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Subject: 4.3 - The last Cata content patch before the next expac
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"Blizzard sees 4.3 as one of the final content patches leading up to the next expansion. "There's very likely to be a content patch from the perspective of world events that build up to the next expansion but this will definitely be the last content patch for Cataclysm content," said Chilton."

Im guessing they really want to get MoP out and just forget about Cata right now. Ive never seen Blizzard move so quickly with an expac.

 

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Subject: 4.3 - The last Cata content patch before the next expac
you'd be wrong.. they are RIGHT on schedule with all the others.. and it's nothing new. it follows their whole "scheme" exactly... 3 content patches, then a fairly large upgrade patch before the next expansion.

LK was started with naxx, then they did ulduar(i think that was it), then trial of the crusader, then the frozen throne.. then they did cata upgrade patch.


so we lose out on a true raid i think because they "redid" ZA/AG as a content patch. but it started with a 3 raids, then the ZA/ZG patch, then the firelands patch, then they'll do 4.3, then they'll have a 5.0 patch to get the world ready for the next expansion.

timeline? probably 9 months(minumum) out before we see the next expansion

 

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Wow. It just seems so quick to me. I remember Blizzard not releasing a thing until it was "done" and now, they seem to just churn them out just to make Activision happy.

 

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Subject: 4.3 - The last Cata content patch before the next expac
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Wow. It just seems so quick to me. I remember Blizzard not releasing a thing until it was "done" and now, they seem to just churn them out just to make Activision happy.

Shades of what happened with Leinenkugel after Miller bought them. For quite a long time they didn't mess with how the brewing was done then suddenly the quality went down hill when the price of hops went sky high and hasn't come back since.

 

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Subject: 4.3 - The last Cata content patch before the next expac
Like any product company, Blizz probably had the next expac roadmapped well before Cata was released. Given their admission that they are bleeding subs, I have no doubt that work is well underway on the expac and will be here much faster than anyone expects.

 

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Blizzard no doubt wants to move past the cataclysm debacle as soon as possible.

 

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Cataclysm, the lackluster previous expansion has people lining up for more. [sheep face]

 

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Subject: 4.3 - The last Cata content patch before the next expac
Kriegprojekt posted:
Wow. It just seems so quick to me. I remember Blizzard not releasing a thing until it was "done" and now, they seem to just churn them out just to make Activision happy.


What seems quick? You don't even have a date for release yet. Waiting until its done? It's not even out wtf? Blaming Activision? That's a new one.

 

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IMHO it is not fast enough this time. By the time 4.3 gets here with new features and things to do.. Several large MMO titles will have gone gold. Along with a large wave of more F2P titles.

 

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IMHO it is not fast enough this time. By the time 4.3 gets here with new features and things to do.. Several large MMO titles will have gone gold. Along with a large wave of more F2P titles.


I hope those large MMO titles and F2P titles hit like a truck. I really do, seriously ^^.

The competition must be tougher so Blizzard doesn't get so lazy again with the content.

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Groooovechampion posted:
Jyiiga posted:
IMHO it is not fast enough this time. By the time 4.3 gets here with new features and things to do.. Several large MMO titles will have gone gold. Along with a large wave of more F2P titles.


I hope those large MMO titles and F2P titles hit like a truck. I really do, seriously ^^.

The competition has been tougher so Blizzard doesn't get so lazy again with the content.




^^^^

This.

I hope SWTOR and GW2 drop wow by millions more subs, so as to give them the final blow and remove all arrogance, so it can finally get some quality changes.

 

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SWTOR is not the WoW killer we've been waiting for.

 

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Subject: 4.3 - The last Cata content patch before the next expac
Spookysheep posted:
Groooovechampion posted:
Jyiiga posted:
IMHO it is not fast enough this time. By the time 4.3 gets here with new features and things to do.. Several large MMO titles will have gone gold. Along with a large wave of more F2P titles.


I hope those large MMO titles and F2P titles hit like a truck. I really do, seriously ^^.

The competition has been tougher so Blizzard doesn't get so lazy again with the content.




^^^^

This.

I hope SWTOR and GW2 drop wow by millions more subs, so as to give them the final blow and remove all arrogance, so it can finally get some quality changes.


As harsh as it sounds... that is exactly what needs to happen to WoW.

 

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_Taebo_ posted:
SWTOR is not the WoW killer we've been waiting for.




lol'd

 

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_Taebo_ posted:
SWTOR is not the WoW killer we've been waiting for.




