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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 7:31PM einhanderkiller said

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The subscriber number dropped to 300,000.

I believe it was around 1,000,000 around the launch period.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 8:07PM LaughingTarget said

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That's 300,000 solid subscribers to build on. Even WoW had a huge drop after the free month wore out.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 8:34PM GreyFox said

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That is true there was a drop but WAR actually had a increase in player count in November up to 800k but then to drop to 300k only 2 months later is staggering. However for someone who played the game and got sick of it's lack of balance, frame rate issues and grind happy end game I can tell you it is no surprise to me.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 10:49PM SirUrza said

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Hence why EA's fired so many Mythic employees.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 7:46PM (Unverified) said

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Ouch...

Wonder how long WoW will dominate the competition.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 7:55PM wcanyon said

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Seems to me they're doing pretty damn good, all things considered.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 8:17PM (Unverified) said

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40 Bullies for every 1 weakling means that the bullies would not have enough weaklings to wedgie, so unless arthritis comes from non-wedgie-action, I think your logic is off.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 8:37PM In A World said

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[Wedgie attempt failed.]
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 8:19PM (Unverified) said

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600k in sept. to 300k in jan isn't bad, speaking that a lot of people are probably going to come back once the patches start rolling again.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 10:49PM SirUrza said

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Doubt that especially since EA is canning so many Mythic employees.. WAR lead designers included. Should there be a sudden influx of users.. quite frankly, I don't think they're capable of handling it since they already got rid of the CS team.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 12:01AM (Unverified) said

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No doomsaying, no one likes doomsayers.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 8:35PM Azazel28 said

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300,000 is a great number to build up with. There is no way they should not be at 1 million solid subscribes in the next year or so. With new content, additions, and an expansion they should grab more attention. WAR is the best MMO since WoW. The UI, content, and unique classes offer enough variety that it does not feel the same. It is a very polished MMO, compared to most of the MMO launches in 2008. WAR deserves better and it will get better.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 9:01PM (Unverified) said

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Deceiving: the headline of the article implies that the WAR user base is increasing, while it is in fact dropping at what some would call an alarming rate -- it shrunk from about twice this figure in early November to 300k by the end of December. Ouch?
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 10:06PM cowthulhu said

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Frankly with WotLK being a bit of a bore, I won't be surprised if folks come back when WAR announces the new patch.
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Posted: Feb 4th 2009 11:17PM dogmaticatheist said

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Obviously WAR, while having some interesting new ideas, hasn't differentiated itself from WoW enough to make players switch. I'd be interesting to see LOTRO subscriber numbers as well. Both of these games have some interesting differentiating ideas, but at the end of the day they play almost identically to WoW and therefore don't really stand out on their own.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 2:26AM SocialDefect said

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From what I remember, that 800k number was "Characters" not subscribers from last year when it was announced.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 8:36AM (Unverified) said

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This is not good for Mythic at all, it is behind AoC in subscribers. FunCom said AoC had 460k at last count even with all of its problems. Dogmaticatheist, LotRO was boasting over 1 million subscribers and is still seeing growth too.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 6:42PM (Unverified) said

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Which is probably caused by the fact that Lotro has got this kick@ss subscribtion (lifetime for I thought about €200,-), in comparison to a monthly €15,-.
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