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mousehound
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i was thinking about buying WoW but i herd that loads of people are quitting i want a MMORPG that will keep me ocupied with loads of people online, is this not going to be the game for me becasue of people leaving or is there still loads of people?
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Out of 6 million players, there are now 5 million players.
In other words, WoW may not be as packed as it used to be, but by far it has the most people playing. So you dont have to worry about being alone.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofwarcraft/news.html?sid=6153565
http://www.mmogchart.com/
Looks to me WoW is as healthy as ever, don't worry about being left alone meh, there are loads and loads of people that are still playing and will play for a good while.
Have a nice day
"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime"
As with other mmos, players leave all the time. However at present I'd argue that WoW still enjoys a net gain in subscriptions.
If you're concerned with population, join one of the servers that are listed as 'Heavy' or 'Medium'.
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lol populations flucuate cause maybe people like doing things outside instead of playing wow
Professor Hubert Farnsworth - That question is less stupid but, you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.
I don't want to write this, and you don't want to read it. But now it's too late for both of us.
WoW is experiencing the "no expansion blues" as the hardcore powergamers have burned through the content and a few of them are now quitting cuz there is Nothing To Do.
It hasn't helped WoW that many of the patches have been catering to these powergamer types, leaving the more casual or Raid Lite players in the dust. Some powergamers won't quit, they have too much time invested in getting their charater(s) all the Phat Lewt. It's the more casual players that are begining to think "what's the point" of playing World of RaidCraft.
I am one of those players, I didn't mind raiding once or twice a week, but that is all there is to do at 60. If I wanted to spend several hours in a zone, killing dozens upon dozens of mobs so that maybe one of the few bosses may drop my class item and I may have the points/roll to win it.... I'd still be playing EverQuest.
Guild I was in had half the players quit WoW and half joined the Elite Raiding Guild. Bleh!
*Edited for typos*
like most who still play WoW, I rerolled on a new server to experience it all over again.
mainly because there isn't anything else out there to play at the moment. But end of this year, begining of next, there will be many choices in the mmorpg world. I'm thinking AoC will be a good one. I like that it has a mature rating, and the graphics, and too many other features too mention.
Maybe Burning Crusade will deliver something more, but my guess is WoW will lose a lot of subs around that time. However, WoW will not be killed by any particular mmorpg. It will be around and thriving a lot longer than EQ has, and EQ has been around for a loooong time
The truth of the matter is, no matter the talk or what biased oppinions want you to believe, world of warcraft's population and subscription base isn't decreasing, it's actually been steadily increasing.
For new players, this is of course good, so I would not worry about WoW dying anytime soon, espeicaly not with the expansion just over the horizon.
For the OP: If you want a pretty accurate idea of server populations, popular classes, races and factions, check out http://www.warcraftrealms.com/, it's fairly accurate and you can see the server pop's for yourself instead of picking up random information. Best of luck to you
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I quit WoW about 5 months ago, whenever you hear people say that p2p (Pay to play) will eliminate kids, its not true at all, out of all of the mmorpgs I have played (swg, asherons call, eq, even toon town) WoW was the worst, Its not just that people were immature, but also rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and just plain altogether horrible to listen to. I definitely dont play mmorpgs as much as I used to which is a good thing as they sure dont improve ones mental state. Of course there are those that are nice to be around, but they seem to be the minority, this could vary server to server of course (pvp servers seem to have more immature people from my experience)
I will admit though there was fun to be had in WoW, its easy to get into, and I enjoyed the PvP side of it looking forward to improving rank and the items that came with it.
While I doubt the mass exosdus thing caused by warhammer (entirely different topic that is) I think it's possible they wont be opening new servers because they are planning some pretty big moves due to the expansion.
But who knows, maybe EU isn't doing as well as the asian and north american markets, something to consider certainly.
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Wow has a huge community, but most of the people on there are complete idiots.
I love Anarchy's community though.
Really helpful.
Groovy.
"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime"
WOW seems to have a lot of players still despite the people leaving, but if you start playing you should definately not go to an old server. Servers that have been around will be almost all people at level 60, there won't be anyone to hook up with to do the other stuff, while newer servers will have people around that aren't just powerleveling a new alt. I have the impression that the US numbers for WOW are dropping some and that they're staying even overall by expanding out, but it doesn't really matter - there's still a large playerbase, and existing players who hop on a new server to run the non-60 content.
Extreme skill at pressing 1-2 buttons on cue from a raid leader and/or add-on, and sometimes you might need to move too.
Where are you getting this: "There is NO DOUBT that WoW is losing players". What are you talking about, where are you getting good enough numbers that contradict every official site there to say there is NO DOUBT.
Back yourself up or don't say it, period.
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the proof is right here:
http://www.mmorpgchart.com/
WOW is steadily gaining players in every geographical location.
The break down of subscriberss can be found in Vivendi's Stock holder reports. If people are leaving, and I have no doubt they are, the number of new/returning players joining outweigh them.
This Christmas with the expansion you can expect to see the population boost by about 50% as returning players show up to try the new content.
10 million active subscribers by Christmas is my bet.
Where are you getting this: "There is NO DOUBT that WoW is losing players". What are you talking about, where are you getting good enough numbers that contradict every official site there to say there is NO DOUBT.
Back yourself up or don't say it, period.
B/c not everyone who played the game is still playing, I know quite a few ppl who quite the game. B/c my mind is not narrow, I believe that a game can lose players but still have a net increase of subscriptions. The offical sites probably record the net amount of suscriptions are increasing but I doubt they record the gross amount of ppl gained vs the amount of ppl lost. So as I said ppl are leaving the game, as ppl leave every mmorpg game.