Of course WAR will cause a population hit in WoW. AoC did and it was a giant collection of bugs with some game and some nipple thrown in.

With WAR hitting before WotLK, it will have a solid impact on WoW's numbers (although WoW's numbers will continue to rise based solely on expansion into new territories, i.e. Latin America). Whether it will RETAIN those subscribers is entirely dependent on how the endgame stacks up. The early levels that have been previewed show a strong, polished product, so WAR may be able to keep more of its crowd than Conan has.
 

Originally posted by Recant

It's that time again folks.  Another MMORPG is about to be released, and you can smell the excitement in the air.  The screenshots look good, the videos look good, the features look good.  We can start imagining ourselves exploring this new world, learning new abilties, meeting new people. 

I bet your stoked.  There's a lot of buzz, previews seem positive, there's some nice reviews coming out of beta.  An emphasis on PvP, man that's the novel twist we need for a MMORPG.   Maybe you should book a few days off work to get a head start.  What could possibly go wrong?

Hell, you're feeling so good about this release, maybe you should speculate on the forums about how this will negatively impact World of Warcraft... because..

*SLAPS YOU ACROSS THE FACE*

ETC.

Bravo, bravo! More, more!

Seriously though, very nicely said. WoW is the biggest MMO everything is gauged against it.

My observation is that Warhammer will get some PvPers from WoW, get fairly large initial numbers (maybe 500 k) initially and then go into a steady decline joining the tier with with the likes of EQ II, LOTRO, CoH etc. Quite simply, and measuring with the number of PvE first games, I doubt there are millions PvP/RvR oriented players to sustain the game as Warhammer. It is, in essence, a niche game and as such it will at beast leave few faint marks on WoWs population.

I Think WAR will have AoC's SAME FATE! :)

 You kids are amusing.

One million subs minimum

For the first year.

I've never played WoW and I prolly won't play WAR right outta the gate. I'm currently playing EvE online while I wait for that most anticipated title... Darkfall!

Now if I had to choose which one I'd like to play the most I'd have to say WAR over WoW. Chaos RULES!! I'd also be willing to bet that there are a huge number of Warhammer fans out there who will flock to WAR. I dunno how many of them playing WoW right now but they're playing something... that something is going to get a lot less populated when WAR goes gold. It definitely has potential but I'ma wait in the wings for a bit before I decide whether or not to join in that carnage.

You don't have "never played WoW and start WAR" as an option.  Or is this a poll just for WoW players?

WOLTK puts a bit of spanner in WAR's works by introducing siege in the expansion. WAR will have to be good to compete with that for many people. I personally might give WAR a try being pvp-focused and me being fed up of my recent experiences of WoW being barren in the low level ranges, BGs being full of twinks and PvE about as entertaining as a slug. Not to mention the channels full of spamming kids.(not that WAR will likely be any different on that front)

Recant, that has got to be one of THE best posts I've read on the Webs.  I laughed my ass off!

 I quit wow for good reasons it was so nit picky that even if you meet people youd have to sift through 20 peopel before you found a decent person that you liked.  For me War is what I want pvp pve and hoping clases that are not so over powered that the ninja, warlock are kings or shaman type classes. 70 druid was a joke in the end not matter how you look at it.

Originally posted by GreenChaos

You don't have "never played WoW and start WAR" as an option.  Or is this a poll just for WoW players?

This thread originally posted in WOW General section. Its target was to get the opinions from WOW players about what they will do with WAR.

But someone thinks was better to transfer this thread to pub section.

Its not my fault !!!

I think WAR will definately effect WoW's server population.

I presume almost all of the consensual soft-core instanced PvP fans will stop WoW for WAR. When 'Wrath' launches, I'm pretty sure probably only about 10% will leave WAR to go back to that garbage. Blizzard already have plans for server merge programs.