The official "alone on valentine's day" topic

psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

It would have to be orders of magnitude better than it was during the beta. I keep wanting to be able to fight three people at once and kill them all in fifteen seconds and then move on to the next mob go go go go.
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Rerolled a different character class (from shaman to warlock), started from scratch. Burned through 10 levels in a day, and actually enjoy the game now. Imagine that.

Avoiding areas where other players have been killing people that I can't keep track of, being sure to clear out quests region-by-region rather than collect random quests strewn around the world, and only enlisting escorts when I'm taking on group missions or stuff that is otherwise clearly beyond me. (Along with the usual things such as logging out of the mainstream channels ASAP and only interacting with people I know.)

I kinda jacked up my other character since I spent the 10 day demo trying to experience as many sights as possible, rather than actually "play" the "game." Picking the right character class is important as well; reading about the classes didn't really give me an idea of how the game flows with them.

Still not sure if I'm liking it enough to pay monthlies, and upgrade to Burning Crusade, but yeah, the game is officially not sucking shit for me anymore. Good world, good friends, now good gameplay.
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Some dorks were whining about being alone on a pop-romance holiday, then some gamer geeks derailed the conversation. It's more P.C. around here to dwell on being alone than it is to appreciate video games.

On that note: WoW could stand to have some Kirby Super Star play mechanics here and there. Many aspects of the game are not geared for excitement so much as soul-deadening habit. It's like seeing the old people playing slot machines all day at the local casinos*. The trick here is just to avoid floating into those aspects of the game.

(*I live around Vegas, lawl.)
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

It would be good if it were a "haha, it's so funny because it's true!" joke.

If everyone who was going on about being alone had progressively changed the subject to how WoW makes life okay, then it would be sadly hilarious. This just seems like most of the alone guys are against the very idea of liking the game.

When I started derailing the thread, it was specifically in response to Toups saying that every game is a lonely game lately. But yeah, the truth of it is that I already knew the people I'd be playing with. So, like, when Kapp says that he's afraid to try playing WoW? I'd agree. Unless he already had some people he'd met outside of the game whom he'd feel comfortable playing the game with, it's probably not worth trying.
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Mr. Biz: Yeah, you were one of the gamers that I mentioned in the "people were whining about being alone, then a couple people talked about games instead" post -- although yeah, I can see where I then promptly said something that confused the idea.

Joe: You could tell by my starting post in here that I was loathing it. The disappointment thing, yeah. YES yeah hell yeah yeah. Evidently I got off on the wrong foot, though, and now I actually enjoy what's happening in there. So far, anyway. STILL not sure if I'll keep it after the month is up.

Dinghy: I scoff at the numbers game too. The idea of going max level just so I can push into the point of diminishing returns with gear...ugh. On the other hand, the idea of playing the same dungeons more than once is kinda like saying that all of the IC people who play Gears of War are lame for playing together on the same maps.

Kap: Gotcha. On the flip side, it ends up being cheaper to play WoW than it is to buy several games throughout a year. But yeah, addiction to the game is not recommended.
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

And yet here I am playing a level 10 guy at the moment, with Matt and Kerry at 70 and Carlos at 24. The disparity isn't leaving me lonely so far. I've been coming and going whenever I want to take a break.

Still, who knows, the experience might change as my character progresses. The game already pulled a 180 on me once, so it might again.

If you think you'd get addicted to something that always feels like you could find something better to do instead, then that's fair enough. Me? I ain't gone fat yet.

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