Even though the OP is clearly not actually asking the question they're pretending to ask, I'm going to answer it anyway.
Because it's fun.
There are numerous games that require little or no skill. Some of them are even computer games. People play them because they're fun, either because of the in-game narrative, or the social interaction, or who knows what else.
Here's another question:
Why make a post complaining about a game in a fan-forum when all you're looking for is affirmation?
my girlfriend was a successful high end WoW raider, playing a priest.
she can't beat Hell in Diablo 3.
you tell me?
i never used RMAH, had shit luck for drops up until a few weeks ago, and downed inferno Diablo on my barb almost two weeks before 1.0.3. (when it was hard to do it on a barb)
you're doing something wrong.
i don't believe it takes a lot of skill, but it does take some.
IMO, taking 5 games...
Starcraft > Battlefield 3 > Diablo 3 > WoW > Sims
In order of skill required. Diablo 3 is in the middle of the road.
Click to move and WASD to move is very different and takes time to learn, and for some, might never learn. Also, there's 24 other people carrying you in wow. You could be a very mediocre gamer, but 100% attendance, no drama, and not stand in fire once in awhile and raid leaders will love you.
Also WOW skill and other games is very different, if you just say gaming (reaction/button smashing skill) then yes wow is very low. But you can be a great gamer and never be in top guilds or clear world/server firsts since you need need to know how to climb up the guild ladders since you need other people to help get gear. Else if you're running a guild, people management, research, raid leading, recruiting, all those SKILLs is what makes you progress in WOW which has nothing to do with skills in most games.
I find it extremely annoying that people would be under the assumption that if you've progressed as far as Act2 or 3 INFERNO (the 4th level of difficulty, mind you) that you still need to "learn how to play."
That's just utter nonsense.
The game is broken in that it assumes that you need help from other users (the AH, trading, etc..) to progress. The Diablo series has always been about hack n' slash, item finding goodness - and you could do it all on your own if you pleased. Sure it might take you longer but you could find some pretty decent items. Up until D3, where you can play 103840318413 hrs and still find nothing useful for your level.
I find it laughable that people think you should have to go read some "spec build" or "spreadsheet" to progress in this game. That mindset will turn anyone off. Choke points? Yes, because for every difficult mob I really want to find a small doorway to kill them off one at a time..so THAT's what this game was made into.. no thanks.
There is no NEED to use the AH, you can use more time more efficiently if you do. You can vendor every piece of gear you ever get and not sell it, no one is forcing you to. There is no race, you can play this game at your own pace. And no, you don't have to read forums for specs, in fact I have lots of friends that never touch the forums and try to figure out specs themselves, granted they fail more that I would like but nothing is forced. But if you also want to be GOOD at the game, or good at anything, you would take advantage of all the tools at your disposal.
Or you can just be awesome and figure out everything on your own.
Skill of the game is about understanding market trends, skill effectiveness, what desirables items are, and how to apply these things into what is very limited play styles. The game requires a lot of skill, but not the conventional skill of "technique" games including other MMO's.
The techniques of reading Elitist Jerk forums to min-max? Using cookie-cutter specs and being like every other person playing the same class? The only difference between raiders in MMOs is their gear. If they have equal gear, their numbers are close to the same. A gap in skill with similar gear will not yield thousands of more dps, assuming that the lesser person in comparison isn't a keyboard turner and clicker, of course.
You obviously didn't raid in a top ranked raiding guild or research WOL (world of logs). Gear difference between toons in Vodka/Method and someone in a top 500 or top 1000 is maybe one or two pieces, barely 5% dmg, but the same avg dps between someone in top 10 guilds to top 500 looks like top 10 guild (30k dps), top 500 avg (23K dps), top 1000 guild (18k dps), your raid finder dpser with same gear (12k) dps.
WOW has basically been giving out welfare gear, your DPS goes up a lot once you know how to play and everyone else in your raid is doing the same thing.
