I think being able to play wow (or any game for that matter) together, actually helps a lot with long distance relationships. Instead of only calling each other and telling each other about ones day, you get to actually do something together.
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Very good point, I wonder, if there are non-gamers in a long distance relationship, what do they do together?
The number 1 mistake is thinking WoW is a dating sim, because that taints your interactions with people and makes them forced and false. Most women can feel it when you’re just talking to them because they’re a woman who plays WoW, not because you actually enjoy talking to them as a person.
Every time a guy friend of mine catches feelings for me purely because we both play WoW, I feel lied to. I thought I was making friends, and I’m honest about it upfront. A lot of these “wow is a dating sim”-type of guys aren’t honest about their intentions at all. They think friendships always lead to romance eventually, and play like they’re collecting women as friends in WoW, in the hopes of one of them dating him. At which point they stop talking to all the others, making them feel discarded.
Lasting relationships happen organically because you have more things in common than one band, one game or one food. I wouldn’t force it by specificly searching for a woman who shares your interest in WoW as the only criteria.
Start by searching for people who are okay with gaming as a hobby - I have some friends whose spouse doesn’t play videogames, but doesn’t judge their s.o. for it.
If you must use WoW for dating, at least please be open and honest about your intentions. It’ll still be offputting and annoying to a lot of people, but at least you won’t waste people’s time. The thing is, there’s no way to NOT make it annoying to only talk to women to find out if they’re single and decide based on that if they’re worth talking to. Makes it seem like you don’t see women as people, just as “romantic potential”.
I met my boyfriend in a game (not WoW though). He has a wonderful sense of humour and made me laugh, so we became friends with no intentions for anything else. He wasn’t “hunting” women in games so I felt safe and valued as a human being - and fell for him because we have a lot in common besides games.
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Seems I’ve completely misunderstood the meaning of “Gotta catch 'em all”. Come to think of it, maybe that wasn’t even about WoW 
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Wait. I wasn’t supposed to stuff all those Vulpera into tiny balls?
I did wonder why they all died
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WoW, like dating, is tricky 
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Sadface atm
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Just to play WoW with and that’s it,…nothing else?.. I don’t get it. (the importance of WoW)
So when they say that they don’t want to play World of Warcraft, do you keep asking them to?
Or is it the other way round and they’re the ones asking you to stop playing?
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Jealousy is not a what gender are you issue. There are jealous insecure people, both male and female.
Frankly I have no time for it. The last jealous boyfriend I had I just answered yes to every ridiculous accusation.
Example:- Are you sleeping with that dude, yes dear, we had relations on that table in front of the entire pub, they cheered.
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Ridiculing strategy is a good answer to jealousy yea, I use it too, it turns a serious questioning into a silly situation right away 
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The only advise I can give you is: don’t look for ‘love’, wait for it and you’ll be rewarded.
And if ever comes, embrace solitude.
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Just skip it. Not worth the effort.
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Considering the game’s not half as popular as it used to be, open world zones are empty and every1 has flying and a quick teleport network it’s mot simple to make friends in this game as it used to.
Now you join a guild cause u wanna raid or do pvp.
Back in the old days you actually stumbled upon people questing and you helped each other out with hard group quests in the open world. That was probably one of those times you could have met a girl in this game, by helping her with an elite mob or finishing the same quest chain you’re on. Modern wow has no need for grouping up, socialising, it’s all buried. You can play the game without any help.
Just go on an RP server and into Stormwind park dude, that place is more riddled with girls than you think, also in guys pretending to be girls so… chance is not on your side, good luck on finding a gf or w/e
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Try some E-rp!
I was going to reply with “Date a guy” then remembered my boyfriend always tells me how he doesn’t understand WoW. Alternatively I tell him Fifa sucks and F1 bores me when he plays them, we just like different game types.
Seriously though, don’t expect that someone to be someone who may enjoy WoW with you.
Oh I’ve had random jealousy of no one after a second date which got cancelled.
So the date was cancelled before we left their house to go out, it was understandable because their parents had been in a car crash (luckily no harm done). I went back home and got into bed with my dog at the time and just put on the TV. A couple of hours passed and I got text messages to say all was fine and asking what I was doing so I said I was in bed watching TV, instantly I got a barrage of texts accusing me of sleeping around and wanting to know who I was with to which I replied “I’m with my female dog name”. After more accusations I sent a selfie of me and the dog and told them to never contact me again in incredibly unpleasant language.
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Throwback to when my ex ignored me for 2 days because dailies and getting cutting edge was more important than our relationship 
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Sit in video calls for hours, talk, listen to music together, etc.
When I went on a 6 month long travel all we did was facetime 4-6+ hours a day and watch series together.
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When I met my girlfriend, through tinder as well, I brought up that I played WoW pretty quickly into the conversation. Funny enough they did too. 
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I was with my boyfriend (now husband) for about a year before I eventually tried wow. He didn’t play it all the time and in fact was embarrassed to play it in front of me in case it put me off him. He did however talk to me about wow, about the fun experiences he’d had, about the lore etc. And it was so nice to see the shy, quiet guy talking passionately about something.
And then a friend came to visit and while I was in another room, his friend asked I played wow. My boyfriend replied “if she played wow, I’d propose tomorrow” - so the very next day I downloaded a free trial and have been playing ever since! Had to wait several years for the proposal, but he did propose in front of the statue of Sylvanas at Blizzcon, so that was pretty good!
Wow is our main hobby together and we do a lot together (raids, m+) but also do our own things (he likes levelling, I do a bit of casual PvP). Sometimes it’s difficult if he takes a break (so far I never have) but generally it’s great to share a common interest and common goals.
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One tip for anyone playing with their partner:
Never do arena with them!!
(Unless you wanna get rid of them, then absolutely do arena)
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