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TitaniumTurtle

Can two people play most of this game or does it require you to play in large groups.

With the release of the latest expansion, my wife and I have been looking at WoW. Our question is, is the game accessible to two people who mostly play only with each other?

We have kids and I work a regular 9-5 type job. Most of our play time is after the kids go to bed and that could be 2-3 hours a night if we stretch it. I know this could be an issue when it comes to raids and group events so let me know if that is something essential that we would be missing out on by only playing together.

We aren't trying to completely avoid playing with others but we don't like the idea of telling someone we could tank or heal an instance and end up not making it for IRL reasons, been down that path before with another MMO and it ended up with us saying our goodbyes (still miss those guys) and not playing anymore. That wouldn't be ideal for anyone involved and we don't want to ruin someone else's time.

Are instances scaled when a certain number of people enter, sort of like Diablo 3 (which we love playing) or will they kick our asses if we go at it together?

Thanks for any answers!

Posted Aug 30, 2016, 11:12 PM UTC

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Soroth23•

Dungeons are 5 players. Other than that you can do anything with just 2 up to max level.

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TitaniumTurtleOP•

Sweet. How is the LFG for dungeons? I imagine as new players our gear would be pretty scrutinized if we didn't do any dungeons and relied on the open world to get gear.

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Demagogue11•

You have to start somewhere.

Typically, it goes Open World - Normal LFG - Heroics - World Bosses/LFR - Raiding.

So you shouldn't be too scrutinized in normal dungeons.

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notcaffeinefree•

Dungeons aren't really that difficult to where gear is a large factor and everyone needs to contribute their absolute best to keep moving. I wouldn't worry about scrutiny unless you're really wayyyyy below others in damage (which would be more than just gear).

There's always a small chance you'll find a group with that 1 guy who thinks he's the best thing ever and every one else is below him. Doesn't happen all that often though.

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Soroth23•

while leveling no ones gonna give 2 shits what your gear looks like. theyre gonna zone in and run off.

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assistedSUICIDE•

My wife and I have been playing together since Wrath. You'll have to group with others for current dungeons and raids, but otherwise it's great.

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