WoW Up to 10 Million Subscribers
This afternoon Blizzard released the subscribers count as of November 13, 2014. This is up 2.6 million from the Q3 2014 call that listed WoW at 7.4 million subscribers.

Warlords of Draenor has sold over 3.3 million copies so far, up from 1.5 million pre-ordered in August.

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Garrison Campaign Quests Active
Garrison Campaign quests are now active and the one you get each week appears to be random.

One option you may get is from Khadgar's Servant in your garrison, which sends you to Shadowmoon Valley for a short quest chain that rewards Sargerei Disguise (which is not a Toy).



Patch 6.0.3 Hotfixes - November 19
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts
  • Stables Level 2: Characters should now be immune to being dazed while riding their mounts.
  • The Forge Level 2: Solace of the Forge should now correctly only be usable while outdoors in Draenor.
  • Trading Post Level 2: Players should now be able to gain reputation with the Sha'tari Defense or Laughing Skull Orcs.
  • Outposts
    • Nagrand Tankworks: Wor'var Demolisher and Telaari Siege Engine now deals less damage against other players.

Classes
  • Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • General
      • Camouflage's stealth effect should now be reapplying correctly when the Hunter and their pet are stationary.
  • Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • Talents
      • Prismatic Crystal when conjured, should now correctly last for its full duration.
  • Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • General
      • Totemic Recall should now correctly refund the mana cost back when used.
    • Elemental
      • Earthquake can now only Stun a target once per cast.
  • Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator)
    • General
      • Resolved an issue where Glyph of Eye of Kilrogg was incorrectly allowing Eye of Kilrogg to fly while on Draenor.

Quests
  • Frostfire Ridge
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Tricks of the Trade: Characters that have undergone a faction change can now complete this quest if they had already completed it on the opposite faction.
  • Spires of Arak
    • Assault on Skettis: Increased the drop rates for Talon Key. Additionally, Apexis Sol-Mender, Glowing Energizer and, Stalwart Warden should no longer be getting stuck in evade mode.
    • [Requires a realm restart.] Bonus Objective: Bladefist Hold: Increased the spawn rates for Brood Mother Xylax, Bagdoth Goredrinker, and Val'dune Fleshcrafter.
    • Sol Sisters: Sol-Shaper Veoryx should no longer be getting stuck in evade mode.
  • Garrisons
    • Characters visiting someone else's Garrison should no longer be incorrectly seeing another player's daily quests.
    • Gladiator's Sanctum: Nemesis quests should no longer be incorrectly removed from the player's quest log if they log out while the building is under construction.
    • Goren Invasion!: Adjusted a number of spawn points so the invaders should no longer get stuck in Garrison buildings.
    • Scraps of Iron (Dwarven Bunker/War Mill): Completing the quest should no longer remove more Iron Horde Scraps than needed.

World Environment
  • Increased the number of situations where items and abilities slowing the player's falling speed could be used while in outdoor environments.

Creatures and NPCs
  • Graveltooth should now be using their inside voice to shout at players in the area instead of shouting at the entirety of Nagrand.

Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios
  • Reduced the item level requirement to queue for Normal difficulty Grimrail Depot, Shadowmoon Burial Grounds, The Everbloom, and Upper Blackrock Spire to 595 (down from 600).
  • Upper Blackrock Spire
    • Orebender Gor'ashan: Mobs from other parts of the Dungeon should no longer be joining the fight during the encounter.
  • Challenge Mode
    • Aviana's Feather should no longer be usable while in a Challenge Mode dungeon.
  • Proving Grounds
    • Statistics for Basic Healer (Endless) should no longer be incorrectly displaying under Basic Tank (Endless).

PvP
  • Increased the amount of players that can be in Ashran to 150.
  • [Requires a realm restart.] Primal Combatant PvP trinkets awarded from Gold Strongboxes should now contain stats that are more appropriate for the character's specialization.
  • Primal PvP trinkets should now be eligible to grant players the Gladiator's Distinction set bonus.
  • Primal Honor PvP gear should now correctly have a set bonus.

Items
  • Gnomish Net Launcher now has a level 91 requirement to equip and provides a more appropriate bonus to Versatility.
  • Invisibility Field's effect is now on a shared cooldown with other invisibility effects.

