General Discussion

A few days before WAR launch and after a lot of discussion with mmorrpg of them is best lets if WAR has the potential to drag ppl from WOW to WAR.

IMPORTANT NOTE: select your answer about what you from the period WAR launch until WotLK launch.

Those you have choose to play WAR, tell us what you will do when WotLK launch

Hopefully WAR is not a letdown. I'll probably still play WOTLK for PvE (unless WAR is just too good). It's going to be nice to leave behind the kiddies who think Arena is the quintessential skill-based online game.

War will take a few players from Wow surely but we are talking tops a half a million, it will be noticed but not a really big deal. Might thin out some PvP guilds however.

I wouldnt worry for Wows health and even if WAR will sell good the first month they still have to keep all the players, other games have had a tough time keeping theirs (actually, almost all games). And WAR is not really targetting for the same players either, just check the game worlds of both games.

Wows greatest threat is the unknown MMO that Blizzard told PC gamer that they are making at that will probably be a fe years in the future.

And yes, we seen quite a few "Wow-Killers" before in forums, no one of them have ever been close yet.

It's that time again folks.  Another MMORPG is about to be released, and you can smell the excitement in the air.  The screenshots look good, the videos look good, the features look good.  We can start imagining ourselves exploring this new world, learning new abilties, meeting new people. 

I bet your stoked.  There's a lot of buzz, previews seem positive, there's some nice reviews coming out of beta.  An emphasis on PvP, man that's the novel twist we need for a MMORPG.   Maybe you should book a few days off work to get a head start.  What could possibly go wrong?

Hell, you're feeling so good about this release, maybe you should speculate on the forums about how this will negatively impact World of Warcraft... because..

*SLAPS YOU ACROSS THE FACE*

See here, I've got this collection of concrete bricks.  I've etched into them the names of the MMORPGs that have caused this endless cycle of "oh I wonder how many are going to leave WoW for this game".  With these bricks I shall smash you across your face until you start realizing that your game is not unique and beautiful, I've played the beta, and it's a boring pile of shit. 

The combat feels like I'm playing a turn based strategy game, via e-mail.   The game itself is a soulless mess, no love has gone into creating the game, it feels like it's been outsourced to 5 different companies and been stitched together in an appauling mess of boredom. 

I can smell your disagreement from across the internet, but do you really think you're the first to be swooned over by a new game?  You're living in a self-reinforced delusion.  Here's a wakeup call:

*Smashes the AGE OF CONAN brick into your face*

Oh yeah you remember that one don't you?  With the mature content, and the visceral PvP, the beautiful graphics, and the gameplay that blows WoW out of the water.  The amount of threads I saw claiming AoC was gonna hurt WoW is directly proportional to the amount of pain your metaphorical face is suffering right now.

*Smashes the HELLGATE LONDON brick into your face*

*twice*

I don't need to say anymore, except that...

*Smashes the LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE brick into your face*

Oh how can it fail... it's like WoW, only with much better lore... WoW will surely lose p...

*Smashes the DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ONLINE brick into your face.

Dungeons and fucking dragons people.  One big argument for WAR 'hurting' WoW seems to be based on IPs being superior to each other.  Here's a newsflash, WAR, while being older than Warcraft, is now considerably less cooler than WoW, lore wise, IP wise, word-on-the-street-wise, Slashdot-wise, however the fuck you want to rate nerdy-coolness-wise.  WAR has been left behind in the dust.

*Stabs you repeatedly in the eye with the VANGUARD: SAGA OF HEROES brick.*

You knew that one was coming.  I've got the scars myself.  The true successor to Everquest.  You should have learned your lesson back then, when you realized that MMORPGs before they are released EVEN during betas are solely MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.

"Oh but this time I really think WAR has something going for it I mean have you seen..."

*SMASHES YOU WITH THE ARCHLORD BRICK UNTIL THERES ALMOST NOTHING LEFT OF YOUR NEAR-LIFELESS CARCASS*

"You're just.... a .... Blizzard..... fan...........boy..............ack.... urgh...."

*Breaks open your skull with the TABULA RASA brick*

Shut the hell up.  In the remote chance that they will somehow give WAR the kiss of life, probably by including a copy of WOTLK with it, and the game manages to turn out to be OK, which is what everyone always thinks about games after they've totally failed to be blown away by the dull beta, then we will play it.

Yes imagine that.  But if someone actually manages to make an MMORPG that is better than WoW, then there's no psychic bonds tying us to that game.  I would be overjoyed to play something better than WoW, just like I would be overjoyed to find something more enjoyable than sex, which as you can probably tell from this rant hasn't happened for a while.

The post above is epic.

Wow.... Amazing rant. You'll probably make the OP teary eyed next time he eagerly checks how his shitty lil poll is doing >.<

Honestly, I could really care less what "kills WoW" or what "decreases server populations in WoW"  little kids talk about stuff like that imo.  The ol' "my dad can beat up your dad" or something is what it sounds like.  WoW was fun for me for a while but I've moved on.  I wish more people could as well. 

Play what you want to play.  I work for a living and have a decent job.  If a new game comes out I try it, if I sucks I play something else.  We all have our reasons of why we quit this game or play that game.  Who gives a crap how games left in our wakes are doing? 

IMO WAR will get 600-700k initial subscribers...and will never see  these large numbers again.