Official Adieu to World of Warcraft

I’ve said goodbye to WOW before.  I stop playing for periods of time but continue paying.  I move characters from one account to another and close one account, while leaving something subscribed that I can come back to when the feeling hits.  When I’m bored, I play one of the other toons, roll an alt or level someone else’s alt.  I craft, I PVP but its all space filler now.  More often than not, I’d rather read a book, watch a movie or do most anything other than log into WOW.

Playing since BETA, we’ve gone from an all time high of five accounts in our household down to one.  Over the past few weeks I’ve moved the remaining outlier high level characters on to a single monster account.  However, no one has the slightest interest in playing on it at all.  My nephew has moved on to Wii pastures while my son and I are combo’ing thru Age of Conan.  In the fall or winter of this year, Warhammer will release – the game I’ve been waiting for and I’ll be playing there.  Whether or not I stick to AOC or WAR, I have no interest in continuing to play WOW.  I’m more likely to return to EQ2 or EVE.  I might even try Chronicles of Spellborn if it releases in my life time.

For the first time ever, I’m going to shut down the final account. It’s just stupid to keep playing for a game that we’re not playing.  At this point, I have no interest in coming back for WotLK.  I’ve loved WOW.  I’ve hated WOW and Blizzard.  From day one, WOW has been the most thrilling, sweeping and angst filled MMO ride I’ve had the pleasure to experience.  But the time has come for me and mine to move on.

Bye-bye WOW and take care.

PS – No, you can’t have our stuff!  KK.  Tnx.  Buhbye.

Comments

[JoBildo]

This doesn't have anything to do with a certain Cimmerian and his new game, does it?

;)

I kid, I kid. Sometimes you just have to learn when it's time to move on.

I suppose of AoC runs out of steam and WAR isn't all that and a bag o' chips (which I doubt) I might find myself back in Azeroth... but I really don't expect that to happen. 3 years is more than enough until WoW: The Sequel. :)

[Khan]

It's tough saying goodbye to WoW but I too took the step. There's a certain relationship feeling or "homeness" about it - like I can have a totally crappy day at work but know that Winterspring or Nagrand will be a great escape when I get home. At some point though, I started looking for new places to escape to, new horizons to cross, and WoW wasn't doing it for me any more.

I think it's a step most gamers will face with their favorite games - they've been played already so it's time to let go.

And if you do change your mind and resubscribe, your stuff will still be there waiting for you too.

[Seritaph]

Played since release? That's over 3 years now, and who would blame you for putting a game down after that long. That's the beauty of the MMO though, and a testament to Blizzard as a developer. What other genre could captivate people for that long?

People always feel the need to voice that they are leaving a MMO and why. Like hanging out in a game for 3 years isn't reason enough. Like it's a marriage divorce, and you need to justify it to friends and family. But that's what this genre of game has given back to all of us indirectly, isn't it? Friends and family? Maybe not all of us, but I think most of us can say that.

My comment is getting too long now, and I've lost direction. Good luck in your new adventures!

[Yane]

I'm curious why you wouldn't be interested in coming back for WotLK.

[say]

@Seritaph - I think people say goodbye when it has been a long game relationship, as ours with WOW. I've come and gone in many games but it wasn't so much as a goodbye, as much as, a decision not to play. AC2 got a tearful goodbye with the servers shutdown - and we still have the game disks. WOW gets a farewell filled with lots of fond memories and good times.

@Yane - We've gone beyond that particular gaming model. We've done what WOW does best - have been hardcore raiders, to hardcore PVP, to casual and things in between. We're just ready for something different. Different world, storyline and characters.

We used to play mad-long sessions of Monopoly, Sorry and Yatzee. Now we flex our muscles at each other over Wii Bowling and Tennis. It doesn't mean that Monopoly suddenly sucks. We just want to do something different.

[Matt Graham]

You'll be back. They always come back. :P

[Wow]

Bye m8. Enjoy with you wow-free life :).

But believe me, you'll be back sooner or later. If not for WoW, you'll come back for some other blizzard creation in future.

Just wait and see.

[Saylah]

I dont doubt I'll be back for Blizzard's next MMO as long as it is an MMORPG. They do amazing work but I'm done with WOW. :-) I've rolled every class I was even remotely interested in playing. I've done every crafting profession I had an interest in and won't make time to raid - that closes the chapter on my desire to play. Now, if the revamped it entirely with several new classes - perhaps, but then again, I'm not re-rolling thru the old zones again...EVER. :-)

[World Of Warcraft Videos]

I have not been playing much lately at all. However I think I will keep giving Blizz the 15 bucks. Hopefully some time will free up for me.

Playing that damn long though I could understand getting sick of it. So what you doing then just waiting for the release of Diablo III?

BTW you should of sold off your toons and made a couple bucks.