Bug Fixes
  • Resolved an issue where Draenor Perks for characters may sometimes not be saving correctly.

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This article was originally published in forum thread: WoW Up to 10 Million Subscribers started by chaud View original post
Comments 442 Comments
  1. Tehterokkar's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Blitzo View Post
    The Timesquare ad probably also brought a lot of attention.

    To be honest, the marketing team is probably the reason for the MASSIVE jump.
    That and the fact that the cinematics they made probably got a lot of people to remember WC 1 & 2 since we haven't had much of the Draenor lore before this. Plus all around this expansion is amazing and the detail they put into stuff is very incredible(have you explored the insides of little houses? Everything is decorated with high res objects).
  1. mmoc19ee780deb's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Paulosio View Post
    Same as when Mists launched. Wonder if it will have better player retention this time.
    Explain me how a 900k jump in 3 months is the same as a 2.6 million jump in less than 2 months?
  1. mmoca0dbd288a6's Avatar
    Alright, now I believe it when they say they weren't prepared for this.
  1. Nachturnal's Avatar
    BUT....BUT... SWTOR AND WILDSTAR WERE SUPPOSED TO KILL WOW! How is... this.. possible...? They promised to kill WoW... Too...stronk....
  1. melkesjokolade's Avatar
    wow blizzard did a good job ahahah, nice..
  1. mmocc02219cc8b's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MihaiKrieger View Post
    #wowisdying
    Soon™.

    Quote Originally Posted by AbsolutVodka View Post
    BUT....BUT... SWTOR AND WILDSTAR WERE SUPPOSED TO KILL WOW!
    Very soon™.
  1. Peacemoon's Avatar
    The no-flying really scared people away.
  1. Solomodex's Avatar
    Well, guess that explains all the server hickups. holy crap. WoD is an amazing expansion though, so well deserved blizzard!
  1. Osmeric's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Oranj View Post
    you know trial accounts count as subs right?
    No, we don't know that, because you are incorrect.
  1. Xjev's Avatar
    I think this is another reason Titan was ditched
  1. tiporispit's Avatar
    Umm... so, they have 7 million subscribers... they sell 3 million copies of WoD and they suddenly have 10 million subscribers. That means one of two things.

    A. None of the current 7 million subscribers bought WoD.
    B. Current subscribers upgraded and 3 million people returned to play MoP.

    Think about it. I'm calling bullshit.
  1. Buttonmasher's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by StationaryHawk View Post
    I think they probably meant server queue times.
    Yeah I just realised that. Oop
  1. Grym's Avatar
    Just wondering though.

    "Warlords of Draenor has sold over 3.3 million copies so far"

    So the other 6.7million players are not playing WoD?
  1. Zka's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by tiporispit View Post
    Umm... so, they have 7 million subscribers... they sell 3 million copies of WoD and they suddenly have 10 million subscribers. That means one of two things.

    A. None of the current 7 million subscribers bought WoD.
    B. Current subscribers upgraded and 3 million people returned to play MoP.

    Think about it. I'm calling bullshit.
    Do you think we have all the statistics? Do you think all 10 millions already have WoD? Noone said they all have it...
  1. link_991's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Oranj View Post
    you know trial accounts count as subs right?
    If they did then subs would've dropped after they upgraded a bunch of trial accounts to full ones
  1. mmoc5b249aa738's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Faithshield View Post
    The no-flying really scared people away.
    quite the opposite. flying sucks!
  1. Masqerader's Avatar
    Inflated numbers.. it won't last..
  1. Xjev's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Grym View Post
    Just wondering though.

    "Warlords of Draenor has sold over 3.3 million copies so far"

    So the other 6.7million players are not playing WoD?
    This is actually alarming lol but I think many have subs up but have not upgraded yet and would do it during weekend or something
  1. ewokgangbang's Avatar
    its still less than half the players League of Legends has, no reason to get excited ladies
  1. chaud's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by tiporispit View Post
    Umm... so, they have 7 million subscribers... they sell 3 million copies of WoD and they suddenly have 10 million subscribers. That means one of two things.

    A. None of the current 7 million subscribers bought WoD.
    B. Current subscribers upgraded and 3 million people returned to play MoP.

    Think about it. I'm calling bullshit.
    Players in Asia don't have to buy expansions IIRC.

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