03-30-2005, 10:37 PM
lemekim,Mar 30 2005, 02:18 PM Wrote:Battlegrounds? They have been in testing for months now. So has been the honor system. Look at the date of first battlegrounds preview. Even with Blizzard's slow development cycle, this is a bit too long. They are working on something else now, it's the only way to justify the super-slow patch development. Compare to EQ, which released 8 instances in one month along with numerous changes.I'd disagree about it being too long. Blizzard inexplicably announced substantial staff reductions shortly before November and have not made a matching rehiring notice. They are not working with the same staffing levels they had for development. It is likely they are substantially consumed in filling in bug patching, balancing, and NYI material at the moment.
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That said, I would not be at all surprised to see a substantial content increase for Christmas. It's just that the whole "they aren't patching as fast as they could be" thing I keep hearing just sounds way too conspiracy theory for my tastes. The new graphics and Ogre models are an entirely other piece. If your programmers are full bore chasing bugs, that still leaves your graphic artists and modellers sitting idle. Graphic improvements are completely outside the bug chase.