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  1. #241
    Yeesh, already throwing in the towel on BFA. Hopefully this is just another WoD to Legion scenario.

  2. #242
    Quote Originally Posted by Yoshingo View Post
    I guess we should just never question anything they do then huh.
    Point me to one live service game that doesn't have droughts. They all do because doing huge launches takes time.

  3. #243
    Quote Originally Posted by Onikaroshi View Post
    Point me to one live service game that doesn't have droughts. They all do because doing huge launches takes time.
    The fact that somehow you took away my comments as, "There are live service games that don't have droughts" just shows you weren't interested in an actual factual discussion to begin with. So I'm going to just stop.

    Again let's just never question a drought because they've happened before. You are the perfect consumer in their eyes.

  4. #244
    Quote Originally Posted by varren View Post
    Yeesh, already throwing in the towel on BFA. Hopefully this is just another WoD to Legion scenario.
    I mean I get what you're trying to go for, but comparing an entire missing content patch to a minor patch that wouldn't add much to the game probably is a bit disingenuous


    Now if they had cut 8.3 this conversation would be different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yoshingo View Post
    The fact that somehow you took away my comments as, "There are live service games that don't have droughts" just shows you weren't interested in an actual factual discussion to begin with. So I'm going to just stop.

    Again let's just never question a drought because they've happened before.
    I mean, you're the one complaining about them when they're just a fact of life when it comes to live service and you act like it's entirely Blizzards fault.

    Hell they cut them down from 14 months to 8-9 and that's pretty damn good. And it's not even really 8-9, you're spending about 2 months dealing with the last patch of the expansion so that cuts it to 6-9 and then about a month of prepatch so 5-7, which in the scheme of things isn't bad considering wow isn't the only game out there.

  5. #245
    Quote Originally Posted by DemonDays View Post
    Could you comment specifically on the scenario I detailed. The regrinding of Azerite traits after already having earned them?

    I find some decisions so mind-numbingly stupid you honestly have to wonder.
    As @Onikaroshi said, they knew they'd fucked up but sometimes it's not as easy as flipping a lever and fixing it overnight. The bigger overarching issue is that Azerite gear was not a very good system. But they had already committed to it just as they had committed to Legiondaries before. They put bandaids all over the system throughout BfA but I don't think they've ever been able to say that they're really happy with the way it panned out. Hence, this system isn't getting carried over into SL. They made a mistake. They tried to make the system better but never really achieved what I'm sure they had envisioned in the first place. They're not going to make the same mistake again and have gone out of their way to let players know that SL will be different in that regard. Does it suck that we had to deal with a shitty system for an entire expansion? Yep. Does it suck that they never really figured out a way to make it tolerable? Yup. Are some of their decisions so mind-boggling that you can't imagine what they were actually thinking when they made them? Yep. I'm not disagreeing here.

    I just don't think that it's particularly effective to take all that into consideration then come to the conclusion that it all happened because they're stupid. Or they're intentionally fucking over the playerbase. Or that their intent was malicious. I'll give you a personal anecdote: For awhile in Legion, I was very upset with the developers (and Ion in particular) because of the approach they had with the endless AP grind and Legiondary acquisition. It felt cathartic to write long essays about how idiotic they were being for not considering my perspective. But then I realized that the game had simply changed demographics and I simply wasn't in that demographic any longer. I didn't want to admit that at first but over time I came to terms with it. I now play the game far more casually than I did back then but I still find enjoyment, just in different things. Ultimately, being angry with Blizzard failed to achieve what I wanted. (They really didn't change AP and by the time the changes in Legion started to happen I had already quit.) But looking back, I realize being angry didn't really help the situation. There were reasons Blizzard made the changes they did and as much as it upset me that I had essentially been opted out of my favorite hobby, raging online only provided a very temporary relief. And a neat side effect of keeping a level head and discussing things rationally is that it's far more conducive for legitimate actionable feedback.

