How did WoW dethrone Everquest?

[TheLe]

I will not deny that the learning curve is steep. But, as much as there are "very bad" people in Eve that "want your stuff", there is also the other kind that will go above and beyond to help newbs out. You see the depths of depravity and the heights of virtue, all mixed up into one. .

This is true in any mmorpg, and World of Warcraft is no exception. As much as I love WoW, there sure can be jerks in there. Pickup groups are always hit and miss, but finding a guild with good people is very easy.

If you decide to play WoW, I have one recommendation -- play on a RP server. There is very little "role playing" on a Role Playing server, but conversely there is very little l33t d00d talk, and everyone is much nicer. And you don't have to deal with the stress of getting your ass sniped for no reason (on an RP server, the opposing faction cannot attack you unless you both turn your pvp flag on. On a PVP server, pvp is always on).

~Le

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

This is true in any mmorpg, and World of Warcraft is no exception. As much as I love WoW, there sure can be jerks in there. Pickup groups are always hit and miss, but finding a guild with good people is very easy.

If you decide to play WoW, I have one recommendation -- play on a RP server. There is very little "role playing" on a Role Playing server, but conversely there is very little l33t d00d talk, and everyone is much nicer. And you don't have to deal with the stress of getting your ass sniped for no reason (on an RP server, the opposing faction cannot attack you unless you both turn your pvp flag on. On a PVP server, pvp is always on).

~Le

I know. I'm contemplating moving my toons from Kul Tiras to a RP server for that reason. I can't take anymore chuck norris chat over the LFG channel.

 

[Pielorinho]

Personally, I admit to being afraid of failure in a computer game--or at least being averse to it. I'm a straight-A student in real life who works alongside school; I work with disadvantaged children; I used to work for a humane society where our overarching goal was to lower our euthanasia numbers below 50% of the 8,000+ animals coming to the shelter every year.

In real life, I'll face up to the possibility of failure no problem: it's necessary to risk failure in order to accomplish anything. But in games, I'm not so interested in failure. After all, there's no way I can accomplish anything real in the game; why risk failure for a fake accomplishment?

I really appreciate games where you can autosave whenever you want, or where you face a minimal death penalty. Simulated failure doesn't interest me in my entertainment.

Daniel

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

There is still a possiblity of failure in WoW. Imagine spending 3-4 hours working over a dungeon instance only to have the group splinter since 1-2 players are tried of another player screwing up and causing wipes of the party. Then you have to quit for the day and try again some other time. That is a lot better for me than losing a bunch of XP and having to spend hours of game time just trying to get back to the point I was at before. To me that isn't fun and I'm not playing a game to simulate real life.

 

[Goodsport]

Considering that I was late to the WoW party but have finally gotten into it, it'd be just my luck for them to soon announce a WoW 2 to come soon.


-G

 

[Rackhir]

Considering that I was late to the WoW party but have finally gotten into it, it'd be just my luck for them to soon announce a WoW 2 to come soon.

No danger of that. The first expansion for WoW is due out this fall, but it's just bumping up the level cap and adding some new areas/content. Blizzard is talking about making one expansion a year to follow up. So I don't see a WoW 2 for a minimum of 3-5 yrs.

 

[TheLe]

No danger of that. The first expansion for WoW is due out this fall, but it's just bumping up the level cap and adding some new areas/content. Blizzard is talking about making one expansion a year to follow up. So I don't see a WoW 2 for a minimum of 3-5 yrs.

That is Correct. And if each expansion increased the cap by on 10, it will take 4 total expansions just to get the max to 100. This game isn't going anywhere anytime soon. WoW is their golden goose right now, and a "Wow-2" announcement would kill that golden goose.

It is also known that 2 additional games are in development at Blizzard, but we are all pretty sure it is *not* an MMORPG. Most of us feel the games in development are are Starcraft 2 and possibly Diablo 3 (early this year, Blizzard was seeking a developer with RTS experience).

On that note, I hope Starcraft 2 is better than Warcraft 3, which I thought stunk. And a Diablo 3? Pinch me I'm dreaming...

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[Flexor the Mighty!]

I'd drop WoW in a minute though if there was a Traveller style Sci-Fi RPG.

 

[andargor]

I'd drop WoW in a minute though if there was a Traveller style Sci-Fi RPG.

Incidentally, that's what initially attracted me to Eve.

I used to play Traveller, I still have the books! (High Guard, Striker boxed set, etc.)

 

[Pielorinho]

On that note, I hope Starcraft 2 is better than Warcraft 3, which I thought stunk.

I just replayed both of them in the past few months, and while I think Warcraft 3 is pretty fun, it's nowhere near the joyful experience that was Starcraft. If they can maintain the same brilliant quality, I would love love love to play Starcraft 2.

Daniel