What you don't like about WoW

[mmcookies]

I'm trying to decide if I should quit WoW, perhaps for the foreseeable future. It's kind of a shame since I do like the changes announced for Cataclysm, though it still gives the feeling of "too little, too late." I know what I like about WoW, but what I dislike about it isn't something I've fully explored. Please feel free to add your own pet peeves as you see fit.

NOTE: This is a thread about what you don't like, and how you'd like it to be. Discussions about what somebody else should or shouldn't like are off topic.

- poor character customization

- lack of armor customization (I'd love to see something similar to Aion's system. Dyes optional as long as I can combine stats and graphics from different armor pieces that I own.)

- lack of player housing and (attainable) guild housing (I know the reasons against it, but I still want it.)

- race/class restrictions (I came from AC, where the system is completely skill based. I've always found WoW's race/class combinations arbitrary and restrictive.)

- additional instances cannot be launched (temporary problem)

- annoying art style (WoW art has great coordination, and while I do appreciate the vistas, the style itself is unfortunately not one that I prefer. Comic vs. Anime)

- social leads inevitably to QQ and drama (really more of an intrinsic fault of the MMO genre)

- time investment (Another seemingly unavoidable evil. Would be nice if rested XP did something useful at max level, such as increased reputation gains, bonus emblem drops, and other character bound benefits)

- subscription cost (I started playing WoW because at $15/mo it was quite a deal compared to consoles with game purchases and generation upgrades. But now with 5-boxing, the yearly costs are comparable, yet my selection is not as varied. Leaves me with a nagging feeling that it's not the best way to spend my money.)

to be continued...

[Eggy]

Why not make it a 'what do you like about wow'? Would be more fun
But your thread, and I will comply!

- Quests, I allways hated em, the fact that you have to run around with your character instead of utilitizing it, meh! Quest helper helps, but still!

- Classes is waaaaaaaaaaaay too generic, I mean, everyone got basicly the same skills all around, sure class A's stun is used differently then class B's but its still the same deal.

- Instances, I haaaaaaaaaaate this concept, especialy for a pvp server. I'm sorry what? You say I cant follow that guy into a zone because it magicaly splits into two? What??

- Total lack of community, I guess this is a offspring of the instances, everyone is out doing their own thing.

- Quest caters again to a anti social style play because ALOT of them is a total !@#$ to do as a group.

- Itemization is generaly really out of whack, especialy when you consider wow only got 2 expansions, you went from having 10k hp to 35k++++ in just two expansions, could have been handled ALOT better

Now with all that said, ill go back to questing...

[jettzypher]

i know theyre starting to do with with cataclysm, and having an ever changing world for an online game would be super hard to make happen, but id like to see thigns change as i play. even it its somethign as simple as they finally finish that damn bridge in redridge...i mean come on, its been 5 yrs already. get on with it already!

two other things...over simplicity just to keep more people playing. and achievments. minus the title and mounts rewards, they have no purpose. other than another reason for people to flaunt their e-peen, wtf is the purpose of having 4000+ pts?

[Naxxz]

I dont like the official wow forums, every time I go in there I want to quit the game so I have to force myself to stay away from them.
Other than that I love this game.

[Korruptor]

Two things from my PoV:

1. The community; WoW reaches a broad player base and it brings along with it the folks we all "love" to deal with but we all know this kind of thing exists in any game, WoW just has more of it.
2. A little cartoony but in contrast with other games where they polish and super-gloss every piece of armor (EQ2) I do prefer the WoW models/engine more then ever now.

I honestly really don't have any problem with the game itself.

Having played and tried so many other games many of which are either broken in most every way (Anarchy Online), too dated animation-wise/class imbalance (EQ1), crap PvE (Warhammer), or require you to install a GameGuard root-kit / automation heaven for botters (Aion) I'm all to happy that I have a polished game like WoW.

*Aion side note:
I was able to return Aion get a full refund due to it requiring GameGuard. GameGuard just doesn't work nicely with my Comodo unless I uninstall it (like I'm going to do that!) and yes I did try every work-around on the Aion/Comodo/Third-Party forums I came across. At least I do know now for a fact Comodo does prevent being root-kit.

[Multibocks]

Sorry cookies, it sounds like you are trying to come up with reasons to quit. Just quit and come back later when you feel like playing again.

Oh and time investment? Seriously? I came back and within a couple of weeks I already have everything I can get solo (multiboxing). The only things I do on my main set of characters anymore are the daily quests and the daily dungeon (for triumph emblems). I don't think two weeks is a serious time investment to get everything you need from the lastest patch considering the content is supposed to last more than 3 months.

[mmcookies]

Sorry cookies, it sounds like you are trying to come up with reasons to quit. Just quit and come back later when you feel like playing again.

It sounds like that because that's what I said. In the past, I've generally viewed my time away from WoW as temporary until something more interesting happens, but this time, I may be gone for good, so I'll need a much more thorough review of my reasons.

Oh and time investment? Seriously? I came back and within a couple of weeks I already have everything I can get solo (multiboxing). The only things I do on my main set of characters anymore are the daily quests and the daily dungeon (for triumph emblems). I don't think two weeks is a serious time investment to get everything you need from the lastest patch considering the content is supposed to last more than 3 months.

It's not. As I've said before, WoW is the most casual friendly MMO I know. I have it up there mostly due to my own priorities shifting, which also leads into the cost issue. It's not like I can't afford 5-boxing, but it still begs the question if it's the best use for that money if I'm pretty much not going to be playing it.

[Oswyn]

Farming for mats is a pain in the ass, especially when you don't have a lot of time to play. At least since i started 5 boxing, I can get enough gold to buy most of my stuff.

It would be great if they modified tailoring and blacksmithing to allow those professions to "de" cloth and plate/mail gear. In other words, you can tear down cloth gear to salvage some cloth. Similar to plate/mail, you should be allowed to melt it down to get metal bars. Just make is similar to how enchanters disenchant and miners prospect ore.

For herbalists, maybe add a farming ability. Once you get some plants, you can get some seeds. Take those seeds to grow more plants. Water and pick!!!

[Fizzler]

Farming for mats is a pain in the ass, especially when you don't have a lot of time to play. At least since i started 5 boxing, I can get enough gold to buy most of my stuff.

It would be great if they modified tailoring and blacksmithing to allow those professions to "de" cloth and plate/mail gear. In other words, you can tear down cloth gear to salvage some cloth. Similar to plate/mail, you should be allowed to melt it down to get metal bars. Just make is similar to how enchanters disenchant and miners prospect ore.

For herbalists, maybe add a farming ability. Once you get some plants, you can get some seeds. Take those seeds to grow more plants. Water and pick!!!

Genius idea I love it. You should post it on the official suggestion forum. Years ago I posted about adding Training Dummies for trying out new spells and theorycrafting. Now I am sure I am not the reason why but I like to think I was lol.

[Homer]

Why not make it a 'what do you like about wow'? Would be more fun
But your thread, and I will comply!
- Instances, I haaaaaaaaaaate this concept, especialy for a pvp server. I'm sorry what? You say I cant follow that guy into a zone because it magicaly splits into two? What??

Now with all that said, ill go back to questing...

Instance's purpose is to take the load of wow's server, They use different servers for instance's so servers dont crash(Even though they do anyway)