Quote Originally Posted by 'Osium',index.php?page=Thread&postID=35249#post352 49
Blizzard is also recognizing a market shift. In general the % of people playing online video games in a competitive manner is many many times larger than the people playing cooperatively. The fact they are putting more time into developing their competitive content reflects that they feel they can attract a larger customer base by catering to the competitive streak in people.
Damn the market for shifting thus. I personally have been a carebear since day 1, although my first 2 years of WoW were spent miserably being ganked by OP rogues on a PvP server (was playing priest/mage go figure). Personally, if blizzard is to keep my 60 bones/month they will need to balance the game for carebears like me. PvE servers are great for this, but not if the mechanics of the game are tweaked to favor a PvP environment.