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I decided to go play Wow.

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited March 2011 in Ten Forward
I decided to go play WoW.













No, I'm just kidding, WoW is horrible.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    You nearly had me then.

    I left Wow after 5 years, and i'm really enjoying the difference with STO. I remember during the early days of Wrath, myconversations with my friends were generally about how i was beginning to dislike the direction of Wow. That it wasn't about my character any more and simply about my gear. There was no distinguishing players bar just a different chest/shoulder piece etc, that my journey from vanilla to TBC to Wrath just became a 5/6 day raiding grind to be replaced 3 months later with the same over again.
    I love the unique characters we have in STO. How i can walk around ESD and see so many races, even Na'vi and Darth Maul (i forgot who you were but you looked great :)), bio's that really give character weight and belonging. If people are that creative in character designs, imagine what Foundry will bring us later. I'm not a Trekie yet but i'm starting to understand what its like being one. JJ's film really brought me into this world and DS9 is what i'm watching now, though Voyager is still my favourite so far. I love the Intrepid and i finally have one in game now :) I have so much to see but i'm greatly enjoying everything so far.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    aww...and was just just getting warmed up for the 'can I have your stuff' jokes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    You can bash WoW all you want, but I think Cataclysm was a tremendous step in the right direction for WoW. The new quests (in new zones as well as revamped old world zones) are more story-oriented, and give you the feeling that you're actually affecting the world. And story is usually what attracts me to an MMO. (That, and the ability to play a short race.)

    I'm not going to stand here and say that WoW is better or that STO sucks, though. They're different games. Both of them do things correctly, and both of them do things incorrectly.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    well time for the rat skinning blues... GL its silly expencive these dev add up.. more mmo less movie money.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Hmmm so many WoW players in one room *locks the door*
    Now we will discuss the location of your secret base.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Capulet wrote: »
    Hmmm so many WoW players in one room *locks the door*
    Now we will discuss the location of your secret base.

    Our secret place is so secret that no one knows where it is. Including us. In fact, we didn't even know there was a secret base until you said something. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Should I standby with the waterboarding equipment, Cappy? :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    MGDawson wrote: »
    Should I standby with the waterboarding equipment, Cappy? :D

    Yes, also the needles and car battery. This may take a while.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Capulet wrote: »
    Yes, also the needles and car battery. This may take a while.

    *shakes head and starts unlocking the torture equipment cupboard*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Capulet wrote: »
    Yes, also the needles and car battery. This may take a while.

    Uhh... can I be first? :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Stuck wrote:
    Uhh... can I be first? :)

    Ok. Fingers or toes?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Capulet wrote: »
    Ok. Fingers or toes?

    Surprise me.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    *pinches Stuck's ear* Which do you want to use next year?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    It's not really about what I want. I'll let you pick.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Stuck wrote:
    It's not really about what I want. I'll let you pick.

    Dead Ferengi walking! :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    I tried WOW, again and i couldnt play it.
    It felt like playing an old nintendo game.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Not for long. Shoves needles under Stuck's toenails and hooks the negative terminal up to one*

    This little piggy went to the market *touches the positive terminal to another needle*

    Hmm, this shouldn't be public. *draws a curtain*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    *screams of tortured Ferengi ecstasy reverberate from behind the curtain*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Stuck wrote:
    *screams of tortured Ferengi ecstasy reverberate from behind the curtain*

    Hmm, this reminds me of a certain experiment from the 1950s...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Stuck wrote:
    And story is usually what attracts me to an MMO.
    Funny - I feel the same, and that's why I was driven away from WoW. :D

    The setting had so much potential. A racist but honorable Alliance, barbaric orcs trying to become civilized, arcane magic corrupting people, evil elves addicted to demonic energy, witch hunts against warlocks and necromancers, religious zealots doing wrong things for the right reasons, political tension between two Human splinter-states ...

    And then the fluff was gradually turned from being a believable world with many shades of grey into a motley candyland of black-vs-white, where no one seems to care that your holy hero hangs around with undead and demon cultists, or that the furries who used to eat people a year ago are now suddenly welcome in the midst of the capital city, or that both elven factions turn more and more into "humans with long ears" instead of preserving their distinctive cultural features. And why?

