One of the most invigorating things I've ever done....

tman

No, not the stripping naked part (though that was kind of fun!)
Deleting my main along with all of my alts was a tough decision, but looking back at the fun/grinding ratio of my playtime for the past few years, it was easily one of the wisest things that I've ever done.
While I'm sure that most of you are having awesome fun playing WoW, this will hopefully bring a few people to their senses.

Join me!!!

joe_chicken

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054954208&highlight=deleted

I started again about 5 months ago... think I'm close to packing it in again.

I realised I hate end game.

Don't think I'm gonna delete mains this time though. Next time I get the itch they'll be a reminder of how annoying end game is.

Shazbot

A nice sense of relief when you do it. I quickly grew tired of the repeatative nature of the end game material (despite blizzard decorating it differently). So instead of deleting the character I simply gave the password to a friend and told him to do what he wanted with it. Think the account got passed around a good bit.

Enjoy the free time you now have.

WellyJ

tman wrote: »

No, not the stripping naked part (though that was kind of fun!)
Deleting my main along with all of my alts was a tough decision, but looking back at the fun/grinding ratio of my playtime for the past few years, it was easily one of the wisest things that I've ever done.
While I'm sure that most of you are having awesome fun playing WoW, this will hopefully bring a few people to their senses.

Join me!!!

Ah just put in a ticket and get him back

You miss it, everyone does when they stop.

Zarbon

Nomatter what, do not listen to the evil man above...he's pure eeeeeeeeeevil!

I quit about 4 or 5 months back. Get a few longings to play when bored sometimes, but having friends that still play it just keeps reminding you. As someone said, keep thinking of the boring endgame "life". MMORPG = grind.

tman

WellyJ wrote: »

You miss it, everyone does when they stop.

Yep, I missed it like crazy the last 4-5 times I quit, I even managed to stay away for 6 months at one stage but still came crawling back eventually!
This is the only way that I can stop myself from coming back to it... I've already changed the password and given my account to a mate so that he can check out the beta.

copeyhagen

fook quittin, just find a decent balance between social life and playing wow.

Jim

You can get the characters back. Blizzard never delete character data. This prob doesn't help you heh.

I gave my account away last time I quit to make sure I'd never come back. I have since bought a new account

copeyhagen

this is what i mean, to say your going to quit and to give an account away, surely you know deep down you will be back!! hehe

Ivan

Really, another "I'm deleting and quitting WoW" thread? Already?

Ah, they grow up so fast. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do.

Hanza

copeyhagen wrote: »

fook quittin, just find a decent balance between social life and playing wow.

Couldnt have said it better myself!
Self control, its a wonderful thing

Inquitus

Hanza wrote: »

Couldnt have said it better myself!
Self control, its a wonderful thing

It's not possible, you either go casual and play endgame with a bunch of n00bs which is intensly frustrating, or you play endgame with a decent guild who require 30+ hours a week. I quit because there is no middle ground.

DRakE

WellyJ wrote: »

Ah just put in a ticket and get him back

You miss it, everyone does when they stop.

I havent yet.. but i wasnt stupid enough to delete my 6 level 70's :O

copeyhagen

i cant understand how you could delete 6 level 70s. all the time, gold effort that went in. shame on you!

with regards to having a balancem, i usually go with my mates to the cinema one day a week, like a monday. we play astro tuesday and saturday, and i go to town or whatever one night a week. normally a sat.

so i have a few weeknights (i normally work till about 6) and usually a friday evening/night and a few hours sunday.

i dont have a girlfriend atm but when i do i find it easy enough to see them and still manage a few evenings of wow.

granted i havent done 25 man raids but i still need my fix of wow as much as the next person!!!

Gunmonkey

Did the same a few weeks back, every time I quit a few months would pass and I think "Hmm, there is a few interesting new features/ instances, might jump back in and give it a go", then after 5 minutes I realise it is just the same stuff all over again. No chance of that now

DRakE

copeyhagen wrote: »

i cant understand how you could delete 6 level 70s. all the time, gold effort that went in. shame on you!

with regards to having a balancem, i usually go with my mates to the cinema one day a week, like a monday. we play astro tuesday and saturday, and i go to town or whatever one night a week. normally a sat.

so i have a few weeknights (i normally work till about 6) and usually a friday evening/night and a few hours sunday.

i dont have a girlfriend atm but when i do i find it easy enough to see them and still manage a few evenings of wow.

granted i havent done 25 man raids but i still need my fix of wow as much as the next person!!!

