9.0 General Discussion

[Wangming]

It's being implemented so....thats good enough.

Yeah that's a good way of looking at it. A more positive one. But enough of T&E. Let's get back on track or we will not catch the hype train.

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soooooooo, when do you think we will see the Return of the lich king "leak"??

it's a classic

Ah yes. That always comes. And it will have tinker.

[Merryck]

Ah yes. That always comes. And it will have tinker.

But then it would get something right.

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

It's time to replace the eye of azshara meme. we need a fake login screen now that we know azshara wont ever get an expansion anytime soon.

[Blayze]

It's time to replace the eye of azshara meme. we need a fake login screen now that we know azshara wont ever get an expansion anytime soon.

Replace it with a picture of her in hospital.
You know, the Loss meme.

[QualityB]

Yes....... my favorite time every two years.

Bring on your leaks and rumors!

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Replace it with a picture of her in hospital.
You know, the Loss meme.

"Fall of Azshara" slap her on a life alert background with a button around her neck and make it a login screen! perfection..1!

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

It's time to replace the eye of azshara meme. we need a fake login screen now that we know azshara wont ever get an expansion anytime soon.

Do Awakenings and it'll be posted 500 times between now and Blizzcon.

[Nagawithlegs]

World of Warcraft: Awakenings of the Lich King's Shadowlands

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Do Awakenings and it'll be posted 500 times between now and Blizzcon.

Eeh. I’m not thattt good with photoshop. I’ll definitely do the hypetrain for this thread though.

[Magnagarde]

A level squish would be utterly meaningless and all it would bring with itself would be a ton of broken quests, requirements and bugs overall. So not only would it take time to implement it across so many expansions, it would also take a lot of time to fix all ensuing bugs and there'll surely be a myriad of them. All this time and resources could be put to good use elsewhere.

Seeing less levels and seemingly "getting more each time you level up" is meaningless when the time invested remains the same as it is now. All it does is play a trick with your mind about how you've achieved much having leveled up for one level, while you've actually achieved the same as you did before the squish when you would level up for ten levels within the same timeframe.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

A level squish would be utterly meaningless and all it would bring with itself would be a ton of broken quests, requirements and bugs overall. So not only would it take time to implement it across so many expansions, it would also take a lot of time to fix all ensuing bugs and there'll surely be a myriad of them. All this time and resources could be put to good use elsewhere.

Seeing less levels and seemingly "getting more each time you level up" is meaningless when the time invested remains the same as it is now. All it does is play a trick with your mind about how you've achieved much with leveling, while you've actually achieved the same as you did before and within the same timeframe too.

Going from one to 60 compared to 1-130 is massively less of a big hill to climb. Perception matters.

[Magnagarde]

Going from one to 60 compared to 1-130 is massively less of a big hill to climb. Perception matters.

It's the same hill you're climbing. Sure, it does boil down to perception, but the effort they have to put into making it happen and then fixing the myriad of bugs that'll ensue is not worth the "percieved" gains, which are in reality nonexistent when compared to the live version.

It'll be easier for them to implement one or two additional, pointless talent rows to make you feel good, rather than doing all of that.

[Nagawithlegs]

It's the same hill you're climbing. Sure, it does boil down to perception, but the effort they have to put into making it happen and then fixing the myriad of bugs that'll ensue is not worth the "percieved" gains, which are in reality nonexistent when compared to the live version.

It'll be easier for them to implement one or two additional, pointless talent rows to make you feel good, rather than doing all of that.

They don't really care. They got HUGE FLACK for the tons of bugs the ilvl squish and level scaling brought in 7.3.5 and they talked immediately after about doing a level squish as well. They already said they are aware of the criticism and bugs that come out of implementing stuff with the WoW spaghetti code and it basically boiled down to "its worth it".

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

That's why most people expect a squish paired with an Old World Revamp or a far more broadly-reaching leveling revamp or "WoW2 revamp."

Sure a squish would break everything, but if you're already rebuilding everything, nothing lost.

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

What they should fix is how slow and boring and repetitive leveling is. Only thing different is your race intro. At least we had diversity in Legion.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

What they should fix is how slow and boring and repetitive leveling is. Only thing different is your race intro. At least we had diversity in Legion.

Not really. We haven't had diversity since they got rid of "choose your own path" in Cata.

[Nagawithlegs]

You actually have to wonder if they would do away with race intros entirely in a world revamp. I can see Gilneas and Goblins getting theirs removed for sure, and it's been hinted at that more DKs are coming (which implies they either are going to get rid of the introduciton for them or change it heavily).

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Not really. We haven't had diversity since they got rid of "choose your own path" in Cata.

Level Scaling in Legion sorta gave some choices. Not as much as maybe Cata but still.

[Phuongvi]

Getting rid of Ion would be a good start

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Level Scaling in Legion sorta gave some choices. Not as much as maybe Cata but still.

More choices but at the end of the day you still ended up going to the same zones and doing the same things. Cata was the last time we had a real variety in paths (not that anyone chose Vash'jir).