Read his other responses he was being 100% serious sadly. Some folks like him actually believe these things
Meanwhileā¦games like Starfield or Cyberpunk 2077 are making a killing.
Itās dangerous to go aloneā¦
lol the game isnāt just for you or your collectives.
If solo players want more features you wonāt stop them from leeching Blizzs focus.
Some of those FB groups are worse than this forum and Reddit.
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Whatās even funnier is people who think that a multiplayer game means one has to play with other people in order to play the game.
Multiplayer means many players playing the same game at the same time. Thatās it. If you want to play with others, you can. If you donāt, you donāt have to. Just buying things or selling things on the AH means youāre interacting with other players.
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Iāve been playing since end of WoD. Except for grouping up to take down World Bosses, Iāve always played solo, always enjoyed logging on when I please, doing what I please, leaving when I please. Since I do mainly open world, there are no virtual schedule hassles, no no-lifer/esporter drama. I keep the game peripheral in my life.
To be sure, I have considered trying dungeons (if as DPS), and indeed have done a few instances, usually when some campaign chain required it. I can see how it would be fun. But currently Iām hoping for some form of solo-player + AI group feature. If nothing else, it would provide good instance training, should I chose to tolerate other players later on.
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I feel you when i hit 30 then even more so 35 i lost the competitive drive more and more in gaming. I was and am exaclty the way you are describing yourself and we are similair in age these days i just wanna chill and do my own little things like you are. I still can do high level stuff but i cant do it nonstop like the kids these days not anymore, need a brake after especially as a healer
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Here I was starting this thread feeling like I was a very small minority in the way I was feeling. Itās nice to see you so many others drop down from the ceiling just to say hey buddy Iām right there with you.
Like you said I can still do high-end content when I desire I mean I did do the 7/7 MT when it originally returned so Iām not completely without skill. I just donāt have the drive to be super competitive like I used to. Iām really enjoying just moving at my own pace not having to meet other peopleās deadlines
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There is too much cool game to explore to waste it grinding on only end content. Iām with you OP.
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Absolutely. As long as your having fun.
Was a solo player in sl, but one of my friends dragged me along to M+, so now we do that occasionally
Oh yeahā¦forgot about MTā¦ I should get around to that. Want the spellbook mount
I am. LOL
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Tellāem to pound sandā¦ There is something in wow for everyone. Oh and no, you are certainly not alone.
edit: Itās time to move on when you are not having fun anymore. Until then play on!
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Aww dont be cat the meme 
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Its more then ok to lose that drive to be ācompetitiveā anything that can provide stress even if you enjoy the content will eventually wear on you and its ok to take it easy.
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It might be an age thing. I was about your age when I started playing in 2011 and the only time I have ever really enjoyed group content was when my daughter and I would run dungeons together.
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Youāre describing me to a T, which feels right since weāre the same age and we started at the same time in Vanilla. I donāt do ten toons though, lol. One for sure, but two is the most Iāll do before I check out and go play other stuff.
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Yeah if you go through this thread you will see exactly how I feel resonates with a lot of people. I did not expect that when I made this thread
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I totally feel you. Im a Vanilla US player and I solo too. Started playing WoW with my Army buddies back in the day doing pvp & raids until they stopped playing. I mostly do my own thing grind old expac content, mounts,transmogs & rp events. Im not into the competitive play, unless its PvP but then most times its only because I need Marks of Honor for a pvp item transmog. Nobody really does World pvp/For the Horde anymore. I used to grind out my Engineering profession but kind of stopped at SL & Ive heard nothing good about professions in DF. They nerfed Engineering pretty hard because as a profession that was a soloist toolkit. I will say this, you should come to an RP server. You will find more like minded players and good eye candy
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Guild drama had a profound effect on my in game experiance too. I went from starry-eyed, optimistic and eager to downcast, bitter, pessimistic, and worst of all, apathetic. I actually started wanting to call in sick to raids, as if it was some soul-crushing minimum wage job! Thatās really what it felt like.
Once I gave up on guilds entirely and switched to flying solo it was a completely different game and no longer felt like work. The freedom from all that pressure made things actually fun again.
Iāve heard similar stories from so many other old-timers and vets too. They got so tired of the drama and would rather just go fishing now. I think itās really super common and so weāre in good company really.
Iād like to thinkā¦ or at least I hope very much that the devs do care about and understand the importance of the solo community in spite of their incessant attempts to funnel people into group content. Itās certainly in their best interest to care and accomodate, to some extent.
A lot of players harshly criticized the suggestion of classic servers, insisted it would never happen, that WoW would never divide its player base like that and compete with itself. That they needed to make new raids and not waste time on old ones. They were wrong. Classic kept a lot of people subbed who would have otherwise left. Just like player housing would too, in spite of those who criticize it, and so would more solo accomodation of any kind really.
How? How could someone paying a sub and actually playing the game possibly kill it?
The game will only die if too many people leave. It will be fine, however, so long as enough people stay.
Doesnāt actually matter what the heck they are doing. Whether they are raiding, pvping, playing the auction house, collecting murloc heads or dancing naked on mailboxes all day long, a sub is a sub, my friend.
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Not this one. Hereās the og box art from 2004:
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