http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/2...realms-update/ - Posted 8 days ago, and updated 6 days ago.
Games are not necessarily "easier" today. You are just a better player.
It takes more now to impress many gamers than it did 2-5 years ago, because so much has already been seen and done.
Many players expect to be wow'd with every release of a beloved franchise.
These are generally NOT the fault of the developers, but the fault of many players over-hyping and/or setting expectations too high.
We have this awesome feature in this patch that will fix all the dead realms. We call it "connected realms", its basically a merger w/o the pr bs. Only thing is, well, it uh.. wont be out at the beginning of the patch, ya know when everyones hyping over it, nope we are going to release it at a later time so you dead realms can watch others do the normal clears while you can't get a grp together for a dungeon. Hope you didnt get your hopes up about playing with other people when the patch hit. So sorry...
Blizz is way out of touch with their own game-- story is poop and mmo part is non-existent for many realms. My take on this is then don't mention it as a feature of 5.4 until its ready to go instead of alienating the base that doesn't get it right off to one that does. Also it's evidently clear population is a huge problem for many realms so saying you have a solution and then saying oh we do its just going to come later and we cant tell you when.. maybe way later for your dead realm.. Way to bait the remaining playerbase with a false sense of hope which at this point hopefully many speak with their wallets and say they are fed up with this crap. They have to be morons over at blizz to really bait the playerbase for those who were excited and are still paying hoping to get a raid for SOO and for those who quit expecting this to come out launch day, when it should have come out, instead of at a yet undetermined time. Hmm I wonder why Blizz would mention this "feature" around a huge patch instead of IDK doing this before the patch so then all could be connected and enjoying the patch with a bigger pool of players to get that MMO experience they pay for. But let the defense of blizzard commence for this has been an ignored problem for ages and excuses will be needed to appease the base as to why their really dead realm is not connected yet.
They said many times it would not be released on patch day, so quitting when it didn't seems foolish.They have to be morons over at blizz to really bait the playerbase for those who were excited and are still paying hoping to get a raid for SOO and for those who quit expecting this to come out launch day, when it should have come out, instead of at a yet undetermined time.
I'd rather they take their time and get it right, rather than just smash it in and have CRZ 2.0.
I'd like to at least know if my dead "Medium" pop realm is even considered for this vaporware feature.
Did you think we had forgotten? Did you think we had forgiven?
Hmm I'll be nice and keep this simple for you for my point was that this "feature" really should have been out pre-5.4 so all could enjoy the patch as an MMO or if not then on launch day with the realm lists but all dead realms get instead is blizzard baiting them along with the promise of an MMO experience and what looks to be a great raid except they can't raid it bc the server is dead, no pulse, no heartbeat, dead, dead and dead. I mean it makes me laugh really as they hype the new raid and then tell dead realms "hey look at this... to bad you cant play it yet until bugs ya know." Where's Starship Troopers when you need them to squash these bugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last edited by metatation; 2013-09-19 at 04:48 PM.
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Other than speed up LFD/LFR or PVP ques I don't really see a need for connected realms.
I mean who would want more competition for mine/herb nodes, rares, quest kills etc...?
Blizzard made it pretty clear that Connected Realms would be launching AFTER 5.4 was released. They said this in blue posts during the 5.4 PTR. They also made it clear that it won't be all that long after 5.4. So, I don't know, learn to be patient?
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Hey I edited that for that reason!!!! Lol dang you and your fast replies for it was up for like 5min. I'm not a hater of blizzard though but I dont see how if your on a dead realm your not upset at this and once again I know when they said it would be released I just disagree with the way they handled it for, in my opinion which are like something, it would have been more practical to have this done pre-5.4. But yes reality and what should have been are two different things but I see this ticking off many people on those dead realms since they have to wait once again as a great looking raid goes by as they wallow in the MMO low population dust bin until x time, which I think and I hope I'm wrong will be many months down the road. On a personal note I maybe cranky bc the wife woke me up at 3:25am EUS saying her water broke and twins are on the way only to find out one of those little guys is resting on her bladder and well you can guess what happened while she slept.
When I can count the number of people in the shrine on one hand and during peak play times, the newest content (Timeless Isle) doesn't have more than 30 people on either faction, it might be time for connected realms.
Don't get me wrong, I love my little hole-in-the-wall, backwoods realm where there is no competition for the things you mentioned. It just gets annoying when you're trying to get a raid together and just need one or two replacements, yet all you get back in /2 is silence. I can't even tell you the last time any chat channels outside of guild or /1 on the Isle have even scrolled on my screen before fading out.
Maybe a x-realm invite thing? I took a couple SS the day the patch was released showing the same thing you are mentioning. Some guy from another realm was running around on the Timeless Isle and I thought I had missed something about the roll-out.