Is WoW worth it?

glancealot said:
bricks happen all the time, but i can fix that easily, picture I took the other day:

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I actually pat myself on the back all the time: all i wanted was finding something to fill the void that needed to be addressed after I passed my final actuarial exam, yet here i am, making more money with a side hustle (no CS or IT background at all, everything is self-taught with help of internet and occasionally paid subject matter experts) than my actual job.
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That’s not a brick, that’s a computer silly
 
glancealot said:
[ ... ] everything is self-taught with help of internet [ ... ]
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try teaching yourself to not be such a cringe- and shitlord maybe :OMEGALUL:
 
Once I moved out with my wife and started my career, WoW went on the backburner. Hard.

I remember playing Classic when I had just gotten to level 60. I had been looking forward to raiding and progressing with my guild. Unfortunately, raid times for the majority of guilds on my server ranged between 6 PM or 8 PM, and an avg raid would last 2-3 hours.

I get home from work at around 6 PM, and my wife arrives home at around 8 PM. So already there, not good for raiding. On top of that, I have IRL shit to do too. Cleaning around the house, showering off the Covid from work, and food to prep to be able to eat with her when she arrives (always hungry- dont fk with her when she hungry).

This also meant the only way for me to actually be able to raid on a video game would be to sideline my wife and let her eat alone and ignore her for 2-3 hours. And that just doesn't fly straight with me, and even less so with my non-mmorpg gamer wife (she plays OW and RB6 Siege).

WoW is just not cut out for family life, props to those in relationships to can make it work. It just ain't for me though.

So to answer your question @glancealot , from a different standpoint other than monetary gains, WoW is very much not worth it.

P.S. Main reason I play twinks is that I can get on, have fun, and log out after a 30 mins/1 hour session. No constant catching up to do for gear/enchants, until red gift wrapping comes around.
 
Sponsor said:
Once I moved out with my wife and started my career, WoW went on the backburner. Hard.

I remember playing Classic when I had just gotten to level 60. I had been looking forward to raiding and progressing with my guild. Unfortunately, raid times for the majority of guilds on my server ranged between 6 PM or 8 PM, and an avg raid would last 2-3 hours.

I get home from work at around 6 PM, and my wife arrives home at around 8 PM. So already there, not good for raiding. On top of that, I have IRL shit to do too. Cleaning around the house, showering off the Covid from work, and food to prep to be able to eat with her when she arrives (always hungry- dont fk with her when she hungry).

This also meant the only way for me to actually be able to raid on a video game would be to sideline my wife and let her eat alone and ignore her for 2-3 hours. And that just doesn't fly straight with me, and even less so with my non-mmorpg gamer wife (she plays OW and RB6 Siege).

WoW is just not cut out for family life, props to those in relationships to can make it work. It just ain't for me though.

So to answer your question @glancealot , from a different standpoint other than monetary gains, WoW is very much not worth it.

P.S. Main reason I play twinks is that I can get on, have fun, and log out after a 30 mins/1 hour session. No constant catching up to do for gear/enchants, until red gift wrapping comes around.
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but if you had a job that only required you to work 2~3 hour a day, and paid well enough that your wife could be a housewife, then WoW is suddenly worth it.

is WoW worth it if you had financial freedom? i'd say hell yeah, especially now that i49 is nerfed. (SoO heirloom with 5/6 gems is now so good though...)

tence said:
In my experience, once you start to question "is it worth it", that's when it's not really worth it anymore.
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too pessimistic.
 
you do are aware that life is not all about how much $ you make per hour ... ? :Okayge:
 
Selaya said:
you do are aware that life is not all about how much $ you make per hour ... ? :Okayge:
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Well, read the first paragraph of OP again. Clearly I am aware of that.
 
i am not bragging at all.

1, for wow gold, i think i do well because it's not competitive.

2, for real life money, i wouldn't say i have anything to brag about, i am almost 40 years old and i make much less (salary + computer sales combined) than a lot of people in their late 20s.
 
glancealot said:
my thoughts: WoW is very much not worth it from a "real life progress" point, if you have anything legit going on besides your main job/school. but from a happiness perspective, it is really great and may be part of a healthy/stable/sustainable lifestyle.

just to give you guys some numbers, for my computer business (a side hustle beside my 9-5 job), i sold $15.6k/$13.5k/$19k for june/july/august(so far), actually doing bad for august (which should be the busiest month of the year by a large margin), as a large batch of bios-locked dell is taking me much longer than expected to set-up.

i only sold $16k for february/march/april combined when i played 20s (and the AH)

from a money perspective, WoW is totally not worth it because I gave up a lot of real life $$$ to focus on WoW.

but if you ask me, am i genuinely happier today than i was in april when i played games like this? definitely no.

