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by Nico Deyo 
Jan 16th 2011 at 8:00AM
Blizzard's promotion for all three expansions for just a cool $20 prior to the holidays lured not only old players back to the fold but also a great deal of people new to the World of Warcraft. It's easy to grab a friend, a relative, or coworker to try the game out with a 10-day trial, but how about dropping pizza money on three expansions' worth of content? It was an easy deal for anyone to get into, especially now that the game has been revised heavily to favor new players.
My sister had tried a 10-day trial back in the day but ended up rolling a mage and not quite getting the hang of it, despite my help. She quit after a couple days. I got her back into the game with this deal, as she and I do not live in the same state anymore and it'd be a nice way to keep up with her. With the low price and easy new questing and class skills, she picked it right back up and rolled a night elf hunter. It was nice to see her enjoying it and to have someone additional to play with.
Have you recently pulled anyone new into the game, or perhaps brought a former player back into playing World of Warcraft? How are they liking it? Is it fun to help someone new along now that the early levels of the game have been so streamlined?
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Ootanee Jan 16th 2011 11:40AM
One of my Exs recently got back in to WoW with that deal. We used to play wow just for something to do together since we were long distance at the time. She never really figured things out and ended up just following me around using the same 3 starting spells that automatically got put on your quick keys. That was all well and good when you are level 10, but she always quit when we got higher level. For some reason she just couldnt understand how aggro worked. Anyways, with the new system she has actually been learning how to level on her own and always calls to ask questions about the new zones and how to do this and what professions and stuff to take. She loves the goblins too, but names them all after jersey shore people.
Jason Ralph Jan 16th 2011 11:44AM
I got my wife to start playing WoW back in September of 2010. She since then has a lot more characters in-game than I ever will (I've still stuck to only one), only to know finding myself having to deal with her QQ in regards to her Shadow Priest being at the low end on the DPS side when comparing it to her other DPS characters. Problem lies in her Priest is her main. She's given up (actually unistalled), as she can't figure out if it was working why break it. Basically, the QQ on forums I hear now every time I continue play (as I love the story may more than game play as a Warcraft nerd). Hopefully, something happens to bring her back, but it's doubtful and I still think why should Blizzard legitimately listen to your QQ when you're acting like a kid about it? As you can guess saying that to your wife doesn't go over too well.
Moeded Jan 16th 2011 11:58AM
I have recently returned to WoW at the same time as recruiting my girlfriend who now thoroughly enjoys the leveling experience!
Amanda A. Jan 16th 2011 12:20PM
I didn't introduce him to the game, but about two weeks ago, there was a level 7 warrior in trade asking where to buy bags. So I gave him a set of netherweave bags, some green mail of his level with appropriate stats, and a quick intro on how to do professions, and sent him on his way. A week later he was into Outland content, with blacksmithing at level despite the absurd mat requirements, asking me about gems (I had mentioned being a jewelcrafter; he had the right idea, and is correct that the idea that you don't have to match sockets if the bonus is worthless isn't intuitive at all) and describing tanking in a way that makes me think he's going to be an amazing tank. A guy who has less than a month of play time who understands that healers need mana to function and uses his cooldowns! There are people who have been playing for years who don't understand that. He's now into Northrend and still leveling very quickly; I'll likely be running cata dungeons with him inside a month of the day I gave him bags.
Harvoc Jan 16th 2011 12:18PM
I first wanted to get my sister to play, so she decided to roll a paladin. After she hit level 30, she got kinda bored with it and because she felt it was too hard for her (she's in 4th grade). She prefers to play other games. Now that Cataclysm's out, I might get her to continue her paladin. Who knows?
Jurk Jan 16th 2011 1:24PM
One of my friends just came back to the game. He hasn't gotten Cataclysm yet but he will. Until then, he's enjoying the new 1-60 game. Let me tell you, this guy has the attention span of a gnat with ADD. He originally leveled a gnome rogue and it took him 3 years to get to level 53 at which point he quit, came back and then leveled from 53-80 in a few months. The quest map helped a ton.
