Their next MMO is going to cater to all the people who left WoW for various reasons.
How else could they recapture the audience they lost, without impacting the monthly sales of WoW subscriptions?
It's the smartest move they could ever make.
About some of the comments above. People are funny. It's the stupidity of the mind. Years ago the largest complaint was that blizzard was developing raid content that only a small percentage of the WoW player base could play, because of the difficulty and time commitment involved. So Blizzard fixed that by making raids more accessible to the general masses. Easier encounters, shorter raids, smaller groups required. And now the complaint is that the game is too easy, and people are getting bored. Lol. Ridiculous. A lot of people don't really know what they want, they can only grasp what makes them dissatisfied, not looking beyond their own selfish heart to see that the other side of the spectrum won't make them any more satisfied.... until of course the other side of the spectrum comes to be, and they find themselves still not pleased.
Making raids more accessible was the best thing they ever did to the game. Finally I don't have to waste away my life to see the raid content and story of all the top tiers. I don't have to join a guild and deal with high-school drama and popularity politics. I can join a PUG and still see absolutley every raid content available. Amen to that. All it takes is a few hours per day, a few days per week. I have the freedom to go out and do other things when I'm finished, or take a night off from raiding and not worry about losing raid spot priority in my "hardcore" raiding guild, or missing out on dkp.
Difficulty still exists in the game. Server firsts are still around. Elite raiding guilds are still around. And now you have even new avenues to flaunt how elite you are. You have proof in achievements. You have new, elite gear awarded to those capable of completing the hard modes in raids.
Recently switched from my Rogue to my Death Knight. It's still a good game.
I've been playing the game since 2004 release, and I don't understand how people say they messed up the raiding. On the other hand, the PVP I do agree with. I'm not a fan of Arena matches, and BGs are diminished in importance, unfortunately. The raiding is better than ever though.
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How else could they recapture the audience they lost, without impacting the monthly sales of WoW subscriptions?
It's the smartest move they could ever make.
About some of the comments above. People are funny. It's the stupidity of the mind. Years ago the largest complaint was that blizzard was developing raid content that only a small percentage of the WoW player base could play, because of the difficulty and time commitment involved. So Blizzard fixed that by making raids more accessible to the general masses. Easier encounters, shorter raids, smaller groups required. And now the complaint is that the game is too easy, and people are getting bored. Lol. Ridiculous. A lot of people don't really know what they want, they can only grasp what makes them dissatisfied, not looking beyond their own selfish heart to see that the other side of the spectrum won't make them any more satisfied.... until of course the other side of the spectrum comes to be, and they find themselves still not pleased.
Making raids more accessible was the best thing they ever did to the game. Finally I don't have to waste away my life to see the raid content and story of all the top tiers. I don't have to join a guild and deal with high-school drama and popularity politics. I can join a PUG and still see absolutley every raid content available. Amen to that. All it takes is a few hours per day, a few days per week. I have the freedom to go out and do other things when I'm finished, or take a night off from raiding and not worry about losing raid spot priority in my "hardcore" raiding guild, or missing out on dkp.
Difficulty still exists in the game. Server firsts are still around. Elite raiding guilds are still around. And now you have even new avenues to flaunt how elite you are. You have proof in achievements. You have new, elite gear awarded to those capable of completing the hard modes in raids.
Recently switched from my Rogue to my Death Knight. It's still a good game.
I've been playing the game since 2004 release, and I don't understand how people say they messed up the raiding. On the other hand, the PVP I do agree with. I'm not a fan of Arena matches, and BGs are diminished in importance, unfortunately. The raiding is better than ever though.