Heh. I found it the opposite. I even bought the collector's edition x2 (one for me and my wife)Also: I gave LotRO a try, played it for about a week, and felt the entire time that it was very boring and uneventful. It could be that I just didn't get it, but it wasn't for me.
And then Cataclysm came out, and WoW turned awesome, so... yeah.
Nope, just the Cataclysm ones.Well, none of the oldworld, burning crusade, or lich king instances require that.
For the most part, the questing in each zone leads right to the instance entrances (except Stonecore, which is right at the beginning of Deepholm).The new Cataclysm instances, require you to visit and zone into them once Ravenpoe.
I remember hearing that since they went with the free to play model they've been making way more money then before (wasn't for LotRO, as that just became free, i think they where talking about DDO)Free To Play = Less content coming in less frequently. So I'm happy to pay the WoW fees.
Because there's nothing more exciting then siting there with a LFG over your head for a while...Group Teleport to Instance = Hated when they implemented it to WoW, I think it's so lazy and pulls from the experience that everyone just sits in a main town and dissapears and reappears for instances. I'm glad that after they added it, they required you to visit it at least once.
When i finally played my free month back in octomber/november (expired like a day before the Cata changes patch came out) there where some dungeons that you needed to find and others that where available by default... of course they where in Horde territory and i was Alliance.As far as I can tell in WoW, you don't have to discover the dungeon to do it. You can open the dungeon finder, select the dungeons you want, and then the first one that has a group ready will alert you and teleport you there. You can even do quests in between, because when the dungeon is finished, it'll teleport you right back to where you were previously.
I remember hearing that since they went with the free to play model they've been making way more money then before (wasn't for LotRO, as that just became free, i think they where talking about DDO)Free To Play = Less content coming in less frequently. So I'm happy to pay the WoW fees.
No, they were talking about LotRO. It's "free" to play, meaning that you can technically do everything free, you can pay to do just about anything faster. Since they went to that model, they've made tons more money than they used to with the subscription model.I remember hearing that since they went with the free to play model they've been making way more money then before (wasn't for LotRO, as that just became free, i think they where talking about DDO)
I disagree. Stormwind and Orgrimmar have never looked so alive right now, I actually really enjoy it. Though that sadly does not help the other cities until they add new zone portals to them like Stormwind/Orgrimmar has.It wouldn't make ghost towns, cities already don't matter considering we can just que for dungeons and BGs anywhere.
\I just really want "Costume Set Visibility" option and housing. It wouldn't make ghost towns, cities already don't matter considering we can just que for dungeons and BGs anywhere. I'd love to have a huge gold sink and new profession just for housing. Even make it like FFXI where some of the housing items give you bonuses in game. 1% xp or 1% honor gained, 1% rep or something.
Well why even play a MMO if the entire time you barely if ever see anyone? I think you are really overplaying the amount of people that are taken out of cities due to the dungeon queue. I know I have to sit in the queue for 20-30 minutes, and I spend a lot of that time in the cities getting a few things done that I wanted to do.I really don't see how "ghost towns" would even matter in WoW at this point.
Not what I said at all, you may want to read my sentences again.So you're saying housing would stop raiding, stop instancing, stop BGing, stop AHing, stop Trade channel talk?
A few issues with your examples.Might as well only make 1 singular mount that can be ridable, no vanity pets, no vanity items, no costume visbility slots, no achievements, etc etc etc if No function = no point.
LOL. I am loving my Warden and Rune-Keeper.Ok, I've figured out LOTRO quite a bit. Rolled me a Minstrel and I entertain people with my lute playing Indiana Jones all day long in Bree.
I know City of Heroes is doing well, but it gives out tons of free content so the sub isn't too bad. Is EVE a sub game? It seems to be going pretty well. Other than those, I dunno.http://www.gametrailers.com/news/lotro-revenues-triple-after/2861
I actually wonder, besides WoW is any other for pay MMO making money?!
Center picture is me. Maron (my wife) drew it. I am not sure why they are looking at my junk (they are suppose to look at me I guess)Just to offer a little diversity, I play a free to play MUD (That's a text based game) and willingly pay a $20/month premium membership for bonuses that could be obtained for free in game, though over a longer period of time.
To reiterate, I pay -more- per month than WoW for a TEXT BASED GAME.
... I'm not really sure where I was going with this, except now I'm starting to feel a little gipped.
On another note, I've always wanted to ask Chibi this. Is the center figure in your signature image supposed to be you, and why is everyone else in the image looking at your junk?
Fine, I feel like I'm getting jewed.Ahh, I may get some shit for being overly PC, but could we maybe cool it using the word gypped?
really? I didn't know that.Wait, what's uncool about jipped? Is it some kind of Gypsy thing?