What drove you away from WoW?

[spectrefax]

I lost all loyalty to WoW once LFD came out and it became completely obvious they were trying to emulate social media games to get huge numbers.

Once the game became all about accessibility and homogenization, that was pretty much it. The replay value tanked and I was done.

They've steadily tried to make this game something it was never intended to be - a Facebook game. Yes, Farmville or Candy Crush numbers are impressive, but WoW was never designed to be in that market to begin with. The amount of time they spent on the mini games in MoP is pure evidence of their Facebook-oriented mindset. It's pitiful.

Oh, and this...

Nothing fresh. Blizzard became content with the type of content they were putting out there, dailies etc. The constant simplification of everything doesn't keep someone like me around, it only works to drive me away faster.

As much as people rail against the old school way the game was played, I'm one that happened to prefer it. Yea it sucked sitting in a city spamming for people to join your BRD run that you are tryign to do to help a friend. But also remember, after actually having to find your own group and go in to a dungeon with them, you didn't have people calling it quits just because they died once, or because something was too hard. People stuck that shit out.

Speaking of BRD , I hate the way dungeons were being made. "Here's a hallway, with 2 more hallways attached, with a boss at the end of each" wow....how fun.....

I"m sorry but BRD is the best dungeon the wow team has ever created. It was the only dungeon you could actually get lost in and just wander around killing a shitload of mini bosses. Sure they dropped shit loot but who cares (thats an easy problem to fix). Dungeons you got in wow now are so braindead that the first thing I do when i walk into them is yawn.

To me, the dev's have the complete wrong philosophy about game design (blizzard as a whole now a days). This idea of "accessibility" is fine, but blizzard has devolved into "accessibility at the cost of anything". They are working to make the game so damn easy they forgot they gotta have some depth in there to keep anyone really interested. (besides the loyalist who will play no matter what).

The atmosphere has changed so drastically that the WoW today doesn't resemble anything close to the wow of "yesterday" so to speak, and it's a damn shame that blizz's quest for mass appeal has lead them so far away from actual good game design. These thoughts carry over equally to the "new diablo".

[Deleted]

Horrible PvE DPS Balancing throughout the classes. I can't stand being the better player and losing on something.

[reemi]

in game shop.

[Deleted]

Nothing, I just chose it would be best for my health to take a break for a few months, since I spent lots of my time just mindlessly playing this game. But I plan to return when expansion 5 arrives!

[Deleted]

lackof immersion mostly. the world feels so static nowadays.. hardly any elites around the world, no proper day and night cycle, no weather, no sense of exploring thanks to stupid flying mounts, raids have lost their epic feeling thanks to lfr, dungeons too cuz they are so piss easy, gear is totally irrelevant, there are too little epic quest lines (quests in general are way too short, I'd prefer less quests but longer ones)

[Howard Moon]

I just don't have the time to play nowadays.

I would still gladly log in every few weeks, but I don't feel like paying the sub just for so little playtime.

[Papier Light]

WoW became way too repetitive
Playing PS3 games alot now and checking MMO champ daily to read where the story is headed

[Deleted]

Last time I quit was because there was no carrot to keep me playing anymore. I got full PVP gear and then the game was over, nothing more to do once I had all my gear. Would love for them to give back rating requirement for PVP(Arena) gear so that I always have something to strive for and a reason to improve my play. Aiming for gladiator is just delusional and not really a proper goal for 95% of the player base

[mittacc]

I started mid vanilla and quit in the beginning of mop(with some pauses of some months here and there). I guess I just drifted away from it after all these years?

[inboundpaper]

My old job pretty much consumed my life, so I played less then.

[Feindy]

blizzards decisions over the last 3 years

[Granyala]

Only time I took a break was during the ToC Tier. If you could call it a Tier that is...

[Deleted]

This is a thread for those people who quit WoW but still browse mmo-champ and check for news about it, such as myself.

The more interessting question is when you have "left" wow as you "claim" then why are you still on mmoc?
Thats like stop playing football with your team but still go to the trainings....

[sanaubia]

old mechanics, Blizzard, no decent patches and i don't see anything in wow anymore to make it work to pay sub when there is f2p games doing everything blizzard does and more

[Deleted]

The more interessting question is when you have "left" wow as you "claim" then why are you still on mmoc?
Thats like stop playing football with your team but still go to the trainings....

I was like you, only in wow forum on mmo-champion. But in cata when the blues were few, I discovered the subforums about other games on this site... and you know what? They are very good. I suggest you check them out, so you get a better understanding that mmo-champ forum is more then just wow... am I right? I dont blame you, it's easy to miss out when all you play is wow.

[Altaria]

*Class "homogenization"

*Lore raping (Tauren Paladins, NE Mages and Undead Hunters)

*Pandas

*Pokemon

To be honest I really try to make a comeback but any time I remember that I'd pass near a NE Mage or a Holy Cow or worse a panda while questing, I decide not to.

[Icyflamez]

Reasons for quitting:
5.3 underwhelming.
Raid group fell apart.
LFR is painful.
Will be investing in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn when it releases and can't really afford two subscriptions per month.

Things that MAY convince me to return:
5.4 and SoO look pretty good so far.
Flex raiding could be a nice alternative to LFR that can be trade pugged.
The next expansion depending on how good it looks and what it's about.

I don't hate WoW, it's just getting sort of stale and I may return at some point. In the meantime, there's FFXIV:ARR which is looking to be pretty awesome!

[Deleted]

LFR

/10char

[Deleted]

Too gamey and homogenized. All classes must do the same dps. All gear must have primary stat + stamina and then two secondary stats. Warriors must wear plate. I enjoyed WOW as an MMORPG, playing a character in a persistent world, that is no longer the focus of the game. The cata revamp also destroyed much of what I liked about the 1-60 levelling.

[Santoryu]

1. Continuous devaluing of in game achievements (and with this I do not mean the ingame achievement system, I mean this: I got a cool title while it was relevant and now everyone and their mother can get it.)

2. The destruction of server communities brought on by the LFG system

3. Pandering to entitled bad players and nerfing content

4. LFR

5. In game real money shop with items that give you an edge over others