World of Warcraft Subscriber Count Still Sinking, Now at 10.3 Million

Loyal subscriber, to the very end. :)

Why would you say something like that? It's just kind of pathetic that you would blindly devote yourself to a game despite what direction it's going in or whether the content is enjoyable at all.

SW:TOR is coming out and I can tell you that it is amazing, and in my opinion by far a better game than WoW has ever been. I used to love WoW, but their lack of effort this year with Cata has been extremely disappointing. Why stay so blindly devoted when they seem to have become almost neglectful to their fans who they have quite obviously lost touch with.

Wow was alot of fun when it was tough to gain mounts, tier sets and lore was part of the game. Lick King & Northrend were the last exciting all new content that allowed raiders and solo players to obtain tier sets with hard work. Now you have to be a raider to obtain any form of tier set, but the dungeon finder & battleground finder have made leveling a joke which allows new players to reach end of game content in a week or two. Cataclysm was fun for 5 levels, but now players are looking for easier ways that have been provided by the developers to access end of game content & gear with little effort. The option to use dungeon & battlegrounds finder should have removed leveling and strictly provided to obtain better gear and a small chance for mounts. Having epic gear and mounts that others could not obtain easily was a huge part of the adventure which kept me wanting to come back and work my * off for months. The lore & challenge are gone. The fun was in learning the lore, achievements and obtaining epic gear & mounts with alot of hard work. Many seasoned players have left because the game has been made so easy and to see new players achieve gear and gold with little effort has made the game quite boring. What use to take months can be achieved in a matter of weeks or less. Archeology would have been great if questing and epic gear was part of the idea, but it was a complete boring failure. I found myself at the auction house simply buying much better items. Wow has become a social network in the end that lacks fun and adventure. The whole Panda class expansion is the straw that broke the camels back for me. Really guys??? I will use my (vote to kick) WOW to the curb and move on. All good things must end sometime. Thanks Blizzard for such a great game, but to bad poor development decisions have made the game come to an end for so many.

well obviously Pastwowfan they still enjoy the game. Swtor sucks - it's like playing wow with high ms and there's nothing you can do about it and (with it being an mmo) i think i saw one other person! End game is dull. But of course no one is allowed a different oppinion to you Pastwowfan.

I love wow, been playing since classic and it's still good. Didn't like tbc much but I enjoyed eye of the storm pvp for an hour a day or so and raided at night which kept me through. Wrath was the best imo, cata was too easy but enjoyable. Firelands was a fun raid in that it wasn't just the usual tactics.