Thinking about playing WoW again

[Pantlegz]

I know there's a huge wow thread but didn't want this post ot get lost there...

Any reason not to play fairly casually? I stoped playing about a year ago, right before ICC was release I guess. cleared content through TOC 10 got most of TOC25 down too, have a fairly well geared priest. I'm pretty busy in other aspects of my life but been wanting to do something to relax a little on the weekends or when I have an hour or 2 to spare. Is there any newer content that would be worth while or should I just wait till cat and see how I feel about it then?

 

[heat901]

dont do it.... ive been clean for 3 years...

 

[AstroManLuca]

Why would you do that?

 

[KaOTiK]

I'd just wait till Cat imo

 

[Rakewell]

I've never played it... Because I know i would lose my soul if I did. (not to mention my wife.)

Prolly better to move on, OP.

 

[AFurryReptile]

There is no such thing as WoW, casually.

Don't go back, OP. You've already done the raiding thing, so you won't be happy unless you are raiding again. Raiding = no life.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Just play it if you want to play it... I don't understand why people make a big deal about this. I've played WoW on and off for 5 years never had to make a big stink about leaving or coming back.

 

[Pantlegz]

Just play it if you want to play it... I don't understand why people make a big deal about this. I've played WoW on and off for 5 years never had to make a big stink about leaving or coming back.

Really wanted to know if there was any decent casual content that had been released since I quit playing. I'm not making a big deal about it just wondering.

Yea raiding = no life, I raided very hardcore in vanilla wow... I figured raiding hasn't changed much in the past year, if you want to be any good you're going to waste all your time in front of a computer. Which I really don't want to do.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I quit about the same time you did ... played for the first time in 12 months last night. I am just going to DE, and sell all my shit off, and level up my rogue for cataclysm. I might get carried through a few of the newer instances, since I have not done them yet, and they might be cool.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Really wanted to know if there was any decent casual content that had been released since I quit playing. I'm not making a big deal about it just wondering.

Yea raiding = no life, I raided very hardcore in vanilla wow... I figured raiding hasn't changed much in the past year, if you want to be any good you're going to waste all your time in front of a computer. Which I really don't want to do.

You can raid semicasually now, and even get down the lich king if you find a competent casual guild although you won't get heroic lich king. Just need to be willing to have 3-4 hours set asside 2-3 nights a week(this assumes a competent guild), which granted isn't an insignificant amount but better than having to spend all week farming mats so you'd have the consumables to even just attempt naxx (40 man).

There's quite a bit more casual content too nowadays, but I guess compared to a year ago that hasn't changed too much.

My original comments were more directed to the ZOMG IT'LL STEAL YOUR SOUL crowd.

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

I tried coming back a few times but a stopped almost as immediately as I started it up because of all the annoying bratty kids. Thats why I came to ATOT to converse with annoying bratty adults.

 

[Schfifty Five]

There is no such thing as WoW, casually.

Don't go back, OP. You've already done the raiding thing, so you won't be happy unless you are raiding again. Raiding = no life.

Of course there's such a thing as Casual WoW.

It just depends on the person's desire and self-control. I play WoW and definitely not a hardcore raider. I used to be, but now I just play when I want without any real commitments in the game. It works out fine for me.

Sure, occasionally I will spend a night raiding for a good 3 hours doing hardmodes, but it's not a ritual weekly thing.

 

[ViperXX]

You can play casually.

I'm in a raiding guild that raids 2 1/2 hours 3 nights a week. We are currently working on Putricide. We got him to 9% the other night before we got bitched slapped .

You could log in to do your daily and do the weekly quests just to get your frost badges That's really casual.

 

[Aikouka]

Cata should be out within a few months, and that looks to be rather exciting with all the new (low level) quests that I've been reading about (and would love to experience... gimme beta key, Blizzard!)

 

[NoQuarter]

Don't bother the game is too easy and boring now. I quit about a year and a half ago before WotLK came out but my friends kept playing so I gave it another shot a couple months ago and it was not interesting at all. Every instance I ran no one cared, there was no reason to do things right because you couldn't fail. It's just a mindless grind for various badges now more than it ever was with random people from random servers you will never care about. Might as well play with bots.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Most casuals are simply terribad in playing WoW, despite the very fact this game is already too easy and hands out epics like free candy. They are like so goddamn retarded (what is so difficult NOT to stand in a small, black hole that kills you?) that it makes me wonder how do they even function in real life.

