Elitism in WoW
November 19, 2006
I was recently playing World of Warcraft as my little level 5 banker-character in the Orc city (which has extremely heavy traffic), and a glorious vision passed my eyes; A “champion” was standing right by me with the nicest looking gear that I had seen in a while. Whilst I was inspecting the champion’s gear, I must have clicked on invite (my laptop just doesn’t like those big cities and lags). What happened quickly, and before I had even registered what I had done, was that this so called champion had reported me, and proceeded to whisper it too me in a very blunt fashion.
Is this the attitude that “elite” players have these days? I too have been harrassed at a measly level 15 to group with a lowbie, but this was a one time invite – and an accident at that.
What do elite players contibute to the “world” of warcraft? I will continue to watch out for cases of elitism in MMOG’s – but do tell of your own incidents, or even reasons for acting in such manners as the profiled “champion”.
Granted I have never played WoW, but I have seen this on other MMO’s. A very neat feature of EQ2 is called mentoring where a level 60 can change her level to match the lowbie and provide group support. This actually gives a max level player something to do while waiting for the next expansion.
-Todd
What a great give-back to the community! Do you know when that was implemented into the game?
I’d be really interested in hearing more from other MMO players – from different realms, nations, and games – on their experience of the “great divide” between the newbies (who are the ones who are most affected by such “elite playing” – as a lowbie, one has most likely already experienced this behaviour) and the elite with attitude.
- Emma