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General Discussion  » Stats from PC Gamer

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fmnch35

Novice Member

Joined: 3/14/09
Posts: 81

 
3/28/09 3:37:18 PM#1

11,000,000 (therabouts) subscribers --Population of Greece 11,215,000

1st Place in Arena Competition -$75,000. Average Income - $46,325

7954 Quests

11 Celebrity TV Commercials

30% xp reduction

Currency Calculator
1,000 --WoW gold
18 -------us Dollars
1,673 --Japanese yen
241 ------Mexican Pesos
30 ---------snickers bars
1.2 ---Months of WoW subscription

400 cheeses in real life, 11 in WoW

627 Swords

Loken kills 128,688 people a day

WoTLK on launch day sold 1,944 per minute

131 Achievements

May 20 2008: 56,000 botters banned

Google Search Results (millions)


65.7 World of Warcraft


65.3 all below combined


13.0 guild wars
12.2 warhammer online
9.5 age of conan
9.5 Lord of the rings online
8.6 Lineage II
6.8 eve online
3.1 city of heroes
2.5 everquest 2

 

Isturi

Apprentice Member

Joined: 3/03/09
Posts: 276

Sylar I believe your clock is a little off...

3/31/09 7:43:41 AM#2
Originally posted by fmnch35

May 20 2008: 56,000 botters banned

 


65.7 World of Warcraft


65.3 all below combined


13.0 guild wars
12.2 warhammer online
9.5 age of conan
9.5 Lord of the rings online
8.6 Lineage II
6.8 eve online
3.1 city of heroes
2.5 everquest 2

 

 

Im sure the BOT's banned are a higher number by the time of this post.

PapaB34R

Novice Member

Joined: 11/15/04
Posts: 212

Never lose your way, or someone else might find it

3/31/09 7:49:27 AM#3

yea... and the mmo market is what like 1% of the game market or so?

Longsnout

Apprentice Member

Joined: 4/04/07
Posts: 112

3/31/09 7:53:19 AM#4

 400 cheeses? Hell there must be more cheeses than that in the world.

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Rocktober

Novice Member

Joined: 11/12/08
Posts: 117

3/31/09 9:48:36 AM#5
Originally posted by Isturi
Originally posted by fmnch35

May 20 2008: 56,000 botters banned

 


65.7 World of Warcraft


65.3 all below combined


13.0 guild wars
12.2 warhammer online
9.5 age of conan
9.5 Lord of the rings online
8.6 Lineage II
6.8 eve online
3.1 city of heroes
2.5 everquest 2

 

 

Im sure the BOT's banned are a higher number by the time of this post.


 

If I remember correctly (I cannot seem to find my copy of the magazine..) but it was referring to the date that had the most botters banned, not that there were that many up to that point.

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Rocktober

Novice Member

Joined: 11/12/08
Posts: 117

3/31/09 9:58:11 AM#6
Originally posted by fmnch35

11,000,000 (therabouts) subscribers --Population of Greece 11,215,000

1st Place in Arena Competition -$75,000. Average Income - $46,325

$200,000,000 - Blizzard's total cost of running WoW since 2004

7954 Quests

11 Celebrity TV Commercials

30% xp reduction needed to level since last expansion

Currency Calculator
1,000 --WoW gold
18 -------us Dollars
1,673 --Japanese yen
241 ------Mexican Pesos
30 ---------snickers bars
1.2 ---Months of WoW subscription

400 cheeses in real life, 11 in WoW

627 Swords

Loken kills 128,688 people a day ("Most Dangerous NPC")

WoTLK on launch day sold 1,944 per minute

131 Achievements

May 20 2008: 56,000 botters banned

Google Search Results (millions)


65.7 World of Warcraft


65.3 all below combined


13.0 guild wars
12.2 warhammer online
9.5 age of conan
9.5 Lord of the rings online
8.6 Lineage II
6.8 eve online
3.1 city of heroes
2.5 everquest 2

 

(Just found my copy..)
 

 

FYI, I am not trying to be a jerk, just wanted to clear some points up that might be confusing to some, and I also saw you left out the total running cost.

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You can't win - if you strike me down I shall respawn more powerful than you could possibly imagine!

Antipathy

Novice Member

Joined: 3/29/06
Posts: 1224

Ex wow players never die, they just come to MMORPG.com to bitch

3/31/09 12:26:05 PM#7
Originally posted by fmnch35

Loken kills 128,688 people a day

That's the statistic which really impressed me.

A single 5-man boss getting that many kills! I know he's one of the nastier 5-man boss, but even so... Loken really isn't that difficult for any half decent player, even on heroic.

Simple Strategy 1: All stand in a tightish group in front of the boss. Mark the tank with a triangle. When Loken does his nova thing, the tank runs away and everyone else follows the big floating triangle. After the nova, tank heads back to the boss and everyone follows.

That wasn't so hard was it? There's an ever simpler strategy that works if you have a decent AoE healer and competent DPS:

Simple strategy 2: All stand in tightish group in front of the boss. Healer spams AoE heals.  DPS like crazy. No one moves, no matter what. Kill the boss before the healer notices how hard his job is.

(note - strategy 2 doesn't require raid gear, just the right healer class (priest/shammie) and competence).

 

slipline

Novice Member

Joined: 9/11/07
Posts: 30

3/31/09 12:31:29 PM#8
Originally posted by Antipathy
Originally posted by fmnch35

Loken kills 128,688 people a day

That's the statistic which really impressed me.

A single 5-man boss getting that many kills! I know he's one of the nastier 5-man boss, but even so... Loken really isn't that difficult for any half decent player, even on heroic.

Simple Strategy 1: All stand in a tightish group in front of the boss. Mark the tank with a triangle. When Loken does his nova thing, the tank runs away and everyone else follows the big floating triangle. After the nova, tank heads back to the boss and everyone follows.

That wasn't so hard was it? There's an ever simpler strategy that works if you have a decent AoE healer and competent DPS:

Simple strategy 2: All stand in tightish group in front of the boss. Healer spams AoE heals. DPS like crazy. Kill the boss before the healer notices how hard his job is.

(note - strategy 2 doesn't require raid gear, just the right healer class (priest/shammie) and competence).

 


 

Pretty much a core concept of all encounters in wow. Dont stand in the "Blank"  : insert - fire, acid, lava, nova, flame breath, tail swipe, lightning ball, tornado of saws etc.

Moving is a very difficult concept for some people.