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Is Blizzard in over their head?
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I think we can all agree that blizzard never takes into account, when doing tests on test realms, the vast number of players playing at the same time, the amount a server has to deal with, and the crashes and glitches that follow.
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They promise us a completely remade Azeroth, completely revamped talents (I think), and big change in stats. Isn't this a bit too much? I mean look at Outlands, it's like a fourth maybe a third the size of Vanilla continents, and it was a pretty bad expansion.
Granted it was their first expansion and Wrath came out a little better, but I still think that they are trying to do way too much with this.
Maybe what we'll really get is some half-ass continent, just some fire thrown in here and there, kill x pigs, do this, run there, kill that, some big important guy is ruining some big important part of the world part1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 a few times.
I think all of the new things they said they were going to give are great and exciting, but I think they're promising too much. Especially since everyone thinks Cataclysm will come out around late summer next year, not nearly enough time of Beta testing imo.
Anyone else concerned about it or am I just an idiot?
You're assuming that Blizz just started working on Cataclysm when they announced it. Who's to say they haven't been doing this since before WotLK.
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armandhammer
You're assuming that Blizz just started working on Cataclysm when they announced it. Who's to say they haven't been doing this since before WotLK.
Yeah, who knows..they could have been revamping for a very long time and WoTLK could have just been a distraction or just a quickie to keep everyone happy and playing until the big bomb is dropped. Since they are going back and even working on original content perhaps they really are learning from their mistakes and taking player comments/requests into account. Lord knows they are making a killing from this game and have been since 2004 so they have no reason to not make it even better. Keep the veterans playing and get more newbs into the game all means more $$$ in Blizzards pocket. A really great new expansion means everyone wins.
But then again, it is Blizzard so even though fingers are crossed I am not getting my hopes up too much.
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windstrum
I know its a little nerdy, and only a few people will understand it, but it reminds me of when Microsoft announced WinFS (new file system) for Windows Vista. In over their heads is a great way to describe it.
In saying all that, I think Blizzard are a lot more capable of delivering, based upon past performances.
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xaratherus
It will be fine. I believe at Blizzcon, Metzen was quoted that they had actually been working on this before WotLK was ever released.
That being said, do you really think they will fail? No problem is insurmountable assuming you have enough money to throw at it - and Blizzard has plenty.
One thing they haven't talked about so far: Will we see an updated battlechest release containing vanilla, BC, and Wrath for a reduced cost? Given history I would think so, but expecting people to shell out $100 for software alone ($20 for vanilla and BC bundle, $30 for Wrath, $50 for Cata) to get into the game is a bit much. I would hope we see a $30 bundle of the first 3 and then $50 for Cata.
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old world content was sophisticatedYou never played pre 2.3 and the colossal fix of the Old World did you?
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You never played pre 2.3 and the colossal fix of the Old World did you?
i joined vanilla at patch 1.4 - what is your question?
Im just trying to figure out your definition of sophisticated.
Seems to be around my definition of masochistic.
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