As someone who played those MMORPGs and others BEFORE WoW, I came to WoW and staye dhere because it didnt require grouping to level. I wanted to play something like D&D but without the hardcore grouping requirements of EQ.
I am playing EQ right now on their 20th anniversary Time Locked Progression server (Mangler). I went into the server joining a guild and setting up a static leveling group before the server went live. I hit 50. I dont like raiding. Its not easy leveling solo and groups can be hit or miss. I am back to where I was when I left EQ the first time.
That is correct. I am not going to invest a lot with chatting with people I will never see again. If someone starts a conversation? I am find throwing out a line here and there. But I am not going to make huge overtures.
A key point of this is you getting the implications I can make friends and build relationships elsewhere. I am amazed you get this statement, yet still say something like this:
Seems like a rather odd contradiction on your part. You realize I am talking about making friends elsewhere, but then you still throw out the line that I apparently have enough friends.
I am not belittling anyone. If you want to talk to people in warfronts all day, and you enjoy it. More power to you. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. I have no issue with others wanting to do it.
I am explaining why I don’t. When I want to build new friendships, relationships, etc. I look to other ways of doing it.
There is more than one way to make friends. You have your way, and that works for you. I have my way, and it works for me.
I am not suggesting anything you imply I am. Weird that you apparently really don’t like me suggesting things about others…then you go out of your way to suggest things about me that take such a huge leap in logic to get to.
Right? The game from the ground up is so skewed to solo players now it isn’t even funny. I can’t tell you how many friends I made the last 2 years playing private servers by just doing questing content out in the world. I also made a few friends too with the profession systems, because they used to require interaction with others.
I think a balance can be had though and I think Vanilla-Wrath had that. I’m all for solo activities in a MMO, but the current state of the game is just awful. You can see all the content without ever having to say a word to anyone.
It is you who is constantly insulting from start because you are downplaying other’s feeling while simultaneously defining how game should be based on your feelings.
You also noticed that many of the people in this thread that are complaining about the game not being social/friendly enough are constantly insulting others that dare disagree or voice any possible opinion that MIGHT be taken in another way?
Honestly comparing WoW to real life is a pretty weak point in any sense. I don’t slay dragons in real life. Video game interactions are different than IRl most the time. There definitely has been a decrease in communication as the game has simplified every form of multiplayer content to be accessible to people who prefer to play solo.