Ok first off, I am enjoying the new zone and having fun; however, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little concerned that this is supposed to be the last content patch of the expansion. From what I have seen there is no way there is more then 3-5 months(5 at the best) worth of content in this entire patch, never mind a year. With everything I have seen players will be done with all they can do in 3 months. What are they supposed to do for the other 6-9 months before the next expansion? This doesn’t seem very well planned out because if players have nothing to do they will just move on.
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My guess is they will do some sort of 10.2.5 and 10.2.7, both with new events, maybe one with a new zone or new addition to the zone.
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Well, first of all, like Rita said, there’s going to at least be a .5 patch. But the elephant in the room is that this zone isn’t really the game lol. It’s a piece of supporting content to get you into the game. The game is raids and mythic+. If you aren’t interested in cooperative, competitive pve, instance-based content, you’re probably not going to be that satisfied.
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Yep, and they’ll do a half way patch, then a fated season.
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The zone or plus the raid + keys m+.
Cause the zone a lone does not have MONTHS of content.
Thing is, we will never get a zone that has people enjoying a zone for months on end.
Do other things in the game also, it is how it always has been… just saying how I see it.
MAYBE 11.0 will change that but for now, heck, unsub if you hit a wall and/or have nothing to do you enjoy.
This zone will be empty pretty fast IMHO but c’est la vie.
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No, there are gonna be other patches. This is the last raid patch.
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I’m not sure - - I’m sure they’ll add story bits here and there but I can’t see them doing a content mini patch.
come up with their own adventures in this virtual world shared by hundreds of thousands of other players.
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This. I don’t get why people act surprised all the time. There has never been a “This patch is so big! It’ll last you an entire year!” moment, outside of initial expansion launches perhaps? The standard with a new patch is new zone, some new activities, and seasonal updates to raids and dungeons. Whether or not you do all those activities is on you however. DF as a whole has a ton of content tbh, I’m still working on “The Forbidden” title achievement which takes forever since I’m just now working on it. Still haven’t even maxed out on Siridormi reputation.
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Some guildies and I are of the opinion that they’re banking on Classic: Cataclysm to pick up the slack. Once people get bored of Amirdrassil after a few months, it’ll be - “Well, why not try some Classic?! That’ll be fun, right?!”
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Honestly I think you may be right there> Also to clarify something, when I said zone I meant the raid and everything there is to do with it including the season. Sorry I should have been more specific, Yet the point I made still stands, with this being the last content patch it is going to be a long year.
Spoiler alert: The majority of players only raid at LFR level or do lower M+ keys during the bonus week.
The reality that this game needs to provide an outdoor or solo-instanced endgame—or watch expac sales and sub numbers continue to decline—is taking a while to sink in I guess.
Everquest is calling from 1999 because it wants its business model back.
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Fated incoming
Even the ones who do raid and push higher content are very quickly going to get bored.
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This expansion is the closest to WoD 2.0 we have ever come. It has been an “x-logger” expansion, it had social media integration via Twitch, and now its going to be drawn out until the next hyped expansion comes out.
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Spoiler alert: They know that it is not financially viable to create enough content to keep most players entertained for 6 months, so they expect players to unsub. That is the way most major MMOs work.
Right after huge promotions for a 12 month sub, sorry that doesn’t add up.
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DF has sort of felt like WoD to me. I’m just kid of waiting it out.
It’s also interesting how Legion came out with world quests as a new feature after the raiding-only WoD flopped so hard, and TWW is going to come out with the new feature of delves after DF sold so few copies.
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Correct.
The whole reason raiding works as a business model is because you are basically blowing up enemy model assets, adding mechanics, and expecting players to stand there in the same environment assets for hours at a time, over the course of months.
M+ is also pretty cost efficient.
May as well let more players in on the fun with delves.
Thats not gonna happen.
I havent even gotten my main to 70 yet and do emerald dream and all i hear is how lackluster it is. Lol
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