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Comment on Making Gold on the New Server by Steve Cockroft

Steve Cockroft — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:29:47 +0000

Remeber to offload all your high end stuff a few days BEFORE Cataclysm. Things like Titansteel bars will be worth about 10% of what they cost now come November 12th. Good luck getting some more gold though.

Comment on The Great DKP Debate by That ain’t no rogue, boy… « Warcraft: The Weakly Grind

That ain’t no rogue, boy… « Warcraft: The Weakly Grind — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:31:56 +0000

[...] of ‘more dots’ and ‘-50 dkp’ (a bit close to the bone when you remeber this)) I decided I was on a roll and when they said lets go for a Trial of the Crusader 10 player event [...]

Comment on The Great DKP Debate by arleff

arleff — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:01:32 +0000

A good attempt, but no bonus points for you!
The esteemed rogues of the guild remain blameless – this time at least.

Comment on The Great DKP Debate by John Wolfe

John Wolfe — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:46:56 +0000

In my experience with people who push and manipulate more than their boundaries allow, his class has got to be a Rogue.

I was tempted to say Pally but Rogues in guilds past have been most problematic to me.

Comment on Celestial bankroll? by arleff

arleff — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:17:34 +0000

Very true, a minority have purchased a vanity item and the figure of 140,000 is based on 1 weeks sales which will increase over time. I expect demand will drop off fairly quickly thereafter, but a total sale of 250,000 does not seem out of the question.
If that’s for a vanity item how many people would pay for something thay can actually use in game?
Yup, my last line makes it look like I’m suggesting 140,000 is a majority. That’s not what I meant. Just that I may be in a minority of people who wouldn’t buy anything be it vanity pet or in-game useful item. Not out of some form of moral position, I’m just too damned mean!
In the end its not really about what percenatge of player base do this or do that. It’s about the revenue and profit. Even on current sales figures and allowing for taxes and R&D costs, the two items for sale just now must have added a cool $2m straight onto the bottom line and that figure is just too big for Blizzard to ignore as an ongoing revenue stream. They have also created the pay-for-item precedent without any major grief from the player base and that’s got to be worth far more in the long run.

Comment on Celestial bankroll? by John Burton

John Burton — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:59:52 +0000

140,000 is very far from a majority of people. If we assume 3 million accounts which is less than blizzard claim then it’s a little over 4% of players bought one.

Comment on WoW – MMORPG or just MMO? by Yarral

Yarral — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:39:18 +0000

Wow seems to be going the reverse direction. Anything that slows down gameplay or “progress” is steadily being eliminated from the game. Everything is about streamlining the experience rather than adding flavour. I don’t like it one bit!

Comment on The Great DKP Debate by Yarral

Yarral — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:07:36 +0000

hehe don’t worry what you say, I won’t get upset

Comment on The Great DKP Debate by arleff

arleff — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:06:43 +0000

Sounds like a great blog idea. I could contribute to that one. Believe it not, I retain officer access in a very succesful raiding guild and I help them out with aspects of communication – oh the irony! I just don’t happen to play there anymore. A very nice bunch, even if they are Alliance and allow in gnomes.

Comment on The Great DKP Debate by arleff

arleff — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:59:33 +0000

Of course when one of your own guild officers reads your blog its delicate grounds