When I read "WoW killer" I immediately thought it referred to a serial killer gaining access to victims via World of Warcraft. Wait, no one steal that idea. This could get me a job writing for one of the CSI shows.
The WoW Killer has finally arrived
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I think Blizzard would fix any problem like that as soon as it starts to truly negatively impact the bottom line. While it is true that all things must eventually comne to an end, and often from incompetence within the juggernaut, I am not sure if I buy this as the sole point of the death of WoW. It may not do anything to help Blizzards case if they fail to adress an issue the community despises.
Note: I am taking it solely upon the word of the OP that this is a widely hated feature. I have not played WoW in years.
Note: I am taking it solely upon the word of the OP that this is a widely hated feature. I have not played WoW in years.
I dont even know what to feel about your post.FelixG said:aguspal said:
OT: I will admit, I laughed about hearing of this new mechanic, good show blizzard!
If I actually liked WoW I would feel mad, but I dont so... Um. Cool.
You didnt got my point thougt, apparently.
In my experience the zones have still been fairly spartan.
...but world PvP is back in places like Halaa. That's good, right? That's what the vocal players wanted, right?
Also rare spawns like spirit beasts for hunters, or mobs which drop mounts have had their spawntimers reduced so they appear more often, because of the increased competition crossrealm zones are meant to provide.
I don't like losing resource nodes at all, I couldn't care less if it was someone phased in or not. It's not ME, I hate them regardless!
...but world PvP is back in places like Halaa. That's good, right? That's what the vocal players wanted, right?
Also rare spawns like spirit beasts for hunters, or mobs which drop mounts have had their spawntimers reduced so they appear more often, because of the increased competition crossrealm zones are meant to provide.
I don't like losing resource nodes at all, I couldn't care less if it was someone phased in or not. It's not ME, I hate them regardless!
Ding ding! A biscuit for you for reminding me why I HATE that term... Either way... If people are quitting WoW, it might be because they *GASP* just get tired of it! Holy BLEEP! I like WoW. Yes. I said it. I like WoW. I rarely play it, however. Why? Did I start hating it? Did I think it started getting shitty? Did I start thinking that I had wasted my time? Mmmmmmno. I just got tired of it. Not because I thought it got worse or Blizzard was just squeezing money out of me.
It's just like cake, for crying out loud. Imagine that you have your favourite cake in front of you. Now eat it. Yes, damn it, eat that sucker! Eat it ALL! Goodie. That's your cake for the month. Now, next month, you eat the same kind of cake, over and over again. Occasionally the baker will change the recipe around and it'll make it last longer. But it's still cake and you're still, inevitably, going to get tired of it. And you're going to get out of the chair and go on the lookout for other sources of delicious pastry. And that's the cake-effect. It's the same thing affecting a lot of WoW players. People just got fed up with it. Not necessarily because it's "shitty" or "repetitive" or "boring". If it was those things, then how the bugger me did it survive for 8 freaking years? People just got tired of it, that's it. Since, when you've done something at about 5 times over, it's going to feel a bit samey, no matter what.
That's it. Sure, things have changed, some have left over that, but I am in the firm belief that the main reason people are leaving is because, after 8 years, people might want to try something different.
It's just like cake, for crying out loud. Imagine that you have your favourite cake in front of you. Now eat it. Yes, damn it, eat that sucker! Eat it ALL! Goodie. That's your cake for the month. Now, next month, you eat the same kind of cake, over and over again. Occasionally the baker will change the recipe around and it'll make it last longer. But it's still cake and you're still, inevitably, going to get tired of it. And you're going to get out of the chair and go on the lookout for other sources of delicious pastry. And that's the cake-effect. It's the same thing affecting a lot of WoW players. People just got fed up with it. Not necessarily because it's "shitty" or "repetitive" or "boring". If it was those things, then how the bugger me did it survive for 8 freaking years? People just got tired of it, that's it. Since, when you've done something at about 5 times over, it's going to feel a bit samey, no matter what.
That's it. Sure, things have changed, some have left over that, but I am in the firm belief that the main reason people are leaving is because, after 8 years, people might want to try something different.
I've never played WoW, but I think I can safely say that things are never ever as bad as people on the Internet make them out to be.Popadoo said:In all seriousness, I presumed it would be a fault on WoW's part that eventually fucked it up. I don't think this will kill the game completely but if it's as bad as you make it out to be then it might cut a sizable chunk out of the fanbase.
so then dont play a mmo , you're never gonna get every node you go for ... that's a fact lolLoop Stricken said:
You can't tell me that it doesn't piss you off when you run to a node only to have a mob start attacking you, and then some prick paladin with his extra mountspeed swoops in, nicks it and runs off, the pink bastards!courtjester13 said:
I sort of want WoW to die, mostly because it's an empty shell of a RPG filled to the brim with anti-consumer profiteering.
Hold up a sec here.... WHAT MASS WALKOUT?!? EVE's playerbase is bigger than ever. It seemed like more people were online after the Incarna release, and even more are now on with the Inferno release.phreakdb said:
I think people don't like it because it holds the genre back. It's a very old game that has a lot of very old concepts that many MMO's have done better, but it's still popular. That means that millions of people that could be out supporting a more progressive MMO are playing WoW instead, which holds back progress for the genre.aguspal said:
It's a problem with the whole genre really. MMO's are made to last a long time so progress will inevitably be slow, but it would be great if blizzard pulled off an arenanet and made WoW 2 instead of making more expansions.
Yeah, thanks for reminding me it's not just Blizzard that ruined WoW, but also the rotten community.
Because God forbid you have to interact with other players in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game! (don't get me started on how meaningless the RPG part has become too) In the last 10 years MMOs have went from player-run persistent worlds to a series of 5 to 25-man instances, and looking at the CRZ backlash, I shudder to think where they're headed next.
Also this isn't fucking Highlander, games don't kill each other. They sink or swim on their own merits. It's embarrassing how this bullshit perception keeps being spread every year by gaming journalists no less.
Because God forbid you have to interact with other players in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game! (don't get me started on how meaningless the RPG part has become too) In the last 10 years MMOs have went from player-run persistent worlds to a series of 5 to 25-man instances, and looking at the CRZ backlash, I shudder to think where they're headed next.
Also this isn't fucking Highlander, games don't kill each other. They sink or swim on their own merits. It's embarrassing how this bullshit perception keeps being spread every year by gaming journalists no less.
Metalhandkerchief said:
Um...
Well I still think its a bit unfair to want to kill off a game just because it makes money and somehow "Holds back the whole genere". Theres people who probably still legimatly like it. Just because the game is old, dosnt means is not still good... like a LOT of older games have already proven. But then again I am no one to speak since I am not interested in MMOS at least not the RPG kind.
aguspal said:
simple, WoW is holding things back.
there's nothing its doing that some one hasn't come along and done better in some way, but every one is still playing WoW, which wouldn't be 'bad' on its own, if people didn't think the best way to beat WoW is to clone it and give it a different skin, which, sadly, all but a handful of MMOs Korean or other wise are these days.
fortunately, WoW is starting losing that battle now, more MMOs on the horizon are looking to try different things, if only in terms of combat for now, with most the innovation coming out of Korea ironically enough