Ask Lemmy

My at the time friend learned WoW would cost Monthly money he swore the game off. In 2005 I picked it up after another friend tried to get me to play lineage. Eventually I got all my friends hooked and we played together for years. I stopped playing in 2012 and never really had any in game achievements. I almost had full tier 1 armor for my paladin. Now I look at that time with regret. I used to spend 12 hours a day in game for a few days in a row. Organized 40 man raids but was a shit GL an RL.

Ten years playing. It was mostly with family as we were scattered across the country and Sundays we would all do quests and dungeons together. But later it got to where you would spend hours just doing dailies. And I had a real life I needed to live.

I omly played it for a year or maybe two tops just before and through Cata. Hated the grind so mostly played a Death Knight tank and joined a random group looking for a tank in all chat that was a blast to play with. Lots of late nights, and had fun, but didn't miss it when I quit after not wanting to spend money on another expansion on top of the monthly sub.

If anything it soured the concept of grinding. If a game isn't fun from the outset I don't even bother with it. Leveling/upgrades are fine as long as it doesn't feel like I need to for the game to be fun.

I'm pretty sure I could use DBM alerts to nudge bad behavior

I played it when it first came out. I reached level 48 and got bored with it when it became clear the story was about to run out, and all that was left was repetitive grinds the same dungeon over and over. I never went back, and rarely think about it...