Daddy/Daughter Gaming: She's a Clicker but I love her
November 28, 2010
Dad & Daughter gear up for Cataclysm
My daughter and I have been playing WoW together for several months now. I gave up the grind of raiding long ago and have now found a renewed excitement in the game as I bond with my daughter using gaming as a very common interest. We leveled up a couple of Horde characters from scratch and even though my 10 year old daughter has a fascination and preoccupation with sneaking around Ally towns and picking on unsuspecting Alliance, we have managed to level up to 72.
I'm not loving the "Vote" function
We have been looking forward to Cataclysm for some time now. We do everything together in game and only play with each other - not alone. We use the dungeon finder often. However, we ran into what is turning out to be a game-stopper for us. WoW dungeon finder places you with random players. These random players have the ability to vote to kick a player from the group. My daughter has been kicked from several groups now. The last group she got kicked from resulted in me canceling our accounts for a few months. I think it's pretty bad for a kid's self esteem to have that happen and I don't want her to get hurt over a silly game.
She's a clicker but I love her!
My daughter is about the sweetest, kindest person I have ever known. She loves WoW, reads the strategy guides constantly talks about her druid and the experiences she has had in game. However, when she gets kicked from a party for low DPS, it is upsetting to me. You see, she's a clicker (which is absolutely fine with me) but it delays her attacks a bit and being a feral druid, it is causing her DPS to be a bit lack-luster for the party members taste. I have tried to teach her to key bindings but it's no use. My daughter just wants to play the game and not get all involved in all the technical stuff. I want her to play the game how she wants to play it. I just want her to have fun.
What can Blizzard do differently?
I realize that it's not my game and I am playing with others who don't want to waste time on low DPS or low gear score players. I would like to see Blizzard figure out a way where we could experience all the content even though my daughter doesn't have the best Feral DPS. We have decided to start our own guild so we can play with more casual players who just want to have some fun running instances. I will let you know how it turns out. In the meantime, I really like the way Blizzard is trying to diversify so that players have the ability to play the game in so many different ways. I hope that players like my daughter can experience all the content and remain a player, playing the game how she wants to.
Pacifier
www.PacifierMusic.com
My daughter and I have been playing WoW together for several months now. I gave up the grind of raiding long ago and have now found a renewed excitement in the game as I bond with my daughter using gaming as a very common interest. We leveled up a couple of Horde characters from scratch and even though my 10 year old daughter has a fascination and preoccupation with sneaking around Ally towns and picking on unsuspecting Alliance, we have managed to level up to 72.
I'm not loving the "Vote" function
We have been looking forward to Cataclysm for some time now. We do everything together in game and only play with each other - not alone. We use the dungeon finder often. However, we ran into what is turning out to be a game-stopper for us. WoW dungeon finder places you with random players. These random players have the ability to vote to kick a player from the group. My daughter has been kicked from several groups now. The last group she got kicked from resulted in me canceling our accounts for a few months. I think it's pretty bad for a kid's self esteem to have that happen and I don't want her to get hurt over a silly game.
She's a clicker but I love her!
My daughter is about the sweetest, kindest person I have ever known. She loves WoW, reads the strategy guides constantly talks about her druid and the experiences she has had in game. However, when she gets kicked from a party for low DPS, it is upsetting to me. You see, she's a clicker (which is absolutely fine with me) but it delays her attacks a bit and being a feral druid, it is causing her DPS to be a bit lack-luster for the party members taste. I have tried to teach her to key bindings but it's no use. My daughter just wants to play the game and not get all involved in all the technical stuff. I want her to play the game how she wants to play it. I just want her to have fun.
What can Blizzard do differently?
I realize that it's not my game and I am playing with others who don't want to waste time on low DPS or low gear score players. I would like to see Blizzard figure out a way where we could experience all the content even though my daughter doesn't have the best Feral DPS. We have decided to start our own guild so we can play with more casual players who just want to have some fun running instances. I will let you know how it turns out. In the meantime, I really like the way Blizzard is trying to diversify so that players have the ability to play the game in so many different ways. I hope that players like my daughter can experience all the content and remain a player, playing the game how she wants to.
Pacifier
www.PacifierMusic.com
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