Poll: The MMO Downfall (aka the WoW effect.)

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Kimarous

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I'm pretty sure the upcoming Cataclysm update will put a nasty dent in the WoW community, with a sizable chuck of veterans being upset with the various changes that will take place. Then again, the few WoW players I know are starting to drift away from it anyway simply on account of being bored of the same old thing.
 

Korten12

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I believe personaly that Guild Wars 2 will do two things to the MMO Market, 1. Prove that you don't need to have a Pay to play system in order to be successful (GW1 sold 6 million copies off of a buy to play but free for ever system.) and 2. That the MMO Market needed some real innovation can work and will inspire many other companies to try new things.
 

Mullahgrrl

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Sigh, I just discovered that putting 'Downfall' in the title of anything makes me think its one of those youtube videos.

Im loosing my ability to take the english language seriously, one word at the time.
 

technoted

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Until I find another MMO with a better chain quest than the ones leading up to to and including the Wrath Gate I'll stick with WoW as my primary MMO whilst occasionally visiting others.
 

Vilcus

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The bias in your poll burns me.

Other than that, no. There will always be those who remain with WoW, even after most others have left. I know I will, although I play for 3 months, and then take 9 months off so that I can enjoy other releases in the video game industry.

I honestly don't understand the hate, I can understand you not liking it, and not playing. I can even understand quitting, and then denouncing it as boring (lighter phrasing used for both, many more severe opinions exist). But when you think that a game deserves to be shut down because you simply don't like it, then I can't understand you.
 

Ken Sapp

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Something will rise and dethrone WoW. When it happens and what it will be have yet to be seen but it will happen. Everquest Was on top for several years and now it seems like no one even remembers it exists. Heck I played Ultima Online when it originally came out.
 

FelixNZ

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I may quit wow for Lego Universe if that helps. Although it's less of an MMORPG, more a MMOAdventure game - depends on how the mechanics work out I guess. But there's no level grinding, and the gameplay looks fun.
 

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Atmos Duality said:
I still argue that they should take the "game" part out of MMORPG.
Because in practice, the "gameplay" is more of a series of extremely menial tasks repeated ad-nauseum.
The same could be said for any game. I find MMOs to be enjoyable (not WoW mind you) but to me an FPS is just repetitive and boring... while others find them to be just the opposite.

WoW is just bad, that's why every game that copies it fails to meet the standards everyone has set. Developers keep making sub-par "bad". People stick with WoW because it's familiar, they have friends, they know the ins and outs. Personally, WoW is the worst of three MMOs I've played because there is nothing meaningful to do unless half a community is online at the same time I am.
 

Lyri

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Angelblaze said:
There's no real magic formula to what WoW has done for MMOs and it's players.

Before WoW came out, MMOs used to be for those who could sink hour upon hour into the game, grind for the best gear and status in game.
Ultimately, MMOs were for the "hardcore" and for a while they stuck to that.

This is pretty much why WoW toppled alot of the competition, it's not a complex game that you have to sink every waking hour into to get ahead.
You can have your own choice of playing environment (PvE,PvP,RPvP) so that whatever you're into, you're bound to find like minded individuals.
Lots of explorable and engaging content, it's very, very hard to get bored in wow whilst you level up (Barrens excluded).
Even once you hit 80, alot more content is suddenly unlocked and that's been expanding with every expansion that has been released.

WoW, simply put keeps giving you more to do, which alot of MMOs don't.
I remember Aion, that was pretty boring content wise considering how hyped it was with the whole PvPvE.
Lots of MMOs promise beautiful mechanics that could make or break their game, but most turn up to be completely broken or not quite what everyone was expecting.
Looking back at Aion, the portals were supposed to be randomly generated and took you to another point on the other factions map at random likewise.
Didn't work like that, people ended up camping portal points waiting for pvp and ultimately the mechanic was rarely used.
Level 50s would roll on through, murder the lowbies and be on their way and with totally segmented maps you had no way of getting protection against it.
You couldn't not have this happen either.

Which things like this, whilst some don't mind just don't happen in WoW if you picked a PvE server.
Small and meaningful changes helped create the giant that is wow.
It's a great game worthy of it's praise and status it's received across the years. It's successor would be something spectacular indeed.
 

TheDrunkNinja

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Oh boy, do I love a good WoW hate thread. Gives me a good laugh every time. It's like listening to parents or Fox news rant about video games. Heh...

This one I especially like considering that voting in this poll has the result of creating the implication that those who vote admit that liking WoW is not only a problem, it's a "stage". The comparisons to Michael Atkinson keep on rolling.

For a quick clarification, your argument really is moot when you consider that it's not just those daylight-fearing nerds you mentioned. It's people. Yeah, you heard me. People are the ones playing WoW. You don't think all those CEOs and company share-holders don't have a little, golden W icon on their laptop desktops? Parents, even grandparents (not kidding). What about that old man of yours? Gonna exclude him?

Also, does anyone here seriously believe that an MMO based on DBZ would even put a dent in the list of WoW subscribers? I mean, if it were the new Old Republic game coming out, I could understand considering everyone who saw the trailers was blown away. Oh, but wait, that's an RPG... Clearly not what people expect or even want in an MMO, based on that subtle implication you made there.

Excuse me while I keep to my own chuckles as I read on.
 

Korten12

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oppp7 said:
Angelblaze said:
HOLY SHIT someone else knows 2Moons exists!

OT: I disagree. The other MMOs won't die off because there will always be people playing niche games, such as Guild Wars and Lineage 2.
I played in the beta of 2Moons. :D
 

Blue Musician

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We need a non RPG MMO, the RPG elements is basically the worst thing for me in games. I just never got into it...
 

TerranReaper

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Even though I hate WoW with a passion, you people need to understand and ask why WoW is so popular and so successful in comparison to other MMOs. You can't just assume WoW is some brain-washing device, there is a reason to why they have as many people playing and so many subscribers. Having so many subscribes means "word of mouth" plays in hand, since people who find WoW to be good, will tell other people which in turn, gets them to play it.
 

Fenring

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Of course they'll get over it. WoW is successful because it is fun. Once someone makes another very fun game, they'll move on. I'm hoping for Dark Millennium which will most likely be successful just because it's Warhammer 40K.
 

Miumaru

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The problem is the term WoWkiller. Simply put, we have Coke and Pepsi, McDonalds and Burgerking, Sony, and Microsoft (and Nintendo). The idea of having to topple WoW to be successful is just dumb. (Same stupidity affected people who wanted to boycott L4D2) No one is bound to one game. If I play one MMO, I can play them all. Paying for one subscription doesnt cancel any others.