I actually quit when i heard they were lowering the mount reuiremet to lvl 20.  I remember way back before BC when max level players would look for BLUE items because epic items were so rare.    now before I quite I had a  "If its not purple I don't want it" attitude (excluding trinkets because there are some that are blue and just pwn... like the WotLK Alchemist Stones)

I log in simply to chat to my mates lol, it's a bit expensive to use it as an MSN... I do some raiding with them, some dailys but not much more, I am logged about 2-3 hrs a day now....getting bored....or too old.....I don't know really.......I just know I keep paying and loggin in :P

My guild. We all like each other. They even make retreads of old content more enjoyable. . .

That and I have come this far for the Violet Proto Drake I'm not giving up now. I just need brewfest!

(yes I know it's purple, but it's fast!)

 Friends.

I cut the chord a long time ago as I couldn't suffer through the mindless grind anymore.  Most of my RL and online friends that played it still do...becaues they are afraid to quit and lose the conneciton.  Seriously, that's the only thing keeping LOTS of people subscribed.  This is why I don't consider WoW much of a game anymore.  It's a social network application with lots of distracting mini games (BGs, arenas, easy as shit raids, rep grinds, mount grinds, trinkets for your avatar, etc) to keep you busy while you chat.

And getting a group of people to quit en masse and move to another game is also problematic.  I tried.  Either people weren't interested in a particular IP or were interesting in something else an no one would ever agree...so they kept grinding.

I said "Sorry, sick of this.  I'm going to play LotRO next and TOR after that.  If you get bored that's where I'll be."  That's where they ALL still are.  But I 3 people have joined me in LotRO, and a 4th is considering as he gave up on Wow too.

A family member of mine got an account.  

We exclusively group together, turning off world chat, etc.  

We play at our own pace, don't care what equipment each other has, and are having fun exploring the world and doing quests.

We don't play every day, but about 2-3 times per week.  We don;t get burned out and we don't worry about getting to max level.

I am entirely happy with our experience, but I do realize that it's not typical.

Originally posted by graggok

I actually quit when i heard they were lowering the mount reuiremet to lvl 20.  I remember way back before BC when max level players would look for BLUE items because epic items were so rare.    now before I quite I had a  "If its not purple I don't want it" attitude (excluding trinkets because there are some that are blue and just pwn... like the WotLK Alchemist Stones)

When we start the game, a 4slot bag is a god send.  We will argue over it when it dropped.  That is when we were lvl 7s.

When we were level 60 and reroll a lvl 1, 4 slot bags drop regularly in the lvl 1-5 starter zone.

When we were level 70 and reroll a lvl 1, we enjoy a quest, super easy quest that gives us a 4 slot bag.

What does that mean?  The old things are old.  Anyone with a lvl maxed can finance a lvl 1 for the basics.  There is no point for the game to make it super hard.  A mount at lvl 20 only makes it easier to go from one zone to another.  The mobs in WC will still kill him, whether he arrives on foot or horseback.

Fact is, powerlvling by a lvl maxed in old world instances are making the content trivial, much more than a damn mount.  If the lvl 20 has friends, he does not even need a mount.  2 friends can move around and summon him to instance stones, and he never need to leave orgrimmar until he is being summoned.

Well if you need to pick an argument, try something else.  A mount is trivial now.  The road from lvl 20 to 40 only takes some hours grinding SM.  With an aoeing 80 of course.  You know a good lvl 80 can enter the cathedral building and pull 1/4 of the mobs in 1 pull and aoe them down in 20 sec.  4 pulls and that is the entire cathedral proper.  It takes more time waiting for the pools to come over than killing them.

I keep logging in because I'm having fun playing.

I guess that's the only reason really. Isn't that really what playing a game is about?

Originally posted by Echobe

I seem to suffer from a form of WoW ADHD.

As interesting and appealing the idea of re-subbing is, when I think about it and remember my past WoW experience, it's a very deflating remembrance. It just seems to me that WoW is quite limited on what's going on.

I mean sure, there's up to level 80, item grinding, PvP, Arena and all that, but it all seems very monty hall-ish, and short sighted. You get to level 80, pretty easily I might add, and then that's about it. It turns into a very blah experience.

And I know that you get quite an entertainment deal for 15 bucks for unlimited use monthly, but when it comes to an MMO I require more depth than that, and unfortunately, the MMO market is saturated with redundant formula MMO's.

So, I am just wondering, for you devoted WoW players, what keeps you logging in?

 

This game is VERY limited now and offers me nothing. I stopped playing wow a long time ago for the reason that I didn't enjoy it.

