Comments on: Why Do You Play?

By: odenessa

odenessa — Sun, 11 May 2008 02:37:41 +0000

Nice. You really nailed all of the reasons I have never left, but continue to play WOW…from level to level….character to character.

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:15:06 +0000

Absolutely the people. In fact, that’s why I started playing WoW: The people. And it’s the people–specifically, a couple of folks in my guild–who are the reason I haven’t moved to another server, or guild, or quit entirely.

Remember, PEOPLE are the “MM” in MMORPG

By: Moramor

Moramor — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:32:06 +0000

I play for R&R (rest and realxation). I don’t like TV, so WoW is the best and cheapest form of intertainment for me. For $16 a month it is cheaper then to go to the movies, order cable, go to a club or a bar. I do all the other things, but not as much. And I did re-roll a new toon to level of a different class. It’s just fun and relaxing to take a few hours a day just go grind the lowly mobs, and see that experience bar move forward, and not to feel rushed about it.

Also, now that I am part of a good guild it’s just fun to run an instance with my guildies. I think I get tired or bored from WoW when I try to push it. Like when I level too fast, or farm too much, or PVP too much. I like the fact that I can do a bit of everything or anything.

Plus, I always play video games. And it is so disappointing to finish a game, now you got to select and buy a new one. WoW just keep going on and on and on …

By: Clariph

Clariph — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:15:32 +0000

True. The reason I keep playing is also the reason I clear my schedule 3 nights a week for raiding. I am glad to know the people I’ve met here. Heck, I even met my fiance through WoW

It definitely is the people.

By: Underbridge

Underbridge — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:59:55 +0000

@strayfe

MgT had 1 or 2 lean spots for my priest, however with a proper tank and some decent DPS I found it wasn’t too bad. I am 31/30 with 1200 +heal but I was able to keep everyone up, less myself on the last boss. Actually I died twice on that dude, first time I used my soulstone, second time I got a battle rez, if it werent for improved death I would have been hurting. The greater portion of my heals went out as Renew, shields, and prayers of mending on the trash pulls. On the bosses I only dropped Greaters on the tank everyone else got renews and shields. only the one boss who does that huge AOE sucked as I used chain Prayer of healing spells lol. It was fun though.

Before anyone here says holy crap 1200+heal thats crap, I have been through Gruuls as raid healer and earned the respect of my Class lead as well as my Raid Leader. A lot of people say my build isn’t any good for endgame healing but I can and will prove them wrong =). Healers FTW!

By: Decado

Decado — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:23:34 +0000

Ran that one once, and only once on my priest (imp divine spirit raid spec) and never will I go back. That place was annoying and I can farm all the rep I want doing dailies.

By: Strayfe

Strayfe — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:58:18 +0000

When my first guild disbanded, I ran battlegrounds until it got old (which was about two weeks) and then dropped off the face of the World of Warcraft. With my social ties to the game gone, there was no real reason to play, and there really wasn’t much new content at the time (this was Pre-BC). So I simply didn’t play for two months. If Burning Crusade didn’t get released, I would have stopped playing altogether, forever. With the new expansion came all the new content, and once again I began to play WoW, and as I leveled from 60-70, I recruited people from work to join me in the new areas. Eventually though, their goals were not mine, and some xferred with their guild, others stopped playing for valid Real Life reasons, and I found myself alone, at level 70, unattuned to Kara and without a guild, because the major guilds at that time weren’t looking for new healers. So I once again dropped off the face of the server, only to reappear as a fresh hunter. As my hunter neared lvl 70 along with the rest of my hunter’s guild, I ran dungeons on my priest when healing was required and eventually reattained the only real reason to keep playing…a very social guild. After my second guild disbanded three weeks ago, the only reason I keep playing is because I’ve still got friends that play. And for those of you saying “Blizzard just released new content on QD island, that’s worth playing for!”

No.

It’s not.

Not on a PvP server, anyway.

And as long as I’m commenting here, do any other healers find Magister’s Terrace a supreme nightmare to heal? Maybe Vonya could give some tips on healing that particular dungeon…

By: Bellwether

Bellwether — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:18:07 +0000

You’ve hit the nail on the head.

Why do I keep playing?

It’s the best way I know to hang out with the people I care about, many of whom are far, far away from me. Even if all we do is spend an hour in WC fishing for those ninja-pirate deviates, it’s the people that keep me playing when my loot options have run dry.

By: Itsnoteasy

Itsnoteasy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:05:31 +0000

Just to throw a very small, delicate spanner into the works, I think I keep playing because I haven’t “mastered” WoW yet. The social aspect isn’t really as pronounced for me, because I tend to play very late when most of the server is asleep. I don’t think I’ve seen more than two people online in my guild (including myself) in over a week. This is probably why I also have enormous trouble gearing up at end-game because I can never find groups.

I get quite a bit of satisfaction from learning the technical aspects of the classes I play. Often, once I’ve done all I can with a particular class, I’ll level a new one for a challenge. Which is why I suspect I went to all the trouble of levelling a pally up (only 2/3rds of a level left ’till 70!) not to mention my mage and even my hunter (which is now my current main.)

That said, I’m thinking about moving servers soon, having been offered an invite to a raiding guild. Hopefully, I’ll get to put all that chain-trapping and MQoSRDPS (as well as SQoSMDPSaOOHaOT – Significant quantities of sustained melee DPS and occasional off-healing and off-tanking from my Pally ) to good use. Oh, and the phat lewts, etc.

But it will also be nice to maybe find somewhere to fit in and make a contribution, as well as people to chat to. Curses, I’ve just proven your point, haven’t I? Next time Vonya, next time! *cat screech*

By: teh Khol Abides

teh Khol Abides — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:49:53 +0000

Handy career tip: if you’re interviewing for anything which will see you working in a team environment, reference your experience in WoW often. You don’t need to say it’s a video game or anything like that (depending on where you’re interviewing the response could get frosty) but if you want to drive home the point that you can set and meet goals, have the ability to work as part of a small or large team, evaluate the relative importance of multiple objectives, etc., You can mention that you work on these skills in not only your professional life, but your personal life as well, as your hobby gives you ample opportunity to do so.

For bonus points, you can even reference your good work ethic by highlighting that you’re never late for a raid. Having been on both sides of the interview desk and both giving and hearing those answers, I can tell you that very few potential employers wouldn’t be impressed to see someone who goes after such valuable professional skills with such zeal.

And if they do ask what your hobby is, play up the multiplayer aspect of it while playing down the “geek in the basement” factor.