World of Warcraft has allowed many parents and their children to experience the world of Azeroth together for almost 20 years. And yes, sometimes it involves someone farming gold and experience for the other.
Who farms for whom? If you play WoW and have kids, you surely know the tongue-in-cheek joke: “Let your kids farm gold, experience points, honor, or something else for you!” It may be a cliché, but it has certainly existed here and there in 20 years of World of Warcraft.
With the launch of the current expansion The War Within, we stumbled upon a lovely story from the community where this very cliché was turned upside down: The daughter repays a childhood memory and lets her mom farm for her.
The new WoW expansion The War Within is drawing many players back to Azeroth – here’s a trailer:
Together at the Spirit Healer
Who is it about? On X, “ryn ♡” shared a picture of her mom playing WoW. Above the snapshot, it says:
“My mom was the one who taught me how to play WoW when I was 4, and now she wanted to play again, so I made her quest for me in The War Within🫡. This is the opposite of parents using their kids to farm mounts for them, lol, but I love her so much 🥹❤️🩹. She was so happy to be playing WoW again.”
However, the happiness was to be marred by some virtual deaths. In a second post on X, “ryn ♡” explains:
“I explained to her what the abilities do, but she kept dying. So I tried, and I died, and I realized we were fighting elite foes. So I apologized with “I’m SO sorry, it’s not that you’re bad, they’re just too powerful,” and she said, “See, I’m not bad.” Now I know where I got this gamer mentality from, LOL.”
How does the community react to the little story?
- wasp writes on X: “That’s such a sweet story.”
- Ian comments on X: “I’m jealous! None of my parents were into games, I came to it on my own. That’s probably why I have a completely different experience than many of today’s players.”
- sweets also tried (via X): “My dad raised me on Blizzard games since I was a toddler. I tried to convince him to play WoW again, but he just doesn’t have time for MMOs, lol. That’s so sweet.”
How was it for MeinMMO editor Karsten? My parents never had much to do with games. I could only lure my dad to a console with Sim City for the SNES. Of course, it’s a whole different story with me and my kids now. The little one had his first successful rounds in Mario Kart 8 over the weekend. The older one is currently very into Minecraft and Goat Simulator 3.
For MMORPGs, it’s still too early for my kids, so I still have to farm gold and XP in The War Within myself. 😉 Another feel-good story from the World of Warcraft community can be found here: “The community is not toxic at all” – WoW newcomer is amazed that everyone is so nice
