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Reply #175 on: November 16, 2013, 10:26:49 AM

And that is the lulziest thing of all.

I still would've loved to hear that conversation go down. "Hey guys.. know how you're our rockstars.  Yeah, you produced shit that isn't viable in today's market, back to WoW"

"But we let that flounder because this was IT"

"Well, now it's shit.  Sorry, bye!"

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Reply #176 on: November 16, 2013, 11:41:14 AM

Take a look at those online 2012 & 2013 numbers again, Paelos.  Ohhhhh, I see.

I don't see what you mean. I'm referring to the Shareholder Summary Report for Q3 which details the online subscription revenue platform.

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Reply #177 on: November 16, 2013, 03:14:23 PM

I don't think the revamp can be construed as anything but a waste of time now, though. Not only are they letting people skip the content with a main, but with all the xp enhancements, I don't think there's a way you can make it through an entire zone anymore without wasting time on underleveled quests.

I mean if the back end of every zone is unnecessary now, and the fact there's several of those zones, the amount of manhours that could have actually gone into keeping customers with current content is just mind-boggling.

Speaking selfishly, the revamped leveling content was the most fun I had in Cataclysm.

And I suspect that, unless they flat out allow anyone to roll as may level 90s as they want with no restrictions, more people will be seeing the revamped low level content than will be, say, grinding Firelands dailies or running level 85 Raids.  Not that the revamped content is flawless or anything, but it's WAY better than the vanilla quests were.
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Reply #178 on: November 16, 2013, 03:49:09 PM

Take a look at those online 2012 & 2013 numbers again, Paelos.  Ohhhhh, I see.

I don't see what you mean. I'm referring to the Shareholder Summary Report for Q3 which details the online subscription revenue platform.
http://investor.activision.com/results.cfm

Q3 2012 subscription/licensing/etc. income: 880m
Q3 2013 subscription (etc) income: 1,016m

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Reply #179 on: November 16, 2013, 06:17:02 PM

Uhh none of this WoW shit matters moneywise to them since Titan is about to go beta oh wait.
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Reply #180 on: November 16, 2013, 07:17:55 PM

I don't see how you can be a grown man and feel cool with being a WOW fanboy this day and age.
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Reply #181 on: November 16, 2013, 07:21:53 PM

I don't see how you can be a grown man and feel cool with being a WOW fanboy this day and age.

I know, it's almost like World of Warcraft won't make you cool AT ALL anymore!
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Reply #182 on: November 16, 2013, 09:04:11 PM

Take a look at those online 2012 & 2013 numbers again, Paelos.  Ohhhhh, I see.

I don't see what you mean. I'm referring to the Shareholder Summary Report for Q3 which details the online subscription revenue platform.
http://investor.activision.com/results.cfm

Q3 2012 subscription/licensing/etc. income: 880m
Q3 2013 subscription (etc) income: 1,016m

That's the difference between GAAP and non-GAAP. The one you're linking is the GAAP financials with all the income adjustments (ie someone paying for 6 months gets counted in every month, even though the money is collected in the prior year). Non-GAAP is the revenue sans deferrals.

Also just comparing Q3 (those three months) to the prior Q3? Blizzard revenues specifically fell by $132M or 32%.

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Reply #183 on: November 16, 2013, 09:13:30 PM

And I suspect that, unless they flat out allow anyone to roll as may level 90s as they want with no restrictions, more people will be seeing the revamped low level content than will be, say, grinding Firelands dailies or running level 85 Raids.  Not that the revamped content is flawless or anything, but it's WAY better than the vanilla quests were.

I don't disagree that the layout is much better than vanilla. But let's also consider the UI improvements that went into this as well. The quest tracking, the UI on the map, and the directions all were improved along with the zones themselves. Would they just have been better off by reworking a few zones instead of all zones, adding those UI features, and then actually spending time on making/balancing newer content? Or without the mass exodus of subs, do we never see features like LFR and flex mode because people just keep buying in. We'll never know I suppose.

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Reply #184 on: November 17, 2013, 02:47:00 AM

I don't see how you can be a grown man and feel cool with being a WOW fanboy this day and age.
How's the MMO fansite business going, Draegan?

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Reply #185 on: November 17, 2013, 04:13:13 AM

I don't see how you can be a grown man and feel cool with being a WOW fanboy this day and age.

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Reply #186 on: November 17, 2013, 07:14:31 AM

Draegan being a dick isn't really new or interesting.

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Reply #187 on: November 17, 2013, 07:46:34 AM

I don't mind being a dick, I mind it when a bloke is balls deep in another bloke and screaming 'Gays are awful'.

Excuse me, I am being arrested by the bad analogy police.

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Reply #188 on: November 17, 2013, 07:50:48 AM

I always enjoy an appropriate use of 'balls deep'

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Reply #189 on: November 17, 2013, 09:12:37 PM

I don't see how you can be a grown man and feel cool with being a WOW fanboy this day and age.
How's the MMO fansite business going, Draegan?

Going quite well thank you.

