General Discussion

Just curious,
Blizzard devs will be keeping an eye on "competition" games like AoC and especially this one, WAR. I am wondering if they are going to re-think WotLK and see if they cant "revamp" thier game to keep the hardcore players interested and potentially attract new players - the problem with WotlK is that it is only geared for high end - they need new races and starting areas to attrack new players - or are they just biding time with thier "Secret MMO" being WoW 2 - making it gameplay and graphics better than AoC and WAR combined? I know this is a WAR forum, but am wondering what the WAR fans have to think about this!?!

To be honest, I don't think those games can be considered as any greater threat against Blizzard. Maybe WAR, but certainly not AOC. Time will tell.

Blizz will definately keep an eye out on the current market and future. But to change wotlk its too late for that now. But they  a new class, DK, is coming out with wotlk,  pvp area with sieges ect.... So i think they are kinda being influence/countering the release of War and also hearing the players cries for a new class....

They already have two new race for their last x-pac.

And dont forget, blizz keeps adding new content with each patches, so they can cpntinue to improve the game as and when they deem fit.

 Ultimatly they still have their new mmo coming, which i believe will not only try to do better than War or AoC, if AoC continue ti improve, but also other mmo coming out in future, eg. bioware mmo.

To be honest I could care less what Blizzard does nowadays and the only quality game they are creating right now that I would want to get is D3.  Even then they are screwing it over with WoW like graphics and having it influenced with horrible art styles like unrealistically large swords and crap like that.

Originally posted by KnightHawk63

To be honest I could care less what Blizzard does nowadays and the only quality game they are creating right now that I would want to get is D3.  Even then they are screwing it over with WoW like graphics and having it influenced with horrible art styles like unrealistically large swords and crap like that.

WoW is a fantasy game, so unrealistic dosent really fit in here. For the graphic and art style, we've been thru it thousand of times.... let it rest.......

Blizzard is a business, they will be watching. They pretty much set the standard so my guess is new stuff and better things to come.

I usually judge games by how fun they are to play rather then if the swords are unrealistic. If the game is fun, I don't really care if the graphics are that bad. Wow has a unique art style found in all the warcraft games.

The reason D3 has similar art styles and the same reason it took forever to come out is because the orginal devs broke off and made Flagship.

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Originally posted by Elsabolts
Blizzard is a business, they will be watching. They pretty much set the standard so my guess is new stuff and better things to come.

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If by set the standard you mean took everything everyone else had done before and slapped a new name on it yeap!

Blizzard will continue to drag down pvp into smaller and smaller areas and these esports events. I am sure someone will like it but I am not one of them. I started playing WoW because I thought it was going to be like DAoC... large scale world pvp... boy was that ever wrong. It's more like EQ1 with the worst parts of Quake thrown in.

I don't think World of Warcraft has the agility to adjust itself to compete with new competition - the thing about the 10 tonne elephant in the room is he can't turn around :P

World of Warcraft is what it is and I don't think it'll change much. 

Originally posted by RJO_

I don't think World of Warcraft has the agility to adjust itself to compete with new competition - the thing about the 10 tonne elephant in the room is he can't turn around :P

World of Warcraft is what it is and I don't think it'll change much. 

You got it...it is what it is.