World of Warcraft is addicting for sure, but i think it's easy to miss the fact that the core of the game -- the combat -- is very well-designed. if it weren't

World of Warcraft is addicting for sure, but i think it's easy to miss the fact that the core of the game -- the combat -- is very well-designed. if it weren't, i don't think the game would be any where near as popular as it is whenever i played it the only thing i did was play against other players, because the combat was "strategic" and "street smart"ish for lack of a better term. but it's easy to miss that as a noob or just looking at the game from the outside WoW doesn't require too much thinking, but thinking will make a huge difference. some parts of the game (player vs player arena for example) are practically chess matches, with the caveat that your moves can fail you (for various reasons) which means being on your toes is just as important as strategy and "street smarts"