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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
Slightly OT but I have to say I've never understood the draw to wow (and other mmos) other then comparing it to an addiction. The game is dull and repeditive beyond belief, and the incentives to play are addictive types (get that next level, or next item). I played it when it first came out but droped it after about 4 months. The grind in it was unreal and got worse with every expansion which keeps the addicts playing.
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I know how you feel about wow Neon your mention it many times
Funny that i dont find mmo's dull at all, I like the social part of it i can log in and spend hours just chatting with guild members then we might head off to raid a city or do some pvp etc., ive past the grinding part of it, soon as i turn 80 and got reasonable gear i stopped grinding. Now i just log in to chat, do a few pvp matches with guildies or we run around the gameworld being idiots. When its time to work i work, time to eat i eat, time to do the odds and ends around the house i do that to. When its time for gaming I load up Wow or any other game that interests me. I dont see it as an addiction as i dont take wow seriously like many do. Im sure some treat wow as if its there real life. What i mean when saying Fallout 3 has gotten me of wow is there was no other game that has caught my interest apart from the odd loading up SH4 now and then i needed something that gave me a reason to keep playing it. Fallout 3 has done that.
There are many that are bent on having the best gear doing the end raids, finishing all the achievments getting exalted with as many factions and the list goes on. If they play the game or any mmo this way then yes addiction will settle in before you know it. But if you play for the fun factor and log in a few hours a night or every other night then its not an addiction just a hobbie you like doing.
I should add, I belong to a great guild where we dont give a hoot that we suck badly, we suck at raiding we suck at pvp cause we dont care about the status label. We play for the laughs. We suck!
