Time to revisit WoW?

[ViviTheMage]

I don't mean to derail any discussions here, but reading this thread really brought something up that I have been wondering for a long time. What is it that makes WoW so fun for so many people? I tried it once at a friends house, and thought it must have a great UI and fun gameplay, but it had one of the least intuitive UI's I have used in a computer RPG, and the game was anything but fun for the couple of hours I forced myself to play it. I just wonder what it is about the game that draws so many people in. Is it something simple that I didn't manage to figure out in my short (~2 hours) gameplay experience?

playing with IRL friends is what makes an MMO fun...IMO. playing alone is fine/fun too, but it gets old without having someone to chat/talk/pvp/bg/raid with.

 

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playing with IRL friends is what makes an MMO fun...IMO. playing alone is fine/fun too, but it gets old without having someone to chat/talk/pvp/bg/raid with.

Same here. I had a friend who already had a couple of level 70 characters. I started and did the refer a friend with another guy, and we leveled together all the way to 60. In the meantime, a couple more friends signed up. We all created a guild for our characters, my RAF and I are now closing in on 80.

I can't honestly say how much fun I'll have once I get to 80, but I don't really think I'm going to be interested in the gear aquisition grind. I'll probably be more interested in getting the gear that I don't have to raid every night to get. I'll also go after achievements, titles, mounts, etc. I'll find that more interesting.