I personally am not and haven’t been since perhaps Cataclysm. I’m mostly just an escapist gamer and watch movies, tv shows, and play games as immersion and escapist entertainment. I don’t really care much if at all about the competitive scene in gaming.
Anyway, do you have a hard time not playing the game? Or do you just play it out of habit as a hobby when bored and a new patch comes out?
I usually only see my interactions with others in these games as part of the entertainment and don’t take anything serious. Does the social aspect drive you to play more than the game and do you find that more addictive?
WoW hasn’t gotten in the way of my irl activities for years, so if we’re using that definition, then no it’s not an addiction (anymore).
WoW is my fall-back game and the old reliable, so to speak. I played PoE 2 quite a lot the last month and now back and doing a bit of WoW until something else catches my interest.
Yeah I’ve kind of used it as a fallback too. I get bored and just chat it up on the forums and maybe do something in the game. Can’t really get into it currently though perhaps until Undermine again. If I can get enough gold to play free I do, but I never really get into Classic so it’s just whatever is going on in retail.
Yeah playing through beta until after launch I have the same feeling. Met my goals of getting Zekvir down and immortal spelunker and glory of the delver and that was it for me. Think I did most of the raid on normal then said meh. New BG was fun the few times I got to do it too.
I quit from 2018 until TWW. The game isn’t nearly as addictive as it once was. I play a couple of hours doing M+ and raids but I hate doing other activities like Siren isle or Delves.
There was a time when I enjoyed all that WoW had to offer and it was the only game I would play for 8+ hours a day. Now it’s just one of the games I play and some nights I’m just like eh not today.
BFA singlehandedly broke me of my WoW addiction which began in May, 2005. I play far less single-mindedly and branch out to other games regularly with friends (PoE2, Space Marine II, and now Marvel Rivals most recently). I do end up returning to WoW, but I don’t force myself to play when I’m not having fun any longer.
Yeah. I remember going real hard in Wrath on Demo Lock, even had the number 1 parse on a few fights for a few weeks in ICC. Had multiple warlock alts geared similarly since TotC had limited attempts and we’d swap toons for prog when attempts ran out. I burned out after that, but still played daily up until BFA when they butchered Sylvanus and the storyline beyond all comprehension. Then the lawsuits and stuff hit and I was like “wth am I doing here? I’m not having fun and I can’t support the lack of ethics from the company…time to finally try FF14.”
No, not anymore. I do play a hell of a lot, but I simply put that down to it being my hobby and main passtime. Some people watch TV, I play WoW. But it doesn’t get in the way of real life stuff. I work, I go to the gym, I see friends and family, I keep my apartment clean. I’m good.
Nice! I was addicted to Ark oddly and would ignore things like that at times and then get myself to go and do it again anyway. Eventually broke free of even that so yup back to normal stuff again.
Yes and no. I turned to WoW as a proxy for drinking and other addictive substances in a transfer addiction during TBC after quitting abusing those other things. I don’t know…I quit playing WoW during most of Cata but came back with the Mists/Diablo 3 annual promotion, and I haven’t quit since. I don’t have many issues not playing for bits of time, but I also definitely still use this game in a way as a surrogate to fill that spot that alcohol provided.
I’m not addicted I play when I want and I quit when I stop enjoying the game my longest break was like 8 years now I do have stints where I play WoW more then I probably should but those are short benders.
