Comments on: Top Five: Fighting WoW Apathy http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:11:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Part duration Druid fights WoW apathy | Warcraft-News.com http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Part duration Druid fights WoW apathy | Warcraft-News.com Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:01:47 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-267 [...] Part duration Druid has some good ideas about how to “fight WoW apathy,” just in case you can’t think of any yourself. PvP and money farming are in here (those are [...] [...] Part duration Druid has some good ideas about how to “fight WoW apathy,” just in case you can’t think of any yourself. PvP and money farming are in here (those are [...]

]]> By: PTD http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-264 PTD Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:52:03 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-264 @Sally This is certainly the answer for some people. I am not one of them, as I can't afford to buy games very often, and I don't have the system to run AoC comfortably. Besides, the gritty, realistic style doesn't appeal to me, and if I want a graphical showcase, I won't play an MMO. I should add that several of the people in my guild that "left" for AoC are now already back from that game. :) They couldn't handle the bugs and content gaps post level 30! ;) If I ever get the inkling to try out a different MMO, I just play the free trial. By the time the 7 or 14 days or whatever are up, I'm usually over it! PTD @Sally

This is certainly the answer for some people. I am not one of them, as I can’t afford to buy games very often, and I don’t have the system to run AoC comfortably. Besides, the gritty, realistic style doesn’t appeal to me, and if I want a graphical showcase, I won’t play an MMO. I should add that several of the people in my guild that “left” for AoC are now already back from that game. :) They couldn’t handle the bugs and content gaps post level 30! ;) If I ever get the inkling to try out a different MMO, I just play the free trial. By the time the 7 or 14 days or whatever are up, I’m usually over it!

PTD

]]> By: Sally http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Sally Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:42:17 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-263 Well... I'm one of those key people you talk about who has "left" for AOC - I'm one of my raiding guilds top healers and myself and the top healer have both decided to play AOC - we are leveling together and its so refreshing to have a change from WOW. We have not at all abandoned our guild - we both feel very responsible that we should be online at raid planning time to be available - as if we are not there, often there are not enough healers for a 25 man - but if no raid goes on.. its off to Hyboria! We are really consious though of not letting our WOW guild down as ofc when LOTLK comes out.. we will be back and we want a strong guild.. I have to say though that the guild knows we are playing AOC and we have had some hostile responses!!! Quite a bit of peer pressure not to do it, and it doesnt help that the other healer announces in guild chat "well... no raid.. off to AOC"! My tip for keeping WOW fresh is.... try something else too! Now I love raiding cause I'm not doing it everyday - I love chocolate.. but I can't eat it everyday or ill get.. sick of it.. and fat... and its the same now with WOW - the time spent on AOC (and RL now its summer) just actually makes WOW even better.... no matter what.. WOW is my favourite.. but ... AOC is pretty amazing once you get used to it and stop comparing.. Well… I’m one of those key people you talk about who has “left” for AOC – I’m one of my raiding guilds top healers and myself and the top healer have both decided to play AOC – we are leveling together and its so refreshing to have a change from WOW. We have not at all abandoned our guild – we both feel very responsible that we should be online at raid planning time to be available – as if we are not there, often there are not enough healers for a 25 man – but if no raid goes on.. its off to Hyboria! We are really consious though of not letting our WOW guild down as ofc when LOTLK comes out.. we will be back and we want a strong guild.. I have to say though that the guild knows we are playing AOC and we have had some hostile responses!!! Quite a bit of peer pressure not to do it, and it doesnt help that the other healer announces in guild chat “well… no raid.. off to AOC”! My tip for keeping WOW fresh is…. try something else too! Now I love raiding cause I’m not doing it everyday – I love chocolate.. but I can’t eat it everyday or ill get.. sick of it.. and fat… and its the same now with WOW – the time spent on AOC (and RL now its summer) just actually makes WOW even better…. no matter what.. WOW is my favourite.. but … AOC is pretty amazing once you get used to it and stop comparing..

