PC Games Article "Players Will Kill WoW"

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I came across a random article today on PCGamesn titled “Players will kill WoW, and the Plunderstorm backlash proves it” which I found somewhat interesting.

The writer, Lauren Bergin, basically says (and these are not her exact words) that Plunderstorm is an amazing addition to dragonflight which has otherwise been stagnant without it and that everyone complaining when they try something new is what’s going to ruin and eventually kill the game.

Also that so and so famous streamer thinks the community is trash for complaining? Not sure why she threw that in at the end but okay?

You can read her actual full article here:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/world-of-warcraft/wow-plunderstorm-backlash

So what do you think? Is this community unfairly against all new change? Are we keeping the game stagnant?

Personally I think it’s a resounding, heck no!

Even here on the forums, aka, “The Negativity Cesspool” as its often not so affectionately reffered to… we saw tons of positive feedback about the addition of dynamic flight, for example. That was new and most people still liked it. Sure there was complaining too, and some of it fair, but the point is, most people liked it.

I think calling the forums always negative, as if its some unanimous, angry hivemind is silly. Whether the majority is for or against something, its never in complete agreement on anything, but on the whole there are always positive voices in the mix.

Also, how could players kill the game unless blizz lets them? Which they won’t… obviously!

Blizz will always keep trying new things. Look at warbands and delves? And these shiny new things come because of forum feedback, not in spite of it.

What do you think?

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Nope, players definitely want new things, including things that are only new in the sense that it’s the first time they’ve been seen in WoW. This just wasn’t a very great effort.

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I think I’ll just put it with all the rest of the “X will kill WoW” posts/articles.

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You do know a lot of gaming companies pay (gaming magazines/web publications) to write articles… yes?

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I think i hated on plunderstorm for what i thought we should have got instead, instead of hating plunderstorm for what it actually is.
So there is some credit to give there.

Having said that, its still not that great a game mode and blizzard did make a lot of mistakes with it.

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Should read their whole post. They make a case against the article and certainly aren’t saying it’s right.

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I think so too! It’s so weird someone would try to suggest otherwise.

I mean, yea, people dislike plunderstorm but that’s not cause its new, its because for a lot of people its not fun and a failed opportunity. Being new has nothing to do with it really!

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One of the drawbacks of being on a mobile phone, I don’t feel like scrolling that much.

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Oh also i should mention delves.

Theyre a new feature coming in tww and im stoked for them.

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All good just didn’t want a flame war to start over a misunderstanding.

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You do expect that from disgruntled gamers, and maybe streamers, but a professional journalist? Strange times we are living in if this is what passes for a good thought piece these days! :upside_down_face:

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something tells me shes on of the forum goers lmao. no one else is complaining this bad but ppl on the forums. her posts almost even writes like some folks here. players are actually liking the game and its a limited time. ppl just like to complain here. ngl im shocked they even did this much considerin we have the same dumb events for 20 yrs now.

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Absolute truth!

I’m happy for the people who do like it, but blaming the other people for being negative as an excuse to ignore them, instead of considering “Hey maybe we could make this fun for even more people if we tweak it and add a few things…”, I think is what is actually detrimental to the game.

Not all negative feedback is bad. Not all positive feedback is good or useful too. Life is just not that simple. :upside_down_face:

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If someone enjoys Plunderstorm, fine. But please do not keep saying it is ‘trying something new’ !!!

There is nothing new about it except it has a Wow ‘skin’ over a game mode that has already been done better many many many times, for years!

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Since you still have to pay month after month and expansion after expansion for this game, not to mention all the store stuff, it’s the players’ right to express criticism.

The marketing around Plunderstorm was simply catastrophic. If the devs had been open from the start and hadn’t put it on the roadmap as a patch for Retail, because it’s not a patch, and especially if they hadn’t made unnecessary secrecy about it, then it would certainly have been better received. As it stands, however, it’s understandable that many feel deceived.

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If the community had the ability to kill the game it would be dead. They dont. This reads like a biased over dramatic whine because people wont just fall in line with what i like. Its trash journalism and should be treated as such.

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I mean. I get what is being said.

A vocal group of players love to up the drama on things.

Just look at how people proclaim WoW has the worst community. It really doesn’t. And while the “toxic” things definitely take place, its not to the extent people say. And if you dont instantly agree, you will be marked and have personal attacks levied against you.

Sorta making the “toxic community” a self fulfilling prophecy.

A small vocal portion of the community does not want anyone to state they like anything about WoW.

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I think if I were a brand new player, I would not stick around long, and it would be because of the community, not Plunderstorm.

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This is the lesson I hope they learn. And it sucks because they burned any future attempts at secret no PTR WoW content with this mess. If they try this again it’ll be met with outrage and “here comes another Plunderstorm…”.

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Didn’t read the article, but absolutely. The community, and this forum and particular, has behaved like a bunch of children since Plunderstorm was announced, before they even tried it. The amount of second hand embarrassment I’ve felt this last week has been unreal. It really brought out the worst in our community.

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