    Because of "fun". Because the majority of players doesn't care for the story, they just think it's lulzy that they can now play a "holy cow" or a gnome priest, regardless of the cultural backgrounds being utterly incompatible with such professions. It's the typical MMO illness, though, and one that seems to blossom in STO as well. A coherent setting gets ripped apart because too many players want too many things and do not care how well it fits in with the rest.

    RIP, Azeroth.

    </rant> :P
    Capulet wrote: »
    Now we will discuss the location of your secret base.
    I see Cappie brought her favorite toy along ...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Valias wrote:

    I see Cappie brought her favorite toy along ...

    Ack the secret is out! Black was the fashion back then and I was experimenting with some pretty bad stuff.

    I regret nothing. Damn you George! You said if you changed the gender they would never know!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Stuck wrote:
    You can bash WoW all you want, but I think Cataclysm was a tremendous step in the right direction for WoW. The new quests (in new zones as well as revamped old world zones) are more story-oriented, and give you the feeling that you're actually affecting the world. And story is usually what attracts me to an MMO. (That, and the ability to play a short race.)

    I'm not going to stand here and say that WoW is better or that STO sucks, though. They're different games. Both of them do things correctly, and both of them do things incorrectly.

    Cataclysm is a step in the right direction, right near Lord of the Rings Online :) That game is all about story and lore. AND you can play a hobbit or dwarf!

    But WoW's community and focus on gear ratings makes me cry.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Valias wrote:
    Funny - I feel the same, and that's why I was driven away from WoW. :D

    The setting had so much potential. A racist but honorable Alliance, barbaric orcs trying to become civilized, arcane magic corrupting people, evil elves addicted to demonic energy, witch hunts against warlocks and necromancers, religious zealots doing wrong things for the right reasons, political tension between two Human splinter-states ...

    And then the fluff was gradually turned from being a believable world with many shades of grey into a motley candyland of black-vs-white, where no one seems to care that your holy hero hangs around with undead and demon cultists, or that the furries who used to eat people a year ago are now suddenly welcome in the midst of the capital city, or that both elven factions turn more and more into "humans with long ears" instead of preserving their distinctive cultural features. And why?

    Because of "fun". Because the majority of players doesn't care for the story, they just think it's lulzy that they can now play a "holy cow" or a gnome priest, regardless of the cultural backgrounds being utterly incompatible with such professions. It's the typical MMO illness, though, and one that seems to blossom in STO as well. A coherent setting gets ripped apart because too many players want too many things and do not care how well it fits in with the rest.

    RIP, Azeroth.

    </rant> :P

    I see Cappie brought her favorite toy along ...

    "Holy Cow"..... *snerk* :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I have only played WoW for a month + the 10 day trial and I really liked it.

    http://otakuboyt.com/wow

    I make a rule that I only play P2P MMOs in winter so I will go back in winter. Since I'm a lifer I count STO as a casual F2P MMO.

    I don't understand the hate, I really liked the story and the guild I am in. I wish they offered a lifetime option. :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    funny thing is i did eventually decide to check cataclysm out, mostly through curiosity and the fact i got a free 10 day trial on it, and whilst the game looked very impressive and was slightly easier to level up, i still only played it for two days and got bored.

    its getting better and many of the things i hated are being improved but just not enough to make me want to play it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    its getting better and many of the things i hated are being improved but just not enough to make me want to play it.

    Blizzard could not pay me enough to play WoW ever again. They could offer me 1 million dollars and I would not do it. They could send me on a tropical paradise vacation with the entire Sports Illustrated Swimsuit and Victoria's Secret lineup for a month and I still would not play their game. I would rather stab myself in the eye with a pencil than play that craptacular game ever again. That is how much I dislike WoW.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Archanubis wrote:
    Hmm, this reminds me of a certain experiment from the 1950s...

    I was thinking Jack Bauer with a Lamp Chord and sponge from Season 3 or 4 (I forget which) to the guy who plays "Chess" on "The Cape" right now
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Tavenji wrote: »
    But WoW's community and focus on gear ratings makes me cry.

    It's why I avoid the forums - any WoW related forums - like the plague unless absolutely necessary.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Blizzard could not pay me enough to play WoW ever again. They could offer me 1 million dollars and I would not do it.

    If you get that offer send it my way TYVM ^_^
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Joshmaul wrote:
    It's why I avoid the forums - any WoW related forums - like the plague unless absolutely necessary.

    Forums and zone chats (especially Barrens chat) :D
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