    As I said, I still think there's a lot to be desired with Blizzard's communication channels with its playerbase. But it's a lot easier to ask Blizzard to interact with the community when we're willing to speak civilly instead of just flat-out calling them retards for 20+ pages each time they try something different.

  6. #246
    Quote Originally Posted by Mirishka View Post
    If Shadowlands arrives in August-September, that's 7 or 8 months of 8.3 - whether or not that's acceptable depends on how fun the 8.3 stuff is over the long haul.

    Though, I suppose this puts the lid on any extra allied races, at least for this expansion.
    Yeah it wont be a year but it'll suck and i suspect they'll rush it too.
    Dragonflight Nerfs vs fun again show a Blizzard that hasn't learnt a lesson, Actions speak louder than words afterall watch what they do and do not do.

  7. #247
    Honestly wish they'd just stop with this expansion exclusive systems, we didn't need them before to sell expansions, we shouldn't need them now, and it's just a bunch of dev work to be *poofed* away when it's all over.

  8. #248
    Quote Originally Posted by Onikaroshi View Post
    Honestly wish they'd just stop with this expansion exclusive systems, we didn't need them before to sell expansions, we shouldn't need them now, and it's just a bunch of dev work to be *poofed* away when it's all over.
    Azerite gear likely would have been carried over if it hadn't had all of the many issues it did.

  9. #249
    Quote Originally Posted by otaXephon View Post
    Azerite gear likely would have been carried over if it hadn't had all of the many issues it did.
    I mean, I could see an argument for gear that lets you pick traits that has not other connections. Like if it only had 1 or 2 wheels and you just had it all from the time you got it it might not have been so bad.

    And for BfA the neck could have had a full talent tree.

  10. #250
    Quote Originally Posted by shaggawoolin View Post
    So we will have a year long content drought, with no new open world content.

    Well done, Ion. Well done.

    How many will be still playing before the 9.0 prepatch launches? 100.000?

    If you ask me, i believe Ion doses not really care. As long he has his Nyalotha raid.
    Long content drought happened before. post ICC lasted quite a while. So did post SOO.

    So no content. Unsub and do other things.

    Why is this even something worth moaning about towards the end of every XP.

  11. #251
    Quote Originally Posted by FelPlague View Post
    i mean he literally just says "we will have more info later, but greece is amazing" (it is really amazing...)
    Uhm... you should consider the context of the question.

    The interviewer asked whether his plans to visit Greece in the summer would stand in the way of playing Shadowlands. Now, which one is more likely - a gaming website asking Ion about travel recommendations or a gaming website being clever and trying to get a hint about Shadowlands release date? It's rather obvious.

    So yes, this question wasn't about Greece or summer holidays - it was pretty much a "will Shadowlands release in the summer?" question. I think we can all agree that Ion is at the very least decently intelligent, so chances are he understood what the interviewer was really asking about.

    In that context, Ion encouraging the interviewer to visit Greece might imply that Shadowlands will not release in the summer.

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    Even without this interview, a fall release seemed likely, so... yeah, my money's on Shadowlands testing beginning early March, so that people have some time to play 8.3 in the meantime and the game coming out late October to mid November.

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    As for the W3 Reforged being delayed argument - I wouldn't really read too much into this, because Reforged and WoW are vastly different projects primarily in terms of financial importance for Blizzard. That said, Reforged being delayed PROVES one thing - that the people who said that there's some law that forces the companies to release games within the windows they give upon opening prepurchases were wrong, which in turn means that if Blizzard wants to delay Shadowlands there's nothing that legally stops them from doing so.
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  12. #252
    Nothing wrong with a 7-8 month break. Legion break was way too short, not enough testing happened and systems launched poor in BFA. Love it or hate it long breaks are NEEDED. Blizzard expects us to take a break to get ready for the next expansion. Those that don't take breaks go back and collect mounts, work on alts, and if they get in play the SL Alpha and Beta
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  13. #253
    Quote Originally Posted by towelliee View Post
    Nothing wrong with a 7-8 month break. Legion break was way too short, not enough testing happened and systems launched poor in BFA. Love it or hate it long breaks are NEEDED. Blizzard expects us to take a break to get ready for the next expansion. Those that don't take breaks go back and collect mounts, work on alts, and if they get in play the SL Alpha and Beta
    All one has to do is look through your post history around BfA Beta both here and on reddit to see that you were one of the ones claiming Class Design was fine and "It's just Beta guys wait for raid Azerite Armor to be implemented". Funny how your tune changed.

