I've quit WoW multiple times. I'm on my 6th WoW account. I get burnt out on it, but all the new mmos scratch my itch for only a handful of months. Then out of boredom I start playing again, remember how much fun I had; play the game like crazy and then reburn myself out.

I'm hoping AA, TESO, and Neverwinter will be strong enough games to hold my interest. I think WoW is still a lot of fun but is really begining to show its age and I want a replacement with some lasting appeal.

I just had a friend who said they were over WoW, after playing it since vanilla. Gave up all of his accounts last summer. Two hours after telling me how he is over sub based games and never going back to WoW, he FB me to tell me Blizzard gave him the battle chest for free. In which he reinstalled and has been playing the shit out the game eversense, and is planning on grinding to 90 by the start of the next pvp season in 3 weeks.

like others, Cata was a turnoff for me

I'm sure ill try WOW again someday

but I dislike that the 1-60 content has been changed forever (for the worse in my eyes)

the old 1-60 content used to be my favorite part of WOW

I quit WOW 2 weeks after release and have never been back :)

When I heard about the pokemo... pet battle system in Mysts of Pandaria my initial thought was:

XD

Originally posted by Sibcoe

Hi everyone -

I wanted to share a show I did about coming back to WoW and what the game is really about.  I have been enjoying it and hope you ejoy hearing my thoughts on why "no one ever really quits WoW."

 

No One Quits WoW

Are you playing WoW, did you come back for MOP, are you having fun?

 

Cheers 0/

 

Meh, I quit WoW and went back due to roommate peer pressure.  That last for about one day, and I knew it would happen.  I just wanted to shut them up.  It's just a meaningless PvP deathmatch with some PvE.  The key is accepting that it's not what you want and feeling okay about admitting it and the scrutiny you will recieve for saying so.

No one quits WoW. WoW quits you. ,)

WoW in my estimation has made it easier than any other game to start with a lvl 1 toon and end up with a raid worthy toon in a pretty quick timeframe. 

Seems like it is a philosophy they had on day 1 and they hold to it today.

Sooooo much is getting crammed into that progression now as compared to vanilla it has made the game feel vastly different, even if the end result is the same.

The shear amount of content you roll through in 1 - 90.....just for example, think about Gnomergon.

In the old days, you prepared, did the pre-quests, got ready, and worked out a schedule to get into a dungeon, and you remembered it forever.

But today, it's hard to even remember if you went there at all.....did I even hit Gnomergon on the rfd? <checks achievements>

The pro's are obvious. WoW has remained as accessible as it ever was; arguably more accessible in many ways. Whether it is a factor or not, their focus has kept them as the juggernaut, even as they begin to slip.

The con's are what we argue about...

accessibility is great, but can be overdone

some feel the sacrifice for the old 'feel' for the accessibility is too high

I imagine if WoW wants to remain the juggernaut that it is, it needs to dial back the accesssibility and find the balance for what makes us feel ownership in a 'world'.

Otherwise, we are all doomed to quit and return over and over, trying to see if they've yet restored the balance.

Originally posted by Zorgo

Otherwise, we are all doomed to quit and return over and over, trying to see if they've yet restored the balance.

Blizzard, in the meantime, will happily replace your fifteen bucks with the fifteen bucks from this week's newb (and have a happier in-game environment without the grumbling).

The human race breeds fast enough to keep refreshing the newbs endlessly.

The old guys who grumbled and quit just keep getting older, to the glee of their proctologists.

I too have played wow from Beta  back in the day and I left dring Wrath as i saw it as an incomplete expansion. All the bugs and exploits in Wrath drove me nut and it wasnt fun at all.

Then a friend got ahold of me and told me i had to come back because of the sundering... Why not? it sounded interesting. So i paid another sub and started playing again, but i didnt start with my old characters. I created characters on a new realm (Bonechewer) and Started from Level one. Then it hit me. I was level 80 in under a week and was thinking... this is too easy.

Then Mists came out and I continued, but as with both Wrath and Cataclysm i saw MoP as another rushed incomplete expansion. Not only that but the sheer number of dailies over content disappointed me.

I am an anti farmer.. I grinded through Blacksmithing and enchanting and all the others and realized i didnt want to do it any more. And then dailies came into existance.. sure back in BC they were something additional to do in the zones. But they werent all over and were added in a patch. They werent considered main stream content. With Wrath that changed Dailies were given more focus as end game content and it has gotten worse with MoP.

Now as I nderstand the Devs made the tabards available for dungeon running as opposed to doing the dailies for the rep. good move on that but it was too late. I quit WoW. The game has been dumbed down and yes there ar emany who claim its just made it easier, or "Change is inevitable" all i can say is good for you you like it. I dont.

I have moved on into other games, and many of my friends also did the same. We look back on WoW fondly but with new games coming on the horizon and others still in beta that offer new content and eye candy its just time to move on.

Of all the changes from the expansions in WoW there is only one that realy comes to mind that i actually welcomed.  The shattering of the world and the new content in the lower zones. The devs took thier time and put alot of effort into it and when I came back it was like a brand new game.. still on cartoony graphics but what the hell it was fun.

People do quit wow, many millions have. and as far as i know the last announcement had it at 400k accounts lost and that was a few weeks ago. So yes people quit it happens with every game, but with WoW being the biggest of them all its the most noticable. As someone said earlier if they didnt quit WoW would have over 20 million Subscribers.

*Waves* Hi I quit wow near the end of BC and rejoined during Wotlk and quit mid way through, played for about 2 weeks and quit again.

...and I have yet to buy the game since. I did play briefly for a month in cataclysm but it was my friend using my account and wanting me to play. Otherwise I've had no desire to return and the fact the talent tree is now removed my desire to play WoW again is an astonishing 0.0001%. See, slightly there but considering how since wotlk its been going down hill. they effectively killed any urge to play, specially with competition that is amazing.

Originally posted by Sibcoe

Hi everyone -

I wanted to share a show I did about coming back to WoW and what the game is really about.  I have been enjoying it and hope you ejoy hearing my thoughts on why "no one ever really quits WoW."

 

No One Quits WoW

Are you playing WoW, did you come back for MOP, are you having fun?

 

Cheers 0/

 

Quit 1 month after hitting 85 in Cata because of the dumbind down of the game and the refusal to acknowledge the faulty development and improper use of time.  That was over 2 years ago and I havn't looked back.  I used to follow path updates but I do not even do that any more.  The game is a huge borefest and a failure on so many levels in my eyes.

I started playing WOW in November 2004 and quit in Aug 2005. Never looked back :)

Your theory is incorrect

This game is a joke, I quit after level 35 I was angry at getting killed by Orks when I finally got off Darnasus, I knew I needed to level up some more doing some easier quests but I thought to my self "What is the point of this game"? 

Went on 2 Private servers and quit within 4 months on both. I just get bored of it. What I like about WoW is the Lore and the amazing looking world but the gameplay is horrible and graphics cartoon like. Have I quit for good? Yes, the theory is wrong. I have thought about returning but there are other games I rather play like Skyrim mods. 

Originally posted by Thane

a) there are people who know what this game can / has to offer and 

b) there are people who played it because other people play it, to be part of the hype

 

a) hardly leaves. agreed.

b) thinks the LFR tool is everything, and after completing it they think  their game is done :)

Or

a) leaves because they are not new to MMOs and don't find the game particularly challenging or enjoyable

b) are probably the ones that stay, because they are casual and don't know any better.