>I wanted to let you know that we’re delaying the release of Shadowlands to later this year—and while we’re still in the process of determining the right new date to launch, we felt it was important to let you know about this change in plans as soon as we could. This was an incredibly difficult decision for the team, as we’re as eager to get the expansion into your hands as you are to play it—but ultimately, we feel it’s the right decision for the game—and for our players.
>Over the past several months of testing, we’ve made significant progress iterating on and polishing the core features and gameplay of Shadowlands. We’re at a point where the zones, the campaign, the level-up questing experience, and the story we have to tell are essentially ready to share. We’re excited by the Covenants at the heart of the expansion, and it’s been a thrill to see Torghast take shape into a fun new kind of WoW experience, thanks in no small part to your input.
>However, as everything started coming together and we’ve been listening to and building upon your feedback, it’s become clear we need a little more time for additional polish, and to balance and iterate on some interlocking pieces—particularly those related to the endgame. Shadowlands is one of the most intricate expansions we’ve yet created, and while we’ve made great progress, the challenge of tuning the endgame was compounded by the team having to work from home.
>Blizzard has a commitment to quality. We believe Shadowlands will be something special, and we’ve heard from many of you who feel the same. We need this extra time to ensure that Shadowlands lives up to its full potential.
>In the meantime, we’re excited to announce that beginning October 13 we will be releasing the Shadowlands pre-patch, which lays a lot of the groundwork for the expansion and includes our revamped character leveling, new-player experience on Exile’s Reach, and a host of new character customization options. And once we get closer to Shadowlands’ release, you’ll be called upon to defend Azeroth against a resurgence of the Scourge during our pre-launch event.
>Thanks for your support and passion, and for your continued help and feedback as we head toward the finish line.
>We’ll see you in the Shadowlands soon,
>John Hight, Executive Producer of World of Warcraft
>John Hight Am amazing trainwreck diablowiki.net/John_Hight >Director of the 3DO console >Director for Diablo 3 (The real ringleader of that game being shit) >"rewarded" for failing on Diablo 3 with the entire WoW Team >Responsible for WoD and beyond
Wasn't he on the Classic team? I remember him there.
Jackson Gomez
He's responsible for EVERYTHING WoW since WoD, user
Charles Scott
I don't mind if the expansion is delayed I WANT MY FUCKING PRE-PATCH SO I CAN CREATE A KUL-TIRAN HUMAN AND START ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME
Adrian Gomez
I thought it was up to Ion to make the final decisions?
Michael Scott
You will hit max level in 2 days max, user. Then you will be bored to death in up to 5 days and quit. New expansion won't come out until December, mark my words.
Joseph Barnes
Game Directors just review the game design. The EP is linked with the corporate mothership and has final say on anything.
Well, we are fucked then. I don't like this guy at all and what you sent me makes me hate him even more.
Tyler Sullivan
lol blizzard got pretty lazy... BfA 2+ years expansion and they still didn't get stuff done. thank god I unsubbed to this shit show
Joshua Cruz
I haven't played retail prior to doing the required cheevos for Kul-Tiran unlock I intend to do nothing but explore the world, do all quests in each zone and play Torghast until exhaustion.
Cameron Jackson
>Took 9 days vacation to play Shadowlands and enjoy Halloween Fuck.
Fucking blizzcuck. How can you even consider supporting this shit expansion?
Jayden Bailey
Legion was actually very decent on many things considered. I thought so anyway. WOD was a piece of shit. BFA was pretty, but piece of shit. And Shadowlands is looking meh so far.
Jordan Ortiz
Legion was a fucking shitshow until the very last patch. A fun shitshow, with lots of interesting stuff amongst the terrible RNG mechanics and shitty class designs outside relic power, but a shitishow nevertheless.
BfA kept all the RNG and time gating shit and had a terrible story and borrowed power mechanics that really made the whole expansion a massive chore.
Liam Carter
BfA was a chore and they nerfed all classes below the ground. Every class felt like shit. It was disgusting.
Michael Kelly
>real culprit of D3 being shit >responsible for WoD and beyond I fucking knew it. I quit with WoD precisely because it felt everything was getting raped in the same way D3 was. Oh, please, FFXIV isn't any better with they banning you for as much as saying "two genders", the literally tranny-infested playerbase, and several LGBT+ inclusions in the game. At least Blizzard has a good excuse (bought by Activision), what is Square-Enix's excuse for pozzing their game?
