The ominous yellow text appears on the screen and every player in Tanaris suddenly has their heart stop: Server shutdown: 15 minutes. War cries fill the chat box, “PUSH!!!” “We can do this!” “Focus your targets!” Our adrenaline pumps, cooldowns fire, and it is this point in time I realise exactly what this pre-patch is setting us up for. Players [...]
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Many MMO fans have been eagerly discussing the pro’s and con’s of legacy servers and the differences in gaming experiences offered between newer versions of the games. With all the discussion going on I felt it high time to hit the keyboard and start on some of my favourite MMO’s from scratch and compare the experiences. Recently I went back to [...]
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“MMO’s are dead,” My obnoxious friend spat at me. “Why would anyone still be paying money for that garbage.” Our conversation had drifted onto the falling subscriber rates after I foolishly mentioned my return to World of Warcraft in light of the new expansion and movie. My response was simple, “You played when there was only a player base of [...]
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