http://www.wowheadnews.com/blog=188145/patch-4-2-preview-thralls-return-world-tree-restoration
4.1 isn't even a week old and stuff is already being posted for 4.2? Probably because this was supposed to be 4.1, but eh. I gave up on Blizzard tearing apart their beloved universe many years back, with all they did for WC1 through WC3 being torn apart and reassembled for MMOs and now this feels almost a bit like backpedaling to me. I get the distinct impression Activision is doing the same shit to Blizzard a lot of people do when they find/make a good thing. They abuse the fuck out of it until it isn't good anymore and they are left to wonder what happened and where it all went wrong. Making a "WoW-killer" is still a daunting task, but thanks to seeming abuse of the WoW franchise for the sake of stockholder dividends it's probably a lot easier than it was back then. Also Cliffs;
- Thrall dided, seems to make a quest line to "restore" his soul so he can be revived. Sounds like a setup for more patches of content without having to worry about making all new stuff.
- The Blues bicker and fight for a leader, allowing for an "epic" questline to attain a new legendary. A staff from looks of it but will probably have a druid, DPS, and healer flavors.
- AT will return in a new incarnate in Hyjal, using daily quest currency to buy rewards, in the air of staging an assault force on the Firelands.
Also, druids on fire.
Some could say they may attempt to release this alongside the midsummer festival for sake of "lore" but honestly I doubt it. Unless they were working on this pretty much the whole time and 4.1 took so long because everyone was mostly working on 4.2 but I'm skeptical of that.
Preemptive OFN.
4.1 isn't even a week old and stuff is already being posted for 4.2? Probably because this was supposed to be 4.1, but eh. I gave up on Blizzard tearing apart their beloved universe many years back, with all they did for WC1 through WC3 being torn apart and reassembled for MMOs and now this feels almost a bit like backpedaling to me. I get the distinct impression Activision is doing the same shit to Blizzard a lot of people do when they find/make a good thing. They abuse the fuck out of it until it isn't good anymore and they are left to wonder what happened and where it all went wrong. Making a "WoW-killer" is still a daunting task, but thanks to seeming abuse of the WoW franchise for the sake of stockholder dividends it's probably a lot easier than it was back then. Also Cliffs;
- Thrall dided, seems to make a quest line to "restore" his soul so he can be revived. Sounds like a setup for more patches of content without having to worry about making all new stuff.
- The Blues bicker and fight for a leader, allowing for an "epic" questline to attain a new legendary. A staff from looks of it but will probably have a druid, DPS, and healer flavors.
- AT will return in a new incarnate in Hyjal, using daily quest currency to buy rewards, in the air of staging an assault force on the Firelands.
Also, druids on fire.
Some could say they may attempt to release this alongside the midsummer festival for sake of "lore" but honestly I doubt it. Unless they were working on this pretty much the whole time and 4.1 took so long because everyone was mostly working on 4.2 but I'm skeptical of that.
Preemptive OFN.