"We are working to establish a thundering heartbeat for this franchise," the returning WoW creative director said.
  • T (they/she)@beehaw.org
    17·
    1 year ago

    After watching the Folding Ideas video I was 100% sure I will never come back to this game. Toxiest years of my life. I’m glad for many experiences and friends WoW gave me, but I am really over it and I love being a filthy casual in FFXIV.

  • macniel@feddit.de
    12·
    1 year ago

    I mean if there is one guy who could do it, it’s green jesus, I mean Chris Metzen. I still wont come back though.

    • MagicShel@programming.dev
      17·
      1 year ago

      I fondly remember my wow days and friends. But it doesn’t fit into my life any more. It’s too all-consuming. Plus, it feels less like an adventure and more like a theme park. Everything is so tidy and precise with carefully measured dopamine hits at regular intervals.

      There’s no getting back the things I’m nostalgic for. Even if all the people came back and I got back into my guild, I have kids and obligations. I don’t want my kids to hear me say something like I can’t attend their play because it’s raid night, or watch me rush to finish daily quests before bed like any of that shit matters.

      I’m still casual friends with some of the folks I met through wow. But I’m done with it.

      • elfpie@beehaw.org
        6·
        1 year ago

        Daily quests, login rewards, any other mechanic that wants to dictate when I should play, all that ruined my relation with a lot of games. I actively try to ignore them nowadays. If my line of reasoning is I should play a little more because the reward is around the corner and will be gone tomorrow, I’ll let the most precious opportunity go to waste to protect my mental health.

        • MagicShel@programming.dev
          3·
          1 year ago

          My favorite things were random PvP at Tarren Mill, getting a group together for UBRS, LBRS, and Strath back when that was all we could do, and some of the epic storylines leading up to dungeons and raids like the Drakkensryd.

          I met my guild leader just out questing and we started roleplaying and it grew from there. Does anyone actually meet folks out questing any more? I haven’t played in a long time. I got back together with some friends for one expansion and that was the end of it.

  • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Blizz always has great ideas and then falls flat in execution. I say this as a WoW player. It’s ok. If they can pull off these ideas, which they absolutely have not proven, then this could be good. I remain skeptical.

      • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        You have a point, but I think WoW succeeds in spite of itself. They promise big things then deliver a fraction. It never lives up to the hype, IMO. I think it’s that there’s nothing better, and if there was, it’d have to be a LOT better because of sunk cost fallacy. 80% of the reason I play WoW is because I have always played WoW. I like my stuff and friends there.

      • sandriver@beehaw.org
        3·
        1 year ago

        Definitely not the oldest, FFXI and EQ are still alive and getting updates, and Anarchy Online is in maintenance mode because it’s presumably still turning a profit for Funcom.

  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
    9·
    1 year ago

    Are people still buying these?

    I get Blizzard games can be hard to quit, but damn, at least give them a reason to make a new base-game.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
    8·
    1 year ago

    Sure, Blizzard. And I’m sure Microsoft will keep you around forever, too.

    Embrace, extend, extinguish

  • Wirrvogel@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Whether you are a current player … or maybe you jumped off the WoW train a few expansions ago, now is the time to come home

    Sorry, but I left this abusive relationship years ago for a reason. Not coming back. I am also not sure if multiple expansions in a short time frame will be what the users want that are fine with going back every 2-3 years for a new expansion for three month and quit, if there is not enough time inbetween to forget why they stopped playing. Just saying.

    And for the story side of things, they have messed up everything to the point that I do not even want to read about the story anymore. I am just done with the world and the lore and the graphics. There are so many interesting worlds and ideas out there, so many great games. I have fond memories of the friends I made ingame, but I also regret the massive amount of time I spent in one single game. It wasn’t healthy for me.