  14. #254
    Quote Originally Posted by DemonDays View Post
    All one has to do is look through your post history around BfA Beta both here and on reddit to see that you were one of the ones claiming Class Design was fine and "It's just Beta guys wait for raid Azerite Armor to be implemented". Funny how your tune changed.
    I mean is anyone shocked all Towelliee does is defend everything they do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarethion View Post
    Uhm... you should consider the context of the question.

    The interviewer asked whether his plans to visit Greece in the summer would stand in the way of playing Shadowlands. Now, which one is more likely - a gaming website asking Ion about travel recommendations or a gaming website being clever and trying to get a hint about Shadowlands release date? It's rather obvious.

    So yes, this question wasn't about Greece or summer holidays - it was pretty much a "will Shadowlands release in the summer?" question. I think we can all agree that Ion is at the very least decently intelligent, so chances are he understood what the interviewer was really asking about.

    In that context, Ion encouraging the interviewer to visit Greece might imply that Shadowlands will not release in the summer.

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    Even without this interview, a fall release seemed likely, so... yeah, my money's on Shadowlands testing beginning early March, so that people have some time to play 8.3 in the meantime and the game coming out late October to mid November.

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    As for the W3 Reforged being delayed argument - I wouldn't really read too much into this, because Reforged and WoW are vastly different projects primarily in terms of financial importance for Blizzard. That said, Reforged being delayed PROVES one thing - that the people who said that there's some law that forces the companies to release games within the windows they give upon opening prepurchases were wrong, which in turn means that if Blizzard wants to delay Shadowlands there's nothing that legally stops them from doing so.
    And you need to take with what he is saying.


    Last question — the heat always reminds me of Teldrassil, so I’d like to book a Greek cruise for mid-July. However, as the last two expansions have arrived at the end of summer, I’m questioning that call. What’s your advice?


    Ion - I mean, I’ve heard Greece is lovely in the summer! Growing up we’d go visit family there often, I recommend it highly.

    Certainly, with regard to releasing Shadowlands, we’ll have a lot more information there later in the year, as we get into Beta — but I really can’t recommend Greece highly enough!


    "I want to take a greek cruise, but will the expansion get in the way?"
    "Greece is an amazing place during the sumer, my family would go often so i highly reccomend it, but for shadowlands we will have morei nfo later. But i cant reccomend greece enough!"


    No if he was saying its coming in summer he would say "no take the trip, we wont be releaisng it in summer"

    He literally said

    "Greece is amazing in the summer, but we will have news on shadowlands release date later"

    He is not sudetly hinting "hey its not releasing in the summer"

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonDays View Post
    All one has to do is look through your post history around BfA Beta both here and on reddit to see that you were one of the ones claiming Class Design was fine and "It's just Beta guys wait for raid Azerite Armor to be implemented". Funny how your tune changed.
    except he is right... 7-8 months would be the shortest patch drought in history.
    From the forums, for you people who are crying a 7-8 month drought would be INSANE

    As Captain Jack Sparrow would say:

    “…If I may lend a machete to your intellectual thicket…”

    Allow me to bring some clarity to the people who seem to have the attention span of a goldfish in this game.

