Why did some EQ players dislike WoW?

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Originally Posted by Ion Blaze [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why did some EverQuest players dislike WoW when it came out? What were the reasons they gave? How did WoW affect EQ’s playerbase? Just trying to understand for academic purposes. Please keep this mature.

So get on topic or go home. I would remind Chortles, this is a mature thread. This was cleared by r/theconferenceroom

[Jibartik]

Everquest came out when nerds were into fantasy

wow came out and invited all the worst people in the unvierse to like fantasy

now fantasy is ruined

the end.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Everquest came out when nerds were into fantasy and persistent worlds

wow came out and invited all the worst people in the unvierse to like fantasy and persistent worlds

now fantasy and persistent worlds are ruined

the end.

I added the corrolary part of the equation.



It's debatable, but every time I hear someone say, as if it makes sense, "After all, I have a real life" about game mechanics, a little spool of tape comes out of my robot hole that says, "Does not compute."



In the beginning, you either had the time for this crap or you didn't. No respectable nerd complained about "I drive a Ford Taurus and am respected at the office!" stuff.


I, if the universe needs to know, only needed 3-4 hours sleep for most of my life. Plus, I work best when I multi-task. EQ was a fucking gift.

[Chortles Snortles]

like you
(lol)

[Jibartik]

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[Valakut]

i dont think any eq players ever disliked wow. when wow came out you had to buy physical boxes with cd-rom/dvd-rom with actual cd key. you couldn't even find a copy for a while because it was so popular. so some may have had angst from not being able to participate.

on the other hand the eq players i know went to eq2 but that shit was harder than a korean mmo at launch. so you had a fragmented eq player base between eq, eq2, and wow. and there was no raiding in wow though at this point. they eventually nerfed difficulty on eq2. and eq was like 600 aa's minimum to app to a high end guild. and then wow got UBRS the first 10 man instanced roughly a year after launch.

so in the end you had hardcore raiders on eq, instanced casual fun hour on wow, and eq lore nerds on eq2. each game had it's own demographic.

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by Valakut [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i dont think any eq players ever disliked wow. when wow came out you had to buy physical boxes with cd-rom/dvd-rom with actual cd key. you couldn't even find a copy for a while because it was so popular. so some may have had angst from not being able to participate.

on the other hand the eq players i know went to eq2 but that shit was harder than a korean mmo at launch. so you had a fragmented eq player base between eq, eq2, and wow. and there was no raiding in wow though at this point. they eventually nerfed difficulty on eq2. and eq was like 600 aa's minimum to app to a high end guild. and then wow got UBRS the first 10 man instanced roughly a year after launch.

so in the end you had hardcore raiders on eq, instanced casual fun hour on wow, and eq lore nerds on eq2. each game had it's own demographic.

There is still a lot of easily accessible content u dont need to be uber to do normal raids just find a guild that does them.

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is still a lot of easily accessible content u dont need to be uber to do normal raids just find a guild that does them.

conversly mythics up to 10's are pretty easy.

its' just a lot mroe lobbyquest

[Jibartik]

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