The Devs need a much needed thanks!

[Thaciscokidd]

Two things about WoW... 1) it's remaining player-base isn't anywhere as near as large as some people seem to think it is and 2) A lot of those are proverbial "lifers" who the game gained during it's height because there was no competition and simply never left. Every MMO ever has a certain amount of the second, WoW just has more of them than usual because of the timing in gaming history. This is why I scoff every time people bring it up.

MMO population is like a Schrödinger's Cat situation. We can argue and speculate all day and night but we will never know unless we are told. Which I kinda prefer in all situations(Here and in WoW), I'd rather keep shareholders at arms length than having them freak out at a drop in subs that might lead to an overcorrection.

There are two potential big competitors, although one might be fairly niche. Ashes of Creation, and Riot's new MMO. We'll have to wait and see how they go.

Ashes always seems like Star Citizen to me. I'll believe it when I see an actual playable copy. But Riot's has the potential to be very dangerous for all current MMO's. Between Josh Strife Hayes and Necrit's video's I honestly believe that Riot is going to have to do some majorly bad stuff for it to flop.