I think its more to do with the kind of player WOW breeds than WOW itself thats the problem. just because these people have wasted years in WOW they think it makes them the god of all MMO's so they know best.
Any new MMO that comes out that tries to be a little bit different is immediately pounced on by the WOWtards who ask for this because its in WOW or why cant we do that because we can do it in WOW. The developers then listen to the WOWtards and make the changes to please the WOWtards only for them to quit the game and return back to grind the next lot of mindless daily quests in WOW, leaving the playerbase that wanted to enjoy the original game that is now some bastardised hybrid of WOW and the original idea of a game.
Over the past few years, I've very rarely seen fans of an upcoming MMO ever claim that the game they're looking forward to was going to be a "WoW killer". I'm not kidding, I've lurked and posted on all sorts of message boards and I'm honestly having trouble remembering the fans themselves ever using the term.
In fact, truth be told, only time I ever hear "WoW killer" is from people who hate whatever the new game is. They like using the term just as a way to be rude and obnoxious and harass people who are enjoying the game. OP, you wanna talk about unhealthy obsessions, do you ever notice how sometimes it feels like there's a very vocal group out there who simply hates the entire MMO genre and hates the idea of ever having healthy competition amongst games? If anything that's the real unhealthy obsession, this satisfaction people get whenever a game fails to challenge WoW.
Over the past few years, I've very rarely seen fans of an upcoming MMO ever claim that the game they're looking forward to was going to be a "WoW killer". I'm not kidding, I've lurked and posted on all sorts of message boards and I'm honestly having trouble remembering the fans themselves ever using the term.
In fact, truth be told, only time I ever hear "WoW killer" is from people who hate whatever the new game is. They like using the term just as a way to be rude and obnoxious and harass people who are enjoying the game. OP, you wanna talk about unhealthy obsessions, do you ever notice how sometimes it feels like there's a very vocal group out there who simply hates the entire MMO genre and hates the idea of ever having healthy competition amongst games? If anything that's the real unhealthy obsession, this satisfaction people get whenever a game fails to challenge WoW.
That is true; people just seem to hate the idea of there being actual competition against WoW. I wonder if they just want WoW to remain king even at the cost of the MMO genre going down the toilet?
LoL, I don't understand it either. Like former WoW players who've enjoyed the game for 5 or so years and just become burnt out on it, some of them seem like they won't be happy until the other 10 million players quit WoW too. It's weird.
Its like the people who shout "wow killer!" have some kind of aggressive determination to see the games fall. Perhaps they feel it wasted too much of their time or that perhaps an addiction to the game was possibly self destructive. Another possibility is they just want a new game to shine, as WoW pretty much defines the genre at the moment, as no other game comes close in population.
There is always guarantee to be one of these posts, and I must ask:Why does this unhealthy obsession with the destruction of WoW exist?I simply cannot understand the point of it. If the game does die, it will be the result of it simply not being profitable enough to be worth keeping active, not because of another MMO.It's true that an MMO can OVERTHROW another MMO in terms of of popularity, but MMOs don't just drop dead from being overthrown (unless they took an arrow to the knee, HEYO!). And additionally:Why does an MMO have to take subscribers from WoW or have millions of subscribers to be considered relevant?I'm pretty sure that about a decade ago, having 500k subs was considered pretty good, nowadays it seems like there are stupid people who won't even look at an MMO unless it has 5 million subscribers or some stupidly large number like that.And finally:Why can there only be one MMO?This one particularly boggles the mind, why can there only be one? Surely having many good MMOs ensures competition and prevents the MMO pool from being stagnant?I JUST DON'T GET THIS OBSESSION.
Op, it's just a term. Don't look at the word as a literal meaning. Don't know any examples of other cases were a word/phrase is used as a term that doesn't fit literal meaning.
I think it comes down to a pretty base thing: jealousy.
It happens all the time. People are jelly I have gold trim; people get jelly when I show them that I just shit on people with assault rifle.. it's common among gamers to envy that which they can never have.
When it comes to games, people are just jelly of games like WoW that have a fairly strong playerbase compared to the flaccid results of their favourite indie FFA full loot pvp sandbox pipedream. They think that the sheer existance of WoW poses a threat on their gaming community, and so they eagerly await an MMO that can dethrone it.
Here's the thing, though. Your indie FFA full loot pvp sandbox may be a special snowflake.. but never try to compare it to the snowball that is WoW.
(Plus, I pretty much get a payout whenever a game is hyped up as a WoW-killer but then it dies out)
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Lots of people hate blizzard for what they have turned the genre into.
I think its more to do with the kind of player WOW breeds than WOW itself thats the problem. just because these people have wasted years in WOW they think it makes them the god of all MMO's so they know best.
Any new MMO that comes out that tries to be a little bit different is immediately pounced on by the WOWtards who ask for this because its in WOW or why cant we do that because we can do it in WOW. The developers then listen to the WOWtards and make the changes to please the WOWtards only for them to quit the game and return back to grind the next lot of mindless daily quests in WOW, leaving the playerbase that wanted to enjoy the original game that is now some bastardised hybrid of WOW and the original idea of a game.
Over the past few years, I've very rarely seen fans of an upcoming MMO ever claim that the game they're looking forward to was going to be a "WoW killer". I'm not kidding, I've lurked and posted on all sorts of message boards and I'm honestly having trouble remembering the fans themselves ever using the term.
In fact, truth be told, only time I ever hear "WoW killer" is from people who hate whatever the new game is. They like using the term just as a way to be rude and obnoxious and harass people who are enjoying the game. OP, you wanna talk about unhealthy obsessions, do you ever notice how sometimes it feels like there's a very vocal group out there who simply hates the entire MMO genre and hates the idea of ever having healthy competition amongst games? If anything that's the real unhealthy obsession, this satisfaction people get whenever a game fails to challenge WoW.
That is true; people just seem to hate the idea of there being actual competition against WoW. I wonder if they just want WoW to remain king even at the cost of the MMO genre going down the toilet?
LoL, I don't understand it either. Like former WoW players who've enjoyed the game for 5 or so years and just become burnt out on it, some of them seem like they won't be happy until the other 10 million players quit WoW too. It's weird.
All MMO communities are the same. But keep pretending they're not, I'm sure that delusion will work out for ya.
Its like the people who shout "wow killer!" have some kind of aggressive determination to see the games fall. Perhaps they feel it wasted too much of their time or that perhaps an addiction to the game was possibly self destructive. Another possibility is they just want a new game to shine, as WoW pretty much defines the genre at the moment, as no other game comes close in population.
Op, it's just a term. Don't look at the word as a literal meaning. Don't know any examples of other cases were a word/phrase is used as a term that doesn't fit literal meaning.Philosophy of MMO Game Design
I think it comes down to a pretty base thing: jealousy.
It happens all the time. People are jelly I have gold trim; people get jelly when I show them that I just shit on people with assault rifle.. it's common among gamers to envy that which they can never have.
When it comes to games, people are just jelly of games like WoW that have a fairly strong playerbase compared to the flaccid results of their favourite indie FFA full loot pvp sandbox pipedream. They think that the sheer existance of WoW poses a threat on their gaming community, and so they eagerly await an MMO that can dethrone it.
Here's the thing, though. Your indie FFA full loot pvp sandbox may be a special snowflake.. but never try to compare it to the snowball that is WoW.
(Plus, I pretty much get a payout whenever a game is hyped up as a WoW-killer but then it dies out)