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• • Are WoW server economies in recession?

  • Very simple explanation seems to be that there are a lot more people on the servers over the last couple of months, supplying more goods which drives the prices down. I looted some blue boots the other day with an Auctioneer average of 25g BO and when i got to the AH there was already 12 pairs on there with prices as low as 13g.

    More supply, meets demand faster, will lower prices to clear items quicker.

  • Posted: 9/07/08 5:20 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • Wrath of the Lich King Date, Price

  • I must admit that i would be surprised to see a 2008 launch at the moment, but UK wise vendors are all over the place with dates which just goes to show that none of them have any idea yet;

    Play - 4/11/08
    Gameplay - 26/9/08
    Game - 10/08
    Amazon - 4/11/08
    Gamestation - 30/11/08

    I would guess that Gamestation is probably the closest and if the last expansion is anything to go by we probably have a large patch to come first before launch, but who knows?

  • Posted: 9/05/08 5:38 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • WOTLK: achievements for rading all the cities and capitols

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    Originally posted by Thenarius
    WoW "trained" its players to get epixx for playing in BG and arena. Unless you get some epics on par with arena ones(which you won't since achievement system will only give you some titles/pets), nobody will care about them. And even if they will, you kill them once and that's it. I'm sure this won't revive the world PvP.

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    What a load of crap, we are human beings playing a game not bloody lab rats running a maze (although the anti-wow crowd would have you believe otherwise)!

    I do things all the time in the game for no reward, either to help others out or just because i enjoy it, all the acheivements list will do is give some people a prod in the direction of some things they may never have tried before. Most will treat this list for what it is, a novelty addition to the game which adds more options to your gameplay and at the end of the day if people don't want to do them, they don't have to, it is all optional at the end of the day.

  • Posted: 9/01/08 2:23 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • Closest thing to a DeathKinght?

  • Probably Warriors are the closest, but it is a unique class of it's own so it is unfair to try and compare it directly with another class.

  • Posted: 8/31/08 5:07 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • WOTLK: achievements for rading all the cities and capitols

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    Originally posted by Markkram
    WoW is sticking a bit of duck tape here and there in the hope that they can turn the game into something it was never ment to be.
    WAR was built for this !
     

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    Sticking tape over what exactly? They have the most successful MMO on the market for the last few years, what does Mythic have but a yet unproven game?

    It is true that WoW was never built as a PvP game and that content has been bolted on over the years, but Blizzard have so far done a good job in keeping the majority of it's audience happy. Now of course in a reaction to some new games coming to the market and offering something more specific that it doesn't have they are doing what every good business does and reacting to those offerings and creating some content of their own, it just makes good business sense.

    Moreover, what Blizz is doing is offering it's players more and more choice in how they play and proceeed through the game. When it comes to PvP, on the release of WOTLK i will have a choice of PvP from;

    1 - Open PvP for fun and achievements
    2 - Battlegrounds for honour, achievements and rewards
    3 - Arena's for achievements, ranking and rewards
    4 - Open destructable siege PvP to get Spirit shards for achievements, fun and rewards

    ....and of course when all of that is said and done i can just go back to doing all of the PvE stuff as well. The overall point is that i have the choice to do or not do all of these things depending on my mood and playing style and choice means a lot.

    As for the achievements themselves, they are again just another addition to the game to add some more fun for the players and maybe even some pride in doing things that have had no meaning in the past. Why shouldn't you be proud of repelling/killing 25 of your enemy when they raid your city?

    Again, it all comes down to the individual player and as i have said before, if you don't like WoW for whatever reason now you are probably not going to be impressed with anything they add are you?

  • Posted: 8/31/08 4:30 AM
    World of Warcraft