It hilarious actually, Amazon web services is one of the biggest server farms in the world, they offers servers for Facebook .
These guys have so much money and tech , they should feel embarrassed 
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He means Chores as in âi donât find this funâ⌠which is entirely subjective on what he (as well we) find fun.
Gathering, Skinning, Mining and so on, can be made to be fun. Heck, if you really want to, you can make an entire game out of 3 of those things and flesh them out a bit. I think what heâs referring to those things that those things are more fleshed out then just clicking on them⌠At least thatâs what i think heâs trying to say, because looking at some of the gathering in New World via gameplay videos and such, it doesnât look that much different from clicking and waiting for a few in WoW 2004.
For a game that taut crafting as the focus, iâm surprised the gathering bit is⌠basic.
You canât really make any calls on how popular New World is for at least 3 months. Its a launch title so if it didnât do well that would be more telling.
If I had a dollar for every time Iâve heard that over the years⌠
âŚand another for every time I heard âBut this time itâs for real!â
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Wow died at its conception according to Forums and here we are 
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Yes I can New World has that prefect wonderment that WoW had for me when I started to play back in 2008âŚcrafting âŚcookingâŚminingâŚlumberingâŚherbingâŚits so much better then WoWâŚthe sounds you hearâŚturkeys gobble at you when you run near themâŚelks bellow if you get too close âŚcows moo at you âŚBison snort at youâŚnone of that is in WoWâŚthe wonderment is totally off the chart right now.
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All successful MMOs have long Que times. Think itâs a prerequisite. Itâs funny cause people forget that, then complain that everyone wants to play. They have been doing an great job at handling it so far.
Totally agree, the more I play the more Iâm like this is a great game! Really great MMO immersion. It has a lot of elements that just make you keep going back for more. WoW needs to do more than just rehash and funnel ppl into M+ and instances. We want content not repeat dungeons/instances.
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I think basing any opinion on 1 week of a game coming out is a crazy thing to do. Doesnât really serve any purpose either. They made 40m bucks on game sales. WoW makes that every 2 years times 3-5. So what? Lets see if they can actually retain players.
Also, considering WoWâs age, is it really surprising this is finally happening? People have said this for the last 15 years. Hasnât happened. Will it this time? Guess weâll see.
They are definitely here. Just because they donât post doesnât mean community outcry isnât being heard.
If they werenât here we wouldnât have blue posts and additions of things people asked for.
Yes, they do. But dropping to the #3 spot isnât sustainable. Iâm not defending Blizzard here but the facts are the facts. Unless itâs a long-term #3, theyâre not going to care.
Wonderment doesnât mean it will have the staying power. There have been plenty of MMOs that had good starts but dropped off once people decided the long term gameplay loop wasnât fun. While the world is a fresh experience to explore is a terrible time to say if it will appeal in the long term.
Exploring Zandalar and Kulâtiras was fun for example but that didnât make the rest of BFA good.
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Itâs a 17 year old game. I think itâs you that needs to figure out WoWâs identity and realize that at some point, a 17 year old game can only reinvent itself so many times before it just accepts itâs fate. Acting like itâs Madonna or something.
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Except they donât read the forums so all your doing is projecting like usual. All you do is annoy us and make yourself look dumb. You seek attention thatâs how we know you arenât of age to be retired, and you already copped to 80 hours this week so go ask mommy and daddy upstairs for some attention for a change.
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Please explain the difference between spending hours chopping down trees vs spending hours chopping down mobs.
Anyway, the measure of success of a game is not in the first few days, or even weeks, but after a few months. I remember the initial success of AoC way back when, another corpse littering the onward march of WoW.
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Iâm not a fan of New World myself. I played during the beta. Itâs very very grindy. Professions are poorly balanced, and the pvp is super floaty. =/
Thereâs too much emphasis on min-maxing. You have to get gear with extra % in finding rare materials when you gather. YOU HAVE TO, itâs not a bonus if you have these things. If you donât have these items, you arenât getting are any of the uncommon crafting materials. lol
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You can chop down the tress faster since Blizzard canât hamstring your chopping speed by nerfing your stats into oblivion, then scaling content based off your current tool ilvl.
People like to say this -----
Final fantasy is great !
New World is great !
Wow is dead !
And yet here those same people are 
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Which records are they breaking? I mean, I know who HOLDS those records, but I donât see them breaking any.
https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/08/world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-breaks-record-for-biggest-pc-game-launch/
I didnât spend 50 hours this week doing my ACTUAL profession. The one that pays me money. Well now I just feel sorry for you. 
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go play the pos then.
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Iâve been playing NW non stop the last few days and I think it is safe to say the popularity is not going to last.
The crafting is far too tedious and time consuming.
You only have 3 skills to use in combat, I guess 6 if you count weapon swapping.
The only enemies in the entire game are forest wildlife and zombies.
The questing is even more boring and monotonous than WoW.
PvP focus that encourages you to not pvp. An opposing faction threw an area my faction controlled into conflict by actively avoiding pvp and just doing the pvp related quests over and over.
If you need to cross a river or lake, you walk to the bottom like the ghosts from the first pirates of the Caribbean movie. There is no swimming or swim animations at all.
Some crafting materials can only be found in very specific locations and in small amounts and can be difficult to procure. It took me literal hours to find enough saltpeter to be able to craft a substantial amount of gunpowder to then be able to craft ammunition.
Probably the most glaring issue is how poorly optimized it is and how badly it runs on a range of PCs.
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