I think people that prefer a WoW experience will try out the expansion [regardless of them liking GW2 or not] and people looking for a more structured experience than GW2 will have something to try.

It might cause a dip in GW2 population but thats hard to predict or even blame on the WoW expansion since a number of players are likely to take breaks from GW2 to begin with. Not like GW2 has a sub to track whose paying[and potentially playing] and whose not.

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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Originally posted by The_Korrigan

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Originally posted by FearTHeFro But if wow was to release their game a week before or after gw2 I would probably still buy it because I wouldn't want to be left behind at the start of the expansion.

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And that's exactly what Blizzard is betting on, and some people indeed fall for it ;-)

 

And by releasing the Theramore pre-expansion patch a month before (right at GW2 release), they ensure people will keep their WoW account just to get the unique achievements/pets/whatever they will put in that pre-patch.

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People accuse Blizzard of being stupid all the time, but I haven't seen any evidence of it. They haven't had any competition in a long time, but that doesn't mean they haven't been thinking about it.

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It won't affect me at all. I also stopped playing WoW after WotLK. I tried Cataclysm, but I could not get through the level 80-85 content.

 

Also god forbid if the people that continue to play WoW are actually doing it for fun, naaa no way, it must be some sort of elaborate con from Blizzard, but if you play GW2 it must be for fun ofc!

I'm in the GW2 camp. I love it.

I use to love WoW, but it became old and boring to me. So I moved on.

For me this expansion means nothing; however, there are those that still love WoW that will be very happy with it.

I have no ill will toward the game or its players, but I have no plans to return.

It's like EQ1, one of my first loves, is still running. I'm not running back to it either.

Originally posted by Masa1

At least WoW doesn't have game breaking cash shop.

The game is giving away free 80s, it doesnt need a cash shop.

Originally posted by Raven

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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Originally posted by The_Korrigan

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Originally posted by FearTHeFro But if wow was to release their game a week before or after gw2 I would probably still buy it because I wouldn't want to be left behind at the start of the expansion.

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And that's exactly what Blizzard is betting on, and some people indeed fall for it ;-)

 

And by releasing the Theramore pre-expansion patch a month before (right at GW2 release), they ensure people will keep their WoW account just to get the unique achievements/pets/whatever they will put in that pre-patch.

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People accuse Blizzard of being stupid all the time, but I haven't seen any evidence of it. They haven't had any competition in a long time, but that doesn't mean they haven't been thinking about it.

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It won't affect me at all. I also stopped playing WoW after WotLK. I tried Cataclysm, but I could not get through the level 80-85 content.

 

Also god forbid if the people that continue to play WoW are actually doing it for fun, naaa no way, it must be some sort of elaborate con from Blizzard, but if you play GW2 it must be for fun ofc!

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

Originally posted by Anthur

If Blizzard wanted to keep people away from GW2 they would have released it before GW2. Not a month later. If they believe in their expansion. By releasing it a month after GW2 they probably want to profit from those who try GW2 but don't like it.

WoW players will buy MoP anyway, be there a GW2 or not.

But what new and fresh things does pandaria have to offer that could make people return to WoW instead of Continue playing GW2?

 

Blizzard has all forgetten about their own commandments, the one that the longlevity of a game depends on its diversity. The new X-pac is just more of the same. Good for the people that still love the game, but not good enough to make many people return.

Time alone will tell for that particular issue, but for what its worth, my money is on WoW, simply because Blizzard do know their players, and yes, i do think it will be something that brings any lapsed players back for 'another go' ... they always do, how long they stay, is another issue of course. As to whether this will affect GW2.. how could it, there isnt a sub to cancel for the game, so its pretty much a none issue, people who are going to be playing it, have already bought it. And a month is certainly long enough for the players who have bought GW2 to decide if their going to be playing it long term or not, so any players that leave to play WoW, would probably have been leaving anyway.

Oh, this thread again.

I'll have been playing GW2 for a month and should have a good feel for the game by then. Have a annual pass for WoW so they have me till March so I'm fairly certain I'll be buying MoP when it comes out as well. Nice thing about GW2 is there isn't a sub fee so playing both won't be a kicker if I end up playing one more than the other. If end up not liking MoP after March I'll just drop my sub but I'm fairly certain one of those two or maybe both will get a good amount of play time.

Sounds like a win win for MMO gamers.