This is not acceptable (Metamorphosis rune)

[Healiuhm-ashkandi]

The real horror here has to be the taste in your mouth from all that boot licking especially when it comes to defending bad decisions.

Not to mention the senior game producer admitted it was a bad idea after they got called out for it.

THE HORROR!!!

[Tintern-garrosh]

Your really gonna have to be extremely heavy handed to call unlocking a class defining feature at lvl 25 unacceptable

[Healiuhm-ashkandi]

Oh absolutely, I agree with you that it was DEFINITELY not an accident.

I work for a corprorate IT structure and game design corporate is no different. I can assure you the chain of command was informed of this, knew about it, and signed off on it before resources were even spent to develop the rune’s quest path. This was coded with intent into the final product because it even had to pass QA.

They just get to hide under the “no PTR” umbrella and blame it on bugs and overshooting expectations of Warlocks.

[Malgarian-scarlet-crusade (Malgarian)]

This whole fiasco, from the quest being bugged to the requirements to obtain the rune itself, is just an unforced L on Blizzard’s part. Typical.

[Xerathael-mankrik]

100% agree. I wanted to tank from first dungeon. This is not just a new pierce of gear or another dps ability that doesn’t really change anything except damage number. This is literally a completely new Spec basically. For anyone having trouble understanding imagine instead if you just couldn’t spec into your preferred class spec until level 20 while everyone else can at level 10. Level 10 is meant to be where we choose our playstyle. Do we want to dps, tank, or heal(if classes have the option). As well as what kind of dps do we want to do/do we want certain utility. This is the level we are meant to start building that. And this level range of 10-15 is where the rune should honestly be for this reason cause deciding to use the rune is not just like getting a pierce of gear or a new damage ability. It’s picking your entire spec for your gameplay style. Changing your role, and how you’re going to spend talent points and decide what gear you want going forward.

They should have just stuck to the basic class building principle of you choosing this at level 10-15 like everyone else, but warlocks are being told no! You don’t get to do that, you don’t get to tank for current content except for reruns. Rogues I believe are also being held back with like a level 20 requirement i think. And it’s just infuriating.

This isn’t a title, or a mount, or a piece of awesome rare gear that’s you work for and earn. Don’t come at me with “not wanting to work for it or earn stuff” I’ve done rank 14 grind multiple times and there’s never been anything worse to earn then that. This is about being able to be my chosen class/spec combo at the fair and intended level range that pretty much everyone else gets to.

[Dorfmann-skull-rock]

Warlock tank was why I started to play the SoD, and this news kind of killed my interest. To those defending Blizzard, no, it’s not about the work that needs to be put into it, it’s about how Warlocks are the only ones that have to put so much effort into it just to unlock it. Shaman and Rogue don’t. The “Oh no, you have to actually do something to earn something” defense doesn’t work when the other 2 don’t have to do anything.

While I’ll probably just end up outleveling the entire thing and going back to do it at a higher level, it just doesn’t make sense why 2 of the 3 get it easy, and the 3rd has tons of obstacles placed in their way (if I had to guess, it’s because of the physical change the character takes).

[Xanthak-durotan (Xanthak)]

@Withersworn-lone-wolf

Yea probably will quit because of this. Blizzard should just remove raid lockout timers and make raids able to be que-able, being gatekept by min maxing elitist players for content that could be completed by npcs is such a pain. I’ve been sitting in town/ashenvale for days unable to get an invite while fully geared. Starting groups is a pain as well with people leaving constantly. When the games last boss is micromanaging players it drains all enjoyment.

Whole reason I rolled this was to go tank lock and won’t even be able to try it.

Doesn’t Classic have a Looking for Group Tool? It might be a pain, but it makes things social, which at least until recently was the MMO experience.

[Xanthak-durotan (Xanthak)]

here’s an idea. The warlocks tank is OP. They didn’t just make it super hard for no reason. In fact, I’d say that making a warlock tank is a complete revamp of the class itself instead of building on top of a class toolkit that was already there.

[Haddaia-stormrage]

truly horrible experience you guys had, hope you can recover someday.

