So I'm Starting World of Warcraft Again.....

[BloatedGuppy]

Even though it was the best game I've ever played, it ruined my life!

Oh no! What happened? Life completely in tatters, is it?

 

[Tiddles]

Don't do it! Put the keyboard down! Step away from the mouse!

You've worked so hard, don't give into temptation, go to a meeting, call your sponsor, STAY CLEAN!

So much this^!

Like a lot of people I can't really suggest something good so I'll just say not mine because it's largely populated by Australians and Kiwis and there are enough silly domestics when the Kiwis go to day-light savings time without ruining the fun for people from other countries.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Without wanting to tell a stranger, anything really, it did result in me not doing 'homework' or it's equivalent for about three years solid... which has an appreciable impact in the kind of international, high stakes, degree-chasing education system I found myself in. A terminal impact.

ps. It has long since been overcome, but it was a huge setback.

Well it didn't really RUIN it then, did it, you big hyperbolist? For all you know, without WoW you might've been distracted by something MUCH worse. Like...heroin! Or Pogs!

 

[JasonKaotic]

If you're on the EU servers, go to Darkspear if you want to laugh at everyone. We've earned the nickname 'Dramaspear'. And we earned it well.
Although if you want to survive your experience I'd say to stay away from it.

 

[deth2munkies]

I'm gonna be brutally honest with you: there's nothing WoW does that TOR doesn't do at least almost as well besides the ocmmunity, and TOR is going F2P soon. If all your friends are gone from WoW, there is no point in playing it any longer, might as well not bother paying a sub fee.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

I'm gonna be brutally honest with you: there's nothing WoW does that TOR doesn't do at least almost as well besides the ocmmunity, and TOR is going F2P soon. If all your friends are gone from WoW, there is no point in playing it any longer, might as well not bother paying a sub fee.

As a long time WoW player and an early TOR adapter, that simply isn't true. TOR isn't nearly as bad as its ardent detractors would have you believe, but it falls well short of WoW in some critical areas. Combat/engine responsiveness is a big one. Content depth and breadth is another. PvP is a huge one, TOR's PvP was naff at release and is still rubbish now, they have a LONG way to go in that regard. And their class design leaves much to be desired.

If she wants a heroic solo experience for 50 levels TOR is really hard to top, but its linearity and hackneyed end game are strikes against it.

 

[Jynthor]

Don't start at all. Without friends you'll get bored fast, no matter how good the MMO is.