Blizzard Admits The Old Republic Stung World of Warcraft

[PunkRex]

Now I have the image of Boba Fett 'ShadowOfTheCollususing' Deathwing with all the cool music and the dwinderling grip bar but the grip bars subscribers... or something, I DUNNO!!!

 

[Charli]

3. Farmville? Who said anything about Farmville?

There's a new farmville-like faction in MoP called 'The Tillers'.

Which, just like Pet Battles, is entirely optional. "Oh noes! More possibility for stuff to do! WTF BLIZZARDS!?"

Hilarious.

Huh. Call me crazy, but I'm excited about both Pet Battles and The Tillers now. Now more than ever I really want that beta to come out.

Yeah, I don't understand the hatred. I mean, I don't necessarily like PvP (partially because I lock up like a deer in headlights) but its mere existence doesn't ruin the game for me. I just choose not to do it, and I don't feel like I'm missing out on the whole game.

Like I said, every time there's change in WoW, the game is "RUINED FOREVER".

I was just disappointed they didn't trash 25man and 10mans and just make 15man the default raid size, I am so tired of having to mediate 10 vs 25man discussions with my guild... Personally... I'm for bigger raids (25). But not for any contrived reason than I just like large groups.
I do understand though that some of my friends don't have PC's with processors that can handle the 25man cluster-fuck and prefer 10mans for that reason, So I put up with that. But tbh I'd be totally happy with 15. It worked. Why can't we just skip the platitudes of 'looking into it' and realize that just throwing everyone into the same barrel makes the competition thrive and will kill the 'but x guild did it on 10/25 man so it didn't count whining'.

Ah well, I'll use all of my beta complaint tickets to try and convince them.

I could care less about the Pandaren, I'm just glad to get out of Mainland Azeroth again, for all of the Cataclysm changes, it was just more of the same. Riding druids (jokes will be amazing) Playing around with the new dungeons and pet battle system.
(Seriously Nintendo? A pokemon MMO would just kill every other MMO forever, why you not done it.)
I was happy that paladins are getting that... Swirly Judgement thing I saw in BWD, I did think at the time 'man I want that move'.

 

[lockgar]

WoW is evil. I'm not saying it is a bad game, I'm saying that it is pure evil. Everything they do in order to make sure you keep playing is like feeding an addict his addiction. This, "resurrect a friend" so they can get a few free days to play with you with their old characters. "Hey man, just one more hit for old times sake."

These "daily missions" creating habits for people, on top with the normal trappings of MMO play. I had a nice list at one point, but I'm sure someone made a better one. I kid you not, I have had at 3 friends who just destroyed their lives because of it. Whether or not they would have destroyed their lives with something else is unknown to me, but at least one of them had already gotten his BA before he resorted to just playing WoW, and resolved to working as a stocking boy at WalMart.

So, not a bad game, just pure evil.

 

[sindremaster]

"I'm one of the few people who's still playing it"
Oh snap!

 

[Stilkon]

Or maybe WoW players don't find the thought of playing as pandas appealing.

Just a thought.

You're an idiot if you think that is the reason subscribers will dip.

You're already playing in a game with talking anthropomorphic cows, butsomehow pandas becomes a no-no.

WoW will start to lose numbers as people stop with the hardcore stage of their lives and realise that the people they were feeling empowered over really don't care, or try as much as you (i.e. like saying you won a urine-drinking contest, the only reason you won is because no one else cares).

Whether it takes you a day or a decade to figure this out, your time will come.

I don't actually play WoW, you know. A number of my friends (who actually do play) have stated that they're upset with the inclusion of what they tell me was a "joke" race, so I can imagine that they're not the only ones who are upset with this. Granted, I'm aware it's a small survey sample, but I'm just speculating; I don't actually claim to be an expert on WoW.

 

[acosn]

What do you mean a 7 year old game with no significant change in graphics and no real change in game play can't utterly dominate a brand new game?

Oh right. No, just on name alone a Starwars game made by Bioware was designed so that no matter how utterly derivative the game was, it'd still be at least marginally successful.

 

[Seanfall]

I'd love to renew my sub for wow to get ready for the coming of the pandas. But you see I'm having a problem I brought up with Blizzard a few times now and it hasn't been fixed. I can't log in without getting kicked off the servers. SWTOR doesn't do that, COH doesn't do that. Their both happy to take my money and let me play.

I guess my money isn't good enough for WOW....but I want to be panda goddamnit!!

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

What do you mean a 7 year old game with no significant change in graphics and no real change in game play can't utterly dominate a brand new game?

Oh right. No, just on name alone a Starwars game made by Bioware was designed so that no matter how utterly derivative the game was, it'd still be at least marginally successful.

You know, at first I wasn't sure which game you were talking about when you said no significant change in graphics and no real change in gameplay. Because that's exactly how I'd compare TOR to WoW.

 

[Justyn Stahll]

Why I dropped why WoW account...
You Blew up Azeroth and killed everything/Everyone
and now you give me PANDAS?!?!
Whats next Deathwing Panda Apocalypse MK 2?

 

[TimeLord]

We WoW producers was here before ANYONE!
De Star Wars and their Republic came to drive us out.
But we never give up.

If that was a Jar Jar Binks impression...

Spoiler: ... I will release the hamster

 

[bossfight1]

Understandable; I'm having a great time with Old Republic because what it does better than WoW is making it feel like it's MY STORY. Questing isn't agonizing, though it did improve over time in WoW, and the Flashpoints are much better than "go in here and kill these dudes and the occasional tougher dude". There's a legitimate story to each Flashpoint.

Your story? The story that every person in your class can experience the same way? Very unique indeed.

Well, for me, its easy to forget that others are experiencing the same story.

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

I'm pretty sure the free servers aren't legal, Felix.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

Doesnt this always happen when a new MMO is released? People leave wow to try it out and then go back when they find out the new mmo isnt wow. lol