An Update on Shadowlands

[Dandarrion-dalaran]

Excellent decision! Cheers!

[Addrodoc-nemesis]

C’mon!
I bought a new pc and schelled vacation time for this!

Better than a bad expansion I guess,but try go give us a a more lax release date in case this happen…
Gotta find a new thing to play during vacation

[Harodruid-aegwynn]

Glad to hear, honestly this is what I was hoping for. Better to take the time now than trying to play catch-up all xpac long

[Notagin-kul-tiras (Notagin)]

Anyone else noticed the timing of the post? They should have waited until tomorrow afternoon if they were that concerned.

[Wrench-emerald-dream]

@Aggropriest-nerzhul

I never said its doomsday and while you’re okay with it, it does not mean all are. If you read, many took time off for the launch, not just me and we’re stuck taking time during a dead part of the game. No one said they had to provide a hard launch date but they did, thus Blizzard has to deal with the issues you caused. While those that find this an issue worth requesting a refund might be a minority, it does not take away from the very real problem caused by such short notice/change.
Time off is not easy to come back and while you may think it absurd that someone would time time off, that does not give you the right to judge how they feel or react to this news. This game serves many people not just you and news to you, I’m not alone if you read many post.

I don’t think you’re alone, but I also don’t agree with the point of view. And we might have to agree to disagree on that.

I also took time off and I empathize with those who did as well – but I just don’t share the sense of entitlement that your point of view seems to have. I don’t think they owe us anything other than what they have already given us – communication.

[Snufulafagus-velen (Snufulafagus)]

@Notagin-kul-tiras

They should have waited until tomorrow afternoon if they were that concerned.

And posted on a third party website

[Femaledwarf-tichondrius (Femaledwarf)]

Downvoted.

[Nissellis-draka]

I manage 14 software engineers. So I get how critical it is to release a quality product to customers on time. But you know what happens if I commit my team to a date and then we don’t meet that date? I lose my job.

You’re postponing the date because endgame isn’t ready… to me what you’re saying (and putting my player hat on the same time as my manager hat) is you boot licked to a small percentage of insanely vocal, elitist, professional gamers in your customer base. The vast majority of your players won’t see endgame content until a few weeks to a month in. In order to NOT have missed your dates, it seems you should have probably:

1. Listened to those vocal elitist professionals MUCH sooner since you gave them all alpha and beta, and they’ve been testing and complaining for months.
2. Been more realistic with your estimates
3. Been more accommodating and provided better resources to your devs to help them better adjust and be more successful while working from home. All my deliverables were met this year and we’ve all been working remotely since March too!! It’s not an excuse. You owe it to your devs to help them adjust.

And yes, I’m a bitter old woman and I’m ticked. I’ve never vented on here and won’t make it a habit. Though I do feel oddly better…

[Fadeknight-stormrage]

This is awesome if you actually improve the game and make well needed changes and polishing. But if you delay it 2 months and covenants still come out horrible and you ignore all feedback about them, you’re gonna have a lot of mad players.

[Grinikth-thrall (Grinikth)]

Real good play here! Get the game ready before releasing it, everyone will appreciate it more that way !

[Macgroover-feathermoon]

Good decision, team! Glad you’re taking the time to give us your best!

[Nycthor-khaz-modan]

Every expansion have launched unfinished, then is fixed in the weeks months after. Trust me, I been here for them all. When you commit to something, you do it. If you think they are going to launch a polished expansion out of the gate, you are unfamiliar with Blizzard. For much of the players, delaying after announcing a date has monetary repercussions.

[Afurrylady-sargeras (Afurrylady)]

Good job. Thanks for taking the time to do it right.

[Ashezra-moon-guard]

This. Here here!

[Sifu-bleeding-hollow (Sifu)]

@Jalanilí-moon-guard-4790

@Vandalsp-sargeras

This should have been done a long time ago. It’s too close to release now and people already made plans/took off work. Very unprofessional.

What I don’t get is that they only announced the release date a month ago. What kind of trainwreck happened between a month ago and now?

I think it’s more of a bloat issue. Blizzard decided on 10/27 release date many months prior to the announcement date. I think when they announced the release date in Gamescom, the devs pretty much already knew they would have to delay the expansion.

Just takes a while for a company this huge to go through all the checks and paperwork to officially delay the expansion.

[Hexocutz-malganis]

Open BETA for all? since we are 1-2 months away from release

[Barryfizzle-moon-guard]

Thank you so much Blizzard! Let’s get it right this time!!!

[Liyo-whitemane]

I’m upset but its for the best. Excited that I will have plenty of time to level up and learn new alts.

[Zyminus-thrall (Zyminus)]

You can have a prepatch date, but it’s gonna cost you an expansion date.

[Healzforfeel-bleeding-hollow]

Does this mean you’ll reimburse us for the plane tickets we bought to reunite our long time WoW friends which we do for each expansion?

I’m all for the extra time to ensure the best experience, but our experience is quite literally ruined by this late announcement.