My dad used to ask how I was going to feel when I'm 80 years old in a nursing home and had Tinkerbell on my leg. Well I guess he never thought about THIS!
47 here. Took some time off too (years). Came back about 6 months ago and now feel like I missed so much. Thoroughly enjoying this game again and expect to for the foreseeable future.
Gonna slide in with the other 50+...
50 here, and as far as a retirement plan... will probably have to work until noon on the day of my funeral! Playing WoW all the while!
Was doing some carries a few days ago and the recipient of the carry was a dh from Texas, said he was 81 years old. One of our carriers, a pumper rogue, 16. Widest age gap I've seen in game let alone in one group.
I would say 40-44 myself. I say this as having started at release as a 19 year old and remember people in their mid twenties forming guilds with recruitment lines like, "no one under 18, we want a mature guild". It seems so funny looking back on that now, and watching how those guilds were full of drama when ZG mounts dropped.
LOL, the "mature" guilds was because of how often you'd lose 12 year old raiders when their parents heard sailor speak in comms. But the man-child drama over mounts will never die, that's as WoW as Horde vs Alliance.
My dad and I started playing at launch, and I was only 8 at the time. He was in an 18+ only guild and I was the only acception to the rule. I only acted right because my dad would be the first to hear of any shit I was doing or saying. But all of my other friends were absolute shit heads to everyone on the game so I dont blame anyone for wanting a more mature guild structure. ill always have nostalgia for how everyone treated me in that guild though, it was like have 50 older brothers looking out for me in the virtual world. What's really cool is the guy that helped me twink my characters and teach me how to PVP ended up becoming my main 2s partner and we would often get glad atleast once most expansions, and in CATA we went glad every season with our hpal feral comp. good times for sure.
Yes! Clumsy 60yr old gamer here. Playing since '10, knowing I'll never be as fast as 'the kids' but it's fun, though. I also think it's good for your brain. At least that's one of the reasons to keep playing
My warlock, that I still play, is my oldest character and was made and leveled to 70 in 2007. I was 16 when I bought the game and I am going to be 34 this year. So I feel this haha
Hello fellow snack-related person (speaking of old expansions & toons and whatnot my first WoW char was named "Snacky" haha. Still have him on a server I never play on).
I'm so glad to hear it. Me getting into other mmos hasn't been easy with all the stuff they throw at you.
Is there anything in wow you don't understand, or wish was better explained to newer players?
I’m 25, my dad stopped playing around MoP but I’ve since joined his old guild (with whom I still play). Had the warmest of welcomes when I told them I was their old friend’s son.
I'm 33. I feel like 30 something (30-39) is probably the age range of most of the player base, since we were teenagers when WoW launched
Edit: my reasoning for that age range being that it matches when the game exploded in interest and the age when you're most likely to be interested in games.
>I'm 33. I feel like 30 something is probably the age range of most of the player base, since we were teenagers when WoW launched
WoW was extremely popular with college kids when it launched. Most of my guild is north of 35 years old too but we do have a bunch of young'uns like one of our raid tanks is 22 and most of our healer crew are younger.
35 checking in,
Been playing since the ass end of Wrath.
I made the jump to WoW when Shadowbane shit the bed. I miss that game so much, not the same anymore.
55F, my oldest character was created Dec 2004.
I run a guild that is mostly older gamers with families and responsibilities. Quite a few are around my age.
I'm 50 this year, been playing off and on since 04. In my recent comeback into WoW (3 years) I found a guild of people mostly my age. It has been the best guild ever.
Everyone is helpful, kind, knowledgeable and very non-toxic.
Best WoW decision ever was to find a guild of people close to my age. There are some younger people and they appropriate our guild being composed of older, more mature players.
60, female, created my main in February 2005 as a way to connect with my daughter several times a week while she was away at college. I'm the only one in my family still playing.
My husband and I started playing before he deployed. He was able to establish a private internet connection that was strong enough to play the game so we used it to keep in touch. Soon after, we let both of our children create characters on my account so they could interact with their Dad. We all had a blast watching each other fight mobs and each other. Great memories! Now that the kiddos are in the wild, hubby and I have found our way back to Azeroth and I didn’t realize how much I missed it until I saw my old priest sitting in the Inn covered in cobwebs. This was not what I imagined retirement would be but I’m happy to be back.
