Oh trust me, they did. And not just one person. To be fair, it was mostly people from Europe talking about how watertight their consumer laws are and that "heads would roll, jail time is a very real likelihood". I just assumed they were trolling, but it was more than one individual, and they committed to it and honestly seemed to think this was a reality.
I guess thats why everyone from CDPR is in jail following the delays to CP2077. Little known fact - thats why Duke Nukem Forever took SO long to make - all the devs kept getting sent #StraightToJail each time they delayed it.
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This is called a Strawman argument - no one claimed to be getting a month off. Blizzard themselves have said they dont want to release a product right before xmas and force staff to work through the holiday season.
For the record, ill be taking between 3 and 5 weeks off, depending on workload.
They did. I'd be utterly floored if they did not deliver on that front. To commit to 2020 at the onset says to me they knew precisely what they needed to do with a good guess how long it would take, and it was a few weeks' worth.
Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I got from that statement.
December isn't out of the question, not in the slightest. Cataclysm was released in the 2nd week of December in 2009. And, I don't see how November is out of the question as well. Excellent job at completely disregarding facts, relevant trends and past tendencies.
The only way "there will be no staff during the holidays" makes sense is if they are getting that amount of time off. Reminder: The post I originally quoted said all of December is off the table because of "the holidays."
The forums and their blatant misuse of pointing out what they believe are logical fallacies instead of actually arguing the intended point being made, which is more than obvious given the context. It's always entertaining.
Furthermore, Blizzard themselves have had multiple late November-Early December releases, and I can't find a source of them saying anything to the contrary. Regardless, history shows they are willing to do it regardless of what they have stated publicly.
Congrats on the time off. You're in the minority.
Again, not taking anything as gospel.
I just see no reason to believe a random forum poster, who could say "SL won't be released until 2040" with just as much evidence.
Yes, Blizzard said "October release" and then amended their statement to say "before the end of 2020." I get that. But I'm not going to fall for mad speculation on any new changes to the release date until it comes from some official source. Maybe it won't be released until January, but I have no reason to believe that until told otherwise. Blizzard's made mistakes which harms the trust we can have in them but I think they're a bit more trustworthy than the random speculations of random forum goers.
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No, this is a redirect and avoidance. Your statement in favor of 'rental powers' was "they cant just add new abilities every expansion!" but as I pointed out, and you have since admitted, no one is saying they should. As such, you are attacking an argument no one is making, to make your argument seem stronger than it is. That is called a strawman argument.
The last time this came up was last Christmas. And blizzard didn't use the excuse of not wanting employees to work but stated that they didn't want to release the new raid during xmas in order to allow people time to spend with their families instead of feeling the need to play. Staff wouldn't really need to work through the holidays that already wouldn't be working (server techs, "emergency" staff etc).
The week of xmas? Sure. But there is still plenty of time for the expansion to be released and give employees a break.
"Man is his own star. His acts are his angels, good or ill, While his fatal shadows walk silently beside him."-Rhyme of the Primeval Paradine AFC 54
You know a community is bad when moderators lock a thread because "...this isnt the place to talk about it either seeing as it will get trolled..."
I'm a bit surprised considering the other poster missed this considering how insistent they are on how it's more than just bugs, but Blizzard flat out said end game content wasn't where they want it to be.
The Maw itself was cited as a huge issue, as they wanted it to feel barren and hopeless basically for immersion but for gameplay, it left little to nothing to do there and it was a major part of the end game.
I'd have to dig up the article but hopefully that rings a bell or two for some. Granted, it's definitely not a "from scratch" type of deal, and if Blizzard still says 2020 after they already delayed it I see no reason why to doubt them.
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First, arguing from extremes and attempting to discredit the argument by using ridiculous dates like "2040" does nothing good for your argument at all.
Secondly, they didnt say "October release" and then amend their statement to say "before the end of 2020". They said "before the end of 2020" and then updated it to the specific release date of October 27th, 2020", and then missed that date, and have provided no update at all since then, other than falling back to their safety net of "before the end of 2020".
its coming out next month or december, too bad you are wrong.
Also idk if you know but
a month or 2 is plenty of time for class changes
we are always 2-3 weeks behind the internal builds
class changes will continue to go from launch all the way to mythic launch week, one of the biggest class change weeks is the week between heroic and mythic.