[Brimheart-bloodsail-buccaneers]

SoD = Season of Don’tFingCare

[Qlipse-faerlina]

@Kruua-moon-guard

Phase 1 is a third of the experience being spoiled.

1/4… nice try. 25. 40. 50. 60. Endgame. So really you could almost say there 5 phases. But for this we’ll just say 4.

@Crusnik-remulos

rely on dozens of people to help you, do a raid that locks on you all while not doing the very thing we picked the class to do in the first place.

9 people. You need 9 other people 1 time. You’re completely blowing this thing out of proportion.

@Demonmom-skull-rock

So by the time they do change it if it’s the tuesday after next AT BEST. I’ll likely already have it.

Bro thats like 4-5 raid lockouts from now… if you don’t have it you’re just being lazy…

@Seohyun-benediction

I would have been so annoyed if I couldn’t tank any of the leveling dungeons.

We’ve been through less than a 1/4 of the leveling dungeons. Way less than a quarter.

@Tippytaps-benediction

after they specifically said runes wouldn’t be in dungeons in asinine.

1. I don’t remember them saying this.
2. A raid is in fact not a dungeon.

@Healiuhm-ashkandi

Subbed two days ago with my spouse out of hype over the Warlock tank. Wasted 30 bucks.

LOL y’all are wild. 25/60 and you wasted 30 bucks. Theres still three more phases where you can dungeon tank as a lock, plus raid tanking in Gnomer next phase. Y’all need to seriously chill.

@Nihilithak-nerzhul

I have a lot of real life stuff that means i will never be able to guarantee that i can commit to a raid, so i’ll just never get this rune.

lol speed runners are doing this raid in 30 minutes. Average groups are 2 hours. I’m sure you can find the time.

@Haddaia-stormrage

THE HORROR!!!

@Healiuhm-ashkandi

Not to mention the senior game producer admitted it was a bad idea after they got called out for it.

When did this happen?

@Tintern-garrosh

Your really gonna have to be extremely heavy handed to call unlocking a class defining feature at lvl 25 unacceptable

Yeah unlocking a class defining feature at 25/60, where you still have 3/4 of the leveling dungeons to tank, and at least 2 more pre-endgame raids… IS SO TERRIBLE. So lemme get this straight. You can tank all of the phase raids (after dpsing 1 time,) and you missed what… 3-4 dungeons? OH THE HUMANITY!

Y’all are -wild-

[Tetha-mankrik]

You can heal without earthshield.

[Tetha-mankrik]

Wont be tanking anything because your guild already has tanks at that point.

Blizz even admitted they messed up, y cant u?

[Bigslimjim-area-52]

funny how you got downvoted because bad players are mad they cant get everything in the game… never was told no as a kid lmfao

[Daedessa-whitemane]

Just play the game and unlock it holy hell

[Qlipse-faerlina]

@Tetha-mankrik

Blizz even admitted they messed up, y cant u?

Bro because I don’t care. If I was a lock, I would just do the raid. All the best gear is there. People complaining about pvp and all this other nonsense… won’t be competitive against people in the raid gear. All things lead to the raid, so you either do it, or you’re behind. Like sure, is it frustrating? Yes. I 100% agree it’s frustrating. But the level of QQ demonstrated by these people is astounding. It’s not -that- big of a deal. You have to raid -1 time-. You’re going to get to tank PLENTY of leveling dungeons in future phases. People are acting like they had to get to -60- before being able to tank. So frustrating? Yes. End of the world or necessitating this amount of drama? No.

[Firkfiggler-pagle]

There is also the faction aspect, the number of tanking classes on horde vs alliance is greatly impacted by this choice.

[Someône-westfall]

Do you even know the amount of effort required to get this rune? because the way you speak, you don’t.

[Brifalda-gorgonnash]

What they have done with Warlocks has been the equivalent of telling Warriors that they don’t have an opportunity to gain Defensive Stance or a shield until after the first raid. Would that be acceptable?

[Mortignis-emerald-dream (Mortignis)]

I’m not pissed but yeah going into it I was expecting to be able to tank up until 25, this is like warlock new game+ lol