Some Shadowlands stuff. Not to go full conspiracy theorist on y’all, but this lines up weirdly well with the 4chan leak that said Shadowlands was a red herring.
Also, Korrgosh brought this up in another thread and I wanted to comment on it without bogging down said thread in conspiratorial speculation.
It makes sense that Blizzard would want Classic’s release to coincide with a Retail content drought so as to up their sub count, but I’m wondering if it might not also portend a longer than average wait time for the next content drop. It could be they’re giving us something to do while they polish a substantial 9.3 launch… or maybe they need something to distract us while the skeleton crew left working on BfA throws something together. I dunno, what do y’all think?
The whole “doesnt have one, gets some alive guy instead” bit makes me raise an eyebrow. It’s one of those things where I think there are truths possibly in there, but I doubt this is all correct.
Yeeeeah I mean I see your point, even that I’m only able to believe to a point. Giving the vulpera Gallywix instead of a deceased hero like everyone else seems like a LOT. Even for Blizzard.
I take your point, though. My personal issue is that these leaks have me torn between “that’s incredibly stupid, they wouldn’t possibly do that” and “that’s incredibly stupid, so that is almost certainly what they’re going to do.”
The only good thing I think that has come out of BfA is Jaina’s story, which I think was done fairly well. I always felt as if Jaina was written by a side team of sorts, overshadowed by the main characters for a long time, and because of this she’s probably had some of the best character development.
I think SWTOR, FF14, ESO, and even Wildstar (RIP, you were too beautiful for this world) prove that the MMO format can be used to tell excellent stories. I think I am done expecting anything from Blizzard, done making excuses for them, and done giving them the benefit of the doubt.
I don’t know what’s coming next but I am certain it’s gonna suck like a shop vac hooked up directly to a fusion reactor.
