Why is WOW so popular

[Nylis]

I don't understand why some people don't understand why WoW is popular. Everyone has different tastes. Just because you don't like something or it doesn't suit your tastes, that doesn't make it some kind of phenomenon when other people actually enjoy it.

If you don't like something, understanding why someone else likes it probably isn't going to change your opinion.

 

[AceAngel]

I for one find it strange that people claim the game has 15M+ players.

Blizzard and most statics indicated over 11.5M players, and considering in markets, over implies between a couple of hundred thousand more, 15M is a WAAAAAY off figure.

So yes, I don't find WoW strange OR Blizzard OR the players, I find the people who claim such hyperbolic numbers to be the stranger ones...

 

[Amnestic]

Chances are, you played your 2-week demo alone (as if an experienced player [your friend] will go all the way back to "noob" areas just to play with one friend... or re-roll to try something *gasp* different!), and therefore you got little out of it.

Considering the newbie zones are literally one portal and a five minute ride at most from Dalaran/Shattrath, uh, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if an experienced player went back. I know I did a couple of times.

 

[2xDouble]

Chances are, you played your 2-week demo alone (as if an experienced player [your friend] will go all the way back to "noob" areas just to play with one friend... or re-roll to try something *gasp* different!), and therefore you got little out of it.

Considering the newbie zones are literally one portal and a five minute ride at most from Dalaran/Shattrath, uh, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if an experienced player went back. I know I did a couple of times.

Not really my point, but good for you helping out some new players... or shame on you for killing them, either way's good. haha. See, OP? This is what I meant about the community. Mostly good people out having fun.

 

[Nylis]

I'll respect others opinions on this topic, but I'm curious too. How the hell is mindless grind to level up your fireball once a week in any way fun?

One thing I never quite got, isn't grinding in mmos when you're just killing mobs to level up, without any quests.

When I played WoW, I was never without a quest. Unless people mean the farming you have to do for crafting and saving money, but that's in every mmo. Or at least the ones I've played.

 

[Nylis]

Because people are retarded enough to be cash cattle for Blizzard.

Haha, you want cash cattle? Go check out Perfect World International.

 

[FieryTrainwreck]

WoW is still an RPG. If you don't enjoy grinding quests for experience, gear, spells, attacks etc., you shouldn't expect to enjoy it.

 

[strum4h]

My friend gave me a 14 day trail for wow but i got so bored i never played it again. I don't get why so many people pay for something like that. Can anyone explain

Also when you get to max level and do the raids/pvp all the fun stuff. The trial shows nothing fun about the game. For me it just helped me get familiar with the UI.

 

[Savagezion]

I for one find it strange that people claim the game has 15M+ players.

Blizzard and most statics indicated over 11.5M players, and considering in markets, over implies between a couple of hundred thousand more, 15M is a WAAAAAY off figure.

So yes, I don't find WoW strange OR Blizzard OR the players, I find the people who claim such hyperbolic numbers to be the stranger ones...

I firmly believe that Blizzard uses the number of accounts that have been activated through a subscription payment for their "number of players". It isn't lying and you would be hard pressed to try and call it fraud of any kind in a court.

 

[Barry93]

My friend gave me a 14 day trail for wow but i got so bored i never played it again. I don't get why so many people pay for something like that. Can anyone explain

The game isn't that fun for most people until end game raiding, which is currently at level 80. It takes a few months to get there however, but I'd say it's worth it. You experienced the part of the game where you run around with 3 spells and kill sheep, pigs, and wolves for a few hours. Once you start raiding, you play with 9 or 24 other people and fight bosses in 3-12 minute epic encounters such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv_b1-bsN5o

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

Mods please lock and delete this thread it has been done to death. thanks

Because people are retarded enough to be cash cattle for Blizzard.

Haha, you want cash cattle? Go check out Perfect World International.

Or second life. That's a cash cow

 

[starwarsgeek]

The trial version is too limited to really test the game (you can thank gold farmers for that).

Basically, there's so much to it that many people will find something they like.

I enjoy playing with a handful of friends, some light raiding and pvp, and the story. Others enjoy being on the frontier of raid content, testing the fights before the proper strategy is discovered. Some enjoy "altitis" and will partially level many characters to see all the game has to offer on the low end of the content. And it seems some play it just so they can complain about every litte change and troll trade chat -_-

 

[Kaez]

I shouldn't have to level up to max levels to do raids and such, but from what I read and heard the first raids don't really happen for a while.. at least in DDO they happen fairly early (though we have less of them)

 

[Amnestic]

Chances are, you played your 2-week demo alone (as if an experienced player [your friend] will go all the way back to "noob" areas just to play with one friend... or re-roll to try something *gasp* different!), and therefore you got little out of it.

Considering the newbie zones are literally one portal and a five minute ride at most from Dalaran/Shattrath, uh, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if an experienced player went back. I know I did a couple of times.

Not really my point, but good for you helping out some new players... or shame on you for killing them, either way's good. haha. See, OP? This is what I meant about the community. Mostly good people out having fun.

I was on a PvE server, so the only lowbies I would kill are those stupid enough to actually attack me. Even then it depends on whether I can be bothered to dismount or not

Once you hit level 60 though, you're part of "If it's red, it's dead." It's a PvE server and if you're stupid enough to be running around with PvP on then you deserve to get slaughtered by my Death Knight/Paladin.

I don't corpse camp though. Well, not often...

 

[Throwitawaynow]

"Don't try and explain a game you love to someone who doesn't. You gain nothing, they lose nothing." - Game Informer concerning someone who literally asked why wow was so popular.

 

[archvile93]

Because it has the same addictive qualities as crack cocaine.

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Any MMO is only as good as the friends you play it with.

Chances are, you played your 2-week demo alone (as if an experienced player [your friend] will go all the way back to "noob" areas just to play with one friend... or re-roll to try something *gasp* different!), and therefore you got little out of it.

I can't speak to WoW's merits. I, too, got pretty bored after a 2 week demo and gave it up. However, I've heard good things about it and its community.

I got news for ya:

Those noob areas are popular hang outs for characters of the highest levels. It's very easy for a level 80 death knight to take a break from instances and head back to Thunder Bluff, and they often will for the simple fact that one of their friends started WoW. I know this from personal experience.

And that's the appeal of WoW. Massive world, yet you can get from place to place with barely any real expense or effort.

 

[Emperor Inferno]

Because people like wasting time.

Seriously. A lot of people have too much time and so they look for ways to spend it. It's not so much of a stretch to think some people would prefer an immersive fantasy world to do nothing in, rather than doing nothing in the real world. And of course I'm talking not about the combat, but the constant long distance traveling and tedious crap work I've heard of in that game.

 

[The Stonker]

Because people are retarded enough to be cash cattle for Blizzard.

Uuuuh guys... We're all cash cattles.