The rest of you taking me seriously is entertaining to say the least. And Paelos? Anyone on this site not being a dick is news worthy.  Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #190 on: November 18, 2013, 01:44:36 AM

I don't know about that.  The Mods are always nice and pleasant and helpful.

Be fair.

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Reply #191 on: November 18, 2013, 04:00:54 PM

Except me. I'm not. ZombieSigne

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Reply #192 on: November 18, 2013, 04:42:56 PM

Nah you're nice too. Admit it.  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

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Reply #193 on: November 18, 2013, 09:02:53 PM

And then Paelos was banned in an explosion of raw irony.
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Reply #194 on: November 21, 2013, 11:15:46 AM

« Last Edit: November 21, 2013, 11:33:34 AM by Simond »

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Reply #195 on: November 21, 2013, 03:09:31 PM

if it means anything when I was at Blizzcon it was super obvious that Metzen was high out of his mind the entire time

But that Captain's salami tray was tight, yo. You plump for the roast pork loin, dogg?

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Reply #196 on: November 21, 2013, 03:37:20 PM

if it means anything when I was at Blizzcon it was super obvious that Metzen was high out of his mind the entire time

So like any Blizzcon then.  why so serious?

There was one year where he had the most obvious case of cottonmouth in the history of the universe.

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Reply #197 on: November 21, 2013, 04:43:17 PM

So spines, shoulders and legs rotted through but tits, ass and lips perfect and pert.

Somethings never change.
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Reply #198 on: November 21, 2013, 04:45:11 PM

So spines, shoulders and legs rotted through but tits, ass and lips perfect and pert.

Somethings never change.

Glad I wasn't the only one who immediately noticed that. Undead asses you can bounce a silver off of.

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Reply #199 on: November 21, 2013, 05:31:24 PM

The bra was the first thing that made me go  swamp poop because that's not ... that's not how bras work.

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Reply #200 on: November 21, 2013, 05:45:08 PM

Clearly there are hooks on her exposed spine.  rolleyes

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Reply #201 on: November 21, 2013, 06:05:14 PM

The bra was the first thing that made me go  swamp poop because that's not ... that's not how bras work.

Actually the bra has bolts on the back if you look closely.

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Reply #202 on: November 21, 2013, 08:48:35 PM

So spines, shoulders and legs rotted through but tits, ass and lips perfect and pert.

Sorry, but those are high wear areas of the body. Granted, the inside portion of the knee and elbow aren't but if they added the sacrum to the worn through bits you'd have pretty much all the spots that the elderly and bedridden people can have big problems with ulcers and friction.

Not saying they didn't make them sexualized but they're not nearly as off base with missing skin as you'd think.

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Reply #203 on: November 21, 2013, 11:54:06 PM

So spines, shoulders and legs rotted through but tits, ass and lips perfect and pert.

Somethings never change.

Glad I wasn't the only one who immediately noticed that. Undead asses you can bounce a silver off of.
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Reply #204 on: November 22, 2013, 01:17:03 AM

Shamelessly stolen from MMO Champ: Side by side comparisons of New VS Old models




It's actually pretty impressive how much of a difference just changing the textures makes.  Like in the definition shown with the ribs / neck area.  Plus the Hair looks amazing.

Still, holy shit, Dat Ass......

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Reply #205 on: November 22, 2013, 03:31:26 AM

From a forum post:
Seriously though, watching them roll out 10 main characters and having them all be men is disappointing. Maybe that works for the testosterone filled 18-24 male age group, but please remember that many of your players are women and men who appreciate a diversified story with actual female characters. Blizzard has always done a fair job of this, so the 10 main characters highlighted being all male felt very 2003 and out of touch for 2013. And frankly it's just boring to have the whole expansion be a sausage-festival.

Blizzard reply:
Valid concern and I can address that only a little right now, but it's worth noting that there are plans for some female characters as well. Historically the clan chiefs are all male, so I can see how with the announcement video that it looks very male heavy. But, there will be female characters that will have their time as well. I'm not going to say 50/50 or equal time since I'm not privy to the specifics right now and wouldn't want to spoil anything anyway, but I can say that the designers are working on it. I don't know how much was covered by Applecidermage when she spoke with quest designer Helen Cheng but from speaking to her (and she's someone that's been critical of this herself), she seemed pretty happy about what she's heard.

 Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #206 on: November 22, 2013, 06:39:37 AM

Metzen can't write a female character. This is pretty well established.

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Reply #207 on: November 22, 2013, 06:51:55 AM

Metzen can't write a female character. This is pretty well established.
To be fair, Metzen can't write like... anything.

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Reply #208 on: November 22, 2013, 07:12:17 AM

It's not like I don't agree with the lack of good female characters, but why is this suddenly an issue? How many prominent female characters are there in WoW?
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Reply #209 on: November 22, 2013, 07:29:24 AM

It's not like I don't agree with the lack of good female characters, but why is this suddenly an issue? How many prominent female characters are there in WoW?

It's not suddenly an issue. It's suddenly that it's vocalized enough that you're hearing it.

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