Is this just too easy?Follow

The bulk of reference content was moved to WoWHead. I'd imagine that the overall traffic to Zam was greatly reduced by this. Fewer people, fewer posters, more cake for the regulars.

We're just suppressing our awesome.

Nah... Really need quality over quantity, else you might as well start hanging out on the o-boards. I'm actually enjoying the peace around here now. Less stupid repeat questions, and a lot less flaming because of them.

I think a lot of the reduced traffic is due to the large number of resources for players to consult. There are tons of blogs, forums, guides, etc. on the web for people to find answers to their questions. Back in the old days, vanilla and BC, more people came here to simply ask questions. Over time, it has shifted to complaining about PuGs, etc., in part because the questions get answered elsewhere. There is a core group of people (and lurkers :-)) here that like to talk about the latest patch notes, etc., but the influx of new posters has slowed a lot over time. I don't think it has much to do with the game being "plain easy" at all. There's just a lot of other places to get info.

I came to Allakhazam for the database and only later found the forums. Years later, I am still here on the forums but the database that brought me here is gone. I'm guessing that many newer users don't find us here because there are less signposts pointing them this way.

I suspect most of the posters don't even play WoW anymore.

Then again, I really only frequent the Bored Druid Thread and the cross-site forums, so that could be why...

There is a change that Wowhead can't really make, but ZAM could restore some function to this site by making it a site specific feature. Wowhead is starting to get cluttered with comments that have no bearing on the game as it is today and I wonder if that also influences statistical data there. Try reading the entry for Savory Deviate Delight and you'll see what I mean.

Why couldn't Alla be given the (much smaller) database for a given expansion and allowed to host a cleaner, more focused version of the information it once offered? Need to know all about Savory Deviate Delight? Go to Wowhead. Want just a quick idea of how the drop rate is currently? Come to Alla.

You can filter wowhead information by patch, so it's actually pretty easy to know what is current and what isn't

I was one of the few then, I prefer one stop shopping when it comes to my game info. I mean if I really need to know something I know there's more info out there. But the DB that was here would tell me without going elsewhere what something would DE into, if it was a world drop or something that drops all the time yada yada. Now that's gone and I mostly just don't bother. Quest info too, being on a cell based internet I didn't want all the addons adding to what was being used, when I ran into a quest I just couldn't figure out I'd pop out here. The need for that is pretty well gone with the in-game quest helper that even highlights the area of the map you do it in...

Join us for happy funtimes in the Bored Druid Thread then Noc. I promise we won't hurt you much

Edited, Sep 8th 2011 1:42pm by Aethien

Here, I’m gonna say it “CATA KILLED THE FUN”, nothing to do with easy.

Most posters here quit playing, my kids quit, and my ingame friends quit (waiting for 4.3). So let’s hope next expansion is coming out very soon so we can forget about that half dead dragon that nobody cares about.

Not exactly an obvious feature, nor does that negate the point I was making.

I still say LFG 'killed' the game as much as anything has.

On the other hand, the game is anything but dead, but a lot of people on this site were here early on, and you can only play the game for so long before it gets a little bit boring, so it's not surprising that people would trail off.

Edited, Sep 8th 2011 11:15am by Xsarus