[citation][nom]smakadopolis[/nom]Is this where we post our useless, negative comments to try to be cool kids?It isn't? Oh okay.If I could downvote you goons more than once, I would.On topic:My hour or so of MOP was fairly enjoyable. I'm somewhat fired up to get geared up and attempt time runs and some of the other new features. The clusters of people are a bit annoying, but that always thins out and is just what happens with new content. I'd rather see too many people than none at all, right?[/citation]
What about useless positive comments that completely ignore the real problems Blizzard has with WoW?
Let's see, want to know why the Horde attack Theramore? Well, you won't experience it in game, you have to read the novel. Sort of reminiscent of how they never explained Varian's return in game, though they promised to, but you had to read about it in the comics.
And in this day and age of lawsuits for patent and copyright infringement, wonder how long Nintendo will take to sue over the incredibly Pokemon like pet battles.
Problem Blizzard has is Burning Crusade was the only expansion that ever gained subscribers at launch. Wrath stayed stagnant until that xpac launched in China in summer 2010, and was quickly rejected there. Cataclysm cost WoW 25% of it's subscriber base. If neither Arthas or Neltharion, two of Warcraft's most popular lore characters, can't grow WoW, something that started off as an April Fool's day joke sure isn't. And for those who will inevitably scream that Pandarens were in lore first, here is an article where Samwise, who created the panda drawing for his daughter originally, talks about how indeed they started in Warcraft as a joke.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/03/know-your-lore-the-pandaren/