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heiromancerdrackus  2 stars
Title: Is, indeed, a fat ass.
Posts: 274
Registered: 2001-12-24 17:04:55
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
Zero_Washu posted:
1) You still in Christmas holiday and New Years, not everyone plays during this period.

2) A lot of people are probably trying out Star Wars, they will be back, that game hasn't go legs.

3) Who wants to stand around in Stormwind showing off their Barbies anyway

4) Dead, losing a million or two or three, sad to think they lost more than most games ever peak at.

5) A lot of people are coasting, after MOP means a new class/character to level.

6) Doom and gloom, doom and gloom.


fwiw, I haven't logged in while playing my 30 days of SWTOR, but after those days are up and no "miracle patch" I know what game that I will be playing.



In what dimension does TOR need a 'miracle patch'?
JaredKorry  2 stars
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Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
Gr0uch0Marx posted:
Well, just have to look at this hate:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kalgan

An archive of his really old posts can be searched with his name:

http://blue.cardplace.com/search.html

It's the same old "he nerfed my class, he sucks!" arguments that have been made
ad nauseum from the beginning of WoW to now.

Firing Ghostcrawler will have very little impact on the direction of the game.
He's not controlling the direction of WoW: Activision is:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=128252

I think everyone is just frustrated with the direction the game is going and is looking
for the nearest target.



I don't blame him, at least not *only* him, for the direction the game is going. I do blame him for his attitude and statements towards the player base. It's bad enough that changes are being made that a lot of players don't like. Then for the lead dev to make statements like "ou're wrong. Next." and completely dismissing a statement from a player by calling them a troll just makes it worse.
Quazimortal  4 stars
Title: The One and Only
Posts: 1,557
Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
Let's put it this way...

If they were to fire Ghostcrawler and not change a single thing about the game it would still result in a better game and a more fun experience. He may not be the only reason the game has turned to crap but he's definitely the most visible reason.

 

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Auenwing  3 stars
Title: straightface
Posts: 589
Registered: 2002-12-27 23:23:12
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
JaredKorry posted:
I don't blame him, at least not *only* him, for the direction the game is going. I do blame him for his attitude and statements towards the player base. It's bad enough that changes are being made that a lot of players don't like. Then for the lead dev to make statements like "ou're wrong. Next." and completely dismissing a statement from a player by calling them a troll just makes it worse.



Sadly, many in my guild believe you are right. Scorning customers is nothing new for Blizzard.


Only, I don't blame him specifically for his attitude and statements, I blame the internal corporate culture that I believe exists at Blizzard (and the management responsible for fostering it).


You can find that attitude present before Vanilla release. And Jeff Kaplan's interview in the NYT is a perfect example (as I've said many times.) Chilton indeed continued the tradition. And Greg Street is just riding along in their wake.


deadon posted:
A fresh perspective, vision and direction is needed for the WoW dev team.

needs to be applied, not to just the dev team, but to the entire management chain above them, all the way up to the boardroom.

 

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Shenron_  3 stars
Posts: 543
Registered: 2002-12-8 21:34:16
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
on my server the population seems just as packed as it always was in past years over the holiday break at least. tol barad is full, stormwind is full and laggy, tons of battlegrounds up. yes the open world is dead but its been that way for a long time...partly due to the phasing nonsense.
Diskent  1 star
Posts: 69
Registered: 2009-11-4 09:57:01
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
This thread has been around in some form since this game was released, I swear to god predicting the death of WoW is more fun to some then playing the game.
labpete
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Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
Many maxed-up players play more sporadically - they login mainly for raids.
Quazimortal  4 stars
Title: The One and Only
Posts: 1,557
Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
labpete posted:
Many maxed-up players play more sporadically - they login mainly for raids.



That would be me.

 

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Shenron_  3 stars
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Registered: 2002-12-8 21:34:16
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
blizzard is smart that way - they get people to pay for the game and barely log on. less stress on the hardware
Quazimortal  4 stars
Title: The One and Only
Posts: 1,557
Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Serious question about WoW's decline...
Evil geniuses.

 

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