Just trying a character out and making a general assumption about a game is not the way to go about it.  I too have my love/hate moments when it comes to WoW, but to try to say AoC is in any way better than WoW is to laugh. The only way AoC is any better is the dx10 critical hits.  I also have 3 level 80s there. After reaching 80 all you could do was make another toon, Their crafting system was and is still horrid. Every single game out there  has their starting points with quest kills. This is to help a player learn to use the game interface. WoW never promised that their graphics were anything but make-believe. If you did not like the blood elf, perhaps you should have tried another race or alliance. Yes, some places have better graphics than others...isn't every game like that? And, is it really the game or your gaming system that leaves the world less desireable? Blizz retains so many subs because it cares about its community and strives to bring the players what they most desire. Caring about a game and a community comes from putting in the time to learn the world and the people within. WoW is based on diablo and if you knew that world, the transition to this was easily understood as far as graphics and game style. Perhaps if you actually took the time to level beyond ... say what, level 5 I'd actually lend some value to your bash, then again, maybe not.

<<inserts ignore button here>>

OP Fails at review. To experience the game, really, you have to play the end-game. Whatever that is for you, PvE or PvP. If you want the story, it's better told in Warcraft 1-3. Sure, the quests suck, but you can't review the game at lvl 20. lol.

Granted, I quit WoW, which neutralizes my defense, but if you like raiding, keep playing. Seriously. The game is easy and there are too many noobs, that's why I quit. Too many people who don't know how to kill Mimiron, lulz. It's EZ Mode now.

OP just reached the summit of MMO epicness. That is, managing to not like WOW. You can't be more epic than this. Congratulations OP.

And it took you only 2 weeks

BLASFEMY dont you dare to compare the best mmo ever made ( wow ) with....AOC...its like comparison of a space craft with a piece of crap on the floor...

Yes! How dare you BLASPHEMY against Blizz!

As a Punishment! You shall drop 2 nose hair tonight!

Originally posted by protoroc

Of course Zorndorf will be in here soon a post like:

So your judging the entire game just for the newbie levels?

You should wait till you reach endgame, thats when the world opens up and the fun begins.

You can do heroics, or raid, or arena, or raid, or arena.

Xfire stats show most people play wow so millions of people cant be wrong         :)))))))))))))

 

 

 

Great *gg* But you forgot to color some sentences

 Such a good attempt, shame about post history.

Originally posted by Kilmar

Originally posted by protoroc

Of course Zorndorf will be in here soon a post like:

So your judging the entire game just for the newbie levels?

You should wait till you reach endgame, thats when the world opens up and the fun begins.

You can do heroics, or raid, or arena, or raid, or arena.

Xfire stats show most people play wow so millions of people cant be wrong         :)))))))))))))

 

 

 

 

Great *gg* But you forgot to color some sentences

Indead OP, WOW has concurrent 8000 million users all online JUST for heroic dungeon crawls :::))))) AMAZING !!

If you care; WOW 2 about to be released totally revamps the MMO WORLD back to 99% marketshare of the great blizzar :))) you hate this i bet :))))

For your hate OP i give you some humble XFIRE PIE :)))) realtime stats of 5000000k 24/7hr players

80000 million people playing dont lie :))))

If you click accept quest so fast you dident even see the headline of the quest , than YES , the quest are kill X.

Try reading the quest you are doing  , follow the lore deep.

I guess that 99% of the wow player are not reading the quests.

That's not just a WoW phenomenon. There have been attempts to deliver the quest information in a non standard way, but it seems that people keep on skipping info when they don't want to read. AoC tried with the cut scene approach and SWTOR will try with the full dialog option (a similar to Mass Effect system). Personally I skipped the long talk once I read the text myself.

People might actually read the quests if there was more than a "Accept or Not" answer to them. Perhaps with certain dialog paths that would reward the players that would answer in the context of the quest and quest giver, this could be alleviated somewhat. So, somebody who just wanted to grab the quest fast could answer the default answer, while others could delve more in depth and get rewarded a bit more (it doesn't have to be quest money, some sort of reputation reward could do the trick I suppose).

I agree with some of the posters, probably what WoW offers is accesibility in all ranes, from hardware to gameplay.

Never played WoW but its the feeling i get from what others talk about it.

I really enjoyed the Bloodelf starter area. I didn't find it at all generic and laclustre as you seem to.