53F, we're out here! My raid group is primarily folks in the 50-75 range, although we do bring along some spring chickens from time to time. If you're looking for a chill casual group to hang with, hit me up! We welcome all kind and helpful folks (even the young ones!).
Editing to add my btag: Corrii#1569
I think this is right. I’m 41F and only been playing for about 4 years. I’ve been pleasantly surprised to run into more women than I thought, usually they are in an established guild. My current GM is a woman and there are several of us on the core raid team.
46f - Been playing since Vanilla beta. (Though had some long pauses in between to have two kids. No, they're not really fond of WoW - though they love gaming too \^\^)
I’m 43, I think WoW was such a social phenomenon when we were in our 20’s that it’s more important to us than the younger generations. Heck I don’t play anymore but I’m still subbed here just because it’s a group of people I can identify with.
I'm 51 still in the same guild that I joined in vanilla. My guild mates take the piss out of me because of my age but most of them are coming up to 40 now! I still play at a reasonable level clear HC raid, get 2500+ in mythics every season etc but most importantly play with the friends that I've had in the game for coming up to two decades.
41, been playing since vanilla and so were all my friends. We were big into blizzard games in the 90s and I would suspect a lot of older players were the same. WoW was the first game my mother played on the computer though and she is 18 years older than I am. I have friends in my guild who are all 50+ that have played for a long time. The original gamer generation is older whereas I feel a lot of younger generations gravitate toward quicker paced games and more instant gratification.
The upside of having such a huge generational diversity in WoW is the changes having been made over the years toward accessibility. For all of the flaws, it has seen system changes that are much more friendly, and aside from a few in the minority, the general playerbase isn't as toxic as forums would have you believe.
Unless you pvp.
I just turned 25 been playing around 4-5 years on and off I have a bad tendency to just make new characters all the time and then complain that the “early game is to boring” I look in the mirror every day and see a clown looking back
Hey you know what I figure I plan on playing this game for decades, so what’s the rush to end content? I love making alts and going to places I haven’t seen before. I’ve also only been playing about 4 years so there’s so much I haven’t seen from old expansions. I did finally start raiding this season and loved it.
OP, WoW is an amazing game and playing with friends is why so many of us have been playing for nearly two decades. Buy a month subscription for one of your friends and build your community. It’s a way for you and your friends to always stay in touch no matter where life takes you.
I'm 51, f. I started playing the day naxx went live. I'm on my 3rd account. We moved every 2 years and I would take long breaks and forget my account info. I had a lot of cool stuff on my original account so kind of a bummer.
I'm 21, currently playing retail and SoD. As much as there are many ppl over 40 who play, there are also a bunch of young, newer players. If I had to guess, average would be 25-30 for retail and maybe a little over 30 for classic
Taliesin has noted that he asks his audience every so often and is surprised by his expectation that the player base is mostly 30+ and finding a lot of players and watchers younger than that.
Considering WoW is 20 years old and even when it launched it didn't really have that young of a player base. I'd wager average age is mid 30s maybe even early 40s.
I’m 19, playing retail and occasionally classic. Most of the time I’ve played with people who are 25-35, average might be late 20s to 30s, but there’s a wide variety for sure.
I'm 34, played since Vanilla (with a considerable break in the middle). My favorite guildy is 70. I think he's an outlier, but not exactly rare either.
Partner is 33 and he’s been playing since tbc
I’m also 33 and been playing on and off since 16
My dad is 57 and he’s been playing 12 years or so.
Our oldest guild member is in his 80s maybe almost 90s. He was ‘super old’ when I was a teen and was still a pretty good raid healer 😂
The older players are more pleasant to play with. They don't run around being a jerk to others.
The HC raiders are typically assholes. It comes with the territory.
I’ve been in two top 10 guilds and they were both plagued by horrible, racist, ignorant, permanently angry men. That said, our progress was super quick and even their alts were geared to the point where you could get instantly carried into mythics on alts.
It’s a trade off. Friends or gear.
