GildedFool posted...
WoD wasn't panned because of the
number of raid tiers
.
It was panned because they cancelled the end of the expansion and there was no content except for daily quests for 18 months.
you guys are taking me so literally :(. it was panned because of a lack of content/patches, including raids. there was supposed to be a middle tier in shattrath that they ditched
even at the time blizzard called brf part of the launch raid set. this was before people noticed how short & easy highmaul was and/or that highmaul didn't have a raid set.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/2vw2b9/hm_brf_thats_all/
https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1730749-Raid-tiers-in-WoD
blizzard has been slowly decreasing/weaning our expectations over time.
i think wow is healthiest when there are at least two current raids available. one that is easier, introductory, and outgearable with currently available gear, and another that is meatier, more challenging, more complex, and cannot be outgeared with currently available gear.
this is one reason why many 'mid-expansion' raids are so often lauded. They get to be more complex, and the casuals can still enjoy rolling through the raid's content. Ulduar had naxx, icecrown had ToC, firelands had bwd/bot, throne of thunder had msv, BRF had highmaul, nighthold had EN, battle for dazal'alor (apparently), etc etc
When the relationship is reversed- the current 'top' raid is less complex than the tier below it- no one runs the previous raid and things start going sour. The ToC -> Ulduar patch is quite possibly the clearest example of this.
Basically, that's why I think it's important that expansions feature more than 7-10 bosses within a couple months of launch
redrocket posted...
Why did they cancel the end of WoD anyway?
according to the general fan understanding, blizzard rearranged some expansions and rushed out WoD to try to synergize with the warcraft film's release. when the film itself was delayed (replaced the director, who then threw out the script, among other things) the devs kind of gave up on the expansion and just started working on pumping out legion as soon as possible.
i'm not sure what the real reason was, but i remember the moment that the fans realized what was going on- it was "the twitter patch"- if they had called given "Patch 6.1" a different number, like "Patch 6.0.4", they could have kept the ruse going. But having the biggest feature of the first 'major content patch' being the ability to directly post your screenshots on twitter inflamed the playerbase.
You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.