Originally posted by MMO-Maniac

I keep logging in because I'm having fun playing.

 

I guess that's the only reason really. Isn't that really what playing a game is about?

Exactly.

Why do I keep playing? Well if I stopped my wife would kill me, (not really but she loves WOW and feels towards it like I DAOC - my first MMO).

Mainly, because of something that happened last night. I am playing an alt. I am going to get him to 60 and shut off his exp gains and hope I can find some like-minded people to raid the old content with. Anyway, I am doing quests in the Barrens. I ahve leveled 3 or 4 characters in the Barrens so I know the zone well. Well, I am doing the quests from the guard who walks around in the South Barrens - the ones for the quarry and the dwarf keep.  Well I found 2 quests I have never done before!! I was shocked and amazed. 4 years later and I am still finding quests I have never done.

That is what keeps me playing. Even after 4 years, there is still something new.

 I just came  back with some friends about a month ago , started fresh on a pvp server bit im at like lvl 77 with my rogue now and i am just like i dont want to play this anymore again , i played since launch and ive taken a few big breaks over the years but bleh i dunno the game is feeling old to me now and wotlk is far to easy there is no challenge in the game any more and i have always been a casual player never liked raiding or any of that crap but its like bleh whats the point no challenge. 

Originally posted by Echobe

I seem to suffer from a form of WoW ADHD.

As interesting and appealing the idea of re-subbing is, when I think about it and remember my past WoW experience, it's a very deflating remembrance. It just seems to me that WoW is quite limited on what's going on.

I mean sure, there's up to level 80, item grinding, PvP, Arena and all that, but it all seems very monty hall-ish, and short sighted. You get to level 80, pretty easily I might add, and then that's about it. It turns into a very blah experience.

And I know that you get quite an entertainment deal for 15 bucks for unlimited use monthly, but when it comes to an MMO I require more depth than that, and unfortunately, the MMO market is saturated with redundant formula MMO's.

So, I am just wondering, for you devoted WoW players, what keeps you logging in?

 

Blizzard adds content fast enough to keep me interested since I don't have that much time to go through all the content anyway.

3.2 is coming soon and i am already planning for it.

 Nothing.  Quit playing a year ago.

I would say friends that I have made over the years. I miss the old days when WoW was more challenging, but  it still has enough that drew me to it in the first place to keep me around.

Originally posted by Echobe

I seem to suffer from a form of WoW ADHD.

As interesting and appealing the idea of re-subbing is, when I think about it and remember my past WoW experience, it's a very deflating remembrance. It just seems to me that WoW is quite limited on what's going on.

I mean sure, there's up to level 80, item grinding, PvP, Arena and all that, but it all seems very monty hall-ish, and short sighted. You get to level 80, pretty easily I might add, and then that's about it. It turns into a very blah experience.

And I know that you get quite an entertainment deal for 15 bucks for unlimited use monthly, but when it comes to an MMO I require more depth than that, and unfortunately, the MMO market is saturated with redundant formula MMO's.

So, I am just wondering, for you devoted WoW players, what keeps you logging in?

 

Well, I have a similar problem. Being an achiever type myself, it is pretty hard to stop playing until you have maxed out everything.

You should play WoW, if you still having fun in the game. I have seen too many frustrated people who destroy the harmony in guilds because they no longer have fun. Sometimes it can be hard to let go something you have invested significant amount of time, but once you affect people around you - it is time to let go.

I have gotten frustrated with WoW many times and been on breaks many times. I have played this game since the US closed beta, but usually end up quitting for the same reasons as before. Even tried selling off my characters, but once WoTLK launched I got pulled back in. Only to quit for same personal reasons as before. If there had been another good title in the market, I would probably not have resubscribed at all.

My advice is to subscribe to WoW, if you think you can get at least couple of months worth of fun from it. However, looking at your reasons to leave the game, I think you will end up leaving it for the same reasons.

Every other MMO I've played is either slowly deing (War, AoC), run by people who just want to make fast cash from the MMO industry, or are boring and overhyped grind fests (e.g. Aion).  The only other MMO I really liked was SWG, it had a LOT of freedom which is missing MMOs.

Wow is doing the best and keeps it's players, because it just is the best at the moment.  I have high hopes for TOR and really hope it's good, but I have a feeling it will just be another AoC; a good game at it's core but left unfinished, buggy and unpolished which will scare people away for good.

 Not enough races in the other games, and if there are races in games other than human, the faciton system sucks.

WoW factions can suck if there is an imbalance, but it's better than others, imo.