World Of Warcraft .. 4 Million Players

[DreadLord]

I don't consider HL2 to have ever been alive quite frankly. CSS is alive, possibly even HL2DM, but a single player game isn't really something that can die IMO. But yea I see what you're saying. I personally have moved from CSS to BF2 for the most part, other than clan matches etc..

I think GW was ruined when all farming was eliminated completely, the addition of rune traders completely screwed the economy. Runes that were worth 80,000gp 24 hours before were now going for 136gp..

As far as using Xfire to judge it, every gamer I know uses it, and it just hit 2 million i believe? It is a good way to judge the most popular games, beacause for every GW player that doesnt use xfire, the same goes for CSS and WoW, so it evens out.

Also, for more fun picking on little warriors, Unyielding Aura > Vengeance. I used to use vengeance when people would piss me off, but quite frankly Unyielding Aura became my personal favorite, you choose when to let them die, rather than just 30 seconds later. Yea! Go attack those Jade Bows! We're right behind ya!

 

[Cole]

ANET

I love ArenaNet..why?
Some of Blizzards best minds started that studio.
Same with Flagship Studios.

 

[The Dark Elf]

I don't consider HL2 to have ever been alive quite frankly. CSS is alive, possibly even HL2DM, but a single player game isn't really something that can die IMO. But yea I see what you're saying. I personally have moved from CSS to BF2 for the most part, other than clan matches etc..

BF2 seems like fun.. but I'm a typical fan of Battlefront instead (hey its star wars, no contest haha)

I think GW was ruined when all farming was eliminated completely, the addition of rune traders completely screwed the economy. Runes that were worth 80,000gp 24 hours before were now going for 136gp..

Oh the farming hasn't been eliminated, they just had to deal with those bots that were ruining things for everyone. Granted they still allow the bots to farm Riverside but its to keep an eye on them and watch for changes so they can adjust the system better. Granted at first they royally nerfed everything but its improved a lot now, your almost always going to get decent gold drops in many area's now. Plenty of purple and blue aswell. ANET have recently gone on record thanks to the frog in Lion's Arch that honest farming (ie: not bots/hacks) is entirely acceptable and they wont stop anyone doing it. A friend goes off to farm the griffon's and mino's outside of Augury Rock and has made around 200k from it. Only times the drops are effected is if you do it 10/15 times in a row without a break or don't switch to another area for an hour or so, but the cash itself keeps dropping.

Also the stupid prices things ended up has FINALLY been fixed (and it was so funny the way they did it) first they dropped the prices to the defaults, so ecto and obsidian shards were dirt cheap. Along with black dye. While increases the merchant prices for buying black dye to something like 25k a bottle briefly. So people rushed to buy all the stocks thinking they'd make a fortune from them. They did for a few days, ANET lulling them into a false sense of security - then they dropped the prices again, people rushed, but the prices didn't change. So you had all these people who were grabbing the items to sell to others for crazy amounts, only to find now that the merchants were selling for cheap. Though yeah black dye is still around 8k, maybe gone up a little but it for a long while hovered around 8k, and the prices for runes have all been capped now too, superior vigor still being a lot but well within the price range of anyone who puts a little effort into the game now, nothing as bad as it used to be. It's the gemstones that are going up in price now since everyone assumes they'll be used for the new armor (hasn't been confirmed though) and minotaur horns for trading in for ele gloves to expert salvage into rare crafting items. So people are paying crazy amounts for horns

I think they've also fixed the out of stock problem, or are about to.

Also, for more fun picking on little warriors, Unyielding Aura > Vengeance. I used to use vengeance when people would piss me off, but quite frankly Unyielding Aura became my personal favorite, you choose when to let them die, rather than just 30 seconds later. Yea! Go attack those Jade Bows! We're right behind ya!

lol

I'd use that, but couldn't bring myself to drop another elite, though sure is tempting... *grins and goes off to swap skills*

 

[WhiteZero]

Plenty of "10 year old n00bs" can get their parents to use the credit card for WoW.
... or they can goto a local gameshop and get a gamecard.

Theres just as many kiddes playing WoW then there are playing Guild Wars, if not more.
Not having a monthly feed wont really effect much.

 

[DreadLord]

I'd use that, but couldn't bring myself to drop another elite, though sure is tempting... *grins and goes off to swap skills*

Another good use for Unyielding Aura (if you're an ass like me) is to have a necro (preferably a buddy of yours) cast Death Nova on someone who you have Unyielding Aura cast on, then use them as a suicide bomber as they run into battle.

I might start playing again if everything is fixed, we'll see.

 

[Absinthe]

Great. I wait for over an hour to get into contact with Blizzard's billing support.

I am then told that the CD key that came with my PC Gamer trial is invalid and that somebody else is apparently using it. I'm asked if I perhaps purchased a tampered product and I assured him that the magazine (along with the CD) were completely wrapped in plastic and they have been in my possesion since I bought it.

Throughout the course of this investigation, I have to repeat my CD key to him in code at least four times. Like "2-7-Niner-Whiskey-Foxtrot-5-9-Delta" and so forth.

I'm put on hold for another half an hour.

He comes back and says that he will contact somebody else for more information.

He then asks me if I ever considered purchasing a game card, to which I replied "What's the point of the trial then?".

He then said he'd call me back before the end of the day. That was at 3:00. It is now 9:00. Naturally, I detect bullshit.

It seems I will have to go through the arduous process again tomorrow.

/slightly off-topic rant

 

[DeusExMachina]

I just want a Panda.

 

[KoreBolteR]

ive never been intrested in wow tbh.