05-21-2008, 04:37 PM
Quote:And if I transferred them, I'd (probably) be paying Blizzard $25 to lose the names I love so much. This was their response pre-TBC, too. How many added races / classes will it take before they add a character slot?
Honestly, IMO WotLK is probably the last major xpac. Conan is good. If they nail the endgame (too early to tell) then WoW will have a real competitor. I hear Warhammer is making great strides since they rebooted in December.
If WotLK runs nearly 2 years, WoW will be 6 years old, and really starting to show its age. Bliz has also been recruiting developers for a new MMO for some time - I would expect that to be announced soon. I don't think it's Blizzard's style to continue to milk an aging, declining platform until it becomes unprofitable. I think they will keep the servers on, and maybe release one small, content only xpac, but really focus on their new MMO (and the one after that). I don't feel like they will do all of the very hard work in models, animation, and especially design and balance that it will take to introduce an 11th class.
But thats all straight out of my butt.
So in other words, I think that 10 will be the final number of classes, and 10 will be the final number of character slots. Honestly, if you have more then 10 characters you play frequently enough to be attached to... you are playing enough that you could get a 2nd account.