A Word on World of Warcraft

[Shadowferal]

I suspect Classic is about to become afu.

[Insaniam]

maybe it will be Retail/Classic collection integration or something like that? We did see the "Bugs" of the Arborwyrm mount and some other REtail only things appearing in Classic as well.

I've been saying for a while that they'll eventually do something like this with Classic. I'm glad that they didn't early on so that we could have a good experience without (even more) retail tourists, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did it now with Classic seasons or something.

Honestly, as someone who's abhorred the way they've handed out old (and in some cases prestigious) unobtainable items (e.g. freebies, Twitch promos, and BMAH), this would be the only acceptable way for them to go about reintroducing these items as obtainable again. While it's not as difficult now, people would still have to go out of their way and put in a considerable amount of effort to earn them, and I can't really see a problem in that.

[Lolites]

All that content will be made obsolete in a few months time. So why should anyone care?

this will be shocking to you i guess, but people play to HAVE FUN, and to have it WHEN THEY PLAY, not bcs of what will be in months/years...
and wow has always been like this, so if thats dealbreaker to you you took a goddamn long to notice it and complain...

And why is the game still called WORLD of Warcraft when only a small fraction of that world is being played on?

which was always a thing... arguably little less so in vanila, but 100% after that...

[heinz0r]

"Listen to your feedback and keep improving."

When did that ever happen? Those devs are so funny... WoW devs are notorious for completely ignoring player feedback.

[doledippers]

"Listen to your feedback and keep improving."

When did that ever happen?

for the majority of dragonflight, actually. several core systems plus many minor things have been iterated on based on community feedback. To name a few..

-class talent trees / pathing
-warden color changing mog set
-crest acquisition rate and bag space concerns
-follower dungeon XP increase
-letting the community decide tier sets for s4

[Daronokk]

Why this post? All of this was already shown at BlizzCon. Sounds to me like Holly just wants to appear in charge by making a hollow statement. Pathetic.

[doledippers]

Why this post? All of this was already shown at BlizzCon. Sounds to me like Holly just wants to appear in charge by making a hollow statement. Pathetic.

the roadmaps and 10.2.6 details were not shown at blizzcon.

[Myradin]

Why are players and devs alike so obsessed with patch numbers? All that content will be made obsolete in a few months time. So why should anyone care? And why is the game still called WORLD of Warcraft when only a small fraction of that world is being played on?

Over the course of the game, you visit various parts of the world.

[Ereb]

Why this post? All of this was already shown at BlizzCon. Sounds to me like Holly just wants to appear in charge by making a hollow statement. Pathetic.

Almost none of this was shown at Blizzcon lol. Is Holly now the new person everybody is going to blame everything on?

[Doffen]

"Listen to your feedback and keep improving."

When did that ever happen? Those devs are so funny... WoW devs are notorious for completely ignoring player feedback.

I would rather say they listen to much now making WoW to a place where you don't really have to work towards any goals as so many things are handed to you.

Made WoW less interesting to play. "They do listen to feedback, but is it improving?" Is a more accurate take.

[ablib]

Why are people drawing conclusions that the big surprise has anything to do with Classic?

RE:
"We can say that it is open to anyone with a WoW subscription if they want to participate"

and

"We watched the reaction to the surprises in Season of Discovery and thought we’d try a similar, but different, approach for Dragonflight"


It's kinda clear it's something to do with Dragonflight, but you don't need to own Dragonflight to be able to participate.

[Relapses]

I would rather say they listen to much now making WoW to a place where you don't really have to work towards any goals as so many things are handed to you.

Made WoW less interesting to play. "They do listen to feedback, but is it improving?" Is a more accurate take.

It's important to consider no two players will ever agree on what improving the game actually constitutes. You may hate the game but the game that it became may be someone else's wish come true. I think Blizzard tries to be mostly egalitarian with their development process with minor caveats for pet projects which do not always pan out.

[Doffen]

It's important to consider no two players will ever agree on what improving the game actually constitutes. You may hate the game but the game that it became may be someone else's wish come true. I think Blizzard tries to be mostly egalitarian with their development process with minor caveats for pet projects which do not always pan out.

Not sure where I said I hate the game at all(passive aggressive, did I do it correctly?). I still play WoW, and if I hated it I wouldn't! The base WoW gameplay is the same as always. Personally I have been tired of it, but then I just didnt play it until I found it fun again.

But I think the alt-gameplay is dumbed down a lot, and rng is no existant almost. I know these are QOL but I dont think WoW needed this much. It was part of the game before and I do like to progress my characters properly. So I have been against the waves on the forums on that topic for years.

Anyway, said it before and saying it again, they had to choose a direction and thats a good thing.

And personally I am looking forward to TWW. Will make it better. And the changes are decent so far, even though it more Alt QoL in Warbands I like that kind of packaging.

I have found out that playing WoW is very relaxing. To sit at the computer playing World of Warcraft now and then is tip top for my soul. So changes or not, I dont mind much.

[rrayy]

Why this post? All of this was already shown at BlizzCon. Sounds to me like Holly just wants to appear in charge by making a hollow statement. Pathetic.

10.2.6 was not shown in any way.