
Originally Posted by
Lambdakastel
Warning: Epic rant because all this WoW crap just grinds my gears to no end.
I find it funny when someone doesn't think a game is as good as other people do and provides valid reasons for why they think so it's tagged as a potential troll attempt.
Every game has it's pros and cons and a lot of WoWs fanbase are people who have been playing it a long time at a time where it was considered gamechanging and innovative and there weren't many titles in the MMORPG section. Nowadays people are seeking instant gratification due to being spoilt with long-standing games which have been developed and refined over years and expect new releases to be just as in-depth on day one.
"There's not enough content!" have been the complaints for games like Rift, FFXIV, any other games that're P2P and trying to get into the market, and then immediately people look towards older games like WoW. They seem to no longer understand the concept that unlocking everything the developers have worked hard on from day one will leave them having a harder time keeping the content updates coming in at a regular pace because people will just demand more and more otherwise they're too unrefined, too bland and boring.
WoW is mainly successful now due to the fact that it's nurtured it's playerbase and has it's die-hard fans; it has everything established and that's what people want. They want things right now, they don't want to give anything the time of day if it needs a few months to develop and bugfix. There's only so many times a test group should go through the same area and instances to look for bugs, and the best way to fix things is to get feedback from their audience, the consumers.
Because, honestly, does WoW have the best graphics? No. Has it got the best community? No. Has it got the best storyline? I haven't played it through myself but I'm sure there are many that'd be able to compete with it. The argument most pro-WoW'ers bring up is that there's lots to do - but of course there would be, it's been out for years and it'd be a Ghost Town by now if there wasn't.
So whining about how newer games are bug-ridden and unrefined are invalid, moot. WoW was probably just as bad early on, if not worse; FFXI (for the people who preferred it) was just as bad when it was JP only.
Sadly, these new games then end up closing before they even have their full content actually implemented because people always go back to the old stuff for their quick fixes and WoW ends up being considered the giant that every game wishes to be when short answer: people are just too impatient.
All of the new, next-gen games have the potential to be better than WoW but everyone plays the new games for a month or so then jumps to the next due to "lack of content". So if enough people actually sat down, shut up, and stuck with one of these newer titles so the companies found a point to keep working on them - WoW wouldn't be considered uber anymore, I'm sure.
Note: I'm not trolling or hating on WoW; it's just far from the epic epicness that people make it out to be. That's my opinion that it gets very stale, very fast.