Brave decision. They did well though.
Brave decision. They did well though.
RIP my 2 weeks off that i cant change now.
But im happy for everyone else. This is TRULY a good thing IF they can balance the game better. But thing is if they delay it and the launch and balance still are way off they are gunna look very bad IMO. And i feel the chances of that are high. Lets wait and see!
I have beta access and have been playing around in the beta. I understand why they are postponing but it is killing the experience for me. I scheduled my vacation time around the release. I had to beg for vacation time as we are short handed as it is. My company does not allow vacation time or time off of any kind in November or December and starting in November I will be working 60+ hour weeks. I was really looking forward to enjoying the release for a time before having to knuckle down at work. Now it is all ruined. Since in all likelihood I will have to work ungodly hours for the next three to four months I have canceled my subscription. I am sure when they get it all "worked out" there will still be plenty of issues for people to complain about when it is released. It isn't like Blizz has ever released anything that has been perfect from day one.
Good decision which should've been announced a month ago. Now people took days off and purchased sub time to play the expansion. Activision-Blizzard can't even delay a game right.
No, it's on Blizzard. Having a month of time to start playing if you skipped the entirety of BfA would've allowed you, for example, to unlock flying. I'm sure there's a lot of people who did this. You don't announce a delay so late. You just don't. Some people have to plan days off work few weeks in advance and now they won't have it for Shadowlands' release.
So now you have longer time to grind out flying. Delays can happen, that's part of the business. Blizzard still didn't force you to buy a sub, that's still on you.
I sent in a request for days off when they announced the launch date for SL as well, but I cancelled them earlier today. Just get the days off later on. You can't blame Blizzard for you personal choices to take time off work/buy a sub for a product that's not out yet.
Originally Posted by Ninji
Yeah I forgot that I was also surprised at the October launch, I was thinking November / December, I’m not a release date guesser person but October just felt super early, even with it being end of December.
I’m happy it’s being delayed, I think Blizz has a chance to knock it out of the park with Shadowlands. Very excited for what’s to come!
Anyone who took time off has no one but themselves to blame.
This delay was made in a shittiest way possible. How couldnt they see they are not gonna make it literally one month ago, when they announced release date, is beyond comprehension. Did Ion hide the real amount of problems they had from the marketing team and headquarters?
People pretend the Blizzard got balls and amazing, but the whole idiocy of situation is totally Blizzard fall. There is nothing to praise them for. They totally saw the amount of problems yet still decided to got for 27 Oct. Its both miscalculation and incompetence on their side. They should have initially got with Nov or Dec and everyone would have been fine and cool with this.
I dont believe 1-2 additional months are enough to fix all bugs and tune everything, and they for sure wont fix the systems that has issues in their very concept.
I dont believe the delay will be worth of the difference between 27 Oct release build and 27 Nov/Dec release build (or whenever they will release it). It will still be not ready but some people got fucked over. And thats not people's problem that they adjusted their free time around their hobby. Its totally on Blizzard.
More over, this delay makes me believe the actual pile of problems is even bigger than beta testing revealed. Overall this decision doesnt inspire my trust for Blizzard at all.
Last edited by Harbour; 2020-10-02 at 08:18 AM.
I'm sorry but if you are planning time off for a wow expansion im not sure what to tell you. That expansion is going to be there for more than the launch. Whats wrong with coming home qnd playing a few hours?
If you planned time off thats on you. Blizzard probably made this decision in the past few days.
Well said. That is what pissed me off is that people made plans and actually took their vacation days. They really should have planed for this especially with a global pandemic going around. I mean knowing that COVID is present would have made a delayed expansion reasonable. They really announced this too late.
“Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.”
Brilliant decision - i haven't seen Blizzard delay a release for polishing in years. As many others have stated, not something i thought we would ever see again.
Also, i'm not sure what sort of badly run companies you guys are all working for where you can't just cancel your vacation days with 3 1/2 weeks notice? Most companies who are broke as fuck right now don't want to pay their employees to take time off and will probably hop, skip and jump to let you cancel the vacation days.
Originally Posted by Ninji