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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Delayed Until Later This Year, Prepatch dated for October 13th.
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everyone has been saying it needs a delay bad (from beta) but that it wouldnt be delayed because Activision gonna Activision, huh.
Now I'm wondering if they do November, or just do December and get away from the console launches /shrug
2/3 mean 2 out of 3 no? So WoD and BFA
Now I'm wondering if they do November, or just do December and get away from the console launches /shrug
2/3 mean 2 out of 3 no? So WoD and BFA
Borrowed power system that's broken some classes. Legendary drops that made your spec viable if you got it or terrible if you didn't. Patches that were pretty bleh. Suramar rep grind.
8.0 retroactively soured a lot of folks on it when it became obvious how much of the overall design was tied to the artifacts that they just unceremoniously removed. there was really no need for it to be a borrowed power system that we gave up, it should have just become a part of character progression.
but without them all the spec redesigns ended up being shallow and worse off than what we had in WoD.
They specified Legion not WoD, which is funny since Legion shits on WoD in almost every way.
This is really the reason why they keep running into this problem over and over again. They throw so much out with each new expansion that they're basically starting from scratch each time. It's the totally opposite approach FF14 takes (which I also have issues with). There's got to be some nice medium ground where you get exciting new features without blowing everything up and spending half of the expansion fixing stuff that you fixed last time.
Legion had a very rough start with a pretty bag Legendary system and a very unfriendly Weapon system that discouraged alternate specs on a character. They fixed it by the first patch largely, but it was such a good expac that basically everybody forgot how rough it started.
For the most part, and I really don't know why, but they moved away from the idea of player power by itself mattering, and having player power just tied to whatever system is launching with the current expansion. Unlike FFXIV, I truly don't know why Blizzard feels the need to throw out systems at the end of every expansion, but it's just something they do. Tieing that to how strong your character feels is just never going to be a correct decision with that mindset, but they just keep going. Shadowlands is going to be the worst example of this, as it's not just one system they need to balance, but like 3 or 4. Do you have the right Covenant for your spec? How about Soulbinds? Do you have the right Conduits for those Soulbinds? How about the right Legendary?
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Yeah as I mentioned it's kinda unprecedented to see this much celebration behind a delay.Pretty much everyone felt it was needed this time.
Absolutely 100% correct decision though.
Yep not surprised, I still remember the reactions when the release date was first announced. A lot of people were expecting later than what we got because the state of beta at the time and.... here we arePretty much everyone felt it was needed this time.
It was obvious to me the Oct 27th date was too soon from the moment that it was announced. It became increasingly clear it wasn't ready for release, and knew it needed a delay. Wasn't sure they'd go through with it, but I'm glad they did.
Cancelled my PTO, but worried it'll launch at a time that I can't take off now.
Should also get that 3080/Zen3 build done in time now yeeeee.
Cancelled my PTO, but worried it'll launch at a time that I can't take off now.
Should also get that 3080/Zen3 build done in time now yeeeee.
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Legion was a grade A expansion and outside of the usual final content update -> expac launch the community was largely positive
"Will Shadowlands be delayed? I think the answer is blindingly obvious: No!" LOL
I won't be playing this, but considering how many experiences Blizzard has recently had with not pulling the brakes when the alpha/beta population reports that something is clearly not ready (be it BfA or WC3 Reforged), it's nice to see them capitulate for once. Blizzard's reputation was built on delivering Soon, and in recent years, they had turned away from that principle with disastrous consequences.
In fact, around this time last year I recall the news that WC3 would be pushed out of 2019 was met with jubilation—and ultimately, they still didn't delay it by enough. The thing about rough Blizzard launches—and I remember this going back to vanilla D3 and Warlords of Draenor—is that enough testing is in public view that you can always see them coming.
