Can we please delay Savage?

[EaMett]

This one gets it.

Take your time if you'd prefer or are obligated to. But don't penalize the people that have made the time to make it happen.

First wave means first wave. If you breathe a word about commitments outside of the game, you're not in the running for first wave; those people have already settled those commitments the day the date was announced.

Can we talk about how them giving the official date out two weeks ahead of time is too short a notice >.> Especially if you need to give your job a month's heads up.

[Sebazy]

Can we talk about how them giving the official date out two weeks ahead of time is too short a notice >.> Especially if you need to give your job a month's heads up.

This is worth repeating.

[Zabuza]

Can we talk about how them giving the official date out two weeks ahead of time is too short a notice >.> Especially if you need to give your job a month's heads up.

This is exactly what happened to me. I had it in my mind three months ahead of time to request time off at work when this savage tier dropped, but the devs didn't make us aware of the date until it was too late. All I kept seeing on the site was 'mid-February.' Ok, but which week will that be? The 11th? The 18th? Feels bad man.

So it's all about the loot now? To get it as fast as the content drops?

Yes, that's part of it. For me, it's also about clearing as many of the fights week 1 as possible. The 'first wave', as they call it, are usually the most competent of players. As someone who plays via the pug PF for Savage, the longer you wait, the greater chance you'll be playing with those who aren't as skilled in the encounter, because those people will already be advertising 'Duty Complete' groups in the PF week 2. This means this is more time doing the fight where I know the mechanic but have to wait for other people to understand it if I don't keep up with the first wavers. It really is a race. I had not even touched the story until I had cleared e5s and was able to feel a slight level of comfort when I saw only 2-3 groups for e6s in the PF, even though I was looking forward to playing the story as well.