Originally posted by Publish6246

Does it really matter? Just play the game you like tbh and FYI no game will have the potential to beat WOW's subscriber base in the western world apart from already known big franchises like StarCraft or Halo or Half-Life etc etc.

Personally I think WoW is a fluke in the genre.  I know I will be moving to WARHAMMER once it comes out, or I get in the beta.  The game looks very good, and has many fundamental differences from WoW which will make it the WoW-killer for me.

Id rather not see an MMO that has the potential to replace WOW.  Why?  Because the genre needs more innovation and diversity, not 50 MMOs all trying to copy the big guy.  

Originally posted by Gameloading

Lotro does not have non stop content. Developers can't get new content faster then players can play through.

Depends on how much time you have to play I guess. I'm a casual player and my highest character is lvl 32. I haven't even made it to Evendim yet. Been playing since open beta too. For me personally they are putting out new content faster than I can get to it, which makes me quite happy with the game.

Originally posted by freakomar

 

Originally posted by Glowlight

 

Originally posted by freakomar

The ratings here are based on player opinions and what they like, personally I do think number 2 is a good spot for LOTRO in the ratings, the only person who wouldn't like LOTRO would be a person who loves to grief people or likes world PvP, as that lotro doesn't offer.

 

Um actually the ratings are worthless...WOW is only low here because it is the biggest game out there, and people like to poop on the big guy.. they get bored and rate the game down. Lots of players = lots of ratings good and bad. Remember back when EVE was #1? I have yet to meet someone in real life who plays EVE. Its just biased, and doesn't fit the mainstream gamers.. nor do they take into account good and bad reviews of games.

 

The majority of people who play MMO's never even come to this site.. they are busy playing their game. How can that be considered accurate?

All the games on the high list are boring to me now including WOW but I am not an immature kiddie who will rate down a game because I am bored of it, like a lot of people are.

Noone I know has stuck with LOTRO, my entire guild which was number one on our server quit due to boredom.. most people get to 50 and quit, if LOTRO is doing so well why are they sending me emails to come back and offering a free month

 

 

 

 

wtf is that? Did you even understand what I said?

 

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go back and play WoW you kiddie, EVE was number one because back then majority liked it... WoW is low here because people have voted it low, are you really that stupid?

Do yourself a favour and shut up now... dont try to argue over something you're wrong about.

Glowlight made a valid argument. The ratings here only represent the people visiting mmorpg.com and not every single person playing a certain game. Considering the fact that these forums are full of people who are trying their best to beat down any game except the ones they are supporing, one can indeed say that the ratings here can not be brought into a discussion as a argument to prove game A is better then game B.

And btw,  glowlight never insulted anyone in his post and made a reasonable argument. You on the other hand started making personal insults to him. To me, you seem to be a hell-of-a-lot more kiddie then glowlight will ever be

It makes me laugh a lot with how many people compare everything to world of warcraft.  In all honesty everyone who talks bad about wow has in the past played it for a long time.  If they havnt played it for a long time, they were prolly anti social retards who could not make any friends and could not do anything fun in wow.  The problem is with people, they all want to tear down wow for no good reason.  WoW is a good online game, and it will always have people playing it.  Sure, one day it wont be on the top but that doesnt mean it has been "Killed". 

I just dont understand why everyone wants to see it die.  For me, I hope it stays on the top untill a better game really does come and tear it down.  Because of WoW many people are going to be developing new ideas and types of games for us to play!  Big money is what MMOs are offering to companies and many people are finnaly seeing that because of WoW.  I just think the person who made this tab is a moron because why compare it to WoW?  What does it accomplish?  LOTRO is a good game, and I am currently playing it right now.  Does that mean since I am playing this game I want it to kill WoW?  Not really.  90% of the WoW community talk like this, "I just pawned that noob fag in his FACE!".  They are always fighting and bickering about how their character is better.  Do you really want that type of person in LOTRO?

So far all I have noticed in LOTRO are nice people.  I am sure I will encounter people who are annoying and remind me of most the people on world of warcraft, but that is expected.  The thing is, everyone needs to look at the good things WoW has brought us instead of how you want to kill it.  I hope in the future there is a better game than WoW, and I really hope to be playing it.  But untill then, I will just be bored playing other new mmos coming out and prolly end up back playing WoW again.

Most people on this forum havent even played wow, they just want to be "special and different" and rate down the game everyone else like.

Originally posted by freakomar

 

Originally posted by Glowlight

 

Originally posted by freakomar

The ratings here are based on player opinions and what they like, personally I do think number 2 is a good spot for LOTRO in the ratings, the only person who wouldn't like LOTRO would be a person who loves to grief people or likes world PvP, as that lotro doesn't offer.

 

Um actually the ratings are worthless...WOW is only low here because it is the biggest game out there, and people like to poop on the big guy.. they get bored and rate the game down. Lots of players = lots of ratings good and bad. Remember back when EVE was #1? I have yet to meet someone in real life who plays EVE. Its just biased, and doesn't fit the mainstream gamers.. nor do they take into account good and bad reviews of games.

 

The majority of people who play MMO's never even come to this site.. they are busy playing their game. How can that be considered accurate?

All the games on the high list are boring to me now including WOW but I am not an immature kiddie who will rate down a game because I am bored of it, like a lot of people are.

Noone I know has stuck with LOTRO, my entire guild which was number one on our server quit due to boredom.. most people get to 50 and quit, if LOTRO is doing so well why are they sending me emails to come back and offering a free month

 

 

 

 

wtf is that? Did you even understand what I said?

 

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go back and play WoW you kiddie, EVE was number one because back then majority liked it... WoW is low here because people have voted it low, are you really that stupid?

Do yourself a favour and shut up now... dont try to argue over something you're wrong about.

Eve was number one here because the dev's at Eve online sticky linked the poll to their forum and asked all their fans to vote. (It's not like Eve dev's to try and cheat). I think Eve had always been a well loved game on this site, but this isn't a very big voter base so it's doesn't take much to swing the numbers. 

WoW is the most popular MMO of all time. They didn't bother asking their fans to vote in this poll. (Rest assured if they did link the poll to their forums it would win).  They have won the big ratings; how many people like it enough to pay for it. This poll was gathered from a global population of every gamer on the planet. And they came out with a historic vote and have continued to.  This vote is continuing to widen the gap between all the other competion and the next expansion pack is going to encourage that not destroy it, just as the last expansion has. Think different to this if you like, but a lot of people more experienced than you, richer then you and more successful than you, know better.

Like the man say's, WoW is low here because everyone loves to knock the big guy. There are people here who feel WoW's success is a threat to their own favourite games. So they try and tear it down in their own little way and it doesn't take much to skew those results.

FYI WoW is not the only company to give the game away free in China. All MMO's do. Players don't buy the software they rent out the terminals, computer, software and all, by the hour.