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• 1. Meophist  |  August 9th, 2006 at 8:07 pm

  I really doubt that 40% of WoW players are really “addicted”. Of course, that really depends on the meaning of addicted used.

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• 2. rezak  |  August 11th, 2006 at 7:31 pm

  I really like your website and what you write, but I would like to point out a few things. Of all the people who read your website which is not a blog about WoW as it is about as games, how many do play WoW? And how many play WoW on your particular server? Also, most people don’t answer questions such as “Where’s the mailbox?” because you can either 1. Ask the Thunderbluff guards which results in a little flag and arrow showing on your map or 2. there are several general purpose websites that answer such an inquiry. Try www.thottbot.com. I do take the time to answer such questions, but I am on a different server and I only spend about an hour or so every other day to play and wasn’t able to make it to the interrogation. I would’ve if I knew you would be dissappointed because there’s alot more to the game.

  When I first played I was in a grisly looking area for the undead. I worked my way out to shinier areas and was filled with wonderment about how much character each area is infused with. There is no denying (actually I guess you could) that the art direction and general feel of the world is unique. Personally, I played the game to enjoy all the sights and sounds and the hyperrealism of the environment.

  I would rather you quit playing WoW because you don’t find enjoyment in what is making WoW so much more popular than those other MMO’s you’ve played. Sure the mechanism to leveling (which is 80%) grind is annoying, especially for you, but the entirety of the experience is significantly different due to these other little things which I think you are missing out on. If you can let go that for the near future, all MMO’s are based off leveling (save Guild Wars, but I won’t go there) and try to see what makes WoW so popular, I think you will be much better off and this review won’t seem so … dare I say it… biased! LOL..

  Actually, just go on hating the game.

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• 3. Mister Hand  |  August 12th, 2006 at 9:48 am

  I played FFXI for about a year and got hopelessly addicted. I think all the grinding hypnotized me somehow. In FFXI, when you reach level 49, you have to do this extremely annoying quest to get to level 50. I leveled two characters to 49, putting off the limit-breaker quest. I spent the rest of my time getting special jobs, leveling them a bit, doing quests, missions, etc. When I finally decided it was time to do those limit-breaker quests, that was pretty much the end of my obsession. I spent five hours sitting outside of a tomb waiting for a lvl 75 person to kill monsters trying to get a rare drop.

  FIVE HOURS!!!

  I think you would have a lot more fun hatin’ on FFXI. From what I’ve heard, lvling in WoW is a cakewalk compared to Square’s special brand of tedium.

  Anyway, I’m very much enjoying the blog. Don’t give up yet! I can’t wait for the moment when you either get that “click” that locks in your addiction to the game, or when you call Blizzard all froth-mouthed to cancel your account.

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• 4. mr k  |  August 12th, 2006 at 6:01 pm

  Oooh, 80% grind for 20% fun! Oooh! At lower levels? There is literally almost no fun- tiresome quests, running around for ages, grinding grinding grinding. If you make it to level 20ish you can start doing battlegrounds, which are actually quite a lot of fun, because they resemble an actual game, although the rewards are scant in game, but who cares, because it’s better than most of it.

  Some of the group questing can be enjoyable, but it’s a major pain assembling a party.

  I took a druid all the way to level 34 before giving up…. I’d rather play a game that was 100% fun as opposed to one that only manages 20.

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• 5. Adam  |  August 17th, 2006 at 6:26 pm

  This may be useless trivia depending upon how open you are to starting a new character, but you might have a lot better luck on the “community” front on an RP server. I have found these to be much more friendly. Not everyone is going to want to talk (or going to be able to type), but you’ll get a better return than you’ve described. I personally vouch for Shadow Council, as that’s where I’ve spent most of my play time.

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