So it would have taken more time and effort to bump the ilvl of WQ gear, then it took to go back, update all the raids with new mechanics, update older dungeons for mythic+, and update PvP and the ilvls of all the gear associated with that content. I find that very hard to believe, but if that is the case, then that is very poor resource management. Point is, how can open world players be expected to believe they will get anything but scraps when Blizz barely gives them scraps now.
Again, it feels like they are saying they canât be bothered to do anything for open world players, but trust us we will make things better in the future.
I donât have to trust them, itâs not like I trust Microsoft or UBIsoft for that matter. All I have to do is enjoy the game enough to consider it worth the cost of playing.
So they werenât smart enough to do the things you wanted done, instead they did things someone else wanted done. Sure you can make an argument as to why they didnât spend their limited resources on your pet projects. My gosh have I heard that one before.
Ok, keep defending Blizz, I can see you seem to think itâs ok to give one part of the player base new shiny things, and give a big middle finger to another group because they couldnât be ***ed to. Point Iâm making through all this is, how can we trust Blizz to do anything for open world players when they couldnât even put forth a bit of effort this time around, but had no problem putting forth the effort to update raids, mythic+ and PvP. They can keep saying all day long that they will do something good for open world players, but actions speak louder than words and in this instance, their actions say open world players can screw off, but then they will tell we will change and please come back.
You are absolutely right, Blizzard failed to put a major effort into the final SL release in an attempt to please everyone. They didnât walk to the sun and bring back a glass of sunshine either. Shame on them for not doing the impossible.
In the end, software groups have to make a call and decide where the resources go. But if Blizzard is not in your wheelhouse and is doing the wrong things then there is still hope.
This isnât 2004, itâs 2022 and there are hundreds of new MMOs coming out all the time done by hundreds of different software groups. Maybe one of them would have the same vision that you do as to what the priorities should be.
having good raids doesnât mean you have to allocate 80% of resources into development of it. I feel like the other 20% was spent on mythic dungeons and sometimes I wonder if they have an intern working the pvp, open world and story writing content.
most people did not find the story of an emo chick selling her soul to the devil for power relatable or interesting
4 zones zones where for the sake of âexcitementâ the backwardness becomes spiteful. warriors go to the plane of disease in death? vampires are lawful redeemers? liking the forest and animals means you have to help the gay unicorns? heaven isnât limboâŠ
most people donât like the new battlegrounds and they arenât being removed or fixed. seething shore literally gives me vertigo
hunters still shooting through walls in arena 2 years later
I will praise Blizzard when they pull off any praise-deserving action. Problem is, for every good thing they do, they also manage to screw up a dozen more times.
Easy exemple: I praised them for trying to fix the end-expansion drought with season 4, but of course they managed to make the whole experience miserable by giving it zero internal testing before launch.
Everything Blizzard does is either straight up a bad decision or some half-baked experiment. Thatâs why everyone is angry and will forever distrust Blizzard.
well they been hiring tons of new devs right should the game get better ya but will it no. cause the things alot of people get mad about like balancing or this specs no fun or that specs no fun ainât gonna get fixed. they got worse at balancing and season 4 cause they released with superior op specs and massive nerfs still needed for lotss of dungeons same as when they released the jailer raid lol. are these old dungeons gonna be the same way in dragonflight ? i mean come on who are these new people your hiring and what exactly are they doing. i canât wait for trees to come out live and all the people praising them will be a spec they wanted to play and there at the bottom of the barrel and then there hatred for the trees come out lol.
Then 2 months later people are going to complain about how nobody gave feedback or that players werenât clear about what the problem was or what they wanted when blizzard still had time to fix it.
As a business owner I am going to have to disagree with you, but the difference is between making difficult decisions between the well-being of your customers and attending to your own needs versus making easy money. From the consumer side the difference is imperceptible and ultimately the decision is often the same.
I donât own a business, but would you say that there is a difference between major corporations and smaller businesses this way? Iâve worked for smaller businesses who really seem to care about their employees. Iâve also worked for larger corporations who find you to be replaceable.
Sure. I have to decide how much my employees are paid vs how much goes into improving the infrastructure for the next year(s). I have to decide how much my good sell for, which affects the prices the consumer pays. I also have to determine my own salary which is affected by many things such as the likelihood that I will be able to continue business should another pandemic occur and does affect prices and payments. These are just the âeasyâ examples.
