Anyone find WoW boring? (barbarant in french) - Page 2

Kyonye · 2005-02-08, 11:25 PM

i'm not an RPG person myself...i did play a little Dark Age Of Camelot when it first came out, but I stopped when i got to around level 13...FPS is more exciting to me..

Ivan · 2005-02-09, 10:12 AM

RPGs aren't my favorite type of game but I find one reason I like RPGs is cause they are social, get a group of friends to go on adventures with, and help each other out type of games. I like that.

I do like fragging a friend in a FPS too though.

oddfish · 2005-02-09, 06:13 PM

i like omelets.

... anyways. Um. WoW. Someone list for me the differences between it and EQII. I'm not a MMORPG guy so I don't pay much attention to the genre. But, WoW sounds interesting. Sooooo, just out of curiosity, what's so great about it and what're the differences between it and other MMORPG's??

Giovanni · 2005-02-09, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by oddfish

... anyways. Um. WoW. Someone list for me the differences between it and EQII. I'm not a MMORPG guy so I don't pay much attention to the genre. But, WoW sounds interesting. Sooooo, just out of curiosity, what's so great about it and what're the differences between it and other MMORPG's??

I don't know but from personal experience the graphics are pleasing to the eye, the PVP is great and classes are almost balanced. The game is simple enough without being too simplistic, unlike EQII for wich you need to be a rocket scientist (exageration here) to operate correctly.

I could go on and on but I'm too lazy and I have kung-fu in about 10 minutes.

Ivan · 2005-02-14, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Giovanni

... The game is simple enough without being too simplistic, unlike EQII for wich you need to be a rocket ~~scientist~~ surgeon (exageration here) to operate correctly.

I could go on and on but I'm too lazy and I have kung-fu in about 10 minutes.

Fixed and saw this and thought of you...

Giovanni · 2005-02-14, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Ivan

Fixed and saw this and thought of you...

Red October · 2005-02-14, 06:11 PM

Well....

I finally tried WoW yesterday, Proudmoore sever, Rougue, Night Elf, charchter name Xolodno...same as my EQ2 name. I played for a little more than four hours, not enough to get a real in depth perception or learn enough about the game to make a good critique. But, my first impressions...

Graphics: I like them both. EQ2 has the realism and WoW has that "mythical" feel to it. One of my complaints on EQ2 graphics is that it does not have enough "mythical apppeal". One of my complaints on WoW is some things are just a little too cartoonish (the charchters themselves).

UI: EQ2's interface can be a challenge at first, but once you get into the swing of things, its actually very easy. Pretty soon you have a couple of routine's set up depending on the mob, if your grouped or not, or what role your fufilling. WoW's UI is very easy, took me a few minutes to get it, but I eventually figured everything out. Still kind of early though to compare.

Tutorial: EQ2's tutorial pwns. You get the basic's fast and Refugee Island is a great set up for some one new (like me, I played the first EQ for 2 hours and left hating it...never thought in a million years I would play EQ2). WoW's tutorial....wasn't much of a tutorial.

Group: Only played in one group in WoW thus far, so this isn't a good indicator yet, it wasn't a fun social interaction. In EQ2, you can get a bad group, I haven't personaly experianced it. But word travels fast if your a bad person to group with. But overall, I've had pretty good groups and really helpfull people.

Help: Sooner or later your going to ask for help in chat. I asked a few times in WoW...and all I heard was crickets. In EQ2, I have to spend about a minute or two thanking everyone who responded to me in both ooc and tell's. But this is still too early to make any assumptions.

Crafting: Haven't crafted anything yet in WoW, so no comparison. But, EQ2's crafting at the begining, blew, sucked and swallowed all at the same time. After the last few patches (and reading the tutorial), crafting has come a long way. I actually look foward to doing it. Your success or failure in crafting an item is very interactive. My one complaint, it has a little too much interdependency. Next patch is supposed to take of that to some degree however. so thats what WoW is competing against.

PvP: Haven't tried it yet in WoW and EQ2 doesn't have it...yet. The Dev's have stated over and over that there are no PvP plans for EQ2 at this time. But in the mean time we have these closed colloseums in both Freeport and Qeynos...and this "Cold War" between the two cities. Plus if you sneak into the enemy city, the gaurds Aggro against you and have a Con color. But when they hit you, you just get booted out of the city. Yes, no plans at this time. So if PvP is essential to your game, WoW wins.

Combat: EQ2 is very interactive in your choice of manuevers. Wrong choice or not paying attention can leave you dead. Almost wish there was a "pause" button. WoW is very simplified and hitting the wrong button didn't seem to matter too much. Just the quickness I was able to kill the mob.

Custimization: EQ2, your charchter become's more unique as you progress. And I really like that, I discovered a number of choice's I had planned on making didn't fit the way I thought I would progress. WoW has some good customization, but not as advanced as EQ2....thus far. Still need to play more.

Quests: This may be the underlying factor for me. Solo quests are definately more abundant in WoW (although EQ2 did add more recently). Good plus there, don't always have the time to group or Guild maybe off somewhere too far to reach. However, in WoW....I was yawning an awful lot....I was actually planning to play the whole day. I stopped because well....the quests were boring and the Lore itself really didn't interest me for some reason. Started EQ2 after that and got into the game fast....and wasn't yawning. I was wide awake again. I was also a bit dissappointed that WoW doesn't have a betrayel quest. I'm doing that with one alt right now. Created him for the sole purpose to betray Qeynos for Freeport...and I plan to do the same for Freeport for another charchter.

Well, thats my first impression thus far. Not going to make a final judgement untill the 30 day's is up. But right now, I'm liking EQ2 more, which is kind of funny. Had I started WoW a couple of months ago, I would have probally went to WoW given the "incompleteness" of EQ2 at the time.

internetn · 2005-02-14, 06:34 PM

I love EQ2 for 3 months... after that it got old fast, very, very, very fast... Once I got my Swashbuckler to level 21, the exp was coming in so slow that in 2 weeks I only got half of my exp bar filled up...

I've played WoW only twice, it was fin for a little while, then the graphics started to get on my nerves... I didn't touch it again...

Now I play EVE and PS... EVE pwns but it take patience and a good corp (PSDU!! Roxxers my Boxxers

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But, the KING, of all MMO's is..(drum roll).. Of course PlanetSide... I'm still in love after a year and a half... Through all the nerfing, the buffing and so on and so forth......... PlanetSide rocks!