'I don’t need a sword dangled in my face to make me want to kill a boss 50 times in hopes of getting a drop' 'First off don’t forgot that in MMOs everyone wants to look cooler than the other guy and show off, or they want to look unique' Maybe its just me, but I feel you contradict yourself several times here. Allowing a month of playtime for GW2 is a smarter decision than having MOP release a week after GW2 for example. Although I do think they actually delayed the expansion a bit possibly due to GW2. WoW is smart and they do this on purpose. WoW has timed every major expansion and large content release with all of the other big MMO releases and expansions. I dont see an agenda here I just see Blizzard doing what they've always done. I dont think blizzards launch date for MOP was at influenced by GW2 release date which was only announced in June, MOP has been in closed beta since March of this year, looking back at all previous expansions they've all been in close beta for around 5 months before release, and when september rolls round that would be 5-6 months.

^^ good point and there is no doubt the ball was in blizzards court for the decision, Arena knew what wow was capable of and they actually pulled a fast one here getting thier release off first, they don't go first and people just get wrapped up in mists, they go first and people get a chance to check it out, at least the box sales were higher than if they released second. Originally posted by expresso Originally posted by Rockniss

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