Nothing I've said is wrong. That's all you. they really are pretty much exactly the same thing. It's simply NOT content. Hilarious that you seemingly mocked people for saying "I'm right and everyone who disagrees is wrong" only to do that exact same thing in your last post. If affixes are what's considered new content these days then that's pretty sad and show how plenty of people don't care how incredibly lazy Blizzard is.
Actually, everything you said is wrong, because difficulty is not just "more HP and damage" like you claimed it is.
And here we go again, once more, for the one who ignores facts:It's simply NOT content.
Except I'm actually in the right, here: you are not the arbiter who decides what is content and what is not, and there are people who consider different difficulties to be content.Hilarious that you seemingly mocked people for saying "I'm right and everyone who disagrees is wrong" only to do that exact same thing in your last post.
Yes, covid is partly responsible, but it's not all.
Covid impacted FFXIV content releases by 2 months. WoW is being more directly impacted. From the launch delay to the first patch delay, there was more than just covid going on.
Either that or they really haven't adapted to working from home. Regardless, the situation is dire.
7.1 had
Raid 3 bosses Which made it 10 bosses in all and it was considered overtuned due to the fact heroic odyn was as tough as mythic Xavius according to raiders at the time
Mega dungeon
Helheim quests
I think more leggos
I’m ok with 9.1 hitting in June (it won’t be July) because it’s more than that
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You are literally doing THE SAME THING that you are telling us all off for. Everyone is telling you that they do not agree with you but you keep going. Saying that adding a few affixes constitutes new content is your opinion - but none of us agree with you. As someone once said in this thread a thousand times or so, you are not the arbiter of what "content" is or isn't.
You actually think Blizzard expects people to farm 200k+ anima in one patch to buy all the cosmetics before adding more in the second patch? Ok, pal. That's as ridiculous as the island expeditions vendor, which is why I brought it up. Not sure why you bothered to "humblebrag" that you only played 1/24th of last expansion, as if that doesn't reduce the value of your opinion stead of improving it as you seem to have thought it would.
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I don't see infinite artifact power grinds, titanforging to entice running old content praying for a lotto win, spammable island expeditions for consumables consuming hundreds of hours, azerite gear, essences, or visions to run. That seems like a lot of systems cut.
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Reminds me of the guys in WoD who went "A, D, F, G, and X aren't content so it's proof WoD has less content that ever before." I likened it to going to the fridge, seeing it stuffed with things you're not in the mood for, and lying to people and saying it's empty.
The most difficult thing to do is accept that there is nothing wrong with things you don't like and accept that people can like things you don't.
No. you're wrong and, as usual, absolutely refuse to admit it. Affixes simply just aren't content. People can consider it content all they want but they'd be wrong. You're not in the right even remotely. But as usual, you place yourself up on a pedestal.
Adding a few adds, or adding more damage, or adding something that effects a small area isn't content. It's still the same dungeon with the same bosses. In what reality is that actually content? lmao.
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And most of us would be pretty understanding if at BlizzCon they took just five goddamn minutes from the constant nostalgia trips and prattle about community and told us that "Hey, due to Covid, wildfires and hurricanes we are massively behind schedule so expect 9.1 to come half a year later than usual. Don't worry we will still have 3 raid patches this expansion" Or something like that. But they didn't and now only have guesses, half truths and youtube conspiracy theories to tell us what people have subbed for.
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Yep, WoD had very little to do outside of Garrisons. Same with SL and Torghast. Not everything is easy to quantify, but I made a list in this very thread a few pages back and not only are these two one of the least packed launches, Shadowlands has less content than WoD (if we count all the usual stuff like zones, races, classes, professions, dungeons, raids, arenas, battlegrounds).
The comparison with 7.1 really doesn't work for Shadowlands because 7.1 came 2 months after Legion's launch. You have to compare it to 7.1.5 which came 4.5 months after Legion's launch and brought Nighthold into the game, a very well received 10-boss raid. To be precise: 9.1 must be released next week to match the timeline of 7.1.5.
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The game has been chipped down over the years. Little by little, the game has changed. At times it was like we didnt even notice it. I cant really point to one xpac and say "this is were everything went wrong", cause theres so many things and decisions made by Blizzard that has brought us to were the game are now. I can agree on that alot changed after WotLK though, that xpac now feels like the "last" true wow experience xpac.
I'll keep playing wow when new content releases and for the time being I have alot of fun with classic, but my playstyle in retail will be like I imagine Blizzard wants it to be: Sub up, play a bit, unsub, return later. As I said, it more and more looks like Blizzard wants the playerbase to treat wow retail as a CoD game. With seasonal updated stuff(mounts, new content, affixes++) every 6+ months. For the players that enjoy staying in game for the long haul, it just gets more and more frustrating for each xpac & patch. It says something when I get more out of Classic than retail. I've been playing classic for a long time and even though im not getting showered in epics and all, I get something out of it almost every time I play.
They are also changing up how subs work and the bottom line there is they want people to sub for longer periods instead of month by month. Present a deal its hard to say no to(Great mount+6 month sub) and people stay subbed even if they dont play. With new mount every 6 month, wow token, pets, race/faction/server transfer and all that - they dont need people to have active subs for long period of times. Even though they are trying to lure people into doing it now.
Ion is probably a great raid designer and to be fair - He and Blizzard has always delivered on raids & dungeons. That content has never really been a problem.
All in all - I think this is a intented direction they are pushing with retail wow. For many the waittime inbetween patches/xpacs are long and frustrating but we always forget that when something new launches. Then we play and few months later we complain. rinse repeat and Blizzard still gets revenue breaking yearly records.
Well it combines what some people disliked about both. The scarce content, land long wait for patches from WoD (might even include the lack of 9.3). And taking a detour to a different dimension to do stuff that barely concerns MU Azeroth.
From BfA we have the borrrowed power BS, the nonsensical writing and the dumb resource grind for everything.
For sure. I am not here to say some companies handled it better than others. Obviously that's the case no matter the situation. I don't think anyone is suprised Blizzard would get hamstrung more by it. Staffing is pretty much in constant turn over. Most the Q and A department cut and I wouldn't doubt if devs are asked to double shift that too. Located in So Cal also was probably no help since it was hard hit and involved in some of the harshest shutdown orders. It also hit hard during SL peek dev time, lasted all the way though crunch, and eventually release. Then even post release and into the first patch.
So yeah, you got a point, obviously Blizzard could have done better. But its just Monday morning and we are all talking about how if I was quarterback I never would have toss that interuption Tom Brady threw. What was he thinking. Right... everyone's an expert when its the next day, they have seen the results, and can just say "well I would've" or "so and so did it better" sort of crap.
Its no excuse for them either. It's obviously a major problem. But they could just communicate a little and just let the tension out of the room. But they won't. Another day of silence might keep a few subs ticking a little longer. Because we know if it was good news they would be talking. Or at least that's how I feel about it at this point.