Why do I like Hz is better than WoW? It's not that wow is a bad game. It's a very very good game. It has the best controls of any mmo I've ever seen. It's the easiest mmo to jump right into and start playing. It has some great lore, lots of neat quests. Nice characters and alot of funny stuff - Heck, seeing He-Man (Adam Eternium), Battle Cat (Battle Tiger) and Orco (Oric Coe) in the outlands was hilarious. The ghostbusters quest was fun and so many other things are well done. The animation and artwork is top notch. The world feels real and vibrant. The action is fast, fun and furious and the classes are neat. It has everything I've ever wanted in a mmo except for ONE thing. And that's a good community. I cannot stand trying to chat in wow.
If you even make one complaint, or not even a complaint but just talking about what you'd like to see changed then everyone just tells you to "stfu" or "then why don't you quit?" Or "just go play something else." There's no constructive criticism - which makes games better. If you try to talk about what all you love about wow then the same people will call you a f%g - (censored on purpose) or will tell you to stfu. You can't win. The people are mean, immature, downright hostile and rude and why? I don't know. I try to tell everyone that you don't have to be that way and that we can all get along and why be so rude and I'm told to stfu. That's why I quit WoW. Heck, the worse thing anyone's told me so far in Horizons is when I was asking alot of questions to go and check out the forums. That actually helped me out - it was a helpful suggestion and in no way was I told to stfu and go read the forums. I was politely suggested to check the forums out.
I haven't been in one group in WoW in over a year. I have never guilded and I don't chat in game anymore. Yesterday in Horizons I talked more than I played. My brother always thought I was antisocial and just liked to solo. While I do like solo'ing, that's not why I always do it in wow, I do it because the people are mean for no reason. I like talking in a game. I like commenting on things I like or things I'd like to see changed and I don't like having my day or my "fun time Online" ruined by a bunch of jerks whose only purpose being in a mmo is to make as many people angry as they can. I play mmo's to escape rl and because I enjoy them. If I wanted to be talked down to then I'd be somewhere else.
Also, I hate the emote /spit I hate being spit on. There's nothing more rude than just standing there and some elf walks up to you and spits on you. I mean, wtf. What does that say about the Dev's who put that into the game. I'd NEVER ever spit on someone in real life much less a game and while I know it's not real and only a emote it still upsets me for some reason. It's jut the lowest of the low and I personally do not like it.
I hate the fact that in WoW I don't feel unique and I'm not proud of my accomplishments like I am here. I mean, no matter what lv. I am, there's a gazillion other people that are just like me. You don't even have to work at it, just go into a battleground, make sure you hit the space bar every so often then in a couple of weeks, get all the best gear. Lol. I like to feel like I accomplished something. Heck, hitting 60 in EQ was a big deal. I was proud of it. Hitting 60 in Wow was just like, oh well, now I can do it again.
I want to build and craft and work for something and feel like I've accomplished something and I just don't feel that way in WoW.
I like Hz. I love the dragons. I love the community. I like the togetherness I feel while playing the game. I like sharing a common goal of stopping the blight and not having any pvp where everyone hates everyone else, even those people who are supposed to be on your side. A pure pve game just seems to bring people together more.
Plus I hate how everyone in Wow always says pst me. For instance they'll say, "I'm looking for a new guild to join, pst me. Don't they know that pst stands for please send tell and that please send tell me sounds stupid? I guess they all think it means "please send to." grrrr.
Anyway, this is why I prefer Horizons over WoW. I love WoW as a game but I truly believe that a game is only as good as it's community and wow's community is awful whereas Hz has the best community I've ever seen in a mmo. I wish Hz had different things in it but I very much enjoy what Hz has to offer and the community makes the game even better. It's like adding whip cream to your pie. The pies okay but man does it rock with some whip cream. Hmmmm Pie. Take care everyone. Sorry for such a long post but I needed to rant a bit.