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I was wondering if it is still worth playing and if it is still as popular. I remember a few years ago that WOW always managed to hit the news every and I think they had a crazy amount of subscribers to the game (millions if I recall correctly).


I'm thinking of playing WOW. But, I'm not sure if it's the right choice because of the amount of other games that operate similar out there. Is WOW still the most popular or is runescape or other games of the same genre.

Not worth, its an old game and you would have to spend lots of money to get all the expansion.... Wait for newer game or look for new game now :)

Guild wars 2 is better  ;D

Play league of legends or any other better games... WOW is just boring....

league of legends is arena without real story. Guild Wars 2 is good. But for me World of Tanks and Counter-Strike 1.6 is the games to play.

I only suggested Guild Wars 2 because it seems he was looking for a good mmorpg to play.

Lately, I've been having fun with Starcraft 2 arcade games, and Chivalry: Dealiest Warrior (you can pre order now and get in the beta). You probably haven't heard of Chivalry... you should check it out. It a skilled combat game, with mostly melee but some ranged combat as well. You can play as a ninja, pirate, samurai, viking, spartan, or knight and you basically fight each other. There are multiple modes... last team standing, team death match, free for all, etc... I compare it to pirates vikings and knights, except much much better!

Here's the trailer: http://youtu.be/jpynx151S_k
Here's a good game play overview video: http://youtu.be/HwtYBTaxRyI

Yes this, but I still prefer guild war 1....

Not worth at all, the monthly fee is enough for you to buy some Bitcoins....

Wow, I just saw you mentioned Runescape.

That brought back some memories. :)

That game is ancient.. I used to play it about 10 years ago!!!

I played this game in super-fast mode (on private/fun servers) for the length of a highschool summer as various characters.

It's addictive; it isn't fun, in fact it is very dull and uninteresting.  It's a time sink, and if you're paying for it, a cash sink.  If you're going to play, play with a close friend.  You will be bored incredibly otherwise.  With this in mind, you can do anything with that close friend and have about the same amount of fun.  And if you're going to play, use the private servers first; they're not as good, but it's a good indication as to whether you can put up with it for long.  It is literally designed by people whose positions are explicitly to ensure you remain addicted to the game, i.e. manipulation.  There's a lot of stuff that will keep you hooked, especially in skill building and leveling up and items which you want to use but can't because you need the levels, but the mechanics of the game aren't much more than click on appropriate monster relative to your level, errand-running (go here fetch that, and kill this get X amount of item are the majority of the quests you'll run into), repeat until you're max level and raided enough for top tier armor, whatever the top is now, and then start over.  The only appeal is the social appeal and that can be found anywhere nowadays; it was a niche back when MMOs weren't popular, but nowadays its age really shows.

There's a new game I've been playing lately named Path of Exile; it's a Diablo clone, and it's free (sustained primarily with microtransactions for vanity junk, similar to TF2.)  I would recommend that over WoW if you're looking for a point-and-click action-RPG experience; it's more challenging, it's multiplayer, and you don't have to deal with a bunch of fat supremacist neckbeards (not saying all WoW players are like that, just an unusually concentrated amount.)

No, don't waste money for that, buy BTC instead and you can buy like 10 games with it few years later...

You can play Rift for free.
I think that would be better than paying monthly for WoW, even if Rift is slightly worse than WoW.

Don't listen to this guys... if you like WoW... go ahead play it, if you want to play it for free go for a private server.

Rift is actually a pretty quality game. I've played most MMORPGs and it ranks up there with the best. I am pretty surprised it is now free... I saw that the other day while logging into steam. It was only released what.. about 2 years ago.

Fake edit after more research: it seems they are trying to monetize the game in a different way, like league of legends or heroes of newarth. You can download and play the game for free, but you may also buy upgrades, items, abilities, perks, etc.. http://www.riftgame.com/en/store/

WoW is most certainly still one of the top-class MMORPG. I cant tell you how much is going on in the lower level content but if you really find the game fun after trying it out with a trial I dont see a reason not to play it.

