Quote Originally Posted by TRoN View Post
Imo, this exodus has nothing to do with the follow thing. But the game is getting old... and when games gat old people don't like changes. People don't wan't more changes. Blizzard is still marketing WoW like it's fresh - another expansion, it gets fresh again - and that's not the reality. As someone said in this thread people are bored of WOW and there are some new (truely fresh) games appearing and people just moved on.

I really think WoW will never die but they must stop pretending it's a new title with fresh content because it's not. And let people play for free because they already had more than enough.

You certainly know there are still lots of servers where you can play vintage games (I have a friend that still plays Action Quake with regular clan battles). If those titles were permanently changed every six month due economic strategies or whatever, there would be noone still playing those games. Fans for life, the real fans, don't like changes. You don't change what's became history, you should not change things from the past! WoW will be played when it reaches this state. Until then, people will keep leaving and Blizzard will milk the cow up to the last drop.

One thing I noticed. Since the follow thing, I feel like I'm the only one (plus a few others) multiboxing WoW right now. I'm getting old too... LOL :P
For all people complained about dual lockouts and being able to binge grind your way to the badge gear, I think taking away those two things killed the fun that I got out of wow. With dual lockouts, people pugged lots of things all the time, and you (me anyway) really stayed in touch with your server and the community. LFR is so much easier than actually putting together a group, that everyone just does that instead, but its ultimately a much less satisfying experience and not one that keeps you coming back week after week.