Originally Posted by
A Challenger!
All this "new WoW" crap I keep seeing is fucking hilarious. I don't know if people truly believe that there is some imaginary "pedestal" that people think that the top dog MMO sits on, or if its just a metaphor for WoW nerds to use to show how "amazing" their game is, regardless of what people believe it is, its true form is ignorance and stupidity at best.
MMO's go in cycles or phases, and WoW has had a decent run so far. First it was Ultima Online, then (I believe) Everquest had a good run, before Starwars Galaxies was either a decent contender to MMO's, or even on the same level of popularity as Everquest. Now? The new entry on the cycle is WoW, and WoW has done more things right, than wrong. WoW is a dangling hook three-fold. It is a great MMO that many haven't experienced before, with a company that isn't retarded when it comes to business practices like Sony is, and the way it plays, is like bait on the dangling hook for some of the "fish" in the games community.
Point is, WoW is both really good, and almost really bad at the same time, but no one has gone to the next phase in the MMO cycle because all the MMO's have been sub-par, or rushed in hopes of "contending" with this supposed MMO giant, and almost everyone in the WoW community will sooner die before they admit another MMO is good, while a good chunk of the rest will curse and kick as they subtly move to a new MMO that has been released.
So please. Stop with all this bullshit about WoW being top dog right now, because the ONLY reason that has lasted as long as it is is due to the two things stated above. Really, did you honestly expect Aion or Age of Conan to do well? Both were either rushed, or offered very little in terms of mechanics, game play, or community.
WoW will, for a very long time, be played and enjoyed, regardless of what new big MMO comes out, thats why its a cycle. WoW will keep most of its fanboys and lovers, and some few stragglers, while the rest will move on in the cycle to the next MMO that is well polished, had time taken on it, and is very enjoyable at release.