Why did YOU quit WoW?

[Rael]

Originally Posted by Itchybottom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gearscore.

This, combined with the "you need achievements to get achievements" mentality of PuGs.

[nicemace]

i didnt start till later on :P i was a eq purist and didnt jump ship to wow till after TSS [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

too easy, everything is done by add-on's.

i started raiding in 3.0, my druid was best geared char world wide for all of 3.0. no diversity in gear and no rare items. no, glaives, healing mace, shadowmourne isnt rare.

game just caters to idiots who cant think.

the number of times i was yelling at idiots who didnt know how to move out of red/blue circles, smoke, charge, bladestorm... seriously made me wanna punch a kitten.

still played for arena but quit when found p99

[Swiftsong_Lorekeeper]

I do not remember what was out when i tried it but I know it was around 2007 ish. I quit at the end of the 14 day free trial. I hated the graphics, the ease of leveling pissed me off (as did the ease of leveling on PoP and later on EQ which is when I quit). I also hated the community on the server I played on. I couldn't talk to anyone because no one replied. The people that did reply were f'ing rude. What is the point of playing a game that is mainly focused on end game content? I personally cannot devote 100% or much less even 50% of my time playing a game. Everybody already had groups or knew WTF was going on and had no interest in people they didn't know. IMO WoW and really any established MMO sucks if you are trying to start playing once it has been out for a while. WoW lovers don't start flaming on me because I admit I might have liked it if I had started from the beginning, maybe. I had the same problem when I attempted to play EQ live again last year. I didn't know anybody anymore and attempted to restart playing my bard and my gear was way outdated and no guilds wanted me because I wasn't current with my gear so no point in playing.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

only played a few months, wasn't a challenge.

[jyaku]

i technically haven't quit. i have found a decent free server much like these EQ ones, only most of the servers on the WoW list have stupidly high XP rates. it's nice to get away from the grind-fest of p1999 sometimes, not saying it's a bad thing but i need a change of leveling pace sometimes. i won't play on the live servers only because i hate the player base of 10-12 year olds saying they are hardcore gamers as their mother yells at them in the background to go to bed

[Rael]

Originally Posted by nicemace [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

game just caters to idiots who cant think.

the number of times i was yelling at idiots who didnt know how to move out of red/blue circles, smoke, charge, bladestorm...

I don't get it... you say the game caters for idiots but then describe a mechanic it throws at them that they obviously don't understand and that you had to instruct them to deal with yourself.

[nicemace]

Originally Posted by Rael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't get it... you say the game caters for idiots but then describe a mechanic it throws at them that they obviously don't understand and that you had to instruct them to deal with yourself.

what?


yes it caters to idiots, mods are created so it tells the player everything that needs to be done, screen flashes when they need to move etc.

and with all of this, people still couldnt get it right, hence me shouting at them.

seriously, a red circle spawns on ground below you, you have about 2 seconds to move out of this circle (this circle SUPER visible)... otherwise you take fuckload of dmg and pretty much die.

NOT A HARD THING TO DO. but people still couldnt get that shit right so they had to change the circles to blue lolol.

game was super easy and did cater to idiots, however idiots still failed at it. made, a pro like me playing... super bored.

[soup]

Originally Posted by nicemace [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

what?


yes it caters to idiots, mods are created so it tells the player everything that needs to be done, screen flashes when they need to move etc.

and with all of this, people still couldnt get it right, hence me shouting at them.

seriously, a red circle spawns on ground below you, you have about 2 seconds to move out of this circle (this circle SUPER visible)... otherwise you take fuckload of dmg and pretty much die.

NOT A HARD THING TO DO. but people still couldnt get that shit right so they had to change the circles to blue lolol.

game was super easy and did cater to idiots, however idiots still failed at it. made, a pro like me playing... super bored.

Yeah because EQ is a bastion of difficulty amirite? rofl

EQ isn't harder than WoW, at all, it's just less convenient.

[soup]

But yeah, the only thing I HATED about WoW vs. EQ was the economy. I love how in EQ you have these very high end items that can be traded around and you have some items that don't drop anymore and prenerf items and all that kind of stuff, whereas in WoW it's just like "Equip item and it's attached to you forever." Made loot and trading seem a lot less interesting to me.

[Humerox]

I played WoW for some time, after I quit EQ in 2006.

It just seemed too easy. I beta-tested VG when it came around, having been a follower of it several years before then. I actually liked it until they went off in a WoW-like direction. I've always been a huge fan of Brad's...I hope he does something again in the future. Something where he doesn't have some corporation breathing down his neck and stifling his creativeness.

WoW is OK for some people. Cheers to them. EQ was the most ground-breaking game ever, and still hasn't lost its appeal...while it may not appeal to the masses, it certainly appeals to all of us, or we wouldn't be here.

Cheers to the devs, again. And thank you.