EPTthe engine is there, story line should have been well in-place by the time WoL got released, balancing the game is a very delicate process but even if Blizzard delays the game trying to perfect balance they still won't get it right because they don't have top level progamers as their testers
Blizzard's 3/9 Announcement - Page 16
| Forum Index > Closed |
|
udgnim
United States8024 Posts
the engine is there, story line should have been well in-place by the time WoL got released, balancing the game is a very delicate process but even if Blizzard delays the game trying to perfect balance they still won't get it right because they don't have top level progamers as their testers | ||
|
EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
like still no release date with d3 and its well in to the beta | ||
|
llKenZyll
United States853 Posts
| ||
|
BamBam
745 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:16 udgnim wrote: if HotS gets pushed to 2013, I seriously wonder what Blizzard's HotS development time has been spent on the engine is there, story line should have been well in-place by the time WoL got released, balancing the game is a very delicate process but even if Blizzard delays the game trying to perfect balance they still won't get it right because they don't have top level progamers as their testers I highly doubt they would put a hold on HOTS for the sake of balance, they have all beta to do that. My hope is that if it is delayed, its because they are revamping the lackluster UI which I think everyone would be grateful if that was their main focus. | ||
|
Pimpmuckl
Germany528 Posts
| ||
|
SovietHammer
United States166 Posts
| ||
|
ZwuckeL
Germany563 Posts
source http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2671-MoP-Beta-Around-the-Corner-Cataclysm-Post-Mortem-by-Ghostcrawler | ||
|
pdd
Australia9933 Posts
| ||
|
Mr Showtime
United States1353 Posts
| ||
|
Zoel
United States6 Posts
http://seekingalpha.com/article/412721-call-of-duty-china-diablo-iii-key-to-netease-s-outlook The fact that cataclysm's subscriber numbers is a subject of some concern is probably going to weigh heavily on the release schedule for d3, HoTS, and Pandaria, and I'd be somewhat confused if it didn't accelerate them. If I had to pick and choose one I'd say D3 though; I don't have anything to contradict the notion that D3's auction house monetization might be a good hook for investors. | ||
|
Eschaton
United States1245 Posts
| ||
|
Forikorder
Canada8840 Posts
On March 09 2012 10:16 udgnim wrote: if HotS gets pushed to 2013, I seriously wonder what Blizzard's HotS development time has been spent on the engine is there, story line should have been well in-place by the time WoL got released, balancing the game is a very delicate process but even if Blizzard delays the game trying to perfect balance they still won't get it right because they don't have top level progamers as their testers it certainly sounds like alot of work getting SP right, they have to design the maps, decide on its balance decide on achievments test it on all the settings to make sure no bugs apear any small changes to one unit to fix a different map could ruin a different map then they have any new challenges they want to roll out ui updates or new features but it probably is mainly balance giving big tweaks to units deciding on the abilitys cost build time and such they want to get it as balanced as possible before getting to beta, if they can weed out most of the imbalance before entering beta then thats good since Beta is really best for fine tuning stuff by palying it for tens of thousands of games, and if i had to bet very few progamers will put many games into HoTS theyll probably put enough games in to get a feel of the new units but thats all they wouldnt want to put heavy time figuring out a HoTS strat since 99% chance of that strat being useless by the time the game is legit released So this was a dud? why do people keep posting stuff like this? in america its still the 8th, your a day ahead Blizz has always run on PST time | ||
|
zJayy962
1363 Posts
On March 09 2012 11:43 Eschaton wrote: So this was a dud? Its only 3/8 in the US. They will probably release something within the next 24 hours | ||
|
CrazyF1r3f0x
United States2120 Posts
I'm going to be optimistic, even it it's naive ^^ | ||
|
GManSta
United States59 Posts
| ||
HaeHei
United Kingdom162 Posts
| ||
|
darmousseh
United States3437 Posts
We already know diablo is coming out very shortly and based on previous iterations of world of warcraft, it will be out before october. No way HOTS is being launched in 2012. I would say summer 2013 at the EARLIEST. More likely christmas 2013. One thing to remember is that sc2 and diablo have a ton of overlap in players (moreso than wow and diablo) so it would be counter productive for them to release sc2 within at least 9-12 months of d3. My prediction: Hots is coming October 2013. | ||
|
ETisME
12859 Posts
If Hots is delayed to 2013, I would be so very sad | ||
|
RaiKageRyu
Canada4773 Posts
| ||
|
Jojo131
Brazil1631 Posts
| ||
| ||
