If you ever thought about playing WoW.

[tupperware]

Now is the time to buy. They're selling the original and burning crusade expansion for $5 and Lich King expansion for $10.

 

[CliffnDallas]

LOL, Wut?

 

[63echo]

I quit playing over a year ago but have been itching to come back lately. Has Azeroth been destroyed yet or are they saving that for the new expansion? I got an email from Curse yesterday and it said something about Thousand Needles being blasted, but I don't have a clue about the other areas

 

[YosemiteSam]

I played MMORPG at one time. I played Camelot for about one month and I played Everquest (the original) for maybe six months with a few friends of mine a long time ago.

They consume WAY WAY WAY to much time. Especially now that I'm married and have kids running around the house. To play something like that, you without question must neglect other parts of your life. There is no sit down and play for 15 minutes in those games. It can easily become 4-8 hour ordeals depending on what you're doing.

They just aren't worth the time commitment. Nothing except your job, family, and sleep is worth that type of time commitment.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I played MMORPG at one time. I played Camelot for about one month and I played Everquest (the original) for maybe six months with a few friends of mine a long time ago.

They consume WAY WAY WAY to much time. Especially now that I'm married and have kids running around the house. To play something like that, you without question must neglect other parts of your life. There is no sit down and play for 15 minutes in those games. It can easily become 4-8 hour ordeals depending on what you're doing.

They just aren't worth the time commitment. Nothing except your job, family, and sleep is worth that type of time commitment.

Remember the old stand up video game Gaunlet. Kind of like an earlier version of this stuff I guess. But the cool thing about it was you could have 4-5 people playing at the same time. Man that thing would go through quarters in hurry.

 

[Khartun]

I quit playing over a year ago but have been itching to come back lately. Has Azeroth been destroyed yet or are they saving that for the new expansion? I got an email from Curse yesterday and it said something about Thousand Needles being blasted, but I don't have a clue about the other areas

There was a patch yesterday. I logged on this morning and found Stormwind destroyed. Haven't been around anywhere else yet but I assume it has. They also got rid of the portals from Dalaran so I had to have a mage port me to SW.

I need to read the patchnotes:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes

 

[YosemiteSam]

Remember the old stand up video game Gaunlet. Kind of like an earlier version of this stuff I guess. But the cool thing about it was you could have 4-5 people playing at the same time. Man that thing would go through quarters in hurry.

I used to love Gauntlet! I had the emulator for the PC and had it for the console. I still have it for my son's Gameboy DS! Good stuff.

Dragon's Lair was another game that used to eat quarters. If you sucked at Dragon's Lair, it was far worse than Gauntlet. It would literally guzzle quarters like college kids guzzle beer! :laugh2:

 

[tomson75]

LOL, Wut?

Lmao...this.

I have no earthly clue what he just said.

 

[Khartun]

I used to love Gauntlet! I had the emulator for the PC and had it for the console. I still have it for my son's Gameboy DS! Good stuff.

Dragon's Lair was another game that used to eat quarters. If you sucked at Dragon's Lair, it was far worse than Gauntlet. It would literally guzzle quarters like college kids guzzle beer! :laugh2:

haha, loved Dragon's Lair. There was a Pizza Inn here that had one and if you rubbed your feet on the carpet till you built up some static then touched a key to the lock on the front it would pop free games. We would stay up there and entire day playing it.

 

[Duane]

I quit playing over a year ago but have been itching to come back lately. Has Azeroth been destroyed yet or are they saving that for the new expansion? I got an email from Curse yesterday and it said something about Thousand Needles being blasted, but I don't have a clue about the other areas

Basically every zone in the old Azeroth has been changed. Everything in Outland and Northrend is the same except the portals from Shattrath and Dalaran are gone so you'll need a mage to port you around to different places or get used to taking the long way around the world.

 

[CATCH17]

I played MMORPG at one time. I played Camelot for about one month and I played Everquest (the original) for maybe six months with a few friends of mine a long time ago.

They consume WAY WAY WAY to much time. Especially now that I'm married and have kids running around the house. To play something like that, you without question must neglect other parts of your life. There is no sit down and play for 15 minutes in those games. It can easily become 4-8 hour ordeals depending on what you're doing.

They just aren't worth the time commitment. Nothing except your job, family, and sleep is worth that type of time commitment.

And ranting about the Cowboys..

 

[YosemiteSam]

And ranting about the Cowboys..

Silly me, how could I forget 1A on that list! :laugh2:

 

[Khartun]

Basically every zone in the old Azeroth has been changed. Everything in Outland and Northrend is the same except the portals from Shattrath and Dalaran are gone so you'll need a mage to port you around to different places or get used to taking the long way around the world.

I don't understand them removing the portals unless in one of the new areas they will have portals to all the main cities. It is sure inconvienient now though.

 

[Duane]

I don't understand them removing the portals unless in one of the new areas they will have portals to all the main cities. It is sure inconvienient now though.

My opinion is that they don't want people hanging out in Shattrath or Dalaran when all the new content is going to be in Azeroth. Plus I think there are going to be flight paths between Kalimidor and the Eastern Kingdoms.

 

[Khartun]

My opinion is that they don't want people hanging out in Shattrath or Dalaran when all the new content is going to be in Azeroth. Plus I think there are going to be flight paths between Kalimidor and the Eastern Kingdoms.

Ya, that makes sense for when the xpac actually hits, but since I'm still doing Tournament dailies on my Druid, and will be even after the xpac comes out because I need the mounts, it makes it inconveinient for me. I did see that they added class trainers and an AH in Dal though.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Leeeeeeeroy Jenkins

 

[WDN]

I played a few of these including Ultima and Evercrack. That's exactly what it is. Crack. They hook you and then come out with expansions every 6 months. Next thing you know you have to upgrade your computer. Oops. More expansions coming. I can't wait to play again.

 

[zrinkill]

I played everquest for 8 years

In 2007 I started playing Lord of the Rings online.

Been playing it ever since.

Will probably start playing Knights or the Old Republic when it comes out.

 

[63echo]

Basically every zone in the old Azeroth has been changed. Everything in Outland and Northrend is the same except the portals from Shattrath and Dalaran are gone so you'll need a mage to port you around to different places or get used to taking the long way around the world.

Ugh. I really want to play...if only to use my flying mounts in Azeroth. That's still coming, right? Aside from grinding 3 or 4 characters, I haven't really spent much time in Azeroth (outside of Orgrimmar/Stormwind anyway) since TBC came out and would love to see how it's changed and what Blizz has added to the old world.

Like others have said though, it's such a huge time sink that I actually get nervous when I think about playing again. I'll talk myself into buying the game and being casual, but we both know that ain't gonna work for long.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Ugh. I really want to play...if only to use my flying mounts in Azeroth. That's still coming, right? Aside from grinding 3 or 4 characters, I haven't really spent much time in Azeroth (outside of Orgrimmar/Stormwind anyway) since TBC came out and would love to see how it's changed and what Blizz has added to the old world.

Like others have said though, it's such a huge time sink that I actually get nervous when I think about playing again. I'll talk myself into buying the game and being casual, but we both know that ain't gonna work for long.

Do what I did. I got Dragon Age. It's similar to those, but you literally can sit down play for 15 minutes, then save and walk away. You level up as you do the campaign, so it doesn't take forever to get to the next level. It's pretty much planned out. I think the base game itself has like 80 hours of game play and if you get the ultimate (a large expansion pack) they say it has closer to 150 hours of game play. No matter how much you play, the game should last a good amount of time.

I like the game and it gets great ratings from those who have played it, but it is HEAVY on the dialog.