When I first started playing World of Warcraft 3 years ago I had a blast. WoW was the second ever MMO I had played, after the first version of Everquest.
It was new, exciting, and mind blowing to be part of such a large and rich world full of other players... but it quickly became a boring and annoying grind for me.
So how did I lift myself out of not enjoying myself?
Firstly, It wasn t World of Warcraft s fault I wasn t enjoying myself. Not too long into the game I got convinced by a few players that the game wasn t worth playing unless you were level 80. They said it was boring and a slow grind that you should avoid if at all possible.
And not only that, these players made level 80 seem like some kind of paradise where the game became perfect and 100x more enjoyable!
Secondly, 3 years ago WoW did actually take a lot longer to level in than it does now, so comparatively speaking it was a grind back then versus today.
Lastly, I had friends that started to play after I began, but because they had more time, they ended up getting much high level than I was, a lot faster. This meant I couldn t level with them and I became annoyed I wasn t keeping up .
I broke myself out of this negative perspective I had about the game quite simply.
Rather than doing what you might expect and just playing to 80 as fast as I possibly could, I actually took a different route:
1. I examined what I liked about the game. For me it was playing a new character that I enjoyed the play style more of, even though the new character was only level 20 when my old main was level 56.
2. I realized that the thing I loved about MMO s wasn t being level 60, 70, or 80, it was the lore behind the game, and the story that I could become part of.
When I was all caught up becoming the highest level possible as fast as possible, I just didn t care about that. I didn t even read the quest text, I just accepted then looked for the beasts I had to kill to complete the quest.
No wonder it was such a grind.
3. I found a guild full of people that I enjoyed playing with, so that I d never feel like I was playing an MMO solo this is a social game and we are all very social beings, so why not join up with some online friends?
This gives you people to talk to, ask questions of, and share your exploits.
But for me and friends of mine that have just started playing, all I tell them is that they should just forget about the levels. They re playing an amazing game with fascinating stories that you re a part of, so why not absorb the most interesting part of the game by reading quests in full, and enjoying the journey.
Its funny that the same things we say about life can be applied to video games. If you don t enjoy the journey, you might not reach your destination!
Lastly, what really opened my eyes to enjoying the game was when I first reached level 80. I actually missed questing! I never thought I d think like that, but surprisingly after doing dailies, raids and dungeons each and every day, I actually missed good old fashioned quests... at any level.
See you out there, and remember, enjoy the game for yourself, not for what other people love it for!
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