3.3.2 The Frostwing Halls. Warcraft Last Throw of the Dice Until Cataclysm.
Did you know that Frostwing was open? Of course you did. As I write its the 8th February 2010, it’s been open six days now. Apparently one guild has completed it.
So less than a week after opening, and with the limited attempts Blizzard have placed on the number of cracks you can have at it, Frostwing Halls has been conquered. In 10 man mode at least.
That’s it then. Now we farm Frostwing for, well for nine months. My guild is confident of having it cracked at 10 and 25 by mid March 2010, so we’ll run it probably ten or fifteen times (until people get bored) and by mid April we will be done.
But Cataclysm is most optimistically touted for Fall 2010. October being the most popular date. Blizzard has stated there will be no patch 3.4. That’s a six month gap with no new content, and for guilds whose lifeblood is instance progression, that’s a disaster.
For me, I’ll cancel my subscriptions and re-activate when there is something new to do. I’m not a brilliant player, but I reckon I will have finished what the game has to offer a full six months before Cataclysm. If there is no progression to be made, I’m out.
The idea of paying for six months of nothing does not really appeal to me. It shouldn’t appeal to Blizzard either. They know only too well what progression is the lifeblood of their game. Ok there are PvP tasks to complete, many have PvE quests etc, but for a lot of players end game instancing is the key to the game. Not just any end game instancing either. We need to be doing something that pushes us forward in the game. Why isn’t everyone up in arms about this?
Blizzard need to watch this one. They really do need a patch 3.4 to fill the gap. Either that or Cataclysm early. One or the other by June 2010 latest or they might have a mass exodus on their hands.
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