"Why isn't WoW more like Second Life"
because though I enjoy being social with a guild and hanging out and running instances, I don't want to virtual cook or virtual clean with these people. I'm not paying 15 dollars a month to do something online that I can do in person, regardless of how well it makes me feel about WoW being a replacement for actual honest-to-god human contact.

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Implementing a server-wide mini-game such as Final Fantasy VIII´s Triple Triad would be soooo sweet. Any other form of (card) mini-game that involves (more common) cards dropping from monsters and (very rare) cards dropping from Bosses would give me a huge motivation boost playing WoW, I would probably reactivate my acc =))

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That would be cool, something like a cross between Yu-Gi-Oh or WoW TCG, the Darkmoon Faire cards, and the Arena. You could have tournaments and rankings and all sorts of stuff. I could see that being a nice diversion for someone who has already done almost all the quests and instances etc.

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No. I pay my montly Euros to play WoW, not Second Life. I can live without the Second Life loonies, exhibitionists, pedos, attention whores and social spastics, thank you very much.

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WTB: sports battle grounds like football, baseball or basketball

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"I can live without the Second Life loonies, exhibitionists, pedos, attention whores and social spastics, thank you very much."

yes, we have quite enough of those ourselves!

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yes

I would like a mort "sim-like" wow ,besides the fights, donjons and so on.

to grow the game, to allow others things to do and to have mor social and political side to the game.

people seems to think in terms of "against a style of play". but ALL style can be available at the same time.

it could be have a card game inside the game and you will never force to play it if you prefer to do donjon

it could have many mini-games and never be in the way of more grinding

and so on.

I welcome every idea to make the game richer and funnier.

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I admit that I would like to actually see some improvements to animations. Like /hug shows absolutely nothing in animations. I don't keep my arms at my side and stare blankly when I hug people. And must all kisses be assumed to be long-range blown kisses?

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@#4...are you in a guild?? LOL

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"More like 2nd life"? Oh Gawd.

a) It would be suicide for Blizzard to introduce an exchangable currency. Just like with Linden Labs, such a stupid policy could easily result in a judge deciding that the game money does not belong to the company running the servers, but to each user ... and that profits made in the game should be taxed.

Governments are seriously looking into taxing 2ndL revenue; and since Linden has exchangeable currency, they do not own the currency in their own game.

So ... a) THANK GOD Blizzard has better lawyers than LL.

b) More like 2nd L? You mean filled with yuppies whose only interest is in, in that order, 1) genitals for their character 2) beds 3) virtual dildos; and filled with companied whose only interest in the game is to spam everyone with advertising? No thanks to both.

c) More like 2nd L? You mean full of perverts, porn-peddlers and pedophiles trying to abuse virtual anonymity, plus the occasional silly effort like the "Embassy of Sweden" or a Mercedes outlet?

Thanks, but I prefer getting it in the rear from a rogue.

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LFG: Dinner On Me!!! Need Cook for relaxing night... sheesh! As long as they include a hot poker as a usable item I might consider it. Quick mini games maybe, but full blown social engagement? OMG! Its hard enough to explain to non Wowers what I am doing in game, but if I were to throw in the phrase "Oh and we can cook dinner for each other.." >_

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Agree with 2 & 3, a in-game collection/trade mini-game that is common to FF would add depth to the game. Especially when your waiting for raids.

Maybe the WoW TCG inside WoW Itself :P Crazy :P
Options to ante cards or play for "card honor" would be interesting.


While this game is about Fantasy RPG, the social aspect of this game cant be ignored... the more depth it has the more playability it gets. Content regardless if it is cosmetic, loot, instances, social, interface... adds more and more to the game.

As 6 says, nothing like Second Life or Sims, WoW is about action Fantasy RPG first, but still avatars need to interact and have some downtime, change of pace :P Even if it is just used for waiting around in IF our inside the portal of an instance.

Cause unless your an isolationition, alienating, self-centred, egotistically, unguilded, eogtistictical #$#! you would be using a social aspect of the game. :P

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Agree with 2 & 3, a in-game collection/trade mini-game that is common to FF would add depth to the game. Especially when your waiting for raids.

Maybe the WoW TCG inside WoW Itself :P Crazy :P
Options to ante cards or play for "card honor" would be interesting.


While this game is about Fantasy RPG, the social aspect of this game cant be ignored... the more depth it has the more playability it gets. Content regardless if it is cosmetic, loot, instances, social, interface... adds more and more to the game.

As 6 says, nothing like Second Life or Sims, WoW is about action Fantasy RPG first, but still avatars need to interact and have some downtime, change of pace :P Even if it is just used for waiting around in IF our inside the portal of an instance.

Cause unless your an isolationition, alienating, self-centred, egotistically, unguilded, eogtistictical #$#! you would be using a social aspect of the game. :P

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Sorry. Damn silly browser... double posted

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I personally would love to see "WoW Karts"

I think it would be a fun diversion, could easily be weaved into the story to make it believable, heck theres already a racing event in the salt flats!!

Just something a little different when your really bored in game, which happens to me about every 2-3 months, I end up canceling my payments and taking a month or 2 off. Something crazy like wow karts would break up some of the grind and allow you to keep playing (and paying) even though your not really questing at the moment.

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The only advantage that SL has over WoW is the ability to change the way your avatar looks. I would be willing to pay gold for a little more variety. Or just let me hide my shoulders along with my cloak and helm.

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Diversions, while mention of the FF in-game cards where stated an alternate FF aspect has also be considered... chocobos.

In FFOnline, you can catch them, raise them breed them... and finally race them.

I think we should be able to raise and race mounts (like WoWkarts mentioned by 15).
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Another one, Engineering robot battles with a vairety of designs... admit the Tonks are fun, but they get worn out without fun competition.
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There are the crashin'smashin'robots http://www.thottbot.com/i23767
They are mini-pet like that fight nearby robots when active.

I say add a tonne more mini-pets and allow us to fight them... cross between tonks, crash robots and pokemon :P

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This has been mentioned elsewhere, but a few small graphical changes can go a long way.

For example, let characters heads roughly track the direction the camera is pointing. Suddenly, you can make eye contact when talking to someone, or a friend can get immediate visual clues as to what you're interested in. And when people first go through the portal, they'll look like the flock of awed tourists they really are.

More idle animations have also been suggested. If the player is looking at the map, and doing nothing else, have the character pull out a map to look at. Same for looking at quests, or rummaging through inventory. Two characters standing next to another, ignoring each other is terribly unsocial. This way, we'd at least know they're busy.

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Darkmoon card games would be the bomb. Also, i'd like to maybe see more done with the tonks and little "RC" type robots. Why not have Bind-on-Use engineering things like little steam cars that you can race or card games from Darkmoon that you can play in a little window. Something to do during raids while waiting for rezzes, something to play while on a long flight, or even while you're just waiting for a hearthstone to cooldown.

But stay away from the collecting of cards from rare mobs, quests, and games vs NPCs. This is WoW - not yugioh.

Everyone gets the same deck - it;s just for fun. Maybe have a tournament in the major cities once every few months... in between other events.

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Personally I would prefer simpler additions such as a larger variety of laugh tracks for each race. Currently if you have multiple characters of the same race and gender performing a /chuckle or /laugh or /giggle they all sound identical.

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