I think we all need a certain level of "happiness" in our lives. WoW releases a significant amount of endorphin for people that PvP, I remember having on average 3~4 nail-biting games per day when I filled my spare time with 20s games. i would go to bed while thinking about "should i wear 2-piece desolation for the crit bonus?", or "should i have saved my bubble in that tight game?". i had sex about twice a week and i felt great.

but nowadays, i am constantly monitoring my facebook marketplace feeds and phone, i am stressed out all the time, i crave sex way more than i did back in febraury/march/april (it has been "daily" for a while now, even when i sleep 3 hours a day), i am starting to understand the cocaine scene in "The Wolf of Wall Street": you can be mentally fatigued but your body doesn't understand why and somehow that means an unusually high need for "stimulation".

anyways, i really miss playing WoW but i simply don't have time.
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Hey Glance,

I like your posts. Your unique perspective on WoW is refreshing. Trying interesting gear blends and enchants/builds is what twinking is, or was all about. Now it's the particular build, spec, talent, PvP talent, BiS gear you must abide by per the mob.
I agree, it is a distraction and a time sink. very grindy, especially with rng loot drops, professions, etc.
Your playstyle and strats were interesting, I remember the first few times encountering you in a BG and following/chasing you until I realized I was falling for the trap.
Best game I remember was a Twin Peaks game, we, Alliance, were up 2 flag caps to 0.
We were mid fighting too much and not focusing on the 3rd cap and closing the win out.
You backfilled in and managed to cap 2 flags giving the horde the win.
Your speed boosts, sleep chest, and heals were essential to doing that.
It was always an "oh shit, this crazy guy again", whenever I saw you on the opposing team.
Enjoy your life with or without this game, don't take the toxicity to heart.
Cheers, and good luck with it all !
 
Your Paladin shouldn't be Horde atm. Roll Alliance already ffs...

If you're not jacked then that's what you should be doing. Legs/calves kinda jacked. Johneffer mode. That guy is shredded... Match this years growth with next is your other move id say. Plus come back to wow and roll alliance already...


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Let's get some GYs!
 
Sketchbag said:
Your Paladin shouldn't be Horde atm. Roll Alliance already ffs...
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that horde only poison cleansing totem though...

Celydar said:
Hey Glance,

I like your posts. Your unique perspective on WoW is refreshing. Trying interesting gear blends and enchants/builds is what twinking is, or was all about. Now it's the particular build, spec, talent, PvP talent, BiS gear you must abide by per the mob.
I agree, it is a distraction and a time sink. very grindy, especially with rng loot drops, professions, etc.
Your playstyle and strats were interesting, I remember the first few times encountering you in a BG and following/chasing you until I realized I was falling for the trap.
Best game I remember was a Twin Peaks game, we, Alliance, were up 2 flag caps to 0.
We were mid fighting too much and not focusing on the 3rd cap and closing the win out.
You backfilled in and managed to cap 2 flags giving the horde the win.
Your speed boosts, sleep chest, and heals were essential to doing that.
It was always an "oh shit, this crazy guy again", whenever I saw you on the opposing team.
Enjoy your life with or without this game, don't take the toxicity to heart.
Cheers, and good luck with it all !
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thanks, appreciate the shout out.

edit: saw your other post, no i am not quitting for good, i love wow. i just don't have time for it.
 
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glancealot said:
that horde only poison cleansing totem though...



thanks, appreciate the shout out.

edit: saw your other post, no i am not quitting for good, i love wow. i just don't have time for it.
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Nah, I wasn't refering to you regarding leaving the game, another cow healbot, druid, a Super cow let's say
 
Glancelot, young man. You are ethnic Han, right?

did you see this? No more degenerate gaming 10 hour wow binge, XI is here to guide you on the right path(nothing wrong with that btw)

https://twitter.com/StephenMcDonell/status/1432277087830908931

Like I said 3 years ago now at this rate I believe you guys will win this fight, by 2050's-60s that is

id actually cheer for you more...but im not ethnic Chinese


Dont worry im not trolling,

China is far more saner than the US, and that's an understatement


oh and speaking of WoW, it fucking sucks and is literally a threat to kids under 18 now with that Chromie and Pelagos thing
 
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