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[Eagle of Fire]

It was my first MMORPG and ironically it's also going to be my last. My time with WOW didn't last more than 1 week. I didn't get it then, and I still don't get it now... how can people get addicted to a game that treats you like an errand boy? Kill 5 wolves, skins 10 boars ... etc.[/b]

I too hate MMORPG in general. I got WoW as a gift at Christmas by my best friend who incidentaly also played WoW at the time since a little time and he bought me the game, a time card and gave me one of his free one week card... Which all added up from January to March free of charge for me. Since it was free and I didn't have to pay for it (and that I didn't started to work at my seasonal job until the beginning of February), I said "what the heck" and installed and played the game with my friend.

As someone who hate MMORPG, I can tell you this: WoW is the best MMORPG ever made, period. I don't know what it was when it got out, but right now after 3 years of development, everything been ironed out very nicely. Every little last detail been worked out to stop cheaters and incredibly powerfull equipment grinders while still leaving the door slighly open for those who like that side of the game, the quests are more than great and the story which goes around it is worthy of a very good adventure game. You are never obviously outdated in equipment since uncommon equipment (green) is extremely easy to find either in the wilderness or at the AH (Auction House), and it's very easy to make gold too once you know how (again AH is heavily involved here). And when you have enough of the "normal play", you can also do Battle Grounds which add a lot of competivity to the game.

In WoW, you don't know the fourth of it yet until you reach level 30, you did your first instance to it's end (usually dead mines) and you did your first elite group quest. The game in itself is kind of dull when played alone (tough that's my way of playing for normal play), but it's not a bother since the game is made to be played in group and with friends. If you can't get over that, then that kind of game is not for you my friend. I know for sure that I'd never be caught playing an adventure game more than 15 minutes, for example...

Beleive me... Like my brother told me, "if you are giving a good rating to WoW after all the crap you been saying about the others, that game must be the best MMOPRG game ever created!".