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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: Pre-Patch Coming August 28th
SBFord
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WoW Insider is reporting that the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria "pre-patch" will be released on August 28th in the United States and August 29th in the rest of the world. Talent changes and shared mounts/pets will be the major feature of the 5.0.4 patch.
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I would re-post this on the other thread "WOW strikes first". They are discussing this very subect in light to GW2's release and it is seeign much more traffic :-)
No surprise on the date, saw it coming a mile.
What would be interesting is if ArenaNet pull a double whammy and release the first major content patch for GW2 on the 25th of September. Not really sure why Blizzard are trying to compete with a b2p game anyway, how can you compete when you're not fighting over subs?
You haven't been paying much attention if you missed WoW's version of Pokemon.
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
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Who says they are? MoP release date was published before GW2 release date was known. They are applying the pre-expansion patch 1 month before expansion release date. Obviously timed perfectly for a B2p game and not their own company strategy that has been proven over years of releases.....
Blizz2004: "I bet we should release content for the next 8 years in Q4 so we can keep GW2 from stealing our customers"
Agreed. Smart, but desperate.
If gw 2 succeeds i dont see wow going far away.
The problem is that every new mmo that comes out is just descent.Not bad but not superb as well.
ah yes i forgot about that xD
thx for pointing that out
AOE looting from RiFT/SWTOR
Challenge mode dungeons = RiFT (although RiFT is way more advanced with leader boards)
Scenarios = RiFT/LOTRO
It's no biggie though as its industry standard to take ideas from your competitors.
OMG!!! Could this be a good indication of GW2 being the true chosen WOW KILLER!!!!
Forbes seems to think so...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/08/02/world-of-warcraft-guild-wars-2-and-vivendi-activisions-achilles-heel/
Not ture, GW2 was announced on the 28th of June while MoP was announced on the 25th of July.
This is clearly a strategic move by Blizzard, I knew the pre MoP patch would be around the GW2 launch because of the history of past expansions and the 1 month pre patch timing. They didn't need to make it on the exact day GW2 launched but they did ^-^
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A surprisingly excellent slew of rehashed content that you've completed in every other expansion...
The single worthwhile addition is the Monk, I've been in beta for months and it is the only thing I've found that would make the expansion worth a purchase. They really have done a great job with the class.
Pokemon battles? Naga please.
New raids? Same old same old with a flashy new skin.
Class changes? Not exactly something everyone is looking forward to, as most classes have been dumbed down even further than they were with Cata.
Talent changes? Same story as class changes.
Don't even get me started on the whole Alliance vs Horde scenario, if you were hoping that MoP brings the "war" back to warcraft, think again.
Torchlight 2 is supposed to release in less than 6 weeks too
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What do you mean "not fighting over subs" ? Ofcourse they are fighting over subs, if a WoW player thinks GW2 is better and swaps over to GW2 they have no need to keep WoW sub running, they cancel it, Blizz loses money. So they release a big patch at GW2 launch day trying to keep their customers away from GW2 and subbed to WoW.
I never understood the logic behind different payment methods not being in direct competition with each others. They are always in competition, for subs, for cash shop purchases, for time-spent by players in game / for active players.
Borderlands 2 coming soon too!
New content for sure, but in my opinion, Blizzard went too far with this patch. The revamped talents and skills was too radical. You should write an article on that.
You make a good point. They are fighting for player's time, not really subs. The more time a player spends in their games, the more money they make.
or a standard marketing decision, if you have some brains and are no random troll
"believe me, mike.. i calculated the odds of this working against the odds that i was doing something incredibly stupid and i did it anyway!"
Indeed you do make a good point.