If you are not in a decent guild don't expect to go anywhere after Naxx. Maybe as far as you get is to kill Flame Leviathan without towers in PUGs.

Besides, Cata greens is going wipe the floor with Woltk epics anyway.

 

[Pantlegz]

Most casuals are simply terribad in playing WoW, despite the very fact this game is already too easy and hands out epics like free candy. They are like so goddamn retarded (what is so difficult NOT to stand in a small, black hole that kills you?) that it makes me wonder how do they even function in real life.

If you are not in a decent guild don't expect to go anywhere after Naxx. Maybe as far as you get is to kill Flame Leviathan without towers in PUGs.

Besides, Cata greens is going wipe the floor with Woltk epics anyway.

That's pretty sad, I'm not a bad player by any means just on pretty severe time constraints. I agree that the majority of players, even the non terribad casual tards inability to play is sad, has been for about 5 years now...

You can play casually.

I'm in a raiding guild that raids 2 1/2 hours 3 nights a week. We are currently working on Putricide. We got him to 9% the other night before we got bitched slapped .

You could log in to do your daily and do the weekly quests just to get your frost badges That's really casual.

I'd be more casual than that probably, I'd be able to get on maybe 5 hours a weekend and maybe 3 hours throughout the week. Aside from some time I might be able to make during the day to farm shit and do dailys or whatever.

actually just typing out my time to play made me realize this is probably a bad idea, I really don't have enough time to play and if I did I would hate the game because I would basically be farming the whole time...

 

[HybridSquirrel]

There is no such thing as WoW, casually.

Don't go back, OP. You've already done the raiding thing, so you won't be happy unless you are raiding again. Raiding = no life.

this...sadly. i reactivated a few months ago and havent raided since...waitt ill cat....or not at all.

 

[Craig234]

I tried coming back a few times but a stopped almost as immediately as I started it up because of all the annoying bratty kids. Thats why I came to ATOT to converse with annoying bratty adults.

Agree.

 

[xboxist]

There's not a ton to be had on the "casual" side of WoW. The primary end-game experiences are raiding and arena. If you try to avoid those, you'll generally just end up bored and then let yourself fall back into raiding.

 

[SZLiao214]

If the biggest appeal before was the social aspect of it and you know those people still play then go for it. If it was a challenge then the game will be a huge disappointment.

I've played off and on (mainly on >_<) since release and the game has become incredibly easy while the player base has gotten increasingly bad.

A guildie of mine puts together a pug icc25/10 for his alt and they have killed everything but Sindy/LK. The 10 man group has even killed lk already.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I've played off and on (mainly on >_<) since release and the game has become incredibly easy while the player base has gotten increasingly bad.

I've found the player base to have actually gotten better over the years. When the game first came out the number of hunters that didn't know how I kept resisting wingclip (was actually immune from blessing of freedom) in duels was completely staggering just as one example. Granted the general wow player is still pretty terrible.

The top end difficulty of the game is still somewhat there too; it's just they've fleshed out the area between solo/5 mans/small raids/large raids immensely. The hardest stuff has gotten a bit easier, but people over exaggerate the degree because there's stuff to actually do besides beat your head against the hardest encounters available.

 

[smackababy]

I raid WoW casually, and I am pushing end game content (10/12 25m HM each week plus RS)... You can play casually np. 2 days a week, 4 hours a day. Not a lot can be said to refute that.

 

[flexy]

I am "on break" right now since i think there are SO MANY THINGS off, especially when it comes to PvP. Sick of getting stunlocked by rogues or getting bladestormed by Warriors Waiting for Cata...

WoW is still a great game..playing BF2:BC right now but slowly getting tired of the maps..might play WoW again soon...

 

[shortylickens]

Just play it if you want to play it... I don't understand why people make a big deal about this. I've played WoW on and off for 5 years never had to make a big stink about leaving or coming back.

Apparently its more addicting than crack. And people struggle with crack on a daily basis.
You obviously didnt get too involved if you dont twitch when going on the wagon.

Personally, I am hoping Starcraft 2 will get people back on heroin where they belong.