So basically, I don't currently play WoW because I'm in need of a new computer. But I feel like sharing this because I think many of you will enjoy it.
Essentially I was a NEET since the start of WoW and up until about 6 months ago. So I was totally and utterly broke, but also hopeless to my WoW addiction. So hopeless that in fact I played on a computer that was below the minimum requirements for WoW. In vanilla it was okay but clearly 40 mans were rough. In BC it ran about 15 fps in raids, horrible but I could handle it. In WOTLK it started to do about 5-10 fps in raids, again horrible but I could still manage top DPS and I only freezed a few times per raid. Now keep in mind I could have gotten a job and gotten a new computer and fixed this issue easily. Then cata comes out. I'm playing at 1-2 fps and using macros to maintain high DPS because well, you could imagine. AGAIN, I am still on the very same computer that was below requirements even back in BC! It is beyond me how it let me even log in. Then MOP comes out, I am sure WoW will shut me down this time and I'll have to quit. But I manage to play at 0-1 fps and avoid all major cities and anything else that would lag the crap out of me(years of experience in dodging these places). I am prone to complete freezes multiple times per hour and WoW is finally losing it's grace for me, but still I am trapped. I cannot raid. I cannot kill mobs. Most zones I cannot enter, but I cannot stop playing STILL. Then it finally happens, my computer finally said it's final goodbye and I got myself a job a few weeks ago and will be back with a strong computer in 5-6 weeks and running at 40+ fps(this will allow me to raid with the top raiders most likely, because I could hang with them at 10 fps just fine years ago). That's my story for you guys, it is 100% true. Not much of a story honestly, and probably hard for you folks to read. I know nobody will believe me, but I was a true WoW junkie. Luckily my job is giving me more control in my life and I'll be able to limit my playing to a couple hours a day. A good joyous outlook is in my future.