Back in EverQuest, the raid leader had banned all mage pets because they tended to push bosses into walls. The mages were not amused.
Aion: Next WoW killer? Caliga thinks Aion might take that coveted #2 spot of ranked subscription-based MMOs right behind World of Warcraft with a final tally of 800,000 players. He’s forgetting that WoW players always return to WoW. Always. My own prediction? 200,000 six months in because A) it’s a WoW-like, and B) it isn’t WoW.
The subscription-based MMO currently in that second position? According to XFire, it’s EVE Online. New games aren’t competing against WoW. They are competing against a game that is NOTHING like WoW. Will Aion lure people from EVE Online? I doubt it. But hey, maybe CCP will be taking their unique space game to ground with their mysterious new Dust 514 game…
Werit, btw, re-subbed to WoW (but only for a month!) to check out the battleground xp added with the latest patch. Is it a good place to level? Werit concludes, not so much. But will it get twinks off the BGs?
Mr. Anderson of Juxtaposed Life wonders about Blizzard’s priest math. If Healer A and Healer B are meant to be able to heal just as well, but Healer B can do it using only half the spells, and also tank, nuke, fly, breathe underwater and do dps, then just what is the advantage of playing Healer A again?
And via the Ancient Gaming N00b, Lore Sjöberg’s generic MMO exit survey. They want you back. Really. Unless you’re a big macrame fan, anyway.
Is that enough WoW news? Let’s move on.
Beau Turkey, sensing with his spider senses a gap in the world of gaming social networks with GAX Online’s shuttering, is thinking about starting one of his own, with moderation to deflect off topic posts. For me, Google Reader does a good enough job of collecting all the blog posts I want to read :)
Sean Emeraldweaver of Modern Automagic wants people to know the difference between a noon and a n00b, Wizard 101-style. (You’re welcome, Sean!)
“Second Skin: Losers in Basements” is available for your viewing pleasure at SnagFilms and Hulu for this coming week. Am I being unfair to a film I haven’t seen all the way through?
I’ve only seen ten minutes of it so far, and it makes me feel awful about myself, so there you go.
Added: I almost forgot until reminded by Scopique on Twitter: This is a Champions Online beta preview weekend! I’m eager to see how the game has improved since the last time I was able to play. I hope the servers stay up this time.