New player quiting, and here is why

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I’m a relatively new player, I started playing around the time Argus came out, that was my first time ever playing WoW and i was so excited about stepping into a game I’ve wanted to play for years but couldn’t because I had no computer. I’m really sad about quitting because this is a game I’ve always loved, but I just CAN’T STAND THE DAMN PLAYERBASE! seriously? it’s so toxic anytime i exit the game i feel like total sht. i suck at PvP but wanted to get better, but anytime i told someone that who called me a noob or something in a duel after me losing they just go ''you will never get good f***** fa****’’, I felt like the worst player ever anytime I went into anything.

When I first started playing this game I wanted to tank so badly, and I went into dungeons and immediately got assblasted because I had no heirlooms and when I didn’t do so good instead of giving me some helpful tips after me kindly asking people just called me a f****** noob and kicked me…

Anytime i tried being nice and went up to someone saying ‘‘Hey nice mount’’ or ‘‘thats a really cool wep’’ they wouldn’t say thank you, instead they would go ‘‘shame you will never get it’’, or when i went up to someone and asked ‘‘how did you get that?’’ id get something along the lines of ‘‘by not sucking’’ like for real?

now i don’t find anything fun, PvP is filled to the brim with twinks that act like they are the coolest kid on the block, and in PvE, i didn’t do dungs because it was fun, i did it to raise raiderio score so i would get accepted into PuGs because I’m too anxious to join a guild, leveling isn’t fun either, PvP has even more twinks and dungeons are so easy its boring, i haven’t made a new character in months because i can’t get them past the 1-30 bracket. now all i do is walk around kul tiras and farm herbs or mine stuff, anytime someone asks for help with anything im always willing to lend a hand, even if it’s going to take a while. but anytime i ask for help with anything i get whispered with things saying ‘‘do it yourself’’.

so good job making a relatively new player quit, no wonder this game is dying when new players are treated like unwanted children.
who knows, maybe there are people that had it better when they began, ofc I’ve met nice people, but that’s not gonna stop me, its like saying just because you can find coins in the boiling hot water you should’t step out of it.

i feel even worse now than when i started writing this, all the high hopes i had for this game demolished by a cancerous playerbase, just don’t ruin another game when blizz closes the servers.

unsub

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When I started to play the game I was noob too … If you want to be better u have to try harder . Why are you letting some people to be rude to you … just ignore them and move on … you will find friends in the game .

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You’re quitting because you found toxic people? Listen buddy, I gotta tell you, you might want to stop browsing social media altogether as well. In fact, unplug your PC from the internet.

I’m sorry.

Yes, it’s not nice. Yes, I don’t agree with how toxic things have become, but it’s a reality. If you let it stop you playing the game? …Thick skin.

You need thick skin.

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That’s the sad thing about the majority of online gaming community. Nearly everyone is utterly toxic. There’s no room for newbies anymore. Only min-maxing is allowed in their ego.
I can suggest you FFXIV, which has a relatively calm and welcoming community to it.

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Thats (more or less) the problem. The majority of randoms are toxic; in WoW and in every other game, that has a competitive playerbase. Become open to join a friendly guild in which their players fit your interest.

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There can be some toxic people in the game and it is a shame but if that is what is bringing you down then there are steps you can take to avoid it.

If you can find yourself a nice guild then they will be happy to help you learn and work with you.

There are some genuinely great people in this game, but pugs aren’t the best place to learn to play unfortunately because they contain both new people and those who have seen and done it all 1000 times before.

Trust me, get a friendly guild that has the same interests in the game and all your problems will go away.

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just @ me.

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Toxic people exist everywhere, not just in wow.

Make some friends in the game, there is a whole dedicated forum post for that!

I was a noob and i still am, but i find things to do with guildies or friends, i even raid and pvp, even tho i suck at it!

If you want, add me on bnet and we can do things together- pvping for fun, raiding, clearing older content or wtv.

Bantergirl#2758

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I hope you reported them before you quit.

I find that rather than asking someone how they got something I look it up on wowhead.

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Well, the game sux if you don’t have a group of friends to play with, that’s the long and short. If your fun relies exclusively on PUGs, be they in PvE and PvP, it just isn’t great.

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I had a really hard time with strangers when I started even back in TBC. I was asked if I bought my account on eBay, I was called a noob etc etc. I didn’t understand the gearing, what I was doing, nothing. I was clueless.

The game is a lot more bearable playing with others. Do you have a friend who would like to play with you. Some find it’s better in guilds. I have built up a list of friends on both sides (Alliance and Horde) over the years. There are plenty of nice people in the game too.

We all start out the same way.

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in PvE, i didn’t do dungs because it was fun, i did it to raise raiderio score so i would get accepted into PuGs because I’m too anxious to join a guild

Being in a guild is propably the only way to get past the “people are toxic” barrier. If anyone in my current guild would call other member “noob” it would likely result in a kick for that dude. Hostile behavior towards other players is strictly not tolerated. (Of course joking around is a different thing, but then the intention is known by the receiver too and noone gets offended.) You will get past the anxiety once you hear the voice chats etc and get into the group. People don’t generally demand you needing a mic yourself, if it makes you uncomfortable just don’t use it.

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I was a noob once, now i know the ins and outs of most dungeons, i can clear pet battles easy, i have over 200 in cooking, and get guild invites pretty much every day

everyone was trash once, that the whole point.

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I know how you feel. I Started playing on Legion, had the same problem. It is really hard for new players to “work out”. Everybody just wanted curves, RaideIO, Higher ilvl gear make people feel like gods. Not friendly environment for new players. People blamed me, because i had too low dmg, but in stats you see them with 0 interrupts…

You really need to find active guild with friendly and openminded people in it. Good is, when they do things together, like Raids, RBGs, M+ dungeons. I personally changed my guild very often, because of people in that guild

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I’m fortunate as I started back in 2005, when the game really exploded. And almost everyone I met levelling up was on their first character as well.

I can understand you feeling “intimidated” by the game and community in its current state.

But as others have stated, if you’re going to give the game a second chance. Join a guild, a casual guild. Playing with random people is playing russian roulette with a double-barreled shotgun.
Most people have played this game for years and expect everyone else to have done the same, so they get frustrated if others are slowing them down in dungeons or the like.

And the PvP community especially are infamous for the toxicity, in addition to the M+ community. So no surprise you got some smack talk from people after a duel.
That’s why I never accept duels with strangers. If you win they often get angry, if you lose you get mocked.

It’s kind of funny in a way… Everyone is saying that Activision-Blizzard will kill this game, but I suspect that the community will be the ones to do the deed.

By scaring away new players we’ll be left with the same people, who will quit one by one until there’s nothing left.

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Probably a combination of the two tbh.

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Once?..I’m still trash, even after all these years…

If there was an acheiv for the least improved player over the course of an entire game, I’d get it no probs…

In fact there should be one, and let’s make it a Feat of Strength, worth 500 points, they could use a little Yoda icon picture thingy, with him saying - “Failed to improve,…you have.”

Make it happen Blizzard

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Don’t quit…find a friendly guild for help and advice instead.

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Love this!..make it so, Blizz.

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The hardest part of being a tank is not blocking blows coming from the front but shrugging off hits coming from behind. People are rude and bad purely because they can hide behind a monitor :blush: they can be whatever they wish to be.
You should start doing what you like and not what other people tell you.

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