Cyne Spurr
MacroIntel
United Corporations Against Macros
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Posted - 2008.06.25 12:33:00 -
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 Originally by: Laciter
I don't understand why so many people have such ire directed towards world of warcraft in EVE. I mean its understandable that being the biggest MMO, every other MMO is going to compare itself to them, but honestly, the way people reply to newbie criticism with condescending remarks that amount to "go play WoW you noob!" is quite off-putting. Usually such replies include such remarks about how the eve-community is so much more mature, which I find ironic. I don't view mature and intelligent people needing to bash other games and people who play them in order to feel better about themselves. This type of elitism is common among fans of certain rock bands, but for fans of video games it's absurd.
The fact is WoW is a very enjoyable game. The reason it is so popular is because it has a good blend of simplicity and depth. It does have major flaws, but it is not just a simple game for idiots and children as implied by many EVE fans. While there are many immature players and some very young players, the majority of people I ran into in my experience were in their 20's and 30's, sometimes older, and for the most part very nice and mature. It is really a completely different type of game than EVE, and I don't see why you can't enjoy both.
I do not like wow for some very obvious and simple reasons.
1: Graphicaly it is ugly as hell, when I was first looking at MMOs I wanted a game that would be fun and worth playing on my new pc...So I trialed a few, and settled with city of heroes.
2: It is ARCHAIC as hell.. The whole "leveling up" and doing instances thing is terrible..was allways terrible and defeates the purpose of havinng an mmo. To top it all, there is NO endgame content and yet people seem to think there is.
The fact that "endgame content" figures so heavily in the community is an indication of why the game sucks...personaly I dont want an mmo I play to have an endgame.
3: Its gameplay is terrible.
4: I would rather play the warcraft RTS games, at least they were good.
5: Mostly I dont like its community. I am not saying the EVE community is better, but the community of WOW is terrible and it is immature and hateful.
6: Even Tabulas Rasa and RFonline are better...and they suck..
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