no it wont, its still going to have the same elitist horrible community
Question: How can an MMO have an elitist community when it controls 70-80% of the market, and thus the majority?
You can't be elite if you're part of the majority.
A.) It controlls a little less than 40% of the US/EU market, and a much, much smaller portion of the global market. Hell, China alone has about 45 milliion online game players. Any way you look at it, that blows your estimated percentage right out of the water.
B.) Elitism is an attitude not a condition. He did not say elite horrible community.
C.) Although the other meaning applies, most of the elitist attitude is between the hardcore raiding guilds and everyone else.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Hemingway
Diablo Hacks & Dupes & Boring & Lousy PVP Great single player (why play on line?) Diablo II Hacks & Dupes & Boring & Lousy PVP Great single player (why play on line?) Starcraft Botted Play with friends Warcraft III Botted Play with friends World of Warcraft (its gonna be another game that people would rather play than others mmorpg) Boring True -but better in someways than the games before it.
just damn Blizzard.. they know how to make good game.
Blizzard has a track records of doing better then it competitors.
Never did better then themselves. (In fact, the only company I know that is outdoing themselves regardless of the competitors is BioWare, BG2 is better then the first, the expensions are better...and ID1&2, Torment, Fallout...all outdoing themselves, not fighting competitors who are way behind)
So yes, if WoW is beaten by a competitor, Blizzard will finally understand and improve key design mistakes (which is why I expect BioWare next release to be a ninja-release, since Blizzard is slow, it will let's them benefit from success longer if they beat WoW (which I think they will)).
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
WoW isn't anywhere close to dying. The only "next gen" titles coming out that look like they'll be worth playing (WAR and AoC) are both PvP-oriented games which pretty much ensures their subscription numbers will not be as large as WoW since each is catering to a niche market of the MMORPG population. Even if WoW's subscription numbers are greatly inflated--let's say they only have 4 million subscribers worldwide if for some reason you don't believe the 8 million number--that's seven times more subscribers then the next most popular subscription MMORPG (EQ) had in its prime. You have to realize that WoW has become something of a cultural phenomenon--a South Park episode, an upcoming movie--this game is the Pac-Man or Donkey Kong of its time and is only gonna get bigger before it fades away. My advice would be rather than wishing ill will on a videogame (which is pretty weird and useless if you think about it) if you don't like WoW, simply don't play it and focus on something you do enjoy rather than emulating those kids who cry in their pillows about SWG and go on childish tyrades about how SOE is the real-life Empire.
you seem to think that humans dont like competing against other humans..war will change how people play mmo's and war will kill wow..i'm sorry this hurts your little feelings, but its true...it definitely wont get any better if they keep adding more of the same..hey shouldn't you be raiding, zombie boy...quick before your mom tells you your internet time is up.
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Question: How can an MMO have an elitist community when it controls 70-80% of the market, and thus the majority?
You can't be elite if you're part of the majority.
A.) It controlls a little less than 40% of the US/EU market, and a much, much smaller portion of the global market. Hell, China alone has about 45 milliion online game players. Any way you look at it, that blows your estimated percentage right out of the water.
B.) Elitism is an attitude not a condition. He did not say elite horrible community.
C.) Although the other meaning applies, most of the elitist attitude is between the hardcore raiding guilds and everyone else.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
Not really
Sort of.
Blizzard has a track records of doing better then it competitors.
Never did better then themselves. (In fact, the only company I know that is outdoing themselves regardless of the competitors is BioWare, BG2 is better then the first, the expensions are better...and ID1&2, Torment, Fallout...all outdoing themselves, not fighting competitors who are way behind)
So yes, if WoW is beaten by a competitor, Blizzard will finally understand and improve key design mistakes (which is why I expect BioWare next release to be a ninja-release, since Blizzard is slow, it will let's them benefit from success longer if they beat WoW (which I think they will)).
- "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren
you seem to think that humans dont like competing against other humans..war will change how people play mmo's and war will kill wow..i'm sorry this hurts your little feelings, but its true...it definitely wont get any better if they keep adding more of the same..hey shouldn't you be raiding, zombie boy...quick before your mom tells you your internet time is up.