If WoW was dying, what type of emergency content would you implement?

[Lahis]

Zombie dragons, the obvious "break glass in case of death" go-to option.

So the new Shadowlands starting experience.

Given that they have also broken Illidan and Lich King from their "In case of immident game death, break glass" boxes, the game is in dire spot indeed.

[Akka]

I don't know what it would be but it would have to be something to keep solo players happy. Despite the developer preference for group content if the game suddenly falls off a steep slope (again as in Cataclysm) group content won't save it.

Basically make the entire game playable solo.

Why pay a sub to play online if it's to play solo all the time ? This is just dumb. The very genre of the game is MMO (even though it has devolved into a lobby-based group instances game).

[GrinnersGrin]

If? /10BFAs

[Dizzeeyooo]

What type of big red emergency button would you press to save the game of its impending doom

Most of the things they did for Legion, but with an actual plan for the expansion after legion so it didn't turn out terrible and reset the progress that Legion made.

[Yriel]

Why pay a sub to play online if it's to play solo all the time ? This is just dumb. The very genre of the game is MMO (even though it has devolved into a lobby-based group instances game).

A lot of people already do, so this is a strange question.
There is no solo game with MMO gameplay. Plus it's nice (at least for me) to see and speak to other people, i just don't want to be forced to group up with them.

[Nerestro]

New playable race: Ogres for The Horde.
Player and/or Guild Housing.
Class Skins
New class: Bard.
New Allied Races: Hozen for Horde, Jinyu for Alliance, Mogu neutral.
Wintergrasp and Tol Barad-like zones become the new staple for world PVP. No more toggle on/off bullshit.
Character services become 66% cheaper.

Yepp. This is it.
Exept the Ogres. Maybe Dryads? The Bard can heal, can't he?

[Ajko]

Hmmm
-Player/Guild housing
-Armor Dyes
-Less Tmog restrictions (Plate can be mogged into Mail etc)
-A Necromancer class that's different from a Warlock or DK
-Troll characters not getting killed off pointlessly
-Beards for trolls
-GW2/FF14/ESO-like cosmetic store you can buy unique armor appearances from that can also be bought with gold
-More unique armor, some letting you resemble a Lore character
-Allied Race customization, this includes DKs

houses, tmog, beards for trolls, cosmetic store, unique armor, race customization...

ye, this will definitely save the wow... like we do not need better lore, better gameplay, better class fantasy, all removed spells back... cosmetics, ye..

[MoanaLisa]

Why pay a sub to play online if it's to play solo all the time ? This is just dumb. The very genre of the game is MMO (even though it has devolved into a lobby-based group instances game).

Because that's what most people do. It's the difference between choosing to group up with someone or being forced to group up to get something done. It's a brain-dead argument really because the vast majority of the content in the game is solo content. To answer the question posed in the op, if the game were really sliding again--something that I don't think for a minute is really happening--the easiest way to bring people back (back being the operative word) is solo content. People come back and do stuff. They don't need to know anyone, they don't need to play with strangers. I'm not making a value judgement on it per se, it's just a reality.

Why do people come back for expansions? Many of them to level, see the sights a bit and then leave after a month. Solo content. They aren't staying to raid, to do +15 mythics. People will come back for content like this. Millions do every couple of years. It's just true.

[Blackmist]

Battle Royale. Jump right on that bandwagon.

Random zone. Drop everyone at max height with a goblin glider. Random pickups that give powerful buffs or an ExtraAction button.

[ek0zu]

By dieing it means that it does not generate a lot of money, which basically means that i do not have enough maneuverability to do things because the investors would not allow me to do so.

So the easy answer is (serious) re-release Arthas and make the entire game more casual friendly and ofc change the subscription model either make it cheaper or buy to play and buy each components of the game desperately depending on what you like.

The funny answer is start over make things more grounded in terms of lore, no cosmic destructive events, you are just a Peon after all or at best a Grunt. And ofc lots of character customization that rpg enthusiasts love.

[Nerestro]

Battle Royale. Jump right on that bandwagon.

Random zone. Drop everyone at max height with a goblin glider. Random pickups that give powerful buffs or an ExtraAction button.

Thats quite a funny idea. This would fulfill unspoken needs.

[Mysterymask]

Real answer:
Shut down the servers, claim the year as a loss, sell Blizzard to EA walk away retired.

[msdos]

Real talk though, I would change Legendaries to be more like Heirlooms. They work everywhere and they scale up into any level of content. Then gate them at the beginning. Design a new Legendary research table that encompasses the entire game. You would have to research to be able to use them in raids and then research for them to be at full power in raids, etc.

I would add spec specific Heirlooms for specific quality of life for each spec and an Heirloom research tree. The tree would have 2 paths: you either make your heirlooms be more beefy or you make them help you get more XP in some way, maybe bonus XP if you slay certain types of creatures or are in certain zones, something that would encourage the player to think or plan while leveling.

The big kahuna would be "unlocking" the loot tables. Creatures in the world now have a chance to drop any type of item from any area of the game within your level range, including from raids and dungeons. This would be controversial, but I can't think of anything more elegant and fun to spice up leveling in this game.

[Aradur]

- Harder Jobs with Hardcore-Grind to get to max so you only have a handfull per Realm that can make the "good stuff" (see Vanilla)
- FF14 Like Class- and Job-Design - Everyone has every class and every job on all twinks now anyway. So whats the big deal? You could always stick to YOUR Character, not to some less important Twink-Chars. You could also make Challenges and real Achievements Class- und Job-Based because everyone could get it.
- Housing and Guild Halls

[ntlntl]

Judging from the forum posts; Let's release a WOW level editor like Warcraft 3's editor, and let our arm-chair game designers make their own games.
WOW custom maps within WOW client

[ClassicPeon]

Fun answers allowed

Serious answer:

Dye customization option for new transmogs
Customizable mounts
PvP-Solo queue
Housing + Guild hall

Fun answer:

Pet battles...oh wait...
Battle Royale game mode

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What type of big red emergency button would you press to save the game of its impending doom

Think the bug red button would probably be the "sell everything we can and shut down servers" button.

Nothing lasts forever but wow is making a very decent run for its money.

[anveena]

A new store mount and pet.

[Evilmoo]

what do you mean "if".


I would make an ordinary expansion, but with a twist in final raid, where on mythic heroes are defeated and all life ends on azeroth and when world first final boss kill occures, i'd announce a WoW 2 on a new engine with a new cinematic and watch an absolute shitstorm unfold and my stocks soar.

[Aucald]

So the new Shadowlands starting experience.

Given that they have also broken Illidan and Lich King from their "In case of immident game death, break glass" boxes, the game is in dire spot indeed.

Well, you could say that. The "zombie dragons" thing is a callback to an old meme from WoWCrendor, though:

[Erlking]

I would just bring back Arthas.