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Time to teach the son how to play. tips needed!
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Huurka
I'm surprised no one said " let him do your dailies lol"
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Post by
killerpet
WoW is just a computer game. If a 5 year old wants to play it then fine, let them play it. I cant believe how many "elitist" people there are in this thread who seem to be afraid that he will ruin their Naxx PUG. Learn to relax guys.
Btw a druid might be a good idea to let them play too if they like cats. Or a hunter if they like pets (the pet should take most of the dmg anyway). Overall, just let them play as something they like and naturally keep them away from the weirdo's and elitists :D
Post by
nihmue
I think it's absolutely wonderful that you're going to play WoW with your little son, and you seem to have a good grasp how to shield him from the too complicated or more mature content of the game. He expressed interest in the game himself, so.. why not! :) He will probably love 'doing what daddy does' and playing together with his you, even if it's just running and jumping around in a starter zone. Boo to the people here that seem to feel they have to tell you how to raise your kid, they obviously haven't read your comments in this thread very well.
People like Strandvaskeren are giving some great tips and info about how WoW appeals to younger children. I say go for it and have fun!
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lonewarrior
If your going to spend the time together with your child that's great. You can monitor his play and share his enjoyment. I'm not sure teaching a 5yr old to kill butterflies is the best thing(you may see him outside with a tennis racket trying to kill real ones :) ). But perhaps poking one and running away might get a wonderful laugh from your son. You can press and hold Alt/Z buttons which will clear the screen of everything. This way he won't be able to read any of the chats. Put a DND on his character so people in the area wont bother him. Make different toons so he can explore different starting areas.
See where your son wants to go with the game. Then slowly expose him to more of what the game is about.
Quality time is quality time..whether its outside playing catch or inside playing WoW.
As long as you and your son are with each other..nothing wrong with that.
Post by
faia
but think in end its a good idea, much better then ignore him for his age
wow just state the age restrict is 12+ , rather say the parents do self choice if it appropriate for their kids
got a guild mate who is 9 year old ret pala in full nax some ulduar now and he doing quite good and is very mature and was little surprise at first found out that he was so young(like a girl who never talk on vent or something then talk on vent...you all know the story....wipe because of lost focus...and who the hell was that?) but his whole family did play together
his mom is a 80 priest (pvp mostly)
father is a tank (well he like...pve mostly)
and their son like to be ret pala
and a little sister jumping around on a mage around 30-50
think the most importance part is just have fun not really matter how you do it(just killing critter's) and just observe in case of worry
Post by
hmulasmajic
First of all this game is great, but it's also filled with lots of pricks which I really don't think is a good idea for a five year old to be experiencing. The mature language filter even if turned on can easily be avoided. This game isn't really as easy as it seems try and think back at the first time you started playing. Babying him isn't really gonna help him ever get on his own in this game that is why power leveling is often frowned upon by the majority of the players. You need to do things on your own test things out explore what buttons do and what makes everything function. Although all of this isn't really what a five year old should be doing. World of Warcraft is a free-time video game, it's something you do because you have nothing better to do at the time and you need something to consume you're time. A five year old has so much to still experience honestly the world is such an amazing place when your little (from my experience) things like going to the park, swimming, riding bikes, playing board games, and going outside playing with friends is really the good stuff. I surely miss those days of course they can't ever be brought back World of Warcraft isn't ever gonna be as good as my childhood. You should make your kid's childhood something that can only be experienced and remembered when your kid and not something you can take up from teen years all the way into adult years. Then again I just noticed you said only 30 minutes a day I think that is alright as long as your bonding with him doing other things. I would recommend RaF then because it makes the experience a lot more friendly having you're dad fight beside you in a video game I think that builds up something don't you? Also there is no 'easy class' besides Death Knight you're son could probably /faceroll on the keyboard and get to level eighty as a Death Knight. Other than that though every class is equally complicated I'd suggest going a good combo with him while leveling.
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twinkinshammy
Agree with people who say to do stuff with him irl even if you do live in a farm area. If you do decide to let him play please, PLEASE have mature language filter ON, he's only 5.
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Sweetscot
Bonding time with dad is always cool.
Also to the one about killing butterflies...hes a 5 year old boy, he's more than likely gonna take out a few bugs before he gets older wow or no :P
To the OP: rather than just /leaving undesirable channels which could be rejoined accidentally if you were to get on his character and forget to leave them again before he logs back in, right click the chat tab, hit settings, and uncheck those channels so they are disabled from view. this way if he somehow does get back into those channels they wouldn't show. You can also enable/disable whatever system messages you want showing on his screen...less if they become a distraction/confusing or more of them if you want to use them to help improve his reading.
i would also suggest a hunter or other ranged class depending on how good you think his movement/motor skills will be, a warrior could be very annoying for someone first learning to play and first learning to manouver a character (stinking 'the target must be in front of you' annoyed the carp out of me when i made a warrior as frist thing i tried in wow) you can turn autoattack/autoshot on and all he needs to do is right click the target, or turn it off so he has to actually press attack to begin combat but positioning is much easier with a ranged class.
If he takes an interest in questing then i would suggest you download questhelper on both yours and your sons toon if you get on seperate accounts, it will enable you to see what quests he is on and where the objectives are if you advance to playing together on seperate accounts so you would be better equipped to help him find those peskier quest items/mobs hidden in caves/around odd mountains/etc, basically quest routes that require more objective thinking to find than he may be capable of figuring out without getting frustrated.
To the people complaining...it is very healthy and normal for a child to be interested in doing what their parents are doing, hopping on a character on wow with chats disabled and dad beside him to kill a few monsters or run a few lowbie quests is not going to turn them into a zombie...if it did then atari would have decimated the human race....pong would have finished off what was left, and there would be no wow as we know it today...the sky is not falling and your dad didnt really have your nose when you were younger....
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Post by
Kibbles
Start him with something easy, like warrior or pally, that can teach him spells, stats, and the different roles.
EDIT: BE SURE TO KEEP LANGUAGE FILTER -ON-
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Kibbles
I don't think people are grasping just how important of a tool WoW can be to teaching your child how to properly handle addiction.
And what better way than to start training the next generation at a young age, how to handle putting down the game. Learn to stop one addiction, and it will help you handle other addictions later in life.
I feel like these people are just not grasping the positive aspects that can be taught
You people need to think from a small childs point of view. They have no idea what addiction is yet...
so why not hold their hand a bit and let them experience at an age that they WANT to learn things.
Get addicted -> Dad teaches you how to handle that addiction at age 5 -> Win
Heck, this might even be good for the parents to see how the child reacts, and helps us manage our addictions better. /shrug
So they can handle cigarettes because they suceeded at getting away from WoW? When 11million people have failed? Even though they still play 'just a little'? HELOOOO!
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