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Relapsing on WoW

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#1 ·
I've played wow for 3 1/2 years, and quit a little more then 1 year ago. Recently i've been getting horrible urges to get back on it. So if you have the same problems; what do you do to block them out???
 
#38 ·
Try a game called Ragnarok Online. It's the one I used to play before Wow came out. RO is one of the OG's of the true MMORPG games. The graphics are "cutesy" though, but they have a deep system of characters and equipment. Very fun and I actually miss it.

I played mainly in private servers because I hate grinding too much as well. Join a mid-rate private server and your grind time is cut-down immensely.
 
#42 ·
WoW is a great game, but way too much time is needed to enjoy it fully. I played it for a long time, it probably ruined my education in university (passed but I went from full scholarship entrance to barely passing with C's), and destroyed my social life as well. When you play the game religiously, you won't really care about how you're hurting real life, because truthfully the game is THAT GOOD. But looking back, I threw away too much trying to be the best in WoW.

My biggest problem with WoW is that skill is not the only factor when you want to see the high-end content in raiding or PvP. You could be a very good player, or you could be trying very hard to become a better player, but without spending ridiculous amounts of time to "gear up" and find similarly skilled players, you will go nowhere. And personally, if I'm spending $15 bucks a month, I can't play casually, I have to see the most difficult content in the game or I won't play at all.

If you raid, you have to find a great guild, or there will always be someone in a raid that will waste your time by doing something stupid. Looking for a good guild may take months, and you might have to hop many servers before you can find it. If you pvp, you also need to find awesome arena partners with similar schedules as you. This is even harder to find than a good guild, so until you find those dream team players, you will also be wasting time and hovering between 2000 - 2200 rating.

Playing WoW is like working a part-time or full-time job that does not pay. It is definitely challenging, and when you get a server first or overcome something difficult, the satisfaction is also terrific. BUT, there's a lot of things that are challenging and rewarding in real life as well. Look at Nev Lapwood, he created snowboardaddiction.com and made money doing something he loved, that's challenging and rewarding.
 
#44 ·
I would only say that it is a part to full time job if your raiding in a hardcore end game "5 night a week" guild. I play a 3 nights a week for a few hours and i'm sitting at a solid 8/13 heroic on my main (Plus a few hours on the weekend). With the change to the raid lockout system, Blizzard really did two things: 1) They killed the amount of content that is delivered with each patch. That in turn leads to 2) They reduced how much time you need to invest in current content to be onpar. Think back to WoTLK, where you had 10/25 versions of each boss (Or even the travesty that was ToC, where you had to clear 10/25 reg and heroic every week to do your best). This can be seen as both a positive and negative. I like that i don't have to invest much time, but i also don't like that doesn't allow me to fill up my "wow free time" with more raiding, like i did back in WoTLK (I can't really speak for pvp. I've never been a fan since it isn't even a good Rock-paper-scissor formula. All my pvp is just casual with friends).
 
#43 · (Edited)
I stumbled upon this topic a little late but still want to throw my two cents in :)

I played WoW for 2-2 and a half years as if it was my full time job (around 4 years total with 2 huge breaks), actually I had a job that was so good I was able to play while working :D It was crazy, totally lost anything that resembled of social life, other than seeing my (now ex) gf, which was sooo pissed I started playing, on weekends. And all that because I was wondering what a hell was wrong with all the people playing that game? I was like, shit, they are crazy, I would never allow that to myself!! :rolleyes: Well, atm there are 5 lvl 85 chars sitting on a official server :D Hunter, Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight and Druid + 75 lvl rogue :D But hey, the good thing is I only wanted to check the game out :D

I'm glad Blizzard fucked up the game... too much easy content, too fast... new tiers almost releasing on every weekend... well, after I caught myself running around leveling alts instead of raiding I knew it was time to retire... Cataclysm was really end of the World (of Warcraft) for me... Now I'm sure I wont go into relapse, but also I don't need to sell my account cause I know the game have no power over me anymore, even if I had an active account :)

Anyway, snowboarding had a major role in my WoW retirement. When I decided I want to start snowboarding I was spending so much time reading and researching about equipment and planing on my first days on the slopes that at one moment I remembered that that no matter how much fun that game can be there are many better ways of spending free time. Read, write, paint, hike, ride a bike, skateboard, in the warm weather, and ofc I don't have to tell you what to do in the winter... :D

On the bright side, I'm planning a vacation with one sexy girl I've met while playing :cool:
 
#46 ·
Ive played for about 4 years now with like a 5 month on 5 off cycle. I really enjoyed all the expansions, just like that initial rush to the cap. Usually I'd gear up to do endgame raiding and then quit.. I started playing again like a month ago and I think now that I'm geared up I play less... Theres less to do. Prolly gonna quit again now that the new batman is out! :D

I wouldnt say that it ruins social livs cuz I've never had a hard time loggin to go board or party or whatever, but then again I have put off doing things by and hour or 2 to get shit done in game, so i can see how people get like that.
 
#47 ·
I played for 2.5 years in highschool. I wouldnt play it again. Moving to a mountain town and discovering snowboarding changed my life. For serious. I still play video games, nowhere near the amount. And getting my 4 days of riding each week in is way more important to me now. I am now just as addicted to snowboarding as I was to wow. Such a better addiction.
 
#52 ·
It's definitely an addiction, but one of the biggest things that make MMO's addictive is the social/peer pressure aspect. You can log into COD and shoot people for an hour and log off. If your playing endgame in a MMO, there are like 20 people counting on you to show up, and a lot of pressure to preform. It's like a digital social life, which is why people can spend countless hours doing it.
 
#53 ·
Try playing games that don't have more than 10-15 hours of game play built in (and no multiplayer). That way you're only addicted for a week and can go back to normal when you're done.

Or, play a game that teaches you a real world skill. I learned to play the drums off of rock ban (and subsequently buying a real electronic kit practice on). Had my first real drum lesson today. The instructor was impressed with how much of the beginner stuff I simply don't need to do.
 
#54 ·
I have been on and off games many times for my whole life, never too All games. Especially online. But every time I quit playing for extended periods, life got better. More free, and real. I encourage change. Routines are the hardest thing to change in life. If it's hard to quit, it's for a reason. The snow is coming. Freeride.
 
#55 ·
played wow from classic (hard core 25man progression raider) to the day after i got my pass last season. got a demo week, played like 2 hours, no interest. in the summer i hiked/mountain climbed. between work, wife, drinking and trying to do as many days on mountain as possible i dont even have time to remember to miss it.

only thing is my brother is still there, and i miss that, its a good outlet for him, and gaming was something we could always do regardless of geography. def gonna log some time on d3, but it probably will be pretty mellow.
 
#57 ·
You misunderstand a physical addiction, either that or your analogies are way off. You're right, your body doesn't become "addicted" to going at speed down a hill, then getting thrown around. It gets addicted to the adrenaline and other hormones/enzymes released due to that excitement.

It is probably true that WOW is in most cases a mental addiction, however, it can become a physical addiction if your body becomes attached to the chemicals released through playing it, or it replaces your social interaction altogether.
 
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