Shadowbringers starting to feel like a budget expansion

[zeylos]

same

cant wait for wow shadowlands ;-;

Shadowlands, from the looks of it, is everything WoW players have been asking for (we will have tosee how it ends up becoming) But I feel like we are looking at a great revival for the game. Yoshi-P and his team really need to improve on the next expansion and give us some incentives to play it, or else I feel like a lot of players, like WoW refugees or just players in general will move on to shadowlands if its good

[Billythepancake]

At this point, I just hope the next expansion they actually give healers something to do other than spam broil/glare. I doubt it, square can't seem to balance something if it has more than 2 buttons, but since I don't play the game for the story, they is genuinely the only way they could make me want to oldy the next expac.

[Gula]

At this point, I just hope the next expansion they actually give healers something to do other than spam broil/glare. I doubt it, square can't seem to balance something if it has more than 2 buttons, but since I don't oldy the game for the story, they is genuinely the only way they could make me want to oldy the next expac.

I say this many, many times. It's not Square, it's the battle team. Square, the company, is not the one making your game. They are making it work, but the employees names, faces and exact jobs are more than readily available information.

It would be like complaining about a song you dont like and saying Square did it. When no, it's Soken, Uematsu, Shimomura ect.

[Billythepancake]

I say this many, many times. It's not Square, it's the battle team. Square, the company, is not the one making your game. They are making it work, but the employees names, faces and exact jobs are more than readily available information.

It would be like complaining about a song you dont like and saying Square did it. When no, it's Soken, Uematsu, Shimomura ect.

Either way, it's squares name on the game, and I will give them the credit for it, positive and negative.

[RyuDragnier]

Budget expansion? We're at the 5.25 patch people. The dev team fell behind on projects due to having to get out Hrothgar and Viera (they themselves admitted it was down to the wire), bad enough to where they had to cut down to one new dungeon per update. They're probably STILL using this time to play catch-up.

[Liam_Harper]

Shadowlands, from the looks of it, is everything WoW players have been asking for (we will have tosee how it ends up becoming) But I feel like we are looking at a great revival for the game.

I will never go near another Blizzard game, unless I saw only 10/10 reviews several months in. Not sure how many years I spent there going "next expansion will change", "they've learned this time", "this expansion was bad because they were putting everything into the next one" along with the rest of their playerbase, but after 10-20 disappointments you learn it's not changing. Blizzard is the first company to permanently lose me as a customer, no second (well, twentieth) chances.

[Divinemights]

from how little content we've gotten this expansion compared to previous ones is making me wonder why xiv is so underfunded. so let's have a quick review shall we

Au Ra could wear headgear at launch
Au Ra could wear all hairstyles at launch
Au Ra had both genders
SAM and RDM still got level 60 primal and tome weapons despite being outdated content, and everything from level 50.
They got: Bismarck, Ravana, Thordan, Sephirot, Sophia, Nidhogg, Zurvan, All tome weapons (Hellfire and Shire), All three Alexander raid tiers. On top of all the base primals like Shiva and Ifrit, etc.
SAM and RDM both had PVP weapon models right away.
SAM and RDM continued to have new models added through 60+ content
Stormblood had new PVP content and glamours shipped out the gate.
Stormblood launched with a complete PVP overhaul (not a good thing though)
3 dungeons per patch in HW
2 dungeons per patch in SB
Relics that took longer than an hour to get
Savages had unique and innovative mechanics
2 Ultimates
Deep dungeons

Did that all coming from 2 major patches?
Not only that, you are using HW + SB to compare with Shadowbringers?
10+ patches vs 2.5 patches, sure, that sounds fair

[Divinemights]

Shadowlands, from the looks of it, is everything WoW players have been asking for (we will have tosee how it ends up becoming) But I feel like we are looking at a great revival for the game. Yoshi-P and his team really need to improve on the next expansion and give us some incentives to play it, or else I feel like a lot of players, like WoW refugees or just players in general will move on to shadowlands if its good

Go back already.
WoW refugees honestly overstay for their welcomes.
Shadowland will just be like every other WoW expansion, strong starts and garbage at end.
Have fun with a mmorpg that is not playble with out addons

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Shadowlands, from the looks of it, is everything WoW players have been asking for (we will have tosee how it ends up becoming) But I feel like we are looking at a great revival for the game. Yoshi-P and his team really need to improve on the next expansion and give us some incentives to play it, or else I feel like a lot of players, like WoW refugees or just players in general will move on to shadowlands if its good

I have no interest in wow. Besides, I thought everyone hated blizzard now? Or don't they anymore cuz games. Can never tell with the internet mobs.

[Vespar]

I wont lie, I skimmed this thread and mostly understood that its not so much the lack of content, but rather It's more how quickly, we, as players consume the content thats available.
I wont say that having things like hairstyles isnt warranted valid concerns, heck I want it too! But its more that we as players need to tone down our expectations. We cant just gripe and instantly expect it delivered tomorrow. We can however ask when, and keep asking when until an answer is given. But we have to understand that things like creating all new races, monsters, zones, etc take time, money, and people to create. It's entirely possible that the devs want to bring the things we're clamoring for as soon as they can, but there are priorities and other things they have to consider that We as players dont think about. (They are also likely working behind the scenes on the next major expansion.)

Basically what Im saying is calm down a tad. By all means keep asking "when will we potentially see xyz content" until Square can provide an answer. Just also keep in mind that devs are people too, and they can only create and plan so quickly.
Let's all just keep calm and stop picking on the perceived 'refugees' from other games and the poor developers who are more often than not overworked as is in the gaming industry.