]]> By: PTD http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-257 PTD Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:12:50 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-257 @Kestrel The job is done. A Swift Purple Gryphon is mine. I already don't know how I lived without it. :) @Chris It does seem odd to try to organize 5 mans like that, but it can be effective. We need to use every tool we can to keep our guilds going, right? @Fim We've gone through our share of raiding/non-raiding problems in our guild. I don't think those kind of problems are all that uncommon, sadly. @Ease We had similar problems leading up to the release of TBC. You and Clest were pretty new and still loving the NEWness of WoW, but the guild lost some good people at that time, most of them temporarily, thankfully. People got flat out tired of running Molten Bore all the time, as it was one of only 2 or 3 REAL avenues to progress pre TBC. It's actually one of the reason I shelved my hunter for so long. I got bored with him at max level (60 at the time) and started the druid leading up to TBC. @Kestrel

The job is done. A Swift Purple Gryphon is mine. I already don’t know how I lived without it. :)

@Chris

It does seem odd to try to organize 5 mans like that, but it can be effective. We need to use every tool we can to keep our guilds going, right?

@Fim

We’ve gone through our share of raiding/non-raiding problems in our guild. I don’t think those kind of problems are all that uncommon, sadly.

@Ease

We had similar problems leading up to the release of TBC. You and Clest were pretty new and still loving the NEWness of WoW, but the guild lost some good people at that time, most of them temporarily, thankfully. People got flat out tired of running Molten Bore all the time, as it was one of only 2 or 3 REAL avenues to progress pre TBC. It’s actually one of the reason I shelved my hunter for so long. I got bored with him at max level (60 at the time) and started the druid leading up to TBC.

]]> By: Ease http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Ease Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:43:11 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-256 I began my WoW journey just a couple of months before TBC was released, and I was immediatly enamored with everything that the game offers. On top of that, WoW is my first MMORPG... everyone knows your first MMORPG is always your favorite. At the time of my induction into Azeroth, headlines all over the blogosphere were crying foul over this very topic: WoW Apathy. I had no idea what they were talking about. Now I do. PTD's suggestions are excellent. Alt-ism has now stricken my guild, and I'm helping it along. At least warlocks are a ton of fun. I began my WoW journey just a couple of months before TBC was released, and I was immediatly enamored with everything that the game offers. On top of that, WoW is my first MMORPG… everyone knows your first MMORPG is always your favorite. At the time of my induction into Azeroth, headlines all over the blogosphere were crying foul over this very topic: WoW Apathy. I had no idea what they were talking about.

Now I do.

PTD’s suggestions are excellent. Alt-ism has now stricken my guild, and I’m helping it along. At least warlocks are a ton of fun.

]]> By: Fimlys http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Fimlys Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:56:56 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-255 This actually happened to us during the build up back to raiding after TBC.. We lost a lot of raiders that were with us previously for 40 man content. Some of those players are coming back now but some seem gone forever. We are just starting to get back up to 25man strength and are (hopefully) heading into Gruul's tonight (we've been before with another guild) ourselves. The suggestions you have are great. We haven't really lost anyone as far as I know to AoC or any other MMOs recently, but we have gotten a few new alts in from me bugging friends to death to do so :) (lol)... I think the main thing that keeps me going is the social interaction. I love playing with these guys, plain and simple. This actually happened to us during the build up back to raiding after TBC.. We lost a lot of raiders that were with us previously for 40 man content. Some of those players are coming back now but some seem gone forever.

We are just starting to get back up to 25man strength and are (hopefully) heading into Gruul’s tonight (we’ve been before with another guild) ourselves.

The suggestions you have are great. We haven’t really lost anyone as far as I know to AoC or any other MMOs recently, but we have gotten a few new alts in from me bugging friends to death to do so :) (lol)…

I think the main thing that keeps me going is the social interaction. I love playing with these guys, plain and simple.

]]> By: Chris http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Chris Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:48:48 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-254 I find myself in the very situation you describe. The part about organizing 5-mans like raids is interesting and worth a trying since 5-mans seem to have dried up and I still need a few. I find myself in the very situation you describe. The part about organizing 5-mans like raids is interesting and worth a trying since 5-mans seem to have dried up and I still need a few.

]]> By: Kestrel http://parttimedruid.com/2008/06/03/top-five-fighting-wow-apathy/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Kestrel Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:15:10 +0000 http://parttimedruid.com/?p=78#comment-253 This is a great article, and for those who may be flailing around trying to figure out what to do, they no longer have any excuses. Good job! (And good luck with that epic flyer!) This is a great article, and for those who may be flailing around trying to figure out what to do, they no longer have any excuses. Good job! (And good luck with that epic flyer!)

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