In fact, around this time last year I recall the news that WC3 would be pushed out of 2019 was met with jubilation—and ultimately, they still didn't delay it by enough. The thing about rough Blizzard launches—and I remember this going back to vanilla D3 and Warlords of Draenor—is that enough testing is in public view that you can always see them coming.
Lol he is currently working on the "Ohh shit they actually delayed it" video as we speak
Blizzard saw my plight at getting a 3080 and delayed the expansion so I can build a new PC in time.
I think they realized Blizzard/WoW doesn't have enough goodwill left to keep pulling that off, especially after BfA.
Didn't expect this at all. I think this is the first time an expansion has been delayed. But I'll take it as a good sign. Never a bad choice to delay something.
What was the issues that needed it to be delayed? I haven't been following it lately.
What was the issues that needed it to be delayed? I haven't been following it lately.
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Burning Crusade was delayed, but that's literally it when it comes to expansion delays.
The delay mainly has to do with balancing. They've just finally started to tune covenants like today, and there are tons of broken quests and things that have barely been touched yet (Windwalker Monks).
Well, that's good to hear. Now that I remember yes TBC was delayed publicly.. but it's been so long. I'm just glad they admitted that it needs more time to be finished instead of insisting its great now and pushing it out like WoD, BfA, or Cata.
I wonder if an extra month or two is really enough to really fix it up. Seems like there is a lot of work still to go. Wouldn't be surprised to see it launch early next year.
I'm glad since now I won't be ignoring my shiny new next-gen systems when they launch.
I'm hoping for a late January launch personally
I'm hoping for a late January launch personally
Hoping for Mid-December since that'll give me enough space to put some time aside and check it out.
Man, it feels like its been half a decade since bfa came out, I don;t think I even got past the first zone
Blizzard, you stupid assholes. Anyone in the alpha could've told you that the expansion was nowhere near ready when they moved it into beta. Anyone in the beta could tell you that the expansion is barely ready for launch.
Glad they decided to delay but I'm also having a good ol' laugh about it.
Glad they decided to delay but I'm also having a good ol' laugh about it.
This NEEDED to happen, but never did I think Activision would allow it. There is a lot of stuff that needed to be addressed for months and when they were not, and the release date was announced I thought well, Blizzard will fix/ patch things when Mythic raiding begins as they normally do.
This is a good thing, and I look forward to updated Beta patch notes.
This is a good thing, and I look forward to updated Beta patch notes.
Yes you will definitely need one of those to achieve 1000 fps in WoW.
And you know they will spend most of the expansion balancing/fixing said systems just to scrap them at the end of the expac.
It's disappointing,but expected given the state of the Beta. I'm glad they are willing to delay though. I want things to actually work.
But holy shit at the anger on the WoW forums and Twitter. People need to calm the hell down.
But holy shit at the anger on the WoW forums and Twitter. People need to calm the hell down.
Will people with a subscription be able to use the new leveling system for the Shadowlands Expac? (Prior to going to Shadowlands.)
How bad? I have this perception (out of my butt) that the players are angry at Blizzard for multitude reasons and this delay just unleashed it. People are always angry when I went to look for something in the classic forums.
How bad? I have this perception (out of my butt) that the players are angry at Blizzard for multitude reasons and this delay just unleashed it. People are always angry when I went to look for something in the classic forums.
I think the new leveling system applies to the whole game, so anyone with a sub
People on the WoW forums are overwhelmingly happy about it, though? Especially on the beta forums.
Not sure what you're running now, but I went from a GTX 1080 to an RTX 3080, and my fps barely improved at all. The game is limited by other factors.
I'm just happy the pre patch isn't far away honestly, that is what i was looking forward to a lot. So it will be nice to get ample time to mess around with the leveling experience to a very good degree and all the class changes before the expansion drops.
To me this was the best decision to keep fans engaged and to give them more time to hit the quality they want. We have seen a rushed expansion before and its not pretty
To me this was the best decision to keep fans engaged and to give them more time to hit the quality they want. We have seen a rushed expansion before and its not pretty