Note: "You" does not neccesarily refer to you.  I know that for the majority of people who read this site this probably doesn't apply, but this is a general rant directed at the MMORPG community in general, not Gameriot.


I'm sure everyones heard it all before; someone brings up WoW in another MMORPG, on some forums, whatever, and you instantly get replies from 15 raging nerds including the words noob, kid, and easymode, all too eager to tell everyone about how much they loathe WoW.

Now, why do they dislike the game so much? Is it because the game is imbalanced?  Is it because they think it's too easy and not a challenge?  Is it because there isn't enough totally sweet hardcore World PvP for their liking?

No.  

It's because WoW forces you to fight fair.

I'm sure everyone knows the type i'm talking about, your generic MMORPG zergling that makes up 99% of the population of every game, and consequently is 99% of the WoW hating population.  They're the players who played their level 68 Male Bloodelves in WoW, being the bane of all the level 30's in Arathi and Hillsbrad until they finally decided that they owned enough noobs that it was time to finish up those levels.  They hit 70, or 80, whatever the cap was at the time and went back to Arathi to show those level 30's what a real MMORPG hardcore world pvper is like.  Eventually, these people maybe muster up the courage to enter a battleground and win 15v5 due to their imbalanced battlegroup, further cementing their skill in their own minds.  I mean hey, you owned PvP in Ragnarok Online, and in Warhammer you and 200 other people were the most feared guild on your server!  You've got MMORPG credentials, there's really no reason you shouldn't dominate WoW PvP as well.

Next, they try the arena.

What the **** is this? Why am I losing?

That's pretty much where it ends.

People who have become kings in their own minds due to their "accomplishments" by clicking their way through terrible MMORPG's where all the skill in the world would get you nowhere & zerg games has them convinced they're something they're not.  They tried WoW, sucked at it, and now forever curse it's name, as it's quite clearly a noob game dumbed down for kids so they can succeed; and that's why they went 0-20 in the Arena, that's why when the level 30 they ganked got on his gladiator main and killed them with 100% HP left it wasn't him being better.  In a skill game, those people would have NO CHANCE.

Unfortunately, in reality WoW is and always will be remembered for being the game which took MMORPG's to the next level.  It is currently , and for the forseeable future will be, the only "competitive" PvP MMORPG not just due to it's tournaments, but due to the arena system actually demanding you win more than you lose, matching you with opponents of similar quality and the fact that class imbalance aside, you are actually fighting against even numbers, something which other games do not dare do because they know they would lose the zerg-hungry playerbase which makes up most of their subscribers.

Personally, being "competitive" in an MMORPG is not my thing, I have not played WoW for months and do not enjoy it, but I can still recognize it as the best PvP MMORPG ever made, and, realistically, the only competitive PvP MMORPG that will ever be made.   While the zerglings I spoke of are currently hyping Aion, just remember they're the same people who hyped Warhammer, AoC, and Vanguard, and will be hyping whatever "WoW killer" comes out next, of course, as long you can zerg in it, and they'll still be talking about how bad WoW is and how anyone who was good at it is a noob, too.