EDIT: This post is now obsolete as it has been amended to ‘next few weeks’.
“Party Sync will become available when the upcoming 8.2.5 content update goes live in the next few months.”
The next few months bit of that statement really does concern me. I mean when are we going to get 8.2.5? November? AFTER Blizzcon, even though 8.2 went live in June? We’re already rapidly approaching the 3 month mark for that patch.
We’ll get it when they finish it. I’d rather it be released after Blizzcon (which I don’t see why that matters) than be rushed.
I got my money on after Blizzcon.
BFA started, has been, remains and will continue to be a huge steaming pile.
You pay a sub for regular content updates.
You know there is also this concept of ‘too late’? November is too late, by the standards of this game’s patch history.
I think you’ll find the only reason a small patch like this would be delayed is purely for marketing reasons, and perhaps the combination of the fact Classic is propping up the game at present.
People like you are the reason companies get away with the poor services they provide these days.
If it is after Blizzcon, expect a good 15 minutes of the Warcraft Deep Dive to be about Party Sync.
8.2.5 holds the anniversary content. And they usually get into a lull around the beginning of the month with time around thanksgiving being a wash too. I would wager that we’ll get it in mid to late October.
I don’t even care, 8.2.5 isn’t going to inject a lot of content into the game, anyone who thinks it will is fooling themselves.
Going to be a collection of small things, and then we do the same old crap till 2020, if we’re lucky.
The RAF article said the same thing. “In a few months” or something like that. So I’m guessing November. It going alongside Blizzcon makes the most sense. Couple that with December usually being a slow month for Blizzard - and yeah. That makes sense.
yes. they will never launch anything during the leadup couple of months going into blizzcon. why would they, when they can time it for during blizzcon or immediately afterwards?
Yea but think of all the $$$MONEYZ$$$ they can earn if they release it with Party Sync and Recruit a Friend AFTER the Blizzcon reveals.
In other words, to hell with it being finished and letting people have new content earlier.
I mean, I’m making an assumption here but does anyone think Blizzard wouldn’t do such a thing in 2019? It’s also not as if BfA can lose any more players - because I bet it’s already bled as dry as it will go.
No. I pay a sub for access to two games.
Why is it too late? Too late for what?
Party Sync isn’t going to be a “small patch.” It’s going to require a good bit of coding there.
Sure. Let’s just insult someone because you couldn’t be logical.
Remember that will give them an excuse to stretch out the release of 8.3 as well.
What, so we’ll be waiting until February or even March for that?
Who cares, I’ll be playing Cyberpunk by then and won’t be coming back until 9.0, lol.
I -might- try for the AOTC limited time mount for the final raid if that’s a thing, otherwise, whatever.
Unless the patch is called 9.0, I could care less at this point.
They are to far along in BFA to make it any better
What excuse? What “stretch”. What the hell are you even talking about?
The game is the game, the release cycles are the release cycles.
What even are you imagining here?
Wrong. What so you think all of that sub is paying for mere access to games you’ve paid for many times over? No.
Too late by the standard release cadence in the entire history of this game. That’s what.
It’s a .5 patch, it’s small in comparison-- oh and Party Sync is actually ALREADY coded in the PTR. Wrong again.
It’s not actually an insult either, it was an accusation. They are different. Anyway I’m entirely correct and your post proves it-- companies know they can push out subpar services because there’ll always be people with no discernment who eat it up, and as such spoil it for everyone.
In other words you are wrong on all accounts, not surprisingly.
They’re probably still feeling the burn from “weeks, not months” and are being more cautious with estimates.
I’m willing to guess that they think classic is a substitute for a BFA “Content Patch”, and thought that most players would be busy playing that rather than the base-game.
They can’t even tune classes on a weekly basis.
Nobody bought that line when they said it.