Seeing as development has halted, what’s going to happen at this point. Do we think it’s just going to be WoD 2.0 to where their just going to scrap the storyline in a .5 minor patch. With them jumping into development of the next expansion. With the latter being if the lawsuit goes unfavorable for them, will this mean the end of WoW?
I guess as people have said WoW will be the end of WoW, I know there was plenty more to the storyline given the jailer escaped, yet with development halted it begs the question of is this it for the expansion at this point. Also kind of explains the current state of things too I guess.
There was a tweet that was sent out and it’s just speculation. If the lawsuit is already causing them to enter crisis mode to where they halted production. It doesn’t bode well in the end as that means to me their anticipating a huge financial loss.
WoW makes too much money to die as of right now due to the cash shop, but I think it’s leaders are too special to sell it off while it still has that value either and too pig-headed to listen to the good devs and fix it…
No? Content Patches have been par for the course. 9.1 was definitely behind schedule, but the content we got was normal. Hell, I’d argue 9.1 is slightly above average.
They will just move employees involved in the lawsuit off active development teams, put in replacements and continue. It will just take them some time to get things going again.
I was getting WoD 2.0 vibes even before this lawsuit came out. If Activision wishes to stick to their release schedule (every 2.15 years ± a month or two) then they would be forced to release 10.0 during the 2022 Holiday season, then they are forced to end it with 9.2
If they want to do 9.3, they would have to tack on another year for maximum profit, but I don’t see that making ANYBODY happy.
So we’re caught between a rock and a hard place. If they have stalled development (which is what is happening according to the tweet) we’re not going to get content, which means that they’ll have to postpone things to get back on track…
So we won’t get a 9.3 AND 10.0 is going to be pushed back. Officially lose-lose.
You’re all speculating on the chaos this lawsuit will bring and nothing more. But I’m sure they’ll put a strategy in place to minimize the damage. We just won’t hear about it on the forums.
The game was already fubar, this latest news is the nail in the coffin. WoW will never recover and will continue it’s slow march into irrelevancy unless they sell the IP in which case it may limp on as a husk of it’s former greatness.
For comparison, WoW is like GOT. First 6 seasons were amazing and then they ____ the bed. We’re in season 8, the end game now folks. Story is a joke, content is basically scraps thrown to the starving dogs and the mechanics are convoluted and don’t make sense. RIP WoW as we knew it.
Perhaps there is a silver lining here. If development has been halted, it would be the perfect time to clean house and get a fresh crew of dev’s on board.
I love how all these devs are “making a stand” and walking out now, instead of standing up and saying something when this crap was actually happening to these people.
Making a stand after you get in trouble doesn’t really have the same weight to it, now does it?
It’s okay though, delay our game even more to make your statement. I’m sure people won’t mind.
My thoughts and hopes exactly. Both the work environment for the Blizz employees and the gaming environment for the playerbase can quite possibly benefit if they do that.
