What is the purpose of gating LFR wings for 4 weeks?

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I’ve never thought it was a good idea to delay the final wing of LFR for so long after a patch, but it seems especially pointless now that Story Mode is available.

Anyone who wants to see the end story can do so immediately. LFR gear is trivial in ilvl compared to other sources. Tier pieces are available from both the Catalyst and Vault.

I recognize that just a few raids ago LFR wings unlocked every TWO weeks (yikes!). Nerub-ar Palace had 3 wings and the last wing was out less than a month after the expansion launch. That pacing felt perfect.

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Gotta keep those lfr Raiders in line

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It’s to keep people subbed for another month

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Because 789.

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And they will be doing it in 11.1 depending on how many wings.
March 4 Wing 1
March 11 Wing 2
March 18 Wing 3
March 25 Wing 4

Ok now my question is do you think they are going to revert to the old way where you had to wait 2 weks for the first wing and every 2 weeks after or is there just a problem with 1 extra week ?

If the latter why so since there is one more wing in Undermine raid compared to Nerub

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I agree blizzard should remove LFR

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It’s part of WoW’s “pacification of the leetzors” strategy. Don’t want the unworthy to see content before they do.

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this. no reason it shouldnt be released at the same time lol.

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Maybe it used to, but I don’t think that works now. I don’t think there are going to be many people resubbing just for Gallywix LFR with Story Mode available

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LFR raiders need to subsidize the rest of the tiers, but it’s important that they remember their place.

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Combo of making tier scarce the first few weeks for people who cant/dont run splits and keep lfr members subbed

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They do that to prevent those who aren’t already geared from catching up. If they didn’t players would complain non-stop that there are too many bads, with non-stop whining and crying so Blizzard tries to keep the peace.

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People are staying subbed to run LFR once and then un-sub?

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Actual answer:

Blizzard explained this years ago when they started staggering the LFR release (in Throne of Thunder) because Determination was added.

Raiding is supposed to have a sense of progression, over time. LFR has zero progression with the Determination buff because you WILL kill everything the first day.

So Blizzard artificially implements a sense of progression by releasing the wings a few weeks apart.

You have your answer. Thread can now be closed.

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Just like I said, the top tier players would do nothing but whine and cry if Blizzard didn’t stop everyone else from catching up.

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The REAL reason is this:

World First Races and Cutting Edge Guilds.

LFR does not share a lockout with Heroic and Mythic, and thus provides a very easy avenue for elite players to get 4-piece set bonus on week one as well as potentially very advantageous trinkets and weapons.

Even with the low item level, a 4-set bonus can dramatically affect performance at that level.

At least, that was the ORIGINAL intent of the LFR delay. Now it might be simply the case of: “This is how we’ve done it, so why change it.” situation.

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No it’s not, the real reason is posted above.

There was no multi-week staggering until Determination was added, and staggering went in at the exact same time. For the reasons I listed above.

They were quite explicit about it.

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agreed.
But I think if they are going to do that, then they shouldn’t be allowed to compete if they got to see the raid in PTR. You know they do PTR at the end of season to gain advantage over everyone else, they have been on farm for months, and have no reason to play the game, PTR drops, they start running raids in PTR as quick as possible to gain advantage, and jump ahead when locked content drops.

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So you won’t quit the game after 1 week, probably.

Blizz uses tons of fabricated measures to try to make people stick around longer than they would otherwise have.

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I’m just glad they stopped doing every other week.

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