I’ve always been interested in playing WoW for years. I’ve messed with the starter edition periodically, and I’ve played ESO as well as SWTOR. I just hear mixed opinions about the current state of WoW so I’m unsure whether I should play or not.
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I mean, you’ve messed with the starter edition. Do you enjoy it? You can read about the story and endgame content. Do they sound interesting? Do you have any huge things you think you’d hate about either of them? If so, then maybe the game isn’t worth it for you. But if you find yourself interested in that stuff, then why not give it a shot? Don’t let others who are very fed up and very vocal about it think for you. Look at what’s here and decide if it’s something you personally find interesting and fun.
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You’re the only homie that can honestly answer this question. You’re going to get a bunch of heck yeah, yeah, no, heck no responses because we all have varying opinions. Mileage varies for all of us and that’s hella tight.
You messed around with it for a bit. If you enjoy it, then I say go for it. Like, I’m having a hoot and I’m super late to the party having just unlocked Pathfinder despite having BFA since launch (I wanted Highmountain, alright? Then I wanted a Zandalari but he’s just kinda sitting at 80 right now cuz I’m like 1200 rep away from Kul Tirans…)
If you can find fun and entertainment from it, I encourage you to explore the World (of Warcraft) further. You can even form some mad strong friendships, too. Yo, the possibilities are endless.
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I can only give you my opinion, so don’t take this as fact.
The story right now is a low point for the franchise, and doesn’t appear to be a priority. That looks like it’s improving a bit next patch, and hopefully continues from there. I think BfA is probably their weakest expansion so far, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. Unfortunately, as has been stated, I can’t tell you if it will be fun to you, only you can.
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Sure, why not?
Just keep in mind you’re going to drop quite a bit of money for all the expansions, plus the 15$ a month.
You’re going to deal with a lot of elitism from other players as you’re playing the game and leveling. There isn’t a lot of patience for people learning the game, you are expected to perform no matter what (especially if you’re a tank or healer, DPS can get away with it a little).
And what is missing from the game that WoW used to have is the sense of community, since you can literally level from 1 to 120 and not talk to a soul. Do your best to try and find friends or a guild to join so you don’t feel alone.
Also, if you intend to roll on an RP realm, it would help you to give your character a sensible name that they may actually have, instead of something like IceCreamMan or Loktardabbin…avoid stringing words together in your name, people will not take you seriously if you try to dabble in roleplay.
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There’s a lot of cool stuff in WoW. Even if you only play to level up and follow the stories, its good. I wish I could go through the whole thing again with a fresh perspective.
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The good thing is, the only expansion you need to buy right now is Battle for Azeroth. If you want to see a good chunk of the content that you can do, all you really need to do is drop $15 a month and you’re good to go.
However if you want to experience the end game content, then you’ll have to buy Battle for Azeroth. There, you’ll find a majority of people. And in there, you’ll find people doing content.
This however, I can somewhat agree with, although there isn’t as much elitism as one would think. In low levels people bragging about a DPS difference etc are dumb, and honestly, people really don’t care at the low levels and just wants to get things done.
There are guides however, online, from third party sources that you can use to learn the game, and the class you want to play. And there are several communities that will help you excel at the game. And they’re usually very active.
Also I find that the DPS is expected to perform well, and the healer. As a tank I’m basically half asleep during my tanking and I’m barely paying attention because it’s the easiest role to do.
Although all I can really say is, the ultimate judge for the game, is you. Try it out, see if you like it.
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Even at it’s worst, WoW is still leagues better than any of their competitors. And in my opinion, WoW is not at it’s worst right now. There are just a lot of naysayers and doom criers on the forums during BfA (but notice they’re all still paying a subscription and playing). If you enjoy ESO and SWtOR, then you’ll likely really enjoy WoW. Blizzard puts out content more often and that content is usually higher quality. It’s a much bigger game, with a lot more to do.
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I say go for it. WoW has a level of style and polish that you don’t see in a lot of other MMOs.
But really, as is the case with most other MMO’s, it shines when you find the right people to play it with. Automatically being teamed up with people in the Dungeonfinder is convenient and all, but having someone else with you when you explore the world, go through quests, have questions, etc is the best.
Also, a lot of people are leveling up alts these days, following the introduction of some new races. If you find yourself a good leveling/social guild or some buddies to run content with, you’re in for some fun.
Or you can get into the RP scene -which is very big here on the Wyrmrest Accord server- and take your time leveling up on the side. Most guilds will be happy to explain things to newer players and individuals will often step up to help guide you through more difficult content. The best part about RP is that you don’t have to be max level to participate.
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Everybody says this, but in reality 90%+ of the guides are out of date, since almost nobody goes back and revises/updates their guides to match the current update. A one significant exception is Wowhead, where data about items and quests is 95%+ up to date (although their guides can be dated). Unfortunately, Wowhead leaves quest walkthroughs to the “comments” section, where help can be very uneven.
