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World of Warcraft Review (continued)
More User Submitted World of Warcraft Reviews
Date: 2008-09-08
How to best enjoy this game(it's my favorite)
Hello folks!! here's how to enjoy this wonderful game(advice from an advanced player with several classes)
1.Choose ONE class and a race and a nice name for the character, choose any you like take your time and remember there is no wrong choice!!
For the moment while exploring the world of warcraft stick to one character as it will ease your time management.
2.keybind all your spells and abilities. What i mean is use your keyboard to perform tasks and also to fight instead of using your mouse to click the visual indicators on screen.use your mouse to move your character. open your spellbook using the "p" key and drag skills/spells to your action bar and hit the corresponding key on the keyboard to activate the skill/spell. For example if you need to shoot a fireball , hit the fireball key instead of clicking the fireball button on the action bar ..this will help you in the future.
3.To talk in the open for everyone who is close beside you type a slash then a letter "s" i.e "/s" before anything you want to say.
"/1" to talk to talk to everyone in the general channel of the area you are in.
"/2" to talk to everyone in the trade channel in the major city you are in
"/g" to talk to those in the guild channel(if you are in a guild)
and of course "/hi" when targeting a friend or enemy will automatically pass a hearty hello to the target if you press enter
4.when you get time,go to the nearest major city and ask to join a guild for new players and make sure it has many players...usually at least over 30 active players.
Finally if you need more detailed help visit the nice people on the official "welcome to wow" forum at this link
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=69356
There you go!!!all set to explore!!!! don't forget to be social make friends ,talk to your guild members and most of all have fun!!
Date: 2008-08-29
DONT PAY FOR THIS GAME, I GOT IT FOR FREE OFF ANOTHER SITE!
I thought about getting WoW from amazon but my friends told me they go to this site and fill out a couple simple surveys and within like an hour or so you can get this game for free. its so easy i did it and the game arrived in 2 days. just go to this link and sign up. then check out the FAQ and the tips. im tellin ya, it works like a charm. i also got time cards for WoW doing this too. they email the codes right to you.
http://www.prizerebel.com/index.php?r=510865
Date: 2008-08-27
Fun but takes a lot of time, aka your life.
Its a fun game to play with some friends but dont get too hardcore into it because it will take over your life.
Date: 2008-08-12
This game is mindless bashing.
The graphics are beautiful but the game is oddly devoid of certain kinds of content, in my opinion. It became like onerous work to train my characters by attacking monsters non-stop, and there seems to be little else involved in the game. I am a company shareholder so I want the game to do well, and I realize it is immensely popular. I guess I am lucky not to be so into it.
Date: 2008-08-11
Over time, it becomes an unreasonably demanding time sink
I played WoW off and on for a couple of years, with one year in between where I had quit playing. My game play was sporadic at best, and I had a bad habit of restarting characters or switching servers because I had friends who played and did the same thing, so in my efforts to stick with them, it took me longer to max a character. Initially, I found the game incredibly fun and engaging, from level 1-59. It didn't take a massive chunk out of my day to level my character, or level my skills/crafts, or to locate items and materials I needed for my professions. At the time, it was the perfect game for me- I could play 1-2 hours a night, and still get up for work/school in the morning, without any problems.
My error was assuming that end-game content would require the same amount of time, and would allow me to play WoW in the same manner I had during lower levels.
Once I maxed my first character, I soon found that I was dead wrong.
Once you have reached max level, it's almost as if you're not even playing the same game anymore. At this point, the only viable way to get new, better items is to go on "raids", or join 25 (it used to be 40) other people in brining down a huge boss in a dungeon. Trying to get 25 people together can take untold hours, so waiting for everyone to get ready already takes up a huge part of your day/night. Then the actual raid takes place, which, depending on what happens, can take any number of hours. It is not uncommon for people to raid 6-8 hours a night, if not longer.
Don't want to raid for hours on end? Too bad, it's the only option this game gives you to get the best items. Yes, you can get good items through PvP or professions/crafting items, but raid items are always better.
Ultimately, this game turns into a job. Raids become scheduled, and require you to sign up for raid events. If you sign up for a raid, and fail to show up, you lose points that are tallied by your guild that you would use to bid on items that drop in raids, which you earn by showing up to raids. So, if life happens (you know, that thing that's more important than WoW?), and if your guild/raid leaders are jerks (mine weren't, but I know most others were), you're out of luck.
Blizzard has everyone played. You buy this game, and pay the 15 bucks per month to play it. If you have a life, it takes you longer to level a character. During this time, you're earning money, which will ultimately go to them. Because it takes you longer to level a character because of your job, Blizzard makes more money off of you because you're enjoying the game, since the way it's designed doesn't require you to devote your life to it. Once you hit 60 a few months down the road (some need more/less time to do it, depending), you realize you don't have time for it anymore, so you quit. By this time, Blizzard has already made its money off of you, so in the end, they ultimately win.
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