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I wouldn't expect WoW to lose any more players in the next quarter due to some austerity measures they are doing (the Diablo 3 offer, Scroll of Resurrection) bu

by Zimahl 15y ago

I wouldn't expect WoW to lose any more players in the next quarter due to some austerity measures they are doing (the Diablo 3 offer, Scroll of Resurrection) but it is clear that see a down trend and are trying to stem the tide. They are not planning any new content until the next expansion which we can assume will be the standard November release (although no confirmation yet). That doesn't bode well since even I, a mediocre player in a mediocre guild, have killed Deathwing. If you haven't done it on regular, you've done it in the Raid Finder. So what are some going to do for the next 9 months? I'd expect quite a subscriber drop during the summer with more in the fall. The numbers will jump back up with the new expansion but most likely not be back over 10 million.

RegEx 15y ago
Is Deathwing the current final boss? I used to play WoW back in BC, and I LOVED it (a little too much to be frank, grades suffered quite a bit). The triumph of your guild taking down a boss after struggling with it for weeks couldn't be matched. After Wrath came out, content was getting cleared so quickly that I didn't find it fun anymore. I'm currently having a blast with SC2 though, with a large thanks to the esports scene.
- anonymoushn 15y ago
  Deathwing is the final boss of the current expansion. Did you find that WotLK hard modes were boring? I thought they were pretty good other than ToC.
  - RegEx 15y ago
    I quit fairly early in Wrath when Naxx was cleared on our relatively casual server on day1 or day2. Good guilds still took a while to get through Kara in BC because of attunements, etc. I felt that would set the tone for the rest of Wrath so I jumped ship.
hellrich 15y ago
MoP (next expansion) beta started today, looks more like a summer release to me.
- Zimahl 15y ago
  A Q2 2012 release is what it was on the April 2010 product schedule that was leaked and I suppose a that's not too far off. However, that same schedule had Diablo 3 and the SC2 expansion (Heart of the Swarm) as a Q4 2011 release. While Diablo 3 finally has a release date (6 months late), the SC2 expansion does not. Having a beta in March is promising - WotLK beta invites went out around July 11th (2008) and Cataclysm beta invites went out on June 30th (2010). Unless they are farther along than usual, maybe we can expect a release in August?

by Zimahl 15y ago

RegEx 15y ago

Is Deathwing the current final boss? I used to play WoW back in BC, and I LOVED it (a little too much to be frank, grades suffered quite a bit). The triumph of your guild taking down a boss after struggling with it for weeks couldn't be matched. After Wrath came out, content was getting cleared so quickly that I didn't find it fun anymore. I'm currently having a blast with SC2 though, with a large thanks to the esports scene.

anonymoushn 15y ago
Deathwing is the final boss of the current expansion. Did you find that WotLK hard modes were boring? I thought they were pretty good other than ToC.
- RegEx 15y ago
  I quit fairly early in Wrath when Naxx was cleared on our relatively casual server on day1 or day2. Good guilds still took a while to get through Kara in BC because of attunements, etc. I felt that would set the tone for the rest of Wrath so I jumped ship.

hellrich 15y ago

MoP (next expansion) beta started today, looks more like a summer release to me.

Zimahl 15y ago
A Q2 2012 release is what it was on the April 2010 product schedule that was leaked and I suppose a that's not too far off. However, that same schedule had Diablo 3 and the SC2 expansion (Heart of the Swarm) as a Q4 2011 release. While Diablo 3 finally has a release date (6 months late), the SC2 expansion does not. Having a beta in March is promising - WotLK beta invites went out around July 11th (2008) and Cataclysm beta invites went out on June 30th (2010). Unless they are farther along than usual, maybe we can expect a release in August?