I didn't understand what you were asking...final phase?
I meant this guy mentioning that you have to stop Gul'Dan or something before the exp is released, like a prelude to the exp (what we had with Vanilla shortly before the release of BC or before Ahn'Qiraj opened). I expect they will announce the event once it comes up, so that's what I was asking for you to tell me xDI didn't understand what you were asking...final phase?
and idk about the Karazhan thing. It was featured in the announce trailer because Khadgar is the new Guardian somehow...but other than that, I haven't heard anything about it being reused. Maybe he misunderstood?
Oh, the prepatch? I saw somewhere that they're adding more things to Tanaan maybe? Still won't save the zone...but the pre-expansion event is probably going to be on the Broken Shores, and will be the reason why we get artifacts, etc. Well, not even an alpha is out, so I don't really know, but I guess I'll see it somewhere and let you know. But I doubt there's a reason to sub again just for that. The pre-WoD event in the Blasted Lands only took an hour and a half or something to complete...lol.I meant this guy mentioning that you have to stop Gul'Dan or something before the exp is released, like a prelude to the exp (what we had with Vanilla shortly before the release of BC or before Ahn'Qiraj opened). I expect they will announce the event once it comes up, so that's what I was asking for you to tell me xD
Not even sure why Khadgar is the new Guardian tbh... and this after Medivh's grand speech in the end of W3, this is one of the things that really bother me
Well I think they're noticing that the number of users is going down more and more rapidly and want to finish it on a somewhat high note. Like I said, I don't expect more than another 2 exp after Legion.
Well it could be whatever hero, it never made sense that some random dudes killed a big boss or something, so they could just major NPCs who guide you be the heroes. That or they could always redo the first two games, which just look awful nowadays xD
Eh, I don't see it that way at all. This expansion was supposedly being worked on back in MoP...now, it's hard to tell what they've done to it in reaction to how mercurial the sub numbers have been within the past year or so. They said in an interview that they don't decide things based on sub numbers, but who can honestly believe that? I agree with Nuno that it seems like a lot of everything has been sprinkled in, and while it has been planned for a while and was supposedly feature-complete last winter, it's hard to know. The game is still profitable, and if they can keep making xpacs that bring numbers back up, they're not going to end it IMO. I just hope they get better at retention and get rid of this moneygrabbing, xpac every year mindset. That's only going to make the product suffer. Or they could dump everything they have into Legion, bringing people back and then half-ass the next xpac. Either of those sound terrible.
Well sure but it's not like the numbers didn't went down rapidly with Pandaria too, so they could see the trend long ago. Honestly at this point it's pretty obvious that the numbers will peak in the beginning and then start to fall quite a bit, so they're probably going for faster releases now. It's already more than down to half of the numbers the game had during it's biggest popularity, so I doubt the game will be that amazingly profitable in another 3 exp, it's not going to survive forever.
Yeah it's hard to predict, but I think they've set themselves up for a while. Anyone who buys a token is making Blizzard more money than what they would if someone just subbed. They could just go F2P at some point as well. It really depends on how Legion does honestly. If enough people come back and it doesn't have the immense endgame issues that WoD had, then it could be in a much better state in the long-run. But while I said it would be weird for it to be concurrent, I don't think Blizzard thinks this. Especially if the RTS people have nothing to work on since SC2 is done. It might depend on how Diablo 3 continues to do, or if Overwatch is a huge hit as well. Dunno.
I just don't know if retreading old storyline would be the best thing for a new game. How would Pandaria work there? I imagine it'll sell a shitload of copies either way, so I guess that's all they would really care about. I wasn't really objecting to them making WC4, just saying that I don't see how WoW ending is a prerequisite, since I don't see that happening any time soon.
Doubt they will go F2P with WoW tbh, but who knows. Ofc it do better but if you look at the lore there isn't really that much left. What could they possibly introduce after the next exp, what mighty villain is left? I guess they could go and do another Pandaria, but I think they're aware that if they pull this again numbers will fall down immensely. I mean the exp is called Legion and it looks like we will get Aszhara too, so what's possibly left? Beating the same foes again and again won't work and hardly makes sense, it's already a big stretch that they brought back IllidanYeah it's hard to predict, but I think they've set themselves up for a while. Anyone who buys a token is making Blizzard more money than what they would if someone just subbed. They could just go F2P at some point as well. It really depends on how Legion does honestly. If enough people come back and it doesn't have the immense endgame issues that WoD had, then it could be in a much better state in the long-run. But while I said it would be weird for it to be concurrent, I don't think Blizzard thinks this. Especially if the RTS people have nothing to work on since SC2 is done. It might depend on how Diablo 3 continues to do, or if Overwatch is a huge hit as well. Dunno.
Yeah I am aware...I've played them dude.
Honestly the only ones I can think of are Sargeras and Kil'jeaden, maybe Archimonde - and they're all part of the Legion xD Nuno once mentioned an exp on Argus or something, that's the only possibility I can see, besides an exp maybe focusing on the Old Gods.
There being not much left lorewise is the exact reason why there's plenty left to do. All of the content up through Cata was tying off loose ends from the RTS. Pandaria came from nowhere, but the other side of Azeroth is still unexplored, more places from the RTS that haven't been introduced, like Kul Tiras, Zandalar, etc.Doubt they will go F2P with WoW tbh, but who knows. Ofc it do better but if you look at the lore there isn't really that much left. What could they possibly introduce after the next exp, what mighty villain is left? I guess they could go and do another Pandaria, but I think they're aware that if they pull this again numbers will fall down immensely. I mean the exp is called Legion and it looks like we will get Aszhara too, so what's possibly left? Beating the same foes again and again won't work and hardly makes sense, it's already a big stretch that they brought back Illidan
And from what I got the team will work on either Diablo or a new Wacraft next. That, or a completely new project
I played the first two and played some of Reign of Chaos. But I know the storylines involved etc. The thing is, I don't think you can ignore Pandaria given what was introduced there. Another Old God, more Titan lore, the destruction of Theramore and Jaina kicking the Sunreavers out of Dalaran as a result, the Horde splintering, etc. Say what you will about the xpac, but it's just as impactful to the story as any other one IMO.
That moment when you lost interest in discussing WoW further...
Maybe I can take your place as the new meme lord?