW has never been for "hardcore" players unless you're in one of the top progression guilds that is constantly attempting to push through content ASAP on higher difficulty modes. So if you had the impression that it was hardcore, odds are you were in one of those guilds, or a guild with a bunch of jerks.*

I play probably 1-2 hours a day, and never raid. MoP is probably my second-favorite expansion, after WotLK. There's a ton to do, even without raiding; more than at any other time in the history of the game. Also, you can only do "so much" each day/week; for example, your Valor Points will be capped at 1000 maximum per week, so there's no real incentive to play "24 hours a day" in order to gear up. Actually, these days you can probably cap honor in a week just by playing an hour or so a day; a random dungeon and a random scenario each day will earn around 150 VP. Rinse and repeat each day.

*Edit: That's not to say that you deserve to be carried through content with a terrible spec/gear/enchantments/rotation. But learning how to play your class well is setting the bar pretty low. Unless you're doing hard modes with your guild, few people are going to insult you for not having all purples in the first tier of LFR.

Edited, Apr 15th 2013 10:40am by LockeColeMA

You'll probably still encounter some of that, but it is easier to avoid now. PUGs can be handled through the "looking for X" system that lets you just wait for a random group to form for either random or specific dungeons (LFD), raids(LFR) or (something that might be new to you) scenarios. Scenarios are short, three man instances that don't require a specific "tank, healer, DPS" group for you to complete them. The LFD/LFR equivalent to gear score is that you may need a particular item level (iLevel) or character level to queue for them. Getting basic gear isn't too hard, lower level crafted PVP gear is fairly cheap and the reputation grinds will let you fill in other gear. The Arena of Annihilation scenario will let you get a decent starting weapon using the random group feature, no more hoping you can pull a group together like there was in the earlier arena quests.