I'm guessing that change is not always in a good way.
The low shit is probably as dead as Naxx.. and its all about the endgame now?
Got good memories of that game, ganking, pvp, screaming raid leaders etc.
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I'm guessing that change is not always in a good way.
The low shit is probably as dead as Naxx.. and its all about the endgame now?
Got good memories of that game, ganking, pvp, screaming raid leaders etc.
Robin64
Member
Nah. Cross-realm servers means I always see people around while levelling up.
And endgame is currently the low point of the game, the levelling part is superb.
RoninChaos
Member
There was some french interview where corey stockton confirmed this was the last patch. Not sure if that's news or not, but we got one big patch this expansion. One. That's fucking crazy.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
And then Corey turned to Ion and said "You know Ion, we really are the warlords of draenor."
Sigh.
It 100% has to be. It's June right now, BlizzCon is in November meaning we'd have been in Hellfire Citadel for 5 months.
Even if it is there, and there's a quick transition to beta, and there's a quick transition from beta to release, that's still a huge gap, which is the very thing I thought this low content xpac was going to avoid.
They need to drop expac news at Gamescom and get the ball rolling sooner. Make the Diablo expac the focus at Blizzcon.
They need to drop expac news at Gamescom and get the ball rolling sooner. Make the Diablo expac the focus at Blizzcon.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Seriously, it's just like, what the fuck happened. It's so weird seeing how everything about WoD ended up unfolding, and knowing that it's extremely unlikely that the gap between 6.2 and 7.0 will be significantly less than the previous two expansions. The only potential saving grace I can see is if the much-touted increased dev team has actually been mostly hard at work on the next expansion all this time. That of course hinges on the idea that next expansion will actually be reasonably impressive though, and not another content-light $50 with a single major patch.
You were the chosen one, WoD. You were supposed to bring fun back into WoW, not destroy it.
You were the chosen one, WoD. You were supposed to bring fun back into WoW, not destroy it.
That's really the only thing that semi-explains this whole expansion's lack of content and patches.
I'm worried though if that's not the case because another insane wait will surely hurt the game even more.
Sax Russel
Banned
lol, jeez, I forgot all about that. But the 90 boost guys!
Gentleman Jack
Member
It's never left my mind that WoD was 50/80 bucks. I really, really feel bad for the people who bought the Collector's Ed.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
It was the first WoW CE I bought, too. It sits next to my Vanilla D3 CE as the only other CE I have (I had D2 as well, but that was long ago and not really "mine" so much as for me and my brothers)
It's like I know when something is going to end up being an utter disappointment and pay as much as I can for it.
Fucking warn us next time you're about to buy a CE.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
To be fair, I didn't buy any of the legendary/guardian/etc editions of Destiny, just run of the mill. So It's not 100% accurate.
It's not too late for The Taken King.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I'd have to buy the $60 version anyway, because I didn't waste my money on the garbage that was The Dark Below and it there is no possible way to purchase TK without owning TDB.
Blizzard fucked WoD up, but Bungie is literally the worst.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Jungle Stalker done. The pursuit of the Predator title begins.
Anytime I see someone talk about Destiny, the person hates the game, but, like you, are still buying the expansion(s), and the game is on OT25. Twenty-five. I've never played Destiny, but always found that contrast really interesting.
It seems like probably the most masochistic relationship in contemporary gaming.
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
It will take, at minimum, 8 months to have a fully upgraded legendary ring including the +3 ilevel drops from Archimonde.
6.2 is the last patch for at LEAST 8 months.
eudaemonic
Member
I have every CE and no regrets.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I foresee a Ruby Sanctum situation if they proclaim that there's not gonna be another raid/big patch. They simply can't allow HFC to stagnate for longer than SoO. When we don't even have an expansion announced yet (Blizzcon) and the turnaround even at the fastest from that is gonna be absolute minimum 3-4 months.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I apologize if my last post indicated I intend to buy the Taken King.
I think there will be a 6.3 with no raid, new pvp season and some little stuff like 6.1.
But agree no other big patch is likely.
New season with no new gear = palette swaps like MoP S15.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Well there's already an achievement in the game for WoD season 3, so that's happening.
Robin64
Member
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/4996-Dev-Interview-Hellfire-Citadel-is-the-Final-Planned-Raid-of-Warlords-of-Draenor
Bullshit. They could make the story there anything they wanted. I'd be more impressed if they admitted they suck at managing their time.
Bullshit. They could make the story there anything they wanted. I'd be more impressed if they admitted they suck at managing their time.
After ten years, it's more like players should be better not letting themselves always get fooled by the same talk.
And in what universe is 6.1 a "big patch"? WoD has only had one real content patch: 6.2 with Tanaan and HFC. Even saying there were two big patches is disingenuous.
6.2 data mining also showed they added Christmas related stuff for HFC bosses (presumably santa hats for this year but not entirely sure). Could be a while I guess...
This is my favorite part of the entire interview because it's coming hot off the heels of the Q&A where Ion straight up admitted that 6.1 was garbage and should have been called something like 6.0.5 because it had pretty much no new content.
In fairness...it seems like they already have trouble putting together a story that is remotely coherent, or has any characters worth caring about. Farahlon would also probably be more orcs anyways, since Draenor doesn't seem to have anything creatively ambitious going on inside it.
What a mess. I especially like the bit where they tell us that the plan for the future is to release even less patch content in the future. That's sure is gonna work out for you, Blizzard.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
So I rolled myself an Alliance DK alt on Stormrage.
And.....I have no money. Somebody spot me 1000g please, lol.
And.....I have no money. Somebody spot me 1000g please, lol.
Yup, that's quite a mess they've made.
Looks like people are gonna be stuck with 6.2 for a while yet.
Kinda crazy how they've dropped the ball on WoD.
From looking like one of the better expansions to being pretty much the worst.
Sell a pet or something.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I wonder if they'd let you buy the next expansion with gold? Maybe wishful thinking.
Raid is good, rest of the content is ehh.
But they force you to do the other stuff to raid (legendary quest) so it gets irritating.
First year of MoP is still the most fun I've ever had with the game personally. Was expecting WoD to try and give me something similar to that experience but here we are...
As for people not being happy, pick a card, any card. You could probably ask 5 different people why they are unhappy about things right now and get 5 different answers that make sense. It's a bit of a bummer.
In my dreams. Though this makes me wonder if the next expansion will also be $50.
Level to 110? $60 sounds fair. *shit-eating grin*
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Breaking past level 100 will feel so anti-climactic though. Bring on the paragon levels! Maybe with real skill trees again!
Level squish - set us back to 50 or 60. It would certainly help the spread of abilities/talents/glyphs as we level.
Robin64
Member
Now I'm imaging the Paragon system from Diablo III literally dropped into WoW. Hmm. Could be fun, other MMOs are beginning to adopt account-wide stats. Heck, Guild Wars 2 has a good one in the form of Magic Find, an account wide chance to get better drops from the world.
I was somewhat hoping that WoD would make us level 1 when we hit 100. Like "super or paragon" level 1, but it'd be interesting. Would make talent trees look weird though.
King Gilga
Member
I paid £40 for an expansion I played for 2 months.
The prospect of doing it again doesn't seem very likely.
Especially since:
Smh, so much for lessons learnt.
The prospect of doing it again doesn't seem very likely.
Especially since:
Smh, so much for lessons learnt.