SoD has become so popular and fresh, everyone wants to play it. With Self Found Mode and Cataclysm beta just a round the corner, I really doubt many could leave SoