Now, obviously I love WoW and Blizzard as a company. I’ve been playing for many many years and supporting Blizzard, but when a company like Riot says they are working on an MMO. It seems like Blizzard should be worried. Their games are much more successful and there is a lot more money and love going into development compared to Blizzard in the last few years.
Valorant and LoL are vastly more popular than Overwatch or HoTs, it is not fair to compare them but people always draw parallels between these games.
This is not a Blizzard hate thread. This is just a discussion on what you think the implications of this inevitable Riot MMO will have on WoW? What if it really does blow WoW outa the water?
What do you guys think of a Riot MMO based in the world of the LoL franchise?
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I think Riots new mmo will kill WoW, yes. Just like I think every other WoW killer killed WoW.
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If it’s full of the kind of people who play LoL it’ll be a toxic wasteland.
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Probably not. It’s sort of a tough market to crack.
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the only wow killer is itself. wow has become to much apart of the gaming culture as a whole.
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The only WoW killer is WoW.
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I think the MMO market as a whole is flooded and I will be surprised if the riot MMO ever gets released
Realistically, Blizz will release at least 1 more x-pack (if not 2) before the riot MMO is finished…So if it Riot doesn’t instantly kill its 20 year old competitor, it should be ashamed
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Another “Chicken Little” thread . . . ?
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Nothing will kill WOW except WOW and its developers. They are on a divide the playerbase and conquer strategy. First with shards and layers. Next was Chromie Time. And now with their Classic Server setup. Eventually, they will have the population so separated that they can kill us off easily.
As for the “LOL MMO”, I know absolutely nothing about it or LOL. I really have no interest in learning at this time.
(btw: this is a mixture of reality and sarcasm. just in case someone really needs to know this.)
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Hopefully it’s a great game and we all love it.
But at this point asking “will x kill WoW” is a bit like asking “will x kill Dungeons and Dragons.”
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WoW is the only one that has put a dent in WoW. The type of people interested in playing a Riot MMO may not be those interested in WoW. It also depends on how it plays; will it be PvP focused, will it be PvE focused, will it have boring playable races, how will the classes play, will it be like standard MMOs or will it be a different breed all together?
Name and company alone isn’t going to kill WoW. That said, will WoW survive until the Riot MMO comes out? It’s doing a fantastic job cannibalizing itself by putting it into direct competition with itself (yes, I know it’s on the same sub, but still).
So it’s less “Will Riot’s MMO kill WoW?” and more “Will WoW still be around when it comes out?”
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I think it will be a good game when it comes out in 2035.
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I look forward to just buying gear straight from the in-game store. Time savers you know.
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Nope I don’t care either way. I don’t think I could ever quit wow but I like making topics for discussion. Do you want the sky to fall?
A little more competition might actually force WoW to become better.
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If you don’t mind supporting the CCP. riot is more or less owned by tencent
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Blizzard would never side with the CCP :^)
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Oh I know. The whole stop AAPI hate from them was funny. Especially after blitzchung
Probably not.
I don’t have much of an interest in it, it’s probably going to be full of ‘monster girls’ and that’d just lame.
WoW will kill itself. Riots game just won’t have the history/nostalgia WoW brings a lot with it.
So no, I think there’s even less chance of a game killing wow now than before