And as the person before me stated: Rift is also a nice game to try out!

Well, although it released back in 03 but it has too many expansion (more money spend)... I guess its just not worth it... wait for some free downloadable game

All of those boosts, upgrades, and etc. are just for getting easier things(like more XP, getting a mount that will be ultimately good, itens that will easy traveling time), so It stills a good try to anyone that likes MMORPGs (like me in the past, where I played Ragnarok Online and MU).

Ill jump onto this and say GW2 is not worth buying at all. Bad game.

I used to play a lot when it first came out, but after the first expansion pack was released I pretty much quit. In my opinion it's a waste of time.

i feel like it was a waste of time as well. i hated raiding, it felt like a job.. and once you reach the level cap, there isn't much to do besides raiding.

the strange thing is that, while i hated it at the top levels, i overplayed it and could not manage myself.. so i haven't even touch the game in 3-4 years. i'm guessing that there are millions of people who have been attached to that game so much, that they missed out on the opportunity to buy bitcoins  :D

It depends, and I can only imagine how much time to lvl an account. And what do you do when your done with lvl to 60 or whatever max lvl.

What game do you suggest then?

It does seem most people loved it to start but grew very tried rather quickly.

it used to be but not so much anymore. it used to be challenging and fun, you would have to collaborate with group members, make a strategy, mark targets, talk about your plan. now you can almost literally roll your face on the keyboard and have all the epics. so sad what it has become. what you might consider is playing vanilla or burning crusade on a private server if you can find one with good scripting.

oh also it looks like ever-quest next is shaping up to be the first true third generation mmo. you might want to wait for that.

the thing that annoyed me about wow was that once you wiped, it took 15-20 minutes getting set up for another try. that's 15-20 minutes of just waiting around, doing nothing but chat. i found that boring.

and then if you killed some raid bosses and got some gear that was all fine and dandy.. until they release a new raid zone 3 months later, and your old gear is obsolete.

This.
Now it's a game for newbies. It wasn't like that when it was first introduced.

It's a waste of time indeed....

So, what game is similar to WOW when it first started out?

played WoW for, give or take  I'd hardly ever find myself bored while playing it.......

Wow isn't worth playing, there are ton of games which are free and much better..

Could you give me some examples of the free ones which are better?

Any game is free if you're a pirate. ~Arr

Not unless you have a few years of your life to waste. I got to Lv 30 and all it was basically was doing quests to Lv up. That was a few years ago though, might of changed by now.

It's way too easy now.

It shouldn't take u more then 1 month to get max level now....

But lvling after 70 takes a lot of time.

the grind to the level cap was always more fun to me anyways. i liked smaller 5 man groups or 10 man raids. it's amazing to me how a 10 year old game could generate $100 million per month in revenues.. the graphics are from what your average computer could run in 2004. i'm not sure about the content, but it sounds just like a rehash of the same thing over and over.

Back in Vanilla, it took months to level to 60. I don't see your problem.

Unless you play everyday, it will take months aswell.
After lvl 70, after lvl 80 and after lvl 85, the exp needed for the next lvl is colossal.
It scales too quickly, like the best itens from the previous expansions will be useless right after you get lvl 71, 81 and 86, which means that every new Expansion kills all the grindind from the previous ones.

never played it.

Not worth at all, grind grind grind and its pay to play....

I played it but it was not a good experience. The game is great, probably the best mmorpg but it work on frustration. Everything is made to frustrate you and spend more and more time to spend more money every month.

There is a lot of great video-games to be played that doesn't frustrate you.

The play style needs to change. It's all grinding.

All the expansions except the most recent (Mists of Panderia) are included with the basic game now.  No need to buy BC, WOTLK, and Cataclysm.  I expect they'll roll MoP into the basic game once the next expansion comes out.  It's also unnecessary to buy the expansion at the start.


When was the last time you leveled up a character?  They've been chopping down the amount of experience needed to level.  In 5.3, they cut the experience needed to get from 85 to 90 by a third.

There is a ton of better grinding game which is free....

No grinding game is good.