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WoD also had a continent and a raid conspicously missing. Farahlon is one thing to see disappear, but Shattrath just screams that there was more to it that ended up scrapped, not just the fact that the initial presentation says there is a raid there, but also that the story doesnt have a conclusion and is just left awkwardly with an entire city hidden under a forcefield the entire expansion without an explanation.
The world revamp dream will never die!
Normally expansions simply have 3(or 4 even) content patches. People don't ignore it, they simply understand the queston correctly and compare it to a standard expansion. I'm sure when Blizzard put up a concept for the exapnsion they didn't set out to make a "short one". That is not how this works. Inadvertedly if we don't get 9.3 they will have skipped it by the most common sense interpretation of question, even if they already knew this while making 9,1 or late into 9.0.
You are welcome, Metzen. I hope you won't fuck up my underground expansion idea.
All of this is true but not for Shadowlands. Shadowlands was developed during the peak of the Corona pandemic. COVID-19 started in February '20, Shadowlands was released 9 months later. Based on this simple fact it's very likely they were already adapting to the situation during development and never considered a 9.3 patch because they knew that they're late and everything will require more time to get finished.
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You are just splitting hairs about what constitutes planning. Even in februrary Blizzard most likely didn't know what to expect for the pandemic, certainly not continous lockdowns. This was also long before people started leaving them due to the poor working conditions that could no longer be supported while lockdowns are in place. By the point where the brunt of it would have hit them they would have laid out plans for the expansion already.
I think the most likely period for course correction was during the development of 9.1, because the base game shows clear signs of their initial goals of "expansion long systems" while in 9.1 this has already been cut down by giving us extra conduit ranks past the normal iLvl progression, introducing new systems (dom shards), etc.
You are welcome, Metzen. I hope you won't fuck up my underground expansion idea.
I placed my vote on yes and think they should just go straight 9.6, skip 9.3 to 9.5
What good is alpha/beta if they dont listen
Yeah and 9.1 was already in development during peak Coronavirus. Maybe there were initial plans or ideas for 9.3, but nothing really worthwile in 2020. So it would have been easy to just scrap an entire patch or just combine something like 9.2 and 9.3 instead of having them separate. What I want to say: there was enough time to axe 9.3 before they actually started working and wasting manpower on it.
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MAGA - Make Alliance Great Again
Your statement has no validity, I stopped playing WoW in BFA and I never came back for Shadowlands and I never will (long time WoW player who's played since launch). I have no loyalty to this shit company any longer as their content is so subpar. I've been active in FFXIV since it launched also playing both games side by side. FFXIV is vastly superior in every way possible. The only reason I kept subbed to WoW was nostalgia and attachment to my main.
I would say no if they are smart enough to abandon the broken parts of their game...
The 9.3 patch needs to give players max renowned, max conduits, and player crafted sockets on launch day.
Well yes? Pretty much every single time, at least the amount of raid tiers were hinted directly when the addon was announced (Legion), or was hinted early on for example in BFA when they announced that Azshara will not be the final raid boss.
Funny enough, up to this day 9.2 hasn't even been specifically mentioned yet.
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I said yes because I'm bias'd and watched the tali/evi video so - idk I think 9.2 or 9.2.5 should be the end of SL.. as sad as it sounds - I like SLs but I think its possible that they have merged the patches and we may only have one last raid left of the expac
I really hope they skip 9.3 and just decide to cut their losses with this xpac... it would be a win-win for everyone <3
change can't wait.
How realistic would it be for Shadowlands to last till 2023? Thats where the game is heading if they are doing a 9.3
Unfortunately it seems as if they have been cutting their losses for the last three expansions, starting with WoD. And each time we fall for it.
"Next game will be better because they are focusing their efforts on that one instead of trying to fix the current one."
That seems to be the baby blanket we are all clutching to help us feel better.
Even without the scandal, I don't see 9.3 happening. Parts of the story have been finished, and it looks 9.2 (and then 9.2.5) will wrap everything up.