Oops i meant WASNT stupid enough to delete em

copeyhagen

hehehe thats more like it

Anti

Martinog wrote: »

blah, blah, blah - breach of charter

WOW all of 500 euros... Jesus... Well i suppose if your on the social living it up large in the 'mun it'll buy you a few more ecko tracksuits..

But to get 6 toons to lvl 70 will probably cost a fair bit more then 500€ in game cards alone, then you have to add on the cost of electricty, food etc etc

[Edit] Edited to remove Martinog's comments.[/Edit]

mayordenis

I think it's so stupid to delete all your stuff man - just stop paying.

Ivan

Martinog, please refrain from discussing buying/selling accounts on these forums, as it is in breach of our forum charter. If you are unsure of exactly what the policies of this forum are, please double check the charter. If you have any other questions, dont hesitate to ask and welcome to the forums

tman

mayordenis wrote: »

I think it's so stupid to delete all your stuff man - just stop paying.

As I've said already, I tried just stopping playing quite a few times already and it didn't work out for me. Doing this was the only way that I could break the continuous cycle of loving this game, then realising that I've just wasted months of my life playing WoW.

My hat goes off to anybody that can just walk away from it for good knowing that their toon is still there waiting for them... I couldn't.

As for selling my account... The thought never once crossed my mind. I got a nice warm feeling from just giving it to a mate so that he could play the WotlK beta:) (somehow doubt his girlfriend will be too happy with me though!)

mayordenis

Fair enough I just associate it with emos (I know your not dont worry) it's just so emo though.

rainbow kirby

I never deleted my characters when I quit, but I have no intention of going back to them. Having raided up to an Illidan kill, the thought of doing that again is just... ugh. It's only when you step back from it that you realise how crazy it is.

super_furry

I think it all depends how far and serious you take things. I've been a level 70 for nearly a year but haven't raided anything higher than Gruul's Lair or ZA, which still isn't cleared. I'm in a guild that doesn't require raid sign-ups, progress is achingly slow but I love it. I dip in and out when I want, I don't have to be on at a certain date for a five or six hours whether I want to be or not and I can enjoy the game and play at my own pace. If I've nothing going on during the week I might play three or four nights for anything up to four hours a night, but there have been times when I've gone two, three weeks without logging on.

Gonzo

its best to be casual about it, I only play loads when im bored but if theres plenty of stuff to be doing I play hardly any warcraft during those times. At the same time I think it's a big mistake to give up the game entirely, there is always time to play a bit of warcraft and still have a very good social life. Unfortunately tho as sed above if you want to experience all the end game raids and dungeons with a good guild ye need to dedicate about 30 to 40 hours too the game per week.

rainbow kirby

Gonzo wrote: »

Unfortunately tho as sed above if you want to experience all the end game raids and dungeons with a good guild ye need to dedicate about 30 to 40 hours too the game per week.

30-40 hours a week... minimum. You'll see plenty in these guilds who play more.

Flamed Diving

rainbow kirby wrote: »

30-40 hours a week... minimum. You'll see plenty in these guilds who play more.

Where do they get the money for bills, etc?

tman

Get a second part time job:P

PeakOutput

well op ifyou do ever get the urge its good to know the gamesmasters will retrieve the characters for you again

Flamed Diving

Right, so they dont sleep?

WellyJ

Flamed Diving wrote: »

Where do they get the money for bills, etc?

Most of them are still living with their parents tbh.

The sad truth.

rainbow kirby

Flamed Diving wrote: »

Where do they get the money for bills, etc?

I was a bit of a no-lifer when i was playing - I played ~40 hours a week, but I also worked 40 hours, so I didn't have much time to do anything else! So much time wasted...

Flamed Diving

Are there any 'Warcraft Anonynous' centres popping up?

smellslikeshoes

I would have sold the account to be honest.

Kiith

I was so tempted to do the same thing yesterday. Was riding around Ironforge, and honestly didnt want to do anything. So i logged my Lock into an AV, only to be stunned to death a few hundred times, got keyboard-smashingly angry, and was seriously considering deleting the characters.

Instead, i rolled a new character, and will level him up before WotLK. I just ****ing hate the end-game in Warcraft. So no more grinding the same pointless dungeon/bg/area for loot any more.