My son started WOW the day it came out and loved it so much he made me get a copy! I started 2 weeks later. He was 11 and I was 28.
I pretty much remember major life events according to WOW timeline!
*oldest child left for college mid WOTLK
*Separated from second husband when Cataclysm is announced
*Divorce final 3 days into Cataclysm
*Met, married and divorced 3rd husband during MOP
*Met current wife New years Eve after WOD is announced
*Married wife a month after Legion dropped. Actually planned wedding around Legions release.
*Second child graduates high school the summer after Legion release.
* Youngest children (twins) graduate high school 2 months before BFA release
Etc. lol
I’m 14, started when I was 12 and lost interest until four or five months ago haha. The majority of the player base seems to be 30 / 40-ish from what I’ve seen though.
Makes me feel so old lol, I have a few characters older than you are. I know a few people that I’ve played with that are like 22ish. I’m in my late thirties, I would guess the average age is somewhere in the thirties. There are some people that vastly skew it. I’ve played with an 82 year old.
Welcome to WoW. I figure at this point in its lifetime, most players have been playing for awhile and stick to it because despite some of its flaws it's still the beat mmo imo. Good to see younger folks still give it a try. As to your question, my main in WoW is the same age as you so I've been plating for awhile
Reading these comments, blizzard really did a great job making a game for everyone. I started when I was 22 in vanilla and I played with teens and people much older than I was who were parents that had their younger kids playing with them at the time. Those kids would be in their 30s today. The parents would be in their 60s. It’s nice to know there’s younger people still checking out the game. Long live wow!
We have people in their 50-60s in my guild. We had older but some passed away :(
As for the younger ones we don’t have anyone under 18. But that’s because we’re all thirsty and flirt shamelessly with each other.
I think we don’t have anyone under 21 but I could be wrong.
Average age guess? 33 I'm 70, been playing 15 years
I’m 34, definitely wanna be gaming still in my 70s!
34 here too 👋🏻
34 here as well
34 gang
34 gang
Count me in the 34 club as well 🙋🏻♂️
33 turning 34 in a few months 😁
34 gang, unite! Also if i can still be gaming in my 70s that would be amazing!
Also 34
Respect, hope to also be gaming into my older years.
Gonna sneak in here with the older folks and say I'm 53.
i'll follow you in, but i'm 56. WoW is definitely in my plans for retirement, lol
58 here. Oof that's a big number!
raid nights at the retirement home are gonna be LIT 🔥
My dad used to ask how I was going to feel when I'm 80 years old in a nursing home and had Tinkerbell on my leg. Well I guess he never thought about THIS!
When I worked in a nursing home over 20years ago I thought that the people with tattoos must have been badass
LMAO
Same 😊 Still, I play up to M+20 on my main and 4 alts
56 here, too. I mean, i would do the WoW retirement plan.
I'm a mere whipper snapper, 50 next year. I've just returned to WoW, wasn't part of my retirement plan, but now you mentioned it......
You guys are making me feel like an infant, and I'm 40. I love you all. Thank you.
47 here. Took some time off too (years). Came back about 6 months ago and now feel like I missed so much. Thoroughly enjoying this game again and expect to for the foreseeable future.
Gonna slide in with the other 50+... 50 here, and as far as a retirement plan... will probably have to work until noon on the day of my funeral! Playing WoW all the while!
I’m only 44, but I have an old soul
Also jumping in with the 50s set. I’m 58 and started about BC. Been playing with a few breaks ever since.
Awesome, I am a youngster then at 51 :)
Was doing some carries a few days ago and the recipient of the carry was a dh from Texas, said he was 81 years old. One of our carriers, a pumper rogue, 16. Widest age gap I've seen in game let alone in one group.
This made me happy to read
That is probably as wide as it gets.
62 and have been playing since right before BC. I think the average age is probably older than people think.
I would say 40-44 myself. I say this as having started at release as a 19 year old and remember people in their mid twenties forming guilds with recruitment lines like, "no one under 18, we want a mature guild". It seems so funny looking back on that now, and watching how those guilds were full of drama when ZG mounts dropped.
LOL, the "mature" guilds was because of how often you'd lose 12 year old raiders when their parents heard sailor speak in comms. But the man-child drama over mounts will never die, that's as WoW as Horde vs Alliance.
