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Should I get world of warcraft?
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I've played it before and enjoyed it, but I've got my A2 exams this year, and also it costs tonnes!
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No it doesn't
Subscription is something around the £7/8 a month mark isn't it? Can you justify £84/96 a year on a game? (Anyone care to confirm this?)
if you want to have any kind of life in the real world i wouldn\\\'t bother, i see what it\\\'s doing my stepsister day in day out, she\\\'s so wrapped up in her virtual reality she is completely clueless about the real world, i honestly don\\\'t know how she\\\'ll cope when she has to look after herself.......that pretty much puts me off playing any computer games anymore, i certainly don\\\'t spend hours and days completing some bare long level or mission like i used to........
What makes it so addictive? I have seen it and its like really basic to me. Anyways.
Ill say dont play it because a lot of people are becoming addicted to it and there was an article in the newspaper a while ago about some girl in Japan who died from playing the game and not eating and getting enough sleep.
I can barely scrape £30 together let alone £72 or whatever! (wouldn't that be £102, anyway, as you have to buy the CD in the first place? im not sure...)
But im playing guild wars and it does get boring because after you do the quests and get to level 20 all there is to do is play gvg and i suck quite bad at it, so its no fun. You need to have a very specialised build in order to play rather than just playing for fun, which imo detracts from the game. In WoW, you can role paly and still get along in the game, so you dont need to 'max power' your characters and design them before you start the game!
You should leave it until after the exams.
Yea prob, and will have to see if I get it after my exams! Rome total war barb invasion is fun for now though
leave it until exams are over, its a good summer hobby
leave it until after exams if you wanna start it
I would say, don't get it. It's too addictive.
I stopped playing before my january exams, havn't started again... yet
I miss that game so much. I played it at least 80 hours a week and I wasn't even hardcore, at £8.99 a month its much better value than a girl friend or going out with mates. And the community is [on the whole] one of the best I've seen in MMORPGs.
*Shoots you with Gnomish must-but-WoW ray*
And what makes it so addictive?
cos you can create a person (like in the sims
well, there is no 'end point' of the game. in fact, its not even finished yet. as well as the regular updates including new area's there's an expansion pack on the way. there's a few rumours that there will actually be an 'end big bad guy' but the game isn't really as linear as that. you can collect better gear, do other stuff and...
..you can work on and maintain a 'PvP' rank. which is basically killing other players, lots of them.
what makes it so addictive is that you can totally immerse yourself in the game. its not like a first person shooter where you basically follow a single path. there's different types of characters, millions of items, professions, area's, quests,etc
To the OP, if you have an addictive personality i'd advice leaving it totally. if you can control yourself ( ;op ) then i'd definatly recommend it. Bear in mind if you wish to finish the end-game content it'll require a lot of time, but will ultimatly be rewarding. it'll also help if you set a point where you'll leave the game, like hitting lvl60 or taking down ragnoras.
i've been playing it since around june and just checked out my playing time... 35 days :eek: there's a lot of people online that play a LOT more than me as well. Does it dent your social life>? yes, but doesn't totally destroy it
DO NOT GET IT IT WILL TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE! TRUST ME I REALLY REALLY DO KNOW!
"early 2006" but i reckon around late march time is most likely. :thumb:
its going to cause me to fail my exams anyway.