Anyway, he rolled a night elf mage this time around and got to 13 withing a few hours played. He's turned on to the game again thanks to Blizzard's revamp.
Back in my day...
Fluufykins Jan 16th 2011 2:03PM
My wife and I are avid WoW players. Her mother hasn't played anything similar since the days of old Ultima. (Like the old ones where if you did something wrong it would ruin your game and you had to start over... grin/groan @ memories)
Anyway, she got a shiny new laptop for Christmas (I went with for the purchase to make sure it was going to be able to crank up the video settings in WoW since we knew this was our chance lol)
Well, she is into it. She's up to 20, and finally seems to have the general concepts down (moving, interacting, what buttons do what, etc.) and seems to really be enjoying it. She even did the first 20 levels without partnering with her RAF buddy (my wife, her daughter) so she could "get the hang of it" without flying past too much too quickly.
Anyway, we now have 4 people in the house playing WoW. And yes, we're guilded with a us and a couple friends. :D
Hairfish Jan 16th 2011 3:05PM
I have quite a few friends who have expressed interest in this "fighting game." Then they find out they'd have to kill *gasp!!!* LITTLE ANIMALS!!!! and suddenly they're not interested any more.
They're pixels, people. They respawn. /roll eyes
It just gets me that they're ready, willing, and able to kill humanoids, even those representing other players, but the idea of killing *gasp!!!* LITTLE ANIMALS!!!! turns them off. (Little animals who will rip your pixellated face off, even.)
Drakkenfyre Jan 16th 2011 7:07PM
Uh, I don't think it was "all three expansions". I think you meant the original game and the first two expansion.
Alf Jan 16th 2011 8:24PM
I brought my best friend to WoW in the ICC days, he used to love warcraft III so he always wanted to play WoW someday. Unfortunately I had to split time between gearing my main and rolling a toon to play with him. And he was too slow lol! cause he loved to read quests and go at his own pace, but RaF didnt allow us to finish quests chains before they turned grey, but yeah... he wanted to finish them.
he dont play wow anymore, but we r still friends xD
quendo Jan 16th 2011 8:56PM
My wife played a few years back but stopped after getting to 65 on her Priest. Wasn't that she didn't enjoy it but that she was embarassed how long she played for!
Well come the expansion she signed back up ON A NEW ACCOUNT.....that meant Triple XP all round.
She is playing a Druid Resto Worgen and I have a Warrior Worgen Tank. 3 Sec waits to get in instances. Also have 2 x warlocks for questing the new areas - only problem is that with XP boosts we level out of the area well before clearing it. But it's great to do it different.
Superstone Jan 17th 2011 12:20AM
I was the newb when my friends got me into WoW and I didn't play on their server but, after taking the time to play (and become addicted to) World of Warcraft, I moved to their server and had better gear and tactics than most of them. One of my friends came back onto WoW late in Wrath and I was able to help him through dungeons, level his new shaman and even show him rotations, gear and stats that would help him be a better player.
Now I'm trying to get my girlfriend to start playing once I can build her a better computer. Soon... soon...
Draknareth Jan 17th 2011 7:00AM
Got my girlfriend playing, she hit lvl 73 last night and is thoroughly enjoying herself. She even wants me to get her a razer naga for valentines day :P
Mike Jan 17th 2011 9:50AM
Whenever I suggest the game to somebody who has never played it before, I feel like a drug dealer, peddling something addictive to an unsuspecting person curious about it.
B-ryce Jan 17th 2011 2:25PM
A good friend of mine started the game again and we're doing Recruit A Friend.
Trip XP: It's just silly.
Cause my heirlooms, guild xp boost and revamped old world ease wasn't enough, we get triple xp for sneezing. We did the first 6 quests of Westfall and went from 11 to 15.
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