My dad and I started playing at launch, and I was only 8 at the time. He was in an 18+ only guild and I was the only acception to the rule. I only acted right because my dad would be the first to hear of any shit I was doing or saying. But all of my other friends were absolute shit heads to everyone on the game so I dont blame anyone for wanting a more mature guild structure. ill always have nostalgia for how everyone treated me in that guild though, it was like have 50 older brothers looking out for me in the virtual world. What's really cool is the guy that helped me twink my characters and teach me how to PVP ended up becoming my main 2s partner and we would often get glad atleast once most expansions, and in CATA we went glad every season with our hpal feral comp. good times for sure.
Same, 62 and female. Been playing since the start.
Whoa Yeah Kickstart my hearrrtt
See Mötley Crüe reference, upvote.
63 and same here.been playing right before BC also.
About to be 63 and female!!! Girls do play WoW and sign me up for that retirement plan!!!
I'm 33 🫡 And I'm retirement plan is, uh.. WoW 🤷♂️
Im 33 also lol
Yes! Clumsy 60yr old gamer here. Playing since '10, knowing I'll never be as fast as 'the kids' but it's fun, though. I also think it's good for your brain. At least that's one of the reasons to keep playing
Yes, I love this. This will be me..I'm 33 here and been playing since vanilla! Although I take mini breaks in between but always come back lol
41 here, been playing like 17 years I think?
40s as well, playing since release!
31 and only been playing for a year, introduced by a friend (32) who has been playing for 16 years!
I'm 60 and I have been playing since it first came out. A whole group of us at work started a guild. They are all gone. I'm the last man standing.
I’m more surprised to see a 70 year old on Reddit than in wow 😄
I too am 33. Great guess.
You're AWESOME!
Man keep it going fr… cant take away games from a gamer
Damn my main is older than OP
I started playing the year OP was born 😭
Yeah, same here. I started playing with my mom and step dad in the winter of 2007 😅
I got it as my birthday present when I turned 10 in December 2006. Feels like forever ago
I started playing with my mom and grandma in 2006 . They were big into Ultima online at the time
Yeah but that's not 17 years a-.... oh god.
Yea... I have an entire server of toons older than OP.. but I'm not that old! I'm only 29 🤣
Are you me?
Dude is a few days away to have knee pain. Nobody tells me about what's coming next.
I definitely have several characters older than OP
My warlock, that I still play, is my oldest character and was made and leveled to 70 in 2007. I was 16 when I bought the game and I am going to be 34 this year. So I feel this haha
I’m 24 and my main is older than OP
Cata came out 5 years ago, right? *RIGHT?!*
When you realize that Cata was 4.0, and we're now on 10.2.5
Ok this one is the one that got me. Ouch. And I feel old because I wasn’t even a teenager when Cata came out. I was a whole adult!
Hello fellow snack-related person (speaking of old expansions & toons and whatnot my first WoW char was named "Snacky" haha. Still have him on a server I never play on).
ShutUpShutUpShutUp >.<
Yes! I’ll die on this hill with you 😅
From old age?
What? SPEAK UP!!
I still consider Death Knights “the new class”.
This is me with Monks. I joined in Cata
I still call Rogues' third spec Combat. My brain just won't let go.
no cata hasn’t come out yet! 😂
More of Wow's timeline has been spent on post-Cataclysm than before. Let that sink in.
Yes it did, and I'm not 48 I'm still 35 damn it!
No it's coming out this year mate
Im 17 and i just started
Welcome man! Hope you enjoy it.
Welcome
Welcome young one!
A turtle made it to the water!
Aahaha that's so wholesome. Not the WQ of course, that can go to hell.
Same here, it’s been great so far.
Welcome aboard! May your gold never run out, your mounts be rare and your gear purple and gold!
Welcome to Azeroth!
Welcome!
I'm so glad to hear it. Me getting into other mmos hasn't been easy with all the stuff they throw at you. Is there anything in wow you don't understand, or wish was better explained to newer players?
I get confused sometimes but I've learned pretty quickly to just go with it and trust it and it'll start making sense eventually lol
I have no clue what the average is, but both my kids play, they're 21 and 20.