In other words, there is a lot more online info about WoW than any other MMORPG, but there is also a lot more outdated/bad info to wade through after 15 years. If the posting date is before 2018, treat all advice with suspicion.
WoW was the first MMORPG designed to allow solo play, and a “me me me” attitude prevails, even today. People who enjoy teamwork, working with others, and generally being helpful to others still exist. Alas, they are very rare. If you run into them, treasure them!
RP on the WrA server is unlike RP in any other game. Role-players EXPECT you to have an RP add-on (such as TRP3 - Total Role Play 3). A good many RPers also follow the game story-line and lore, and will expect you to not violate their understanding of that. Once you overcome those hurdles, the RP scene is one of the strongest of any MMORPG out there. WrA (Wyrmrest Accord) server has long been North America’s premiere RP server for the Horde side. Recently the Alliance has been catching up, perhaps because Horde players have Alliance alts. While guilds rise and fall, the RP community soldiers on, year after year after year.
Overall, I agree with Elliistra. See her comments above for the best overall advice.
Yes.
There’s issues with the end game, but honestly that only effects you to a limited extent before you’ve been playing at least a year or two.
Older players have already run through all previous expacs’ questing numerous times over the years, leveled various classes and memorized how to play them, collected tons of transmog, done the achievements, run the 100ish dungeons and 50ish raids, collected a few hundred mounts, snagged tons of battle pets, run the Pandaria scenarios, spent years doing roleplay in the same old towns, done all the in-game holidays and Darkmoon Faire stuff, etc etc.
So when they get bored of max level content, there isn’t a whole shiny world for them to explore. New players have a staggering amount of content they can fall back on when they want to mix things up and do something different.
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I can say without a doubt WoW has been the greatest game I have ever played. There is no other game I know that, after 15 years, I still pick up and find an urge to play. Does it have flaws? Absolutely. But those flaws are outweighed by the memories you will make and the people you will meet and the great quests you will go on.
If you’ve played ES:O and SW:TOR, you’ll fit right in with WoW. It has a great world, expansive content to undertake and achievements to unlock, and oodles of awesome mounts you can get from old raids AND special feats of strength.
Everyone should play WoW, at least once, to know why some of us are still addicted all these years later.
Tl;dr: I suggest giving it a whirl, at least for a month. $15 is nothing, when you compare it to the hours you’ll spend drooling over all the cool stuff you can do and the stories you can tell.
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There are multiple guides online that will tell you how to play your class efficiently. Icyveins gives you a good rundown on how your class is generally played, Skillcapped gives some good advice on how to efficiently play your class in PvP. Method gives amazing guides on how to maximize the efficiency of your class in a PvE setting. And the WoWhead guides for playing your class are pretty good to get an idea on how your class is played. And lastly there are the multiple class discords as well that can give you advice on how to play your class!
Yes there are guides that are for old content, but they never really need to be updated since they’re not current content. Perhaps you are not looking in the places?
In order to do most forms of current content, you will need group up with people. There are quite a number of people working together and learning together, especially in those class discords that I mentioned earlier. They also have great mythic+ guides too. And the people who do work together, which is quite a number of people, generally excel at the game rather than the solo-play people.
There’s a lot of people that go a laissez faire approach to WoW lore and don’t adhere to the lore to every last word. The general attitude to RP policing is actually discouraged if anything. People do what they want to do.
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I haven’t found this to be generally true. As is stated above, RP policing is pretty universally frowned upon. There’s basically a very small collective of grumpy people that nobody really likes being around who all think they’re geniuses, who lurk and wait for someone do to something arguably lore breaking. These people, while horribly unpleasant to be around, make up maybe 5% of RPers at this point. WrA used to be pretty elitist, but that’s died out a LOT.
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Which is how it should be.
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I don’t believe this is actually the case. It’s important to remember that the forum environment doesn’t quite accurately reflect the game environment. For instance, homophobia, transphobia, and racism isn’t tolerated here… but it’s still very much a problem in-game.
Lore-policing and the bullying that inevitably goes hand in hand with it is still alive and well in-game too, and to muddy the waters further you have a lot of people who would profess to be well-meaning and conceal difficult attitudes behind the veneer of “helpful advice.” The worst offenders may be a minority but they’re a vocal one and there’s enough of them to be irritating. I still see some specific names, even ones from MG, that are prolific bullies who use lore as their justification. It’s something to be mindful of.
I’m a new player (less than a year) and I enjoy it.
Try it and form your own opinions first.
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I’m a relatively new player myself and I jumped in at the end of legion.
WOW is my first MMO experiance and its been a blast. Leveling my first toon to cap was super rewarding and memorable and I dont regret it.
Sure BFA isnt doing so hot but, like many others have said already. Once you find a group of people you enjoying playing with. Man you’ll be sticking around for the long haul.
If ya like the game so far I say give it a shot. Best of luck!
I feel so called out here, LOL
This is very true where RP guides are concerned, but some guides are universal and timeless too. Guides about RP etiquette, different RP themes and how to initially get involved are all generally the ones that withstand the test of time.
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