Woden

The age old casual verus hardcore debate. I honestly don't think it requires as much effort as people think to play high end but you for sure don't have the flexiblity to dip in and out like you may like. Please note I'm not talking about the very high end pushing for world firsts etc. But to see end game content.

My guild is 3/6 Sunwell and has been for a while (hit bad by the Euro's and then the Summer). Holidays are finishing up now so we hope to get back on track and wrap up the content before Wotlk. We raid 4 days 7-11 GMT (sometimes slightly later if pushing) Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs of which a member is expected to make 3. I do Sun, Mon, Wed typically. You're looking at about 5 hours a raid night then coupled with a few hours a week somewhere to have the necessary materials for raid. Its doable if you want basically if you can find the right guild. I would consider 4 out of 5 though more typical for a Sunwell guild.

KilOit

Flamed Diving wrote: »

Where do they get the money for bills, etc?

Were on m'uru in sunwell we raid 3 hours mon-thurs and sunday and i have a full time job 9-5

Shazbot

KilOit wrote: »

Were on m'uru in sunwell we raid 3 hours mon-thurs and sunday and i have a full time job 9-5

I don't think the problem is affording to play the game. People want to leave to return to a normal* social life. Return to hobbies they had before the game etc. It is fairly easy to play endgame material and have a full time job. It's alot harder to play endgame material, work 40+ hours a week and maintain a good social life.

Gummy Panda

Kiith wrote: »

Instead, i rolled a new character, and will level him up before WotLK. I just ****ing hate the end-game in Warcraft. So no more grinding the same pointless dungeon/bg/area for loot any more.

This.

I hate the end-game now though i do enough dungeons. Too much epic fever tbh. I got slated last week when i joined a heroic BF group because I wasn't in tier/badge loot on my druid. He had only dinged a week or two before hand. Catch 22 at work. I'm looking forward to wotlk and leveling a DK.

also end game can be as time consuming as you allow it. I have a friend who refused to even think about raiding pre-tbc. He always said he wanted a life and not to focus on the game all the time. He's in a BT guild now and if he can do it casually others can too, just might take awhile to find the guild. Though he is a mage, might be different for more limited spot roles like MT/OT.

Ivan

Like any hobby, WoW takes up as much or as little time as you allow it. You get out what you put into it, perception of reality is more important than reality itself and at the end of the day - only you can be responsible for how nerdy you are.

Deleting characters, is like smokers putting all their cigarettes in the bin the night before they quit. The next morning you are still just rumaging around, trying to find one that isnt covered in dog food and ketchup.

If you really wanted to quit, you'd quit. No e-drama, just "cya guys - I need a break". Still, it makes for some fun threads, imho

DarthWraak

Rerolling new characters is so much more time consuming than end game raiding. Having a character @ lvl 70 can experience PvP, raiding and other things casually.

gino85

dont play it as much as i used too but ill log on if a guildy hits me up on msn that the need me(im one of the main locks in my guild)

Nemesis

Drank a bottle of wine last Oct/Nov..and decided to quit.

No bye bye message to guild..nada...pure Cold Turkey like I have done on EQ..DAOC and other games.

Threw the table chairs outside and connected the PC it to my TV.

Havent played a PC game since.

Have watched a lot of Youtube and movies on my TV though.

Was in Metamorphosis..a dastardly Rogue.

Glaskopft.

Ivan

Hay Glaskopt

I used to be Sou o/

Nemesis

I know Ivan..you playing anything at the moment?.


Well my daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sou."

copeyhagen

johnny cash..classic

Ivan

Nemesis wrote: »

I know Ivan..you playing anything at the moment?.


Well my daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sou."

My name is 'Sou', how do you do!?

Raided with a prot pala. Then set up mage as a pvp alt. Then went through a phase of playing my rogue, got it up to 1800ish rating in season 3... now I'm rerolling a resto druid. Still dont know what I'll play in Wrath, prot pala again is most likely atm.

DapperGent

Come back Glask ffs.

ageary08

I know a good few people who have quit, some who deleted gear and characters, many of those people have returned however. Its ironic that there last act when they quit was to get rid of all the stuff they grinded so hard for, only to come back and having to grind it all back. Its great drama for the forums, and it might give you a bit of a rush, but its really just pointless, you probably enjoyed most of your wow playtime, but the period towards the end just coloured the rest of your experiance badly.