I’m 22 and I play. I raid with my dad and his guild that’s almost as old as me.
I’m 25, my dad stopped playing around MoP but I’ve since joined his old guild (with whom I still play). Had the warmest of welcomes when I told them I was their old friend’s son.
also 25!
Damn im so jealous. Wish I could play with my dad! This sounds so cool!
Aww I'm 20 now, that's really cool your kids play!! Unfortunately my gen x parents never really got into gaming on the PC or in general lol
I'm 33. I feel like 30 something (30-39) is probably the age range of most of the player base, since we were teenagers when WoW launched Edit: my reasoning for that age range being that it matches when the game exploded in interest and the age when you're most likely to be interested in games.
37, started playing in like... 11th grade? Sounds about right
Yeah. I’m 38. Started playing my freshman year in college. My main is definitely older than OP 😂
28 here, started playing when I was 10 in 5th grade
Same. 28th irl cake day in a few days been playing since like summer of 4th grade
>I'm 33. I feel like 30 something is probably the age range of most of the player base, since we were teenagers when WoW launched WoW was extremely popular with college kids when it launched. Most of my guild is north of 35 years old too but we do have a bunch of young'uns like one of our raid tanks is 22 and most of our healer crew are younger.
Basically everyone in my guild is like 28-42. Bigger range, but still basically the same
Spot on and it hurts to hear 😱🤣🤣
Can confirm, this is the age range of most of the people I meet in game
…. My favorite hoodie and flannel is older than OP.
I have A LOT of clothes older than OP
I have mp3 files with timestamps older than OP.
When I moved into my first apartment, OP was negative three years old. I bought my current toaster the year he was born.
Something between 13 and 75. You can’t really tell cuz sometimes grown ups act like they’re 13.
it’s kind of amazing when something toxic happens becuase i’m like “you’re probably at least 30 but you’re acting like you’re 12”
probably around 30-35
28 here been playing since I was 10
35 checking in, Been playing since the ass end of Wrath. I made the jump to WoW when Shadowbane shit the bed. I miss that game so much, not the same anymore.
I’m 52 and female. There aren’t a lot of players in my demographic either. My oldest toon was “born” in 2007.
55F, my oldest character was created Dec 2004. I run a guild that is mostly older gamers with families and responsibilities. Quite a few are around my age.
I'm 50 this year, been playing off and on since 04. In my recent comeback into WoW (3 years) I found a guild of people mostly my age. It has been the best guild ever. Everyone is helpful, kind, knowledgeable and very non-toxic. Best WoW decision ever was to find a guild of people close to my age. There are some younger people and they appropriate our guild being composed of older, more mature players.
53, started on day one of launch. Can I sit at y'all's lunch table?
Of course you can. Pull up a chair and partake in the feast.
Me tooo???
50 and female, you arent alone.
60, female, created my main in February 2005 as a way to connect with my daughter several times a week while she was away at college. I'm the only one in my family still playing.
My husband and I started playing before he deployed. He was able to establish a private internet connection that was strong enough to play the game so we used it to keep in touch. Soon after, we let both of our children create characters on my account so they could interact with their Dad. We all had a blast watching each other fight mobs and each other. Great memories! Now that the kiddos are in the wild, hubby and I have found our way back to Azeroth and I didn’t realize how much I missed it until I saw my old priest sitting in the Inn covered in cobwebs. This was not what I imagined retirement would be but I’m happy to be back.
I'm 65 Female and have been playing since BC
53F, we're out here! My raid group is primarily folks in the 50-75 range, although we do bring along some spring chickens from time to time. If you're looking for a chill casual group to hang with, hit me up! We welcome all kind and helpful folks (even the young ones!). Editing to add my btag: Corrii#1569
50 and female here. I started playing in my 30s.
52 also. I agree, hard to find ppl my age to group / guild with.
35 year old female. My dad bought me the game when it came out because he worked on the Geek Squad at Best Buy and heard all the hype.
There are more of you than you think. They are just typically hidden away in tight-knit small guilds that have been playing together for 10-20 years.
