I'll probably replay WoW soon, but I wouldn't have stopped raiding if I could've raid Normal/Heroic mode without forfeiting my life.
Blizzard just doesn't understand.
I'll probably replay WoW soon, but I wouldn't have stopped raiding if I could've raid Normal/Heroic mode without forfeiting my life.
Blizzard just doesn't understand.
Daily quests, me and quite a few people I know completely stopped playing due to them.
Ain't no chuch when you're living in the wild
Just because you're insecure and need constant social interaction doesn't mean everyone feels the same. Multiplayer means multiple players, it doesn't mean you have to be tied to the same people and live by their schedules. If I hop on Halo, by myself, and play several games online, that's multiplayer. It's no different in this.
You know full well what he meant even if you disagree. If not then I genuinly feel sorry for you.
Personally I agree fully. LFR ain't raiding. And while opinions on that differ, I can only assume that the reason for that is: people who genuinly feel LFR is raiding haven't raided heroic or raided in Vanilla/TBC content while it was current. Sure exceptions may exist.
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I wasn't going to reply to this thread until I saw this.
This is such an ass hat response it's not even funny. I consider LFR raiding as it is the only raiding I have time for due to real life constraints. I have been raiding since the only raids were when Scholo and Blackrock Spire were "raids." I have also been in high ranking guilds and posted high ranking parses in "Vanilla"(which is a stupid name), TBC and WotLK. This idea that the definition of raiding is subjective is stupid. I just don't understand how someone can honestly go and tell someone they aren't doing something because it isn't the same way they are. That'd be like me telling my brother he's playing TF2 wrong because he only plays in pubs and doesn't do tournaments. It's completely asinine.
And yes I see your exceptions may exist sentence, it doesn't remove the fact that what you said is idiotic.
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What the hell are you on about? I never once stated nor even implied you, or anyone else shouldn't express their opinion. I'm not perfect and say a lot of things people can argue with. But, FFS, people can have the courtesy to at least call me out on things I actually wrote, not some made up nonsense.
And as far as sharing my own, just like you, it's MY opinion. I don't need to include the words "in my opinion". Most people are going to figure out it's an opinion not a declaration of the one true way. Not ALL people, apparently.
Let's be clear on something. I completely disagree with your opinion about "continuing relationships" being important. As I said before. I don't need game friends. I've never considered anybody I've met in game to be a friend. I would feel differently if I knew someone personally, but in game friendships (IMO, YMMV, ETC) tend to shallow and fleeting (IMO, YMMV). That said, WoW has plenty of opportunity to develop continuing relationships. Guilds aren't going anywhere anytime soon. The precise reason is that different people need different things. There will always be people who want the stability of a guild.
In the end, the game is what someone makes of it and people have to make peace with the fact that the game is never going to be what it was "back in the day". Make the best of what it is now, or find another game that suits better.
Stating an opinion as fact does not make it fact. Opinions are not fact. So don't be stupid and make a fool of yourself by trying to pass off your opinion as fact.
A point I would like to be made clear regarding Looking for Raid. One, it is not actually raiding. Typically it's group that is formed into a cesspool, the cesspool then zergs a boss. There is no team work, people are usually ignorant to others , sometimes in the most vile ways. It is not about seeing 'content", people can't even say that any more with a straight look on their face. LFR is so players can get loot the fastest, easiest way possible and in turn, have fooled themselves into believing LFR is 'raiding".
You will see the worst of people in LFR, you will never ever see the best out of people. LFR is the opposite of raiding. So to be blunt, if you do LFR and have been arguing in this thread about that being your 'raid"...stop it. It is not raiding. Let's stop calling it raiding. Think of a new name. Maybe "looking-to get-loot-easy-while-being-a-dick -to-others". Too long maybe.
I did say BC was the pinnacle of raiding, I still stand by that. It was great, I loved it, others loved it (even casuals). In today's market, there can be made room for casuals at the start. They then will learn if raiding is for them and continue on..or not. Either you want to raid for real or you want to pretend. If you want to raid and think LFR is raiding, you are only fooling yourself.
Again, raiding is:
A group of people getting together to do something bigger than usual, it feels epic and rewarding.
Ok so you want to raid but cannot commit the time, if you can't do 2 nights a week then raiding is not for you. Do not drag down the rest of the population. I’ve always saw this as bullshit any way. I’ll see people who say they can’t commit a little bit of time to raiding but then are in LFR on various alts 5 nights a week.
Raiding should be an option but not anyone’s right to be able to be coddled like a child through content. Anything worth doing should be at least some sort of commitment, but that percentage of people who need instant gratification and “gimme” attitudes really hold back the original intent of what Blizz tried to capture with raiding.
