WoW opinion needed

[fire400]

Even on the most popular online multiplayer game, World of Warcraft, 70% of new players stay in modes where they don't have to interact with anybody else.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16765_5-ways-stop-trolls-from-killing-internet.html

...so does anyone believe this is factual?


There's already a thread discussing this game somewhere.

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KeithTalent

 

[RavenSEAL]

Could be..but 70% is too much of a large figure. The majority of people that play MMOs usually keep it underground until they find someone that actually plays the game.

 

[Chriscross3234]

Did you read the link that it provided?

http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2006/02/alone_together_.html

It basically says that players lower than level 56 spend most of their time alone, ie, not in groups. I think that's pretty accurate.

 

[Seromontis]

When I leveled my rogue a while back, I leveled alone 1-80, but eventually joined a guild and raided 2x a week, I quit now because I would like a better gpa...

 

[zokudu]

I believe its true. Unless someone goes out of their way to meet someone they will never meet anyone in that game. If I was dropped into a virtual world and didn't know what to do I would be scared to speak with others. Even after you reach max cap you will never find a guild until you put the effort forth to join one.

 

[DefDC]

I'm not able to access the link, but I stopped playing 2 years ago. I spent 80% of my time alone. I had a blast in the BGs mostly solo or in local PUGs. I was a member of social guilds for a while, then created my own, which only had friends and family. (NTAC on Durotan) I never raided and RARELY even went into the dungeons.

I was decked in "trash" purples, but had a great time. There so much do to in the game, that you can play it in so many different ways and not get bored.

I could see casual people playing almost entirely solo. It's perfectly viable. In fact, playing WoW solo might be more fun than the best single player games... It's certainly debateable.