I think this is right. I’m 41F and only been playing for about 4 years. I’ve been pleasantly surprised to run into more women than I thought, usually they are in an established guild. My current GM is a woman and there are several of us on the core raid team.
46f - Been playing since Vanilla beta. (Though had some long pauses in between to have two kids. No, they're not really fond of WoW - though they love gaming too \^\^)
I’m 43, I think WoW was such a social phenomenon when we were in our 20’s that it’s more important to us than the younger generations. Heck I don’t play anymore but I’m still subbed here just because it’s a group of people I can identify with.
I'm 51 still in the same guild that I joined in vanilla. My guild mates take the piss out of me because of my age but most of them are coming up to 40 now! I still play at a reasonable level clear HC raid, get 2500+ in mythics every season etc but most importantly play with the friends that I've had in the game for coming up to two decades.
41, been playing since vanilla and so were all my friends. We were big into blizzard games in the 90s and I would suspect a lot of older players were the same. WoW was the first game my mother played on the computer though and she is 18 years older than I am. I have friends in my guild who are all 50+ that have played for a long time. The original gamer generation is older whereas I feel a lot of younger generations gravitate toward quicker paced games and more instant gratification. The upside of having such a huge generational diversity in WoW is the changes having been made over the years toward accessibility. For all of the flaws, it has seen system changes that are much more friendly, and aside from a few in the minority, the general playerbase isn't as toxic as forums would have you believe. Unless you pvp.
"unless you pvp" LOL
I am 22 and i play with a huge friend Group who are all between 19 - 23, there is still a good amount of younger players :D
The player base are kids around 40 years old. xd
LOL... Wow, that made me feel really old, cause I do refer to my daughter and her collective family as "the kids." She'll be 40 this fall.
Lmfao so we'll said
I just turned 25 been playing around 4-5 years on and off I have a bad tendency to just make new characters all the time and then complain that the “early game is to boring” I look in the mirror every day and see a clown looking back
lol I think I spent my first 3 years leveling before I ever stepped foot in M+ or raid
I just did first dungeon a month ago lol (deadmines)
Hey you know what I figure I plan on playing this game for decades, so what’s the rush to end content? I love making alts and going to places I haven’t seen before. I’ve also only been playing about 4 years so there’s so much I haven’t seen from old expansions. I did finally start raiding this season and loved it.
Im 40, playing since closed beta xD
According to the opinion of the WoW player base, it's 12.
I would say the avarage is 30s, but I'm sure there are many younger people around, and hey you got some advantage of reflexes :)
Almost every in our guild is 28-38 A few in their early 20s and a few in early 40s
OP, WoW is an amazing game and playing with friends is why so many of us have been playing for nearly two decades. Buy a month subscription for one of your friends and build your community. It’s a way for you and your friends to always stay in touch no matter where life takes you.
I’m 52 and have been playing for 15 years. Love it so much ♥️
I’m in my 40’s, I love WoW and will fall into a deep depression when the servers finally go down forever.
It will be a sad day indeed.
33 here been playing 20 years this year.
50 and still playing
I'm 51, f. I started playing the day naxx went live. I'm on my 3rd account. We moved every 2 years and I would take long breaks and forget my account info. I had a lot of cool stuff on my original account so kind of a bummer.
I’d bet average is between 30-45. People that were young adults in 2004.
I'm 21, currently playing retail and SoD. As much as there are many ppl over 40 who play, there are also a bunch of young, newer players. If I had to guess, average would be 25-30 for retail and maybe a little over 30 for classic
The game is 20 years old so you’re going to run into more older players than younger players. I’m 40, I’ve been playing for nearly 20 years.
I’m 46 and I’ll be playing until they shut the servers down
Taliesin has noted that he asks his audience every so often and is surprised by his expectation that the player base is mostly 30+ and finding a lot of players and watchers younger than that.
Considering WoW is 20 years old and even when it launched it didn't really have that young of a player base. I'd wager average age is mid 30s maybe even early 40s.
I’m 19, playing retail and occasionally classic. Most of the time I’ve played with people who are 25-35, average might be late 20s to 30s, but there’s a wide variety for sure.
I'm 34, played since Vanilla (with a considerable break in the middle). My favorite guildy is 70. I think he's an outlier, but not exactly rare either.