There will be those that feel the journey and payoff should mean something and those that want it spoon fed to them. There will always be this imbalance but the RIGHT thing to do it obvious. You want to raid then fucking raid, do not turn it into some bullshit of dragging content down to the lowest skill set and/or work ethic. Do not need to cater to the top 10% either but come on...it’s fucking raiding.
Stating an opinion as fact does not make it fact. Opinions are not fact. So don't be stupid and make a fool of yourself by trying to pass off your opinion as fact.
The definition of raiding is not up for debate. LFR is raiding because there are more than 5 people in a zone that allows more than 5 people in it. Anything else is you trying to draw an arbitrary line between what is raiding and what isn't.
To prove that the definition of raiding isn't arbitrary, I'm going to move the line all the other way and say that unless you get the World First Heroic achievements, you're not raiding. Clearly that's very silly, so you shouldn't be drawing a line at all.
LFR fits under that definition. Larger than a 5-man Heroic, epic if you've never raided before and rewarding via epics for clearing content.
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How about... NO?
Don't tell people raiding isn't for them when a lot of people spend 2,3, 4 or more nights a week raiding in previous expansions. Personally, I raided 2 or 3 nights a week since the later part of classic through the later part of cataclysm. I put my time in and I think it's pretty awesome that I can still see new raids, get a little bit of (inferior) gear and have some fun. All without having to spend "2 or 3 nights a week" anymore.
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You do realize LFR isn't going anywhere, yes? The old days are gone and they aren't coming back.
Stating an opinion as fact does not make it fact. Opinions are not fact. So don't be stupid and make a fool of yourself by trying to pass off your opinion as fact.
Ok, so that may be your version of raiding and I explained my version of raiding. I suspect my version is a much more realistic and accepted version. In the Wow reality of what the past has been in regards to raiding. I would also argue that LFR just plain offends many who have actually raided and that your version of raiding is just very unrealistic. Which deep down, you know this.
this thread has so many comments that actually make sense, and so many more that are just so stupid and ignorant it makes me sad.
as someone who USED to raid hardcore in TBC when I was a TEENAGER and a little through wrath, who now goes to college and has to work and has a boyfriend... I'd have to say it's because I can't commit to a schedule to raid and I don't know when I'll have the time. that said, I do enjoy raiding and I wish I could, so I do LFR and it let's me see things and experience them, even if easier, and get a little enjoyment out of raiding that way.
you can blame all the raiders being 'gone' on whatever you want, there is no single thing or cause and if you think there is then you're just hating for no reason on things because you dislike them. Is me doing LFR because I want to take the easy way more than the normal/heroic way? No, it's because I CAN'T commit to anything more.
No.
There is no "version" of raiding. There is just 6+ people in an area that is made for 6+ people.
Appealing to an invisible majority is fallacious. Try a different argument. I've also actually raided in the past and I'm not offended at all: I'm actually pleased (because it means we get more raids in the future).
Stating that the past being the authority is fallacious. Try a different argument.
Appealing to emotion is fallacious. Try a different argument.
You're doing exactly what's stated above with just a different arbitrary line.Unless you're in Paragon, you're not raiding.
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Ok fine. I will state the obvious though, my impression has been that you are likely taking 3-6 alts through looking for raid each week, and actually spending as much or more time than you did when you raided. I just do not understand why you could not just stay with 5 mans as they are the same skill level as LFR. Raiding and LFR are entirely different, the only similarities are the number of players in each.I put my time in and I think it's pretty awesome that I can still see new raids, get a little bit of (inferior) gear and have some fun. All without having to spend "2 or 3 nights a week" anymore.
No they're the same thing like I have no clue why you are trying to defend it with all your life It's 25 players like It's basic concept
5 man
6 man + = Raid
It's raiding in a snooze fest regardless it IS still raiding like It baffles me you are saying It's not lol and this is from an elitist well former elitist I don't even play anymore however I still do make fun of people from time to time.
You have accepted LFR as a legitimate form of raiding. I do not, it really is that simple. Going through posts line by line will not change my mind and we will end up repeating ourselves. You say you have raided in the past, I suspect that may not be accurate. If I am wrong (possible), would you care to explain what attracted to you towards raiding and why you started raiding for the length of time that you did?
Perhaps you're afraid that if LFR is accepted as raiding, Blizzard (and other MMO makers) may eventually decide it's all the raiding they need to provide?
And this explains the angst over people just doing LFR, and not normal or heroic modes. Without enough warm bodies using it, content becomes ripe for deletion. We don't know what "enough" is, but every person avoiding the content bring us one step closer to it not being so.
"There is a pervasive myth that making content hard will induce players to rise to the occasion. We find the opposite. " -- Ghostcrawler
"The bit about hardcore players not always caring about the long term interests of the game is spot on." -- Ghostcrawler
"Do you want a game with no casuals so about 500 players?"