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• • WAR copied WoW?

  • Originally posted by Shard101

    Blizzard is not an independant source. Why believe Blizzard?

     

    Alrighty, I'm done.  You obviously don't even understand basic financial reporting procedures in business.  These numbers weren't just press releases, they were numbers included in financial reports required, by law, to their investors (since they are public).  Unless they want to spend some time in prison, they simply don't make those numbers up - it's that serious in the financial world on things like that.  It's almost the same as filing false tax returns.  Blizzard is the ONLY source with these real numbers - it's THIER business.   I'll let you argue with others from here on out.

  • Posted: 8/26/08 4:13 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • WAR copied WoW?

  • Originally posted by Shard101
    

     

    You are still missing my point.

    The trial accounts are used to advertise in safety of getting their main accounts banned. the Inflated trial accounts that all the sweatshops and more than half of asia use are counted as subscribers by Blizzard.

    Majority are gold sellers and second and third accounts for when players fought their own teams in arenas to get S3.

     

    I'm sorry, I thought we were dealing with real numbers here.  I see we are dealing with whatever you think they are.  Blizzard has already stated that their numbers don't include trial or inactive accounts.  Only accounts that are active and paid.  They have reported this not just to the fans, but to their investors.  What that means is if they are lying about trial accounts it violates any number of SEC reporting laws.  In the real world that's a very serious violation and they aren't going to risk that just to make their numbers sound a little better.

  • Posted: 8/26/08 4:03 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • WAR copied WoW?

  • Originally posted by Shard101

    You are not gonna sit here and tell me you can't trade coin from a trial account onto a playing acount by a regular toon -toon trade. I have done it! 

     

    You can, but what are you going to farm at level 20 that's even worth anything?  Run around and mine copper all day long?  It's a waste of thier time when they can make 200-300g+ an hour farming primals on a power-leveled 70.

  • Posted: 8/26/08 3:49 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • WAR copied WoW?

  • Originally posted by Shard101
    

    You think the chinese farmers ,pay for a real account? They might have a couple big item accounts and stuff. The rest are free trials the sweatshop demands they use!

    Do you honestly believe they are using trial accounts for farming?  Sorry, it doesn't work that way.  All of the trial accounts I know of have a level 20 cap, can't use the AH, and can't send/receive anything in the mail.  It's silly to suggest people are actually farming on those accounts.

  • Posted: 8/26/08 3:40 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Do we start over with OB ?

  • As I understand, all of open beta gets wiped.  The only thing that will make it into the launch is the headstart period (which is after OB).

    Edit: Oops, I see that may not be the exact question you were trying to get answered.

  • Posted: 8/25/08 7:23 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)