The blood elf starter was my favorite besides humans. And to be honest you would enjoy quests alot more if you actually read the text. Same goes for most games if you don't get into the story and understand whats going on you'll probably not enjoy it

Someone had the nerve to bring up EQ2's Quests.....possibly the most boring mind numbing lame no point no story bland crap-fest of quests yet produced in a game.  30% of the quests is some NPC wanting X number of cooking stuff, 30% clear out X number of boring mobs for no good reason, 30% hey can you run this to someone, and 10% of dungeon crap

I guess I'll pipe in.  I resisted WOW for years as well and finally gave it a serious try when a new server released.  Personally I think the Art Direction in WOW is the best I have ever seen.  Art Direction is ALOT more than just the standard graphics, its about color, mood and DETAIL.  WOW's world is full of critters, lore based objects and interesting artwork which to me, makes it amazing.  I too used to beleive that "realistic" artwork was the only way to go, but now after the richness of detail in WOW, I can't even look at EQ2 (my past game which I played for 3 years) again.   AION has got it right by making the world of gameplay very beautiful and also full of detail.  As far as quests go I find them interesting, and TBC has perhaps the most interesting quests in the game (who can forget the bombing and "poo" quests??)

WOW is about the endgame at the end of the day.  And that endgame is full of exciting things to do.  Quite frankly some of the raid scripting of WOW is the best thought out encounters I have ever engaged in.  They do present a challenge and one that when you beat it you get a sense of gratification (Dont know how many times I have heard the thunderous applause on vent from taking down some tuff mob).  Endgame is important whether you engage in it or not.  Many games have failed due to lack of endgame (or the promise of such).  See Tabula Rasa....

The only things I think WOW lacks is a more interesting crafting (altho its actually pretty decent, and you can make decent clothes and weapons until you start raiding) and some more mini-games like Housing and Guild Halls (I actually think guild halls are a MUST, and long overdue in WOW. Guilds love to show off and it would be great for the RPers).   

Guild halls, while a very nice convenience are not very helpful to the overall community.  I think EQ2s guild halls helped deterionate the community by clearing out the cities.  Maybe it could be done in some way that doesn't hurt the hustle and bustle of towns, especially with Cataclysm putting emphasis back on the original 6 cities of the old world, but I just don't think it is even worth trying. 

Guild halls don't really solve a problem and have the potential to create one.

@OP did you play out the indy jones quest line.. that was fun.

Did you group and compete all the group quests at the crashed erm.. undead.. floating castle thing.. ah what are they called? zigeret? erm.

Graphics are subjective. But you went to effectly 1 zone out of maybe 50 zones in the game, you need to explore much more.

Have you done any deungons? played as group?

Played some PvP world and Battlegrounds?

Been to orgrimmer or undercity (main horde cities)?

As to all the kill x and y quests, well not all quests can be unique or have an epic story. bottom line blizzard gave you a reason to kill x number of y, without them you would be grinding mobs for level either way. Atleats this way theres a bit of story.

Im not saying you have to experience this and that and you have to get to lvl x before you enjoy Wow... but you've played about 1% of the game.

Troll or not, I definitely agree with the OP about WoW's questing. I found it to be at best a painfully boring chore that did nothing but waste my time. I hated it from the first character I made. I did enjoy myself for some time at end game, but my attempt to level an alt completely burned me out and lead to me quitting and never leveling in WotLK. I just couldn't put up with more of that pointless, boring time sink that is leveling.

The first time I leveled a character in WoW i loved it.

Maybe it was due to not playing solo the whole time? Once I hit endgame in WoW that's when the leveling process started becoming tedious since I only wanted to get to max level and run high level content.

WoW is an incredibly top heavy game leveling in Wow could be a lonely experience these days.  Which is understandable in a five year old game.

Originally posted by Abrahmm

 

Troll or not, I definitely agree with the OP about WoW's questing. I found it to be at best a painfully boring chore that did nothing but waste my time. I hated it from the first character I made. I did enjoy myself for some time at end game, but my attempt to level an alt completely burned me out and lead to me quitting and never leveling in WotLK. I just couldn't put up with more of that pointless, boring time sink that is leveling.

Leveling is a chore but your'e playing an RPG thats totally based around levels?  Do you enjoy smacking your head against a wall only to complain how much it hurts afterwards=)  Time to leave the genre.  They're ALL based on levels and they ALL are time sinks that are essentially pointless if you don't actually care to follow and read the lore.  Of course a quest is going to suck if you just read the part that says, "collect 12 doodads" and nothing else.  Its not Blizzard's problem that you're hard of reading=)

All movies suck too if you watch them with the sound turned off, while playing a game and surfing the internet at the same time.  Movies are meant to be watched so you understand whats going on, much like quests have to be read to appreciate why you're on them in the first place.  /user error