When I was in my 30’s, I was raiding, pvping, and playing this game like crazy! Now, I’m getting close to 50 years old, and I just gather herbs, fish, and enjoy the simple things.
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Not because of age, but getting a partner and having a job sure does make me care much less about this game.
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I don’t have the reflexes to raid anymore nor the desire to rush around at top speed. I was a lot more competitive 20 years ago - now I don’t have time for that.
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My age didn’t, but going back to work after raising our boys did. I can’t commit to raiding any longer so I just quest, level rep, farm…
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No. I still suck.
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Yes. The classes that have a lot of different button pushing and has procs that require fast reflexes, I don’t play anymore.
Nothing about me is quick and fast anymore…
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Not really, I’ve pretty much only ever been a one character player who PvP’s.
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Yea. I only played for pvp through wrath. quit early in cat and came back for legion. Ive been mostly pve since then. I rarely pvp anymore although I think I wanna get back to it this expac, with solo shuffle.
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Well, I’m 21 and I’ve only been playing for 6 years so probably not. I’ve always been casual as hell, mostly because I struggle in connecting with my guilds and end up being a 90% solo player, just pugging my way through content.
I don’t really enjoy just “talking” if that makes any sense, I show up for raiding and some keys but don’t quite feel like sticking around for bonding, so it’s rare for me to join a guild’s raiding core, trying my best with my current one, hoping it works out well and I have a guild to push heroic with.
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No. Same play style since 2008.
Slow and steady.
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i started playing a few weeks b4 bc and played threw mid cata.
left and had not played since 2 weeks after s4 shadowlands started.
if anything i have realized i can not play melee dps im older and i just cant keep up with that…dont ask me why… i completely suck as ret pal…
as for tanking tho i feel like im a ton better then what i used be and i notice more i just turned 40 not to long ago…
i do however notice long fights really tend to hurt my fingers and make my hands swell.
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I’m 25, when I first started wow i started as a Ret pally, then did some tanking, then played BM hunter for quite a bit and now I’m loving fury warrior.
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I’ve come to view the M+/Mythic Raiding system as a merri-go-round that doesn’t really mean anything in the long run. I have enough areas in my real life with tons of competition and struggle. I don’t need to pantomime a capitalist rat race in a video game. I’m more interested in open world content, low-stakes group content, and chasing after transmogs, toys and pets.
I used to be obsessed with excelling at five-person dungeons and checking all of my weekly boxes for endgame content, but now I’m obsessed with lame stuff like … paying off my mortgage and recovering from cancer surgery.
It’s a priorities thing, and it’s about your individual preferences and needs. I’m glad people enjoy top-tier content in WoW. It’s just the last thing I need right now.
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I used to stay up all night and talk with friends, as well as raid a couple times a week back in Wrath and Cataclysm. I was also in my late 20’s. Staying up all night doesn’t hold the same excitement for me in my 40’s, lol. Super casual and slow these days and I have been for some time now.
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When I was younger I was hyper competitive and raided like 4 days a week (18-22ish).
Now that I’m in my mid 30’s I just run keys because I don’t want to make a commitment to a raid schedule. Still competitive like I was when I was younger, just prioritize things a lot differently.
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Yeah. I got a lot better at the game.
Yes, in my youth I played dps high parses, my early 30’s I was a healer, and now in my late 30’s I’m a tank. I’m slower, my reaction time has nose dived. I’m late on interrupting more then I want to be. The more stuff happening on my screen the more overwhelmed it feels.
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i mean yes but it’s definately not my age that changed how i played
the game itself has changed so drastically from what it once was
trying to play like how it was back in the vanilla days wouldn’t work in todays game
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Nope. Started playing back on initial release. Turned 50 recently. Still mainly PvP and avoid dungeons and raids like the plague. The only real difference is that most guilds seem to be dead nowadays. I do miss a good, friendly guild.
Yes, but not because I got older. I play Rocket League (champ 1 in 2s) so my reaction time is fine (especially for wow).
I used to love dps and competing with a coworker and GM on parses but I don’t care much about it anymore. Playing that way burns me out so fast.
Now a days I spend most of my time on my druid and do low to mid keys, usually tanking or healing.
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