You obviously didn't raid in a top ranked raiding guild or research WOL (world of logs). Gear difference between toons in Vodka/Method and someone in a top 500 or top 1000 is maybe one or two pieces, barely 5% dmg, but the same avg dps between someone in top 10 guilds to top 500 looks like top 10 guild (30k dps), top 500 avg (23K dps), top 1000 guild (18k dps), your raid finder dpser with same gear (12k) dps.
WOW has basically been giving out welfare gear, your DPS goes up a lot once you know how to play and everyone else in your raid is doing the same thing.
Of course I wasn't, I refuse to raid 6+ days a week for that game to get into those guilds. Did you? Doubt it. When I did play, I looked at WoL quite a bit. Besides that, your numbers are completely made up. If you were under 30k dps in the raid finder, you were ridiculed and vote kicked. The main reason behind the dps disparity of top guilds compared to mid level guilds is the average of the entire raid, which increases by having a shorter encounter length of course. The longer the fight, the lower your dps and hps reports.
You put anyone decked out in heroic gear with a good skill set, and they will soar in dps/hps numbers when your entire guild is maxxed out compared to those that aren't. If you are going to refute my opinions, at least bring some accuracy to the table.
Skill got the world first players to world first, not gear.
Never watched the videos of some of those world firsts did you? Lots of them were groups of 4, who were just rezzing each other over and over until the fight was over.
Because it's fun.
There are numerous games that require little or no skill. Some of them are even computer games. People play them because they're fun, either because of the in-game narrative, or the social interaction, or who knows what else.
Here's another question:
Why make a post complaining about a game in a fan-forum when all you're looking for is affirmation?
LOL rigged SS and Energy Armor is not skill.
Click to move and WASD to move is very different and takes time to learn, and for some, might never learn. Also, there's 24 other people carrying you in wow. You could be a very mediocre gamer, but 100% attendance, no drama, and not stand in fire once in awhile and raid leaders will love you.
Also WOW skill and other games is very different, if you just say gaming (reaction/button smashing skill) then yes wow is very low. But you can be a great gamer and never be in top guilds or clear world/server firsts since you need need to know how to climb up the guild ladders since you need other people to help get gear. Else if you're running a guild, people management, research, raid leading, recruiting, all those SKILLs is what makes you progress in WOW which has nothing to do with skills in most games.
There is no NEED to use the AH, you can use more time more efficiently if you do. You can vendor every piece of gear you ever get and not sell it, no one is forcing you to. There is no race, you can play this game at your own pace. And no, you don't have to read forums for specs, in fact I have lots of friends that never touch the forums and try to figure out specs themselves, granted they fail more that I would like but nothing is forced. But if you also want to be GOOD at the game, or good at anything, you would take advantage of all the tools at your disposal.
Or you can just be awesome and figure out everything on your own.
You obviously didn't raid in a top ranked raiding guild or research WOL (world of logs). Gear difference between toons in Vodka/Method and someone in a top 500 or top 1000 is maybe one or two pieces, barely 5% dmg, but the same avg dps between someone in top 10 guilds to top 500 looks like top 10 guild (30k dps), top 500 avg (23K dps), top 1000 guild (18k dps), your raid finder dpser with same gear (12k) dps.
WOW has basically been giving out welfare gear, your DPS goes up a lot once you know how to play and everyone else in your raid is doing the same thing.
Progression requires skill.
I think you may be confusing the two.
Of course I wasn't, I refuse to raid 6+ days a week for that game to get into those guilds. Did you? Doubt it. When I did play, I looked at WoL quite a bit. Besides that, your numbers are completely made up. If you were under 30k dps in the raid finder, you were ridiculed and vote kicked. The main reason behind the dps disparity of top guilds compared to mid level guilds is the average of the entire raid, which increases by having a shorter encounter length of course. The longer the fight, the lower your dps and hps reports.
You put anyone decked out in heroic gear with a good skill set, and they will soar in dps/hps numbers when your entire guild is maxxed out compared to those that aren't. If you are going to refute my opinions, at least bring some accuracy to the table.
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tl;dr
Game too hard need no skills just gear... when I have gear its easy.