tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post6233416459127924834..comments2023-09-15T05:54:48.691-07:00Comments on SERIAL GANKER: The end of the World (of Warcraft)sid67http://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-5571902729326882552008-09-20T10:14:00.000-07:002008-09-20T10:14:00.000-07:00Hi,and great welcome to all the members of this f...Hi,and great welcome to all the members of this forum and Great, watching your site and its a nice <BR/>topic about World of Warcraft.<BR/>--------------<BR/>smith<BR/><A HREF="http://www.wow-gold-price-list.com" REL="nofollow">wow gold </A>smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941130915130495204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-84958548084378413672008-07-11T12:40:00.000-07:002008-07-11T12:40:00.000-07:00For the sake of argument, let’s continue to use yo...For the sake of argument, let’s continue to use your numbers. Out of the 10 people, 50% can play WAR with no upgrades and an additional 20% will be capable of running WAR with at most a video card upgrade. Also consider that the remaining 30% could all play if they chose to purchase a moderately priced new computer (whereas with AoC you would need to purchase an expensive computer). I would say that making your product easily available to 70%+ of your market is pretty reasonable considering that the competition (Warcraft) is four years old.<BR/><BR/>One thing to keep in mind about the minimum system requirements I linked is that they are “unofficial” based on observations from the alpha. My thought is that these “minimum” requirements from users are closer to the truth than what might appear on the actual WAR box top. Alpha users simply aren’t going to consider 10-15 FPS as an acceptable “minimum” to play the game, so I expect they would provide something closer to 25-30 FPS as a minimum. PvP is best when you can get upwards of 60 FPS, but 25-30 is certainly still in a range that would allow you to compete.sid67https://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-70775384645075945552008-07-11T11:07:00.000-07:002008-07-11T11:07:00.000-07:00no, that's one cheap, one moderate, and one signif...no, that's one cheap, one moderate, and one significant upgrade. (cpu's are not cheap, nor easy for most people.)<BR/> <BR/>And that's for minimum. Again I keep wondering if minimum is going to be acceptable for a strongly PVP-driven game.<BR/><BR/>KirkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-59179527650165202642008-07-10T08:48:00.000-07:002008-07-10T08:48:00.000-07:00@Chappo: There are definitely pros and cons for E...@Chappo: There are definitely pros and cons for EA Mythic if WAR beats WoTLK to market. However, from a Blizzard perspective, an early WAR release is a horrible thing simply from the perspective that it provides opportunity to your competitor. It’s like leaving the door open to your chicken coop at night when you know there are coyotes in the area. A coyote might not come in, but that doesn’t mean it’s OK to leave the door open. <BR/><BR/>@Kirk: Those are great examples on falling a wee bit short on the minimum specs. As you say, 5 can play and three would need modest (but affordable) upgrades. That’s in stark contrast to Age of Conan which practically requires you to take out a home equity loan.sid67https://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-18016245368519471382008-07-09T19:49:00.000-07:002008-07-09T19:49:00.000-07:00re the specs... I know ten people playing (now or...re the specs... I know ten people playing (now or recently, counting myself) WoW. Of those, five could play War given the minimum specs.<BR/><BR/>Two are on Macs. The others are a wee bit short somewhere in the spec sheet - "dead" video (website rating); insufficient memory; slightly too slow processor.<BR/><BR/>Aaand, a point. Dead crawl on War, or decent performance with WoW? More relevant (and back to subjective perception), if a player is used to PVP with WoW at, oh, say 25 fps nominal, and jumps into WAR only to see 10 fps nominal, that is a HANDICAP for WAR.<BR/><BR/>PVP does not reward the "barely moving" computer.<BR/><BR/>KirkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-62815785042539869312008-07-09T19:10:00.000-07:002008-07-09T19:10:00.000-07:00A great post. Though I do not think that it is ess...A great post. Though I do not think that it is essential for WoTLK to come out before WAR. I think WAR could still benefit very well for it to come out second as the three or four months gives them some time to get the economy running, the community settled, parts of the games adjusted so that when the WoW players are beginning to look at WAR it will be even more polished, complete, and inviting then at release.Chappohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236383885476322791noreply@blogger.com