Get Your Fascinating WoW Dataz Right Here

Cynwise is back! That’s a cause for general jubliation, but in particular, I’m excited because he’s got his data analysis hat on, and he’s back looking at the State Of WoW Gaming.

This week, he’s got some preliminary statistics on WoW pre-Patch 5.2 – who’s playing what, when and why. So if you want a unique, fascinating insight into the state of the game, look no further:

“The reason I think Rogues aren’t in any new state of crisis is because of the data above. When you look at the class across all levels, they’re pretty solid (and don’t show any decline.) But as soon as you get past level 85, the numbers fall off precipitously. People haven’t wanted to level them – yet. Perhaps they leveled one so their guild could get the legendary daggers in Dragon Soul. Perhaps they saw how they were performing in PvP and switched (more on that later.) But they’re there – just not at the endgame.

There’s a different set of problems there, of course. Why is there this drop off? Why do people not want to level Rogues to 90 but do want to level Paladins or Shamans or Warriors instead? There are problems here, but they’re not as simple as the problems affecting Warlocks in Cata.”

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A Massive, Fascinating MMO Player Survey

Want something seriously meaty, research-based, insightful, and debate-starting? Then you’re in the right place today.

Rowan Blaze conducted a huge survey of MMORPG gamers in September last year, and it has taken him this long to write up all his results. But now he’s done so, the results are massive, fascinating and sometimes unexpected:

“Another perennially hot topic you may recall from this summer is the issue of, shall we say, inappropriate costuming for female characters in our various games. I saw more and more complaints about the dearth of body-type and armor-coverage options as the year went on. People don’t all want their avatars to run around as if they’re part of a Frazetta painting. I myself am of two minds here. There are times when I am perfectly OK with a skimpy costume on an attractive female computer generated model. However, I also find that sometimes the choices are ridiculous. Take for instance, the high-level female human cultural medium (and light) armor in GW2. I find myself clothing my females in “practical” garb, unlike some people.

In asking the following question, I wanted to find out how people feel about about how gender/sex is portrayed in the games they play. I wasn’t concerned about non-gender costume issues like oversize shoulder pads or unrealistically huge swords.”

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