“I think that the idea that the MMO crowd doesn’t exist is belied by the number of players who are still in World of Warcraft”
I’m not saying the MMO crowd doesn’t exist (though I do hold the opinion that trying to launch a new MMO in this day and age is a fool’s errand - so, actually maybe I am saying that!). But this argument is really weak - WoW players aren’t playing because they want “an MMO”, they are playing because they want to play WoW. Either because they’re already so deeply entrenched in it, or because they want to recapture the nostalgia of ages past (see the success of WoW Classic and various pirate servers). There is absolutely no reason to think all these WoW players have any interest in a random new and different MMO.
I am “deeply entrenched” because mythic raiding and m+ dungeons are fun. All the classical MMO features are just chores at this point, which is why it takes less effort to get through them every tier.
I miss classic wow. This is back before every piece of loot was was rolled with rng stats, sharding that demolished all sense of community, and class homogenization. The game will never be the same and I don’t support blizzard anymore due to their actions.
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I’m not saying the MMO crowd doesn’t exist (though I do hold the opinion that trying to launch a new MMO in this day and age is a fool’s errand - so, actually maybe I am saying that!). But this argument is really weak - WoW players aren’t playing because they want “an MMO”, they are playing because they want to play WoW. Either because they’re already so deeply entrenched in it, or because they want to recapture the nostalgia of ages past (see the success of WoW Classic and various pirate servers). There is absolutely no reason to think all these WoW players have any interest in a random new and different MMO.
I am “deeply entrenched” because mythic raiding and m+ dungeons are fun. All the classical MMO features are just chores at this point, which is why it takes less effort to get through them every tier.
I miss classic wow. This is back before every piece of loot was was rolled with rng stats, sharding that demolished all sense of community, and class homogenization. The game will never be the same and I don’t support blizzard anymore due to their actions.