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Battle for Azeroth Content Release Schedule - World of Warcraft - MMORPG.com
World of Warcraft News - The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a look ahead at content releases coming to the Battle for Azeroth expansion. The expansion will launch worldwide on August 14th and players can start making plans for the Uldir raid, BfA PvP Season 1 and Mythic Keystone Dungeon Season 1.
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I really was excited and enjoyed both WoD and Legion expac launches, but this one....mehhh, I just lost all excitement for it. Don't even feel like resubbing again and just take my losses on the expac pre-order.
It feels like wrath again which im sure many of us are excited for
I was with you till you mentioned WOD, That xpac was a gigantic pile of flaming dog shit. Legion was good but failed to hold my attention past the 3month mark, thats probably more on me than the content itself.
I have also had a hard time getting really excited for BFA, The whole Alliance vs Horde selling point feels cheap and gimmicky when you remove pvp servers and give players a "option" to flag themselves? WTF. That is kind of contradictory to what the expansion is all about. From what I have read the class skills got even more simple which is a disappointment and now each faction only has 3 zones to level in ? What are you kidding me?
But some things have me interested, Im glad they dropped this whole legendary weapon nonsense, I love farming gear and the excitement of varied models. I also think this whole island dungeon run thing sounds fresh & new . I like how they reworked proffesions so i wont have to go back and max everything out, Its a good move making each xpac have their own tiers.
Aloha Mr Hand !
Aloha Mr Hand !
Thats good to hear, I really hope WOW can captivate me again
Aloha Mr Hand !
I've been a bioware fan since kotor(not much anymore tho) i've tried WoW a bunch never stuck with it so maybe something i'm not aware of being the WoW noob i am.
As for legion, I never cared for Legion as a whole in terms of the lore behind them and such, they always felt boring and there honestly wasn't enough focus on Illidan. Expansion story felt too disjointed an rushed, which is odd since they pretty much had 1.5 expansions to work with as a whole. It just felt like there was a lot of unneccesary stuff, like if they just touched on Xavius briefly and then focused on him later on in the expansion after BfA. It seems to be Blizzard's general story telling problem though, trying to cram so much stuff and not knowing what parts are important and where to trim the fat or at least save for later.
Mess with the best, Die like the rest
I actually liked garrisons in WOD and the questing was fun the first time, but a chore on my 2nd ALT. They did it a bit better with Legion, where you could quest in any zone you'd like, so it took away the linearity. So that helped with getting an ALT through it.
But with this upcoming expac. I just don't feel it. Like you said. Taken skill simplification too far now to the point of utter boredom and few new zones to level in, making this more like a very big content update rather than a Full expansion!
Sadly it's nothing like Wrath. I'd love it if they added Wrath elements because then classes like Beastmaster Hunters would be balanced properly but as it is they screwed up when they didn't properly include the abilities we had with our weapons in Legion. They haven't completely recovered the class from legion weapons imo.
Additionally, there's really nothing I've noticed they have done to improve the grind, no post max level advancement, no awesome additions to skins, nothing kool in the craft systems. A good series of story content yes, but nothing else to have a good look at.
It feels nothing like Wrath to me. Wrath finally brought the conclusion to the Lich King storyline left unfinished in WC3.
BfA is bringing us to places I don't care about, I've had enough with new areas in Azeroth. And I certainly don't care about the faction war.
We should have fought Azshara and the Naga right after WOTLK, but Blizzard decided to make us pay for classic zone revamps and brought back Deathwing from the dead.
My opinion is that most expansions after WOTLK have been filler until we fought the real threat the Legion. And BfA is one of several expansions until we deal with the Void. Luckily the big threats wait for us to finish our side adventures before attacking. Blizzard has had many opportunities to throw us for a loop. They could present the expansion as being one thing but then throw something in that changes the course of everything in a big way. They instead stick to the tired formulas of us knowing the big bad from the get go.
WoD had Garrisons with companions you sent out on missions. I think you could bring a companion out with you in Draenor only as well. I can't believe I've forgotten that.
Even if it was like SWTOR's system, which it really isn't, how would it be half assed? You choose from a selection of buildings all with significant gameplay features and benefits, have significant progression to work towards, have more followers to choose from, get randomized missions, have a shipyard, have invasions, get multiple questlines for your choices that send you all over, earn mounts, earn PvP rewards, earn raid gear, get access to special venders, get unique transmogs, make transport around the world easier, get your own gathering nodes and get a ridiculous array of rewards... plus the 'crafting' that SWTOR does but on crack allowing you to make use of professions you haven't even taken.
Half assed version? It blows SWTOR's system out of the park. I mean it really makes SWTOR's system look like complete garbage. You could spend all day doing things in the garrison but in SWTOR you click send and wait 20 minutes. That is the extent of SWTOR's system.
Most ridiculous comment I've seen in a while...
Aloha Mr Hand !