Is 1016 going to be the year Blizzards ride ends? With WoD, LotV and HotS being failures and Legion and Overwatch having absolutely no hype behind them, it's safe to assume whatever pack of drones Blizzard had before is gone right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21i-QzpkPoI
I mean ffs not even the Warcraft movie has any hype behind it. It's criticized as being a problem movie by Hollywood.
>>318325060
>I assert my opinions as facts
ok guy
I guess the Blizzard ride was already over in 1016 considering it didn't begin.
You do know 2015's revenue quarters have trumped anything from previous years?
ees dis baite?
>>318325760
That's probably because their entire development team is 3 crackheads now, and hearthstone prints money with zero of blizzard's input.
I feel like Blizzard is gearing up for World of Warcraft 2 or some shit
They really backed themselves into a corner with garrisons, artifact weapons, and ending literally every major storyline in one expansion. How do you even explain away replacing fucking Ashbringer when the next expansion rolls around? Do we just keep Ashbringer from now on? Shit seems fishy.
Shit thread, go here:
>>318326028
>>318326028
>>318326028
Anduin diesjkBut Varian, Tirion and Genn do
>>318325060
>LotV
>HotS
>Overwatch
>Failures
Not even WoW is a failure at this point, its subscriptions are not what they used to be but it's still a fuckton of money coming in.
At this point I can't tell if this shit's bait or people are just fucking retarded.
>>318326024
Exactly. Both hots and Hearstone are free revenue for very little investment.
Also even with the massive sub loss blizzard's WoW game time token managed to almost cancel all the lost subs money by making subs cost 50% more in the game token, essentially selling gold.
Activision-Blizzard has an absolute stranglehold on every young male demographic.
Here's there plan:
Young kids go Skylanders, grow up a bit and go to Overwatch, grow up a bit more and move on to Destiny or CoD.
They're making a pipeline to keep young dudes with them from cradle to grave.
>>318326196
Genn dies how? I thought he kills Nathos and tries to stab Sylvanas in the cock and gets captured
>>318326253
HotS will never return on any of blizzard's investment, so that's a complete sink and it's not printing shit.
>>318326086
>World of Warcraft 2
Between existing engine improvements and the failures of other MMO experiments, along with the cost of redeveloping the entire world, this makes a negative amount of sense.
I wish this WoW2 bullshit would die already, it's stupid for players and stupid for Blizzard.
>>318325060
Probably. I'm pretty excited to play Legion for Demon Hunters and to see Illidan again.
>>318326086
no, ashbringer become useless just like every legendary in wow
>>318326086
Isn't the Ashbringer just that expansions legendary? They've just added more shit to do with it and if that is successful they'll have another legendary with the same mechanics the expansion after.
>>318326552
Doesn't literally have to be WoW2 it can just be a brand new MMO
Alls I'm saying is all these legendaries and 'new' garrsion order hall things, and the end of all existing major lore characters just seems like terrible planning. Where do they even go from here?
>>318325060
I like the direction they're taking DKs in, I'm surprised they actually ditched the Cata rune system. Looks solid to me if most of the planned changes make it out of beta.
pls don't "corrupt" sylvanas the horde already loses enough of their "heroes"
>He's still subbed.
>>318326365
We don't know how yet but people found strings named "Genn death" and "Shoot Genn".
It strongly implies that Genn is gonna die. It's not sure though.
>>318326905
>brand new MMO
are you for real?
>Alls I'm saying is all these legendaries and 'new' garrsion order hall things, and the end of all existing major lore characters just seems like terrible planning. Where do they even go from here?
Legendaries and garrison will continue being in new expansions if it's works out well.
No one takes lore seriously, especially not Blizzard. They're probably going to make the lore more flashy with deaths of some characters, that's all.
>>318327258
Eh could be quest strings for if you "Fail" it like Galakros on SoO, I wouldn't mind his ass dying
>>318327125
it's free so why not?
>>318327508
>are you for real?
Are you? You know Overwatch was originally supposed to be an MMO right?
And once this expansion is over and Sargeras is dead we're going to start nearing the logical end of the WoW lore. Yes Blizzard can just make up some new shit but nothing lasts forever.
>>318327637
When did WoW go f2p?
>>318325060
>It's criticized as being a problem movie by Hollywood.
What does this mean?
>>318327819
>start nearing the logical end of the WoW lore
We're way past that point, you realize the current expansion takes place in the past of a different dimension right anon?
>>318326086
I see 3 ways they can handle it
>Next expansion begins with you turning in the artifact back to the original owner or to someone entirely different and get rewarded with a new artifact
>you actually keep the artifact, but now with additional perks or new ones all together, maybe with additional backstory to the ones that came out of nowhere
>they all figuratively go in the garbage once the next expansion comes
>>318328172
>past that point
Who is Sargeras?
What are old gods?
>>318328172
I agree with your post,
there are a few, and I stress, a few loose ends however.For major lore plot points at least
>>318328298
Yeah yeah and then we're going back in time to fight the titans, then arthans needs to die again, etc.
>>318325060
>Is 1016 going to be the year Blizzards ride ends?
Nay, OP. Ye are mistaken. Blizzard hath many tricks left up their sleeve yet. We might yet seeth their reign extend well nigh into 1018.
>>318328537
Sargeras is a titan you dummy
Anything beyond him is when they have to start making shit up
>>318328617
Well played sir.
>>318327819
>You know Overwatch was originally supposed to be an MMO right?
If we both know that why do you come to the conclusion that they would try again? They just failed miserably to make another mmorpg besides WoW and had to scrap it. From the beginning it didn't even make sense to make another mmorpg that would compete with their own.
>>318328085
when they released game tokens
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18141101/introducing-the-wow-token-3-2-2015
Gonna be honest, if for anything I just want to resub for a bit to play Demon Hunter.
>>318325060
I'm buying this expansion just to watch the wardens get btfo by demon hunters finally and Illidan is finally Illidan.
Legion looks dumb but Overwatch is fun as shit desu
>>318328085
it's only until lvl 20.
>>318325060
stop shilling your own videos faggot
also yes, wow is already dead but blizzard doesn't care too much because they are making more money from hype-releasing expansions and from their other games
>>318325060
7 more years, fellow Normans.
Crusades, soon.
>>318328960
>http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18141101/introducing-the-wow-token-3-2-2015
?
I'm not knocking this new system but...
The game still isn't F2P, it costs money to buy those tokens or at the very least in game gold which takes a lot of time and effort in game to get.
>inb4 "lol bro youre not gold capped on all your toons?"
>>318329630
They need to increase the level cap desu.
At least to 60. I've been subbed since 2007, have purchased all the expansions and sunk hundreds of dollars into the game in subscription fees yet can't play past level 20? I can see not being able to play the latest content but seriously blizz is being jewish here.
>>318328085
You can buy game time with gold now
>>318330276
>a lot of time and effort
You have 30 days to make 30k. You could literally play an hour a day and have more than enough in the time given to you.
Heroes of the Storm is great is probably making decent money.
>>318325060
UNGA BUNGA ROCKSTOP
>1016
>Aethelred will die in your lifetime
>>318326201
Those are all dead, shitty games
