I think it's better to release the level 70 stuff soon, because the game is becoming extremely stale. the market is dead. the dungeons are boring. Sharandar, dread ring, icewindale campaigns all getting released at once will make the leveling to 70 less of a grind feeling to it.
I would not count on the grind being less. They have made Sharandar, Dread Ring and Icewind Dale level 70 areas along with the Well of Dragons. It will be tough to use much of those areas to level for many/most players. Leveling will occur mostly in Elemental Evil.
I think its a mistake to release that much content all at once, and it makes me believe they plan on dumping all the content they have ASAP, and stop then stop supporting the game. It's a good business and money making scheme for them in the short term to increase their profit margin, but there doesn't seem to be a long term plan (or care) to maintain their player base.
I think most players are going to feel rushed and overwhelmed. No MMO in the history of MMO's has ever released this much content at once. Why? Because players want to maintain a sense of accomplishment for the items and gear they have worked so hard to get. All the hours spent farming refinement, doing dailies, leveling professions, etc. we have only been able to enjoy for a few short months. I personally have played this game for 1200+ hours played so I think its fair to say I'm not a casual player, and I still don't have all rank 10 enchants or all artifact gear fully refined.
I'm all for releasing a new campaign soon but this is too much too soon. They are making a huge mistake here for the longevity of the game, but there has been a lot of mismanagement since this game's release so this should not surprise me in the slightest. I predict more people moving on to ESO, new players and casuals stuck behind a paywall to catch up, and the game will dissolve instead of the thriving MMO it could be.
I think the complete opposite from you to be honest..
I think it's better to release the level 70 stuff soon, because the game is becoming extremely stale. the market is dead. the dungeons are boring. Sharandar, dread ring, icewindale campaigns all getting released at once will make the leveling to 70 less of a grind feeling to it. I personally will be having loads of fun exploring all the new areas being released and getting my boons all at once will be a blast in terms of building my character. not to mention much needed class balances coming to xbox which will make my class feel more useful. not to mention strongholds will be coming out in december and that gots me excited as well.
Maybe I'm being biased, because i'm tired of seeing shadow of demise plague fire rogues hitting 7m and my main is a gwf..
Yea, considering GWFs become beast I would say there may be a little bit of bias there, lol. ;P
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I would not count on the grind being less. They have made Sharandar, Dread Ring and Icewind Dale level 70 areas along with the Well of Dragons. It will be tough to use much of those areas to level for many/most players. Leveling will occur mostly in Elemental Evil.
Yea, considering GWFs become beast I would say there may be a little bit of bias there, lol. ;P
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