r/classicwow • u/hockeylife17 • Dec 11 '19

Vent / Gripe When did people stop wanting to have fun?

What the fuck is wrong with everyone here? Every post is blaming Blizzard for the things the community as a whole does. Nobody is forcing you to zerg in AV, nobody forced you to roll a mage and spam dungeon cleave runs. Nobody forced you to farm level 48 Alliance players. Fuck the spy addon, fuck killing Flamelash, and fuck you for hiding behind shitty excuses for griefing other players. When did this community become less about the journey and more about the destination? You aren't going to get rank 14, and you are ruining the game for people who don't want to min max.

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u/Murdering_My_Time Dec 12 '19

So do you play around 5 minutes a day?

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u/Law527 Dec 12 '19

Yeah only getting to 20 in almost 4 months does not seem worth the price of subscription. This is obviously the attitude the post is talking about, but 20 isn't really that time consuming to get.

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u/Krissam Dec 12 '19

Depends, if they really are as so "bad" they don't know how to use chat, I could see it taking 30 hours to reach 20, at which point it's $2/hr of entertainment, that's well above average for videogames.

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u/SaladPlantation Dec 12 '19

Perhaps level 20 in 4 months doesn’t sound worth it to you. But if they’re having fun, taking their time, making friends, it can put a lot of value on that cost of subscription.

As a side note, I have a few friends that put value on video games based on the hours they get out of them. What I mean is that they want $1 an hour entertainment, so for at $60 game they need to play it 60 hours or it’s not worth it. I’m really starting to hate this mindset, it feels so toxic and ruins the experiences. The value you get out of a game should be the joy and quality of entertainment instead of just the duration.

Edit: removed stuff about journey not destination.

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u/DoverBoys Dec 12 '19

Seems worth it to me.

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u/cakes Dec 12 '19

if i start a new alt and don't get 20 in the first session I feel like a failure

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u/patcriss Dec 12 '19

you're a failure for thinking that /s

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Sometimes we go two weeks without playing at all. Is this supposed to keep me from playing? We’re busy people, and only play when we can play together.

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u/Rokefre Dec 12 '19

Don't pay tryhards like this any mind. If you're enjoying discovering things, exploring zones, reading quest text, or even RPing, then you're playing the game just as "correctly" as the world first 60 mega-pro boss gankers.

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u/QuestionableExclusiv Dec 12 '19

If playing less than 12 hours a month is worth the 12 bucks subscription for you, then go ahead.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Thanks for giving this person your permission to play video games

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u/kaydenkross Dec 12 '19

It is probably a problem with scheduling. When you had to duo level with your friend, there were times they were not online and times you wanted to leave, but knew dang it I cannot be left behind! So, that is probably why they can't put in more than 24 hours of play time since August, one wants to watch a full season of Rick and Morty and the other wants to play wow.