11-04-2004, 08:04 PM
Artega,Nov 4 2004, 11:57 AM Wrote:23rd of November? Honestly, I don't think WoW is quite ready for retail just yet, but it makes since that they're working for the holiday season. And from what I've been hearing, the Beta is a lot better than most final versions of MMORPGs out there :)
I'm going to withhold final judgement until I see the open beta patch that is supposed to include hunter and pally talents, warrior and possibly priest refinements, some massive and needed overhauls in Kalimdor areas, and the introduction of a raid instance and a small battleground. However, I have to say that I feel much better about this release timetable than I did a month ago. One of my biggest worries about the game was the question of what would keep someone playing their characters once they reached the lvl 60 cap. Now that I've been able to play and experience some of the high-end content, however, I'm much less worried about it. I like the direction Blizzard is heading with that. The primary issue for me regarding "releaseability" is how well thought out and developed the classes are at the start of Open Beta. If the new hunter and/or paladin talents are like the half-formed joke talents warlocks got at first, then I'll be very disappointed. However, if they're well thought out and only need minor tweaking, and if the new content is pretty good, then yeah, releasing the game at the end of this month wouldn't be a travesty.