Yep.
I’m not against playing with other people I just don’t need other people for what I do. Also other people complicate my play. When I play alone I can stop in the middle of everything and go play with my cats and dogs 
If I’m playing with other people I can’t do that, and I do that pretty often lol. Stop and look something up online because I had an idea. Stop to pace around the room because I think best while moving. I’d feel like a douche for stopping and letting the other people do the work AND I’d be upset because I can’t stop and do something because I’m grouped with someone.
At the same time, when I want to play I PLAY, it’s srsbsnss when I’m in the zone, and I’m going to be upset if someone is slowing me down because they are playing with their cats or pacing because they think best while moving, etc 
It’s best for everyone that I do the majority of my play alone and just dip into group play only when I’m committed to it.
On the other end of the spectrum I have this friend and she will not play games alone. Either she’s playing with friends or she’s watching Netflix, there’s no “get on to do my emissaries and log” no, she sits at her desk and checks to see who is on and if anyone wants to do stuff. If no one is around or wants to do anything then she doesn’t play.
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This was a big change for me after vanilla. After being in a top end raiding guild I never wanted to have to be on during specific hours again. I liked hopping on and off when I wanted.
I did raid a bit again with a couple of guilds during wrath and mop but never as serious, and really don’t have much desire to anymore. It was fun when I first did it but that was a very different time.
As for do I enjoy playing alone? It depends. I had a ton of fun in legion, but almost none in bfa.
I didn’t start raiding till Wrath and stopped in Legion and I’ve said this same thing lol. People will never understand how great it is to just get online or go offline whenever you want.
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I play alone because all my friends stopped playing and well I just haven’t found a guild that I mesh well with.
To answer your it sucks because I play specs and classes that aren’t meta so trying to pug anything is a pain. I eventually give up and go back to leveling more alts or I just unsub and go play something else.
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Sometimes I miss being in a guild. But after a few really bad ones I just kept to myself. ( Although I love the discord Rosenylund invited me to. Ya’ll are nice )
Honestly it’s only annoying trying to get mog runs going but I deal with it.
I mostly play alone. What I do is mount farm and sometimes do visions solo, but I’m bad.
This is super selfish and annoying. When you’re doing grouped content, you have a responsibility to participate. The group may need you to do something.
Yeah, ultimately that’s what it comes down to for me as well.
WoW offers a pretty PvE unparalleled multiplayer experience in terms of both depth and breadth.
But the game on it’s own isn’t that special without that multiplayer aspect. If I want to play RPG’s, there’s way better ones out there, whether they be the more traditional third person RPG’s, or isometric ones like Divinity or Pillars of Eternity.
I play WoW for multiplayer PvE.
Games like LoL and Valorant for team-based PvP.
And single player games for a single player experience.
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Wow is definately less fun when played alone. Playing with company gives you competition. Laughs, challenges, etc. Playing with some One else makes the game so much more fulfilling.
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I enjoy playing alone too. Mostly world quests, mount farming, transmog farming, random BGs on occasion, and lots and lots of exploring. I think that’s what I most enjoy. Blizz did a great job in creating a pretty cool virtual world and I like to look around and take it all in. Playing with a group, even if friends or guild, makes this a lot more difficult. Groups generally want to get things done ASAP, I like to look around and smell the roses. 
Over the many years I’ve played I’ve had spells where I was basicly alone most of bfa for example. And yeah I still enjoyed the game less so but I enjoyed it non the less.
I still have a lot of pets, mounts and transmog to collect
My computer is about 13 yrs old so I’m not going to risk others fun in endgame content when I’ll probably crash or drop out from old tech do I majnly, grind old reps and loremaster. Farm mogs and mounts and just play around. With the xp boost ik leveling alliance one of each class since I’ve been horde for 15 yrs now and since I have no ties to that faction anymore (no friends to play with) figured why not try alliance for a change. Plus their garrisons are pretty cool compared to horde.
I have spent the vast majority of my time in game alone since the end WoLK. My guilds all fell apart at the same time for various reasons and I couldn’t be bothered finding new ones so I made self contained guilds for my guys on several servers.
I enjoy playing alone. Don’t have to worry about politics or drama and my time is mine. No last minute derailments of plans because of reasons.
That said, my wife and kids have recently (about a year now) started playing and I enjoy playing with them as well. It is fun helping them out in lower level zones and showing them dungeons and raids for the first time.
All in all alone or with a small group of people I know I am enjoying the game.
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Not really but it’s been like 13 years now and I have given up on making friends since when I do it lasts a week then they frigg off or never login again
This is me. I’d rather do what I want for exactly how long I want, then go do something else. If grouping happens during that time? Fine by me.
I’m currently just waiting for another patch to drop in another game so I’m just here for the ride. A lot of what WoW had to offer before looked pretty good when it came to class fantasy, but they never really capitalized or expanded on it immensely.
Legion was a stepping stone in terms of class fantasy but it never really went wild with it. Every spec at this point felt rather closed off and distinct. Rather than playing into the fantasy they kind of just made the specs their own little sub class instead. Now with Shadowlands they’re intent on making covenants the actual sub classes instead.
But then what the hell does this make specializations then?
I feel like if they’re gonna hit this subclass thing off they would probably have to do a lot of adjustments to class fantasies just to make each one be reasonably adaptable to every covenant. Other wise, a Venthyr Restoration Druid or Bastion Unholy Death knight sounds a bit more of a mouthful and a lot to chew on.
I don’t, but with the guild being dead there’s not many options on the table.
People are all over the place faction wise as well.
I initially played WoW back in 07 with friends and have done so off and on again over the last thirteen years. Each time the first couple of weeks I have a blast. However as time continues It becomes less fun and more of a hassle. I like the ability to log on and off when I want. I spend my time doing: random bgs/ 2v2 arena, collecting tmog and mounts, playing on alts. One of the main things I dislike about group content is people give you a lot of stickfor not playing meta. You get it a lot as a Demo lock, and yet in mythic + I find myself top 1 or 2 in DPS once I’m finally invited XD. Ces’t la Vie I guess
I also think solo play is one of the reasons I am a fan of BFA . Yes it is grind heavy however there is so much to do that I know I’ll never complete it all. There are always tasks to be done on top of the many things I typically do. The best part is when Im not feeling WoW, I’ll go play Fifa or something else until Im ready to return to Azeroth!
I had to leave my original guild around 2010 for real-world reasons, though I stayed in touch with most online. I returned several years later, but the few who continue to play WoW now only play Classic.
During my absence from the game I suffered an injury that cost me/damaged a good amount of my vision and diminished my ability to play the game (or any game) as well as before, and I’ve always been very socially anxious regarding performance, acceptance, and related issues for reasons I can’t fathom and that don’t make sense apparent sense.
All of that means that while I’d really like to participate in M+, Normal+ raiding, and rated battlegrounds (I can barely get myself to participate in random battlegrounds) I can’t develop and maintain the social networks necessary to do so, and I’m fairly certain that I would too many mistakes due to my vision damage to not get mocked and dropped.
I was a progression raider, and a battleground and world PVP fiend in that first 5-6 years of WoW. Now I just play what I can and watch with some sadness the other 90% of the game from afar.
Same here. There’s no way of knowing if I’ll feel like playing on any given evening, and nothing is worse than slogging through something you committed to but aren’t really in the mood for. In fact it’s directly counter to the point of playing games and comes too close to the description of an unpaid job for comfort.
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