Probably not, but that and GW 2 are the best two shots I think at taking more subs away from Blizzard. I think TOR will be able to retain roughly 1-2 million subs, give or take 500,000 up or down, a year after launch. Despite its sameness to WoW it is Star Wars and it does look like it has a certain amount of quality production to the game, I have seen some TOR fanboys state 5 Million eventually beatup silly . Since GW 2 is F2P there is no way knowing how many people it will "retain." Watching Box Sale numbers will be a big key with that one though in knowing how well it is doing.

 

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I think the biggest issue with that's happening and this announcement is that pretty much no one likes Cata. It's a pretty 'meh' expansion.

They're losing subscriptions and want to get a way to make it back, before other titles come along and make the hole just that much bigger. Heard recently that there more people who have played WoW and stopped and there are playing WoW currently. Says a lot.

 

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Bek_MT posted:
Heard recently that there more people who have played WoW and stopped and there are playing WoW currently. Says a lot.


That is true of EVERY game ever made. MMO,FPS,FTP,RTS... anything. In WoWs case its saying a lot?? confused

 

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My statement isn't a troll. I'm in the TOR beta. I can't say more, but I will say it's not going to make much of a dent in WoW, not more than Cataclysm already has.

 

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My statement isn't a troll. I'm in the TOR beta. I can't say more, but I will say it's not going to make much of a dent in WoW, not more than Cataclysm already has.



In your opinion. Being it's a beta, It's not a final profuct and they don't always show everything.

 

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Sigh the same old tired beta argument. I still remember when I got into the Beta for WAR and played that for a week and half, then the NDA was lifted. I posted my impressions and the glaring matters that were an issue in that game. Yet, I was smacked in the face with the, it's still in BETA! The main complaints that many and most people have with the impressions of TOR, stem more from the fact that it plays similar to WoW. The only two matters that the game has going for it is that it's focus on Story through the Bioware Single Player mechanic system and the fact that it is Star Wars.

If it was anything but Star Wars and a game made by BioWare, it would be just another generic MMO that has come in the last several years with just a Sci Fi theme to it instead.

 

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I just have to LOL at the beta arguments.

I have been in so many MMO betas, dating back to EQ1. The list includes: EQ1, Anarchy Online, DAOC, AC2, SWG, WoW Beta 3, AoC, WAR, SW: TOR.

The final product was nearly the same as the beta in every single case.

I highly doubt TOR will change that much unless they gut the whole thing and revamp it in 3 months. silly

 

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Kriegprojekt posted:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/119/1191590p1.html?_cmpid=ign40


"Blizzard sees 4.3 as one of the final content patches leading up to the next expansion. "There's very likely to be a content patch from the perspective of world events that build up to the next expansion but this will definitely be the last content patch for Cataclysm content," said Chilton."

Im guessing they really want to get MoP out and just forget about Cata right now. Ive never seen Blizzard move so quickly with an expac.


Blizzard made an announcement earlier in the year saying that the usual 18 month period for expansion packs would be pushed up to one per year.

You can expect the next expansion pack to be out in the spring.

 

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Wow. It just seems so quick to me. I remember Blizzard not releasing a thing until it was "done" and now, they seem to just churn them out just to make Activision happy.


Eh, EQLive had expacs at least once a year. Rift has had more new and free content in its 6 months of existence than bliz can manage in 2+ years. Bliz moves at a glacial pace and the value for sub buck is low... Considering how many subs they have and how much they charge for boxes, there's no excuse on how slow they move and how little extra they provide to their customers.

Bliz would be bleeding more subs but they have the benefit of being the first MMO for a lot of people and/or the only PC game some people play. Those players simply don't know any better and/or have no interest in trying anything else.

 

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I've read more from people in the SW:TOR beta who like it than from people who don't like it, even if I include all the usual VN board haters. Of course, that proves nothing, but it just means that opinions are like buttholes... I will only believe what I see myself, hopefully soon during a beta week end. Then maybe I'll pre-order it.

 

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Blizzard hasn't stuck to a fixed schedule for expansions to my knowledge. I don;t care enough to Google and compare dates, but I thought they hovered around the two year mark.

In any event, this next expansion will come about a bit sooner than others I'm sure. Blizzard thinks that they need expansions sooner, and they're hurting.

Too bad all they really need is a change in lead design.

 

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