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WoW isn't dead yet.
Plasuma!!!
Member Posts: 1,872
What's with the doomsayers? World of Warcraft not dying and certain is not dead.
I can see that a lot of people really don't like it, but the 50 people in these forums that do compared to the 8.5 million (and rising) that play... I second guess the death of this behemoth of a game.
I personally hate this game and I do not play it. That does not mean it's dying.
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1) Haters do not understand the staying power of Blizzard games. Do your research!
2) These people have no facts or figures to back their claims of WoW 'dying', only heresay. They have nothing.
3) WoW started off with 400,000 - went to a million, two million, four million... etc.. 8.5 million over the course of two years. At some point it will dip, but that doesn't mean the game is dead. It'll probably raise again with a 2nd expansion, and a 3rd, until Blizzards next MMO comes out.
These people will never be happy with any MMO I bet, so they take their bitterness out on WoW simply because so many people enjoy it, and they're unable to. It's ridiculous. Why so much hate towards this game? These people are pathetic.
Oh yeah, and fanboys are pathetic too? Because we ask you to provide proof when you make claims that the game is dying? When we say "hang on a minute, what you're saying is completely untrue and here is why..." Because, god forbid, we actually like the game? Is it too hard for you people to admit to liking something popular. Is it like when obscure bands suddenly become really popular and people stop liking them? Is this some kind of "trying to be individual so I'll play a crappy bugged MMO instead" kind of thing?
I'd rather be enjoying something constantly, than hating it. If I don't enjoy something, I ignore it. It just seems a happier way to live.
Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...
sounds like somebody woke up on the wrong side of the burning crusade...eh? id give my spill here but i have a project to finish...and finals to study for..but i will say..games die. cant provide exact and profounding proof at the moment but believe-you-me i will be back with more proof than the mmorpg.com servers can handle(exxageration). in the mean time every one chill pop a pill and play the halo3 beta...lol...if you can get in
boberic loves you all!!!except super man hes a wimp...
to be continued...
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Hell, people probably still play Diablo 1 battlenet
Looking for something new.
Yep, many people getting bored with WoW and switch to other mmos like LoTRO, but WoW not going to die, whoever says that either plays first mmorpg in their life or just plain stupid. Many people going to leave, yes, but fanboys always stay, just watch how many people still play EQ.
Hahaha they sure do.
Acutally why wouldn't they... Diablo 1 > All lol
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I've yet to see a once incredibly popular MMO die in burning fires quick. Its always been a slow pittering burn off. Hell I wish SWG would die already so they would start dev on a new one. People love playing games and will go back to games off and on no matter how bad the game is or what they've changed. People cling to hope.
If WoW releases another terrible expansion it may possibly die, but 1 bad expansion doesn't tend to kill giants.
I've yet to see a once incredibly popular MMO die in burning fires quick. Its always been a slow pittering burn off. Hell I wish SWG would die already so they would start dev on a new one. People love playing games and will go back to games off and on no matter how bad the game is or what they've changed. People cling to hope.
If WoW releases another terrible expansion it may possibly die, but 1 bad expansion doesn't tend to kill giants.
Well if Burning Crusade is "terrible", I think that a good expansion will mean that major world governments will force people to play the game by Law.
By terrible, you actually meant that you don't like it, didn't you?
Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...
WoW dying? Not likley.
Let me start by saying that I used to play WoW. I don't anymore, but I played for about 2 years. I think Blizz made a incredible game that revolutionized MMO's. However, I became so bored with it that I had to stop playing.
I currently play Eq2 which I also think is an awesome game. Ton's of content, almost too much. But WoW will never die. As a reminder, I would like to remind you all that Eq1 is still alive and kicking. They recently released an anniversary addition which is selling quite well and the last expansion still had a devoted audience. These games don't really die (for the most part).
I will say this though, There IS NOT 8 million active players. If you do your research you will find that Blizzard themselves admit that the number they give out is not active players. It is anyone who ever tried the game - including trial accounts. I would never dispute that the game is great, or that it obviously has more players then any other game, all I'm saying is that the numbers are a bit skewed.
Have fun!!
It is sad that they have nothing better to do other than bash a game only to bother people, but there are alot of people like that and the best thing you can do is ignore them.
edit* Yes that is a reference to that certain troll thread. In case your wondering.
There's no reliable way to give the actual number of individual players in a game like WoW. Higher numbers sound better, which is why companies describe paying accounts instead of trying to figure out who has multiple accounts.
Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...
I don't even play WoW, but c'mon people. Even if WoW lost 3/4 of their current users, their subscription numbers would STILL overshadow any other MMORPG on the American market right now. Just play the games you enjoy playing and knock it off with all this naysaying and wishing gloom and doom on titles you don't like. Who cares? There's a heck of a lot more things in this world worth directing your negative energy towards.
World of Warcraft did in fact die exactly 22 days ago, 45 minutes from now.
There are only 135 people who play WoW right now, they're all on the Greymane server and apparently no one told them WoW, in fact, died.
Life of an MMORPG "addict"
For 7 years, proving that if you quote "fuck" you won't get banned.
yeah, like George W. Shrub, Starfire, Monfire, pew pew , pew pew pew. LOL
Most people are too busy enjoying TBC to troll these forums. I'm bored at work otherwise I'd be enjoying the beauty of Nagrand right now.
I have to agree with the person that said for every 20 that quit 30 more start. I don't think it's that high, but for now more people buy the game than people leave the game.
I think only Blizzard can "kill" WoW. Don't expect the next hyped MMORPG to be a WoW killer. I think Blizzard's next MMO will be the biggest dent in their subscribers.
1. Blizzard has no competition and therefore have become lazy,
2. Burning Crusade, while a MASSIVE expansion, did not change anything and just added the same old stuff,
3. Reputation grinding is becoming highly annoying,
4. The BC instances are linear and poorly done. You could do instances like STratholme over and over and not get bored, many people don't want to do the BC instances more than once.
There are other of course, but these are the ones I see the most. I personally cannot stand to even log on my characters anymore. I have never been a hardcore player so it's not like I burned myself out playing too much. Once I hit 70 on my BE mage i just could not stand it anymore. I played Ultima Online for 9 years almost uninterrupted. I have only played WoW a year and this is my second break(about a month) already. Obviously this is just my opinion but it seems that more and more players are saying the same things.
One that blew the previous expansion and the game itself out of the water...
If it actually sticks to the Warcraft series then that is what will happen... Frozen throne rocked
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Final Fantasy 7
Stephan Moffett
No, I mean terrible there guy. It did nothing but add the same thing to the game that it already had. It didn't add any new flare. Any new things worth doing.
You're still leveling.
You're still grinding rep.
You're still killing the EXACT same scripted fights. (Yeah they are the same scripts since Naxx)
(Nothing new scripted for events in BC as of current)
O, they candy covered new races that don't even make sense in the LORE.
They forget to add content to specific crafting profs making some less valuable than others.
They did not balance classes prior to release and obliterated the use of specific classes.
They are still having issues balancing down to the 25 man raids.
There are several gold and item exploits still in the game from the BC beta.
I will continue, but I feel this will be enough for you to get raging over. Have fun.
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World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last thirty days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees' territories are defined along the same rules.
In short as off blizzards last press release there ARE 8.5million active subscribers they do not include trial or expired accounts.. where did you get your research from?
this game is just gonna keep growing till a wow2 comes out :P