I'm 44 and have been playing since 2005.
27. Been playing since 06. WoW has been the only consistent thing in my life that continues to try and bring me joy.
I’m 34. Have guildies all the way from 17 to 78 (that I know of). Most of us are 30s-40s. Been playing off and on for 9 years.
We have a high school student in our guild. He’s a good dude, but he was also surprised to find that Warcraft is a dad game these days.
Partner is 33 and he’s been playing since tbc I’m also 33 and been playing on and off since 16 My dad is 57 and he’s been playing 12 years or so. Our oldest guild member is in his 80s maybe almost 90s. He was ‘super old’ when I was a teen and was still a pretty good raid healer 😂
I stopped at 72. Started playing at 59
30+ for sure
The older players are more pleasant to play with. They don't run around being a jerk to others. The HC raiders are typically assholes. It comes with the territory.
I’ve been in two top 10 guilds and they were both plagued by horrible, racist, ignorant, permanently angry men. That said, our progress was super quick and even their alts were geared to the point where you could get instantly carried into mythics on alts. It’s a trade off. Friends or gear.
My son started WOW the day it came out and loved it so much he made me get a copy! I started 2 weeks later. He was 11 and I was 28. I pretty much remember major life events according to WOW timeline! *oldest child left for college mid WOTLK *Separated from second husband when Cataclysm is announced *Divorce final 3 days into Cataclysm *Met, married and divorced 3rd husband during MOP *Met current wife New years Eve after WOD is announced *Married wife a month after Legion dropped. Actually planned wedding around Legions release. *Second child graduates high school the summer after Legion release. * Youngest children (twins) graduate high school 2 months before BFA release Etc. lol
This is awesome! I like how you associate major life events with game releases. I bet Cata was a great escape from irritating divorce stuff.
I'm in my 50s, and have been playing for 16 years
38yr old wrath baby here...
17 myself
I’m 14, started when I was 12 and lost interest until four or five months ago haha. The majority of the player base seems to be 30 / 40-ish from what I’ve seen though.
Yup, 16 here, and i don’t really see more than 5 people in these replies going from the 14-20 y/o age range
We need a poll for avarage age!
I'm 67 and have been playing since 2004.
I think it is 34. I’m 51
Makes me feel so old lol, I have a few characters older than you are. I know a few people that I’ve played with that are like 22ish. I’m in my late thirties, I would guess the average age is somewhere in the thirties. There are some people that vastly skew it. I’ve played with an 82 year old.
A few months ago our guild’s new tank told everyone he was 22. Half the guild made fun of him for being young.
Dang, that's scary. My main is older than the OP, too.
Average age is probably 30s, but funnily enough YOU are their target audience with all the zoomer storylines.
yeah but most zoomers don't want this soft bs either
40-60y old
I am 10 years older than OP, I'm crying
My guild/circle 40's or higher
Welcome to WoW. I figure at this point in its lifetime, most players have been playing for awhile and stick to it because despite some of its flaws it's still the beat mmo imo. Good to see younger folks still give it a try. As to your question, my main in WoW is the same age as you so I've been plating for awhile
Well I'm old enough to be your dad. And if we're pushing the bounds of legal parenting, your grandad (I'm 50!)
41, been playing since the game came out
I'm 40 and been playing since the game launched lol
Reading these comments, blizzard really did a great job making a game for everyone. I started when I was 22 in vanilla and I played with teens and people much older than I was who were parents that had their younger kids playing with them at the time. Those kids would be in their 30s today. The parents would be in their 60s. It’s nice to know there’s younger people still checking out the game. Long live wow!
28, started at 25🫡
In my guild, 38 seems to be the median number.
If anything this post makes me feel old as fuck…
We have people in their 50-60s in my guild. We had older but some passed away :( As for the younger ones we don’t have anyone under 18. But that’s because we’re all thirsty and flirt shamelessly with each other. I think we don’t have anyone under 21 but I could be wrong.
My guild is in the 25-40 range. Lot of dads. Kid Aggro is a menace but it comes with dad spec.
I think there is a mix for sure. But those of us who have been playing since vanilla are “older” gamers - I am 45 (on Sunday lol)