“There will be no content hole in WoW Legion” – claim the Blizzard developers. This is not the first time we have heard this statement. So far, however, such a promise has never been kept. And this time we are again very skeptical.
Since defeating the Lich King Arthas in Icecrown Citadel, we’ve become alarmingly used to the fact that the last raid in an expansion lasts about 12 months before the new addon brings us more content. Let’s leave out the pointless raid for Halion. We visited Icecrown Citadel regularly for almost a year, as did Dragon Soul. Battle for Orgrimmar and Hellfire Citadel were then even more than a 14 month raid target. But this time everything will be different…
WoW Legion: “There will be no content hole in Legion!”
…at least that’s what the developers at Blizzard claim. There they have abandoned the plan of releasing a complete expansion every year and are now relying on smaller patches that are released regularly. According to Ian Hazzikostas, the number one priority is that players always
have enough to do. In an interview with Streamer Slootbag, he revealed the following:
“The focus is on regular content”
“The upcoming extensions will not be knocked out by hook or by crook, but only when they are really finished.”
“Raids are meant to stay current for about 4 to 5 months.”
“This time there should be no content hole. Don’t worry, we get it!”
At first glance, these promises all sound pretty good if they are kept this time. But this is exactly where the catch lies.
WoW Legion: There will also be a content hole at the end of Legion
This is the umpteenth time we’ve heard promises that there will be no content hole at the end of an expansion. Unfortunately, we have now given up believing this statement. There are several reasons for this. Do any of you know the story of the boy who kept saying “Wolves!” shouted? After so many unkept promises, the trust is simply used up.
Second, Blizzard is still making the same mistakes that have caused delays in the past. The developers still underestimate how quickly the players “played through” the content provided. You talk about several months needed to complete the artifact weapon, where in the beta some players were already finished after a few weeks. They praise world quests as a big new time sink that hardly anyone will pull out of their classroom after a few weeks.
They also “waste” valuable development time on nonsensical things. There are umpteen iterations of camera distances being hunted through the patches, treasure goblins being introduced and thrown out again, or working on the live function of WoW and Facebook.
WoW Legion: How do we spend our time?
If you ask us, there will be another content hole at the end of Legion. The only question then is whether the “old” content is good enough to keep us busy for long. In Icecrown Citadel, it didn’t bother us that long because the raid was one of the greatest of all time. After all, there was the Timeless Isle in Battle for Orgrimmar and the Jungle of Tanaan in Hellfire Citadel, where you could still sink some time – even if it wasn’t long enough to keep us busy.
In Legion, the Mythic Plus dungeons could fill that role. They will always be challenging due to the endless scaling, and they will still be hard enough on the last day. But are the ten dungeons good enough to keep us busy for months? Probably not. So let’s hope that Blizzard will come up with the idea of patching one or two dungeons in the course of the expansion.
What do you think? Will the developers keep their word this time, or have you long since lost faith in such statements? We are curious how you see things.
What is WoW Classic?
World of Warcraft Classic is a true recreation of the original WoW as you know it from 2006. All parts of the game – from combat mechanics and talent trees to character models and zones – have been recreated, contributing to the authentic experience.
Getting Started
All players with an active World of Warcraft subscription or game time on their accounts have access toWoW Classic at no additional cost.
- Open the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop App and select World of Warcraft from the menu.
- Select World of Warcraft Classic from the Version menu. If you have more than one World of Warcraft account, you’ll see a second Account drop-down list. In this column, select the active account you want to play with.
- Click the Install button. The progress bar will tell you when your game is ready to play.
- Click the Play button when the installation is complete.
You will need to select the realm you want to play on from several different realm types. Make sure you choose the same realm as your friends – in World of Warcraft Classic, you can only group with characters that are on the same realm as you!
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