    Burning Crusade
    Last patch was 2.4 Fury of the Sunwell on March 2008. Zombie Invasion didn’t happen till October that year. Wrath released November 2008.
    Total time of drought: 8 Months

    Wrath of the Lich King
    Last patch was 3.3.5 (Ruby Sanctum). An abysmal single boss raid that didn’t provide any new content aside from what was already 6 months of running ICC. Cataclysm launched December of that year. That was another 6 months of wait for the new expansion.
    Total time of drought: 12 months TO THE DAY. (ICC 12/8 Cata 12/7 following year)

    Cataclysm
    Last patch was 4.3.0 Hour of Twilight (Dragon Soul Raid). We did NOT have additional content until the scenario pre-event for Mists 9 MONTHS later, which again, didn’t offer any meaningful content until the release of Mist a month later.
    Total time of drought: 10 months

    Mist of Pandaria
    Last Patch was 5.4 Siege of Ogrimmar, September 2013. 5 months after we saw the pre-patch events for WoD, on February 2014. Again, nothing else was provided but to farm SoO until NOVEMBER that year.
    Total time of drought: 13 months

    I’ll skip WoD because we all know what happened there (14 almost 15 months)

    Legion to BfA
    Last Major Patch was 7.3 Shadows of Argus. Now 7.3.2 actually had Antorus, the last raid fully opened (mythic and LFR) in Mid-Jan 2018. After that there wasn’t any new content. BfA released August 2018.
    Total time of drought: 7 Months (WHICH ALL OF YOU COMPLAINERS BACK THEN RIOTED IT WASN’T LONG ENOUGH BTW)

    We are currently looking at a potential 9-10 month wait. Realistically, 3-4 of those months will have new content as people clear the raid and complete their cloaks before we even think of getting tired of the patch.
    This is all completely normal and up to Blizzards history. Matter of fact, sooner than before. People need to calm down and stop demanding new content without even completing current one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonDays View Post
    This is what I'm talking about though. We gave legitimate feedback. It was wholeheartedly ignored. Players once again ended up being right. How many times must we repeat this cycle?

    At Blizzcon they got on stage and once again said "we hear you" in regards to alt friendliness. They claimed they will focus on making Shadowlands more alt friendly. They did this whilst 8.3 was in early PTR.

    You cannot tell me that they couldn't have done one of the following below to at least let us enjoy the last patch. Especially with the news that 8.3.5 most likely isn't happening. What they are doing in 8.3 is in direct contradiction with what they claim their new philosophy is.

    • Account wide Essences.
    • Removal of all time-gating in regards to Essences. Let players grind them out on their own time.
    • Essence vendor for corrupted mementos.
    wait....account wide essences and no time gating?cmon man,thats a little to much,you have to pick one,both is exagerated

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    Quote Originally Posted by deenman View Post
    wait....account wide essences and no time gating?cmon man,thats a little to much,you have to pick one,both is exagerated
    Account wide essences are not what we need, easier essences is what we need.
    Account wide essences only fixes alts, and just makes it lame.
    easier ones make it easier for new players, returning players, and alts.

    and those can easily come in later minor "not .5" patches.
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  18. #258
    Quote Originally Posted by FelPlague View Post
    Account wide essences are not what we need, easier essences is what we need.
    Account wide essences only fixes alts, and just makes it lame.
    easier ones make it easier for new players, returning players, and alts.

    and those can easily come in later minor "not .5" patches.
    yeah,I pretty much agree,easier/faster essences to get would be best,I feel like if you want the both account and easily farmable in a few hours,you are basicaly the kind of person that would be ok with account wide ilvl lol

  19. #259
    Quote Originally Posted by deenman View Post
    wait....account wide essences and no time gating?cmon man,thats a little to much,you have to pick one,both is exagerated
    I said they should do "one" of the following. Or a mixture of them.

    They're nerfing how much rep you need in 8.3 but the time-gate is still in place. That's the main issue.

  20. #260
    Quote Originally Posted by munkeyinorbit View Post
    We already have leaks saying it is delayed. Smart people do research before they put their money where their mouth is.
    We do? Show us all does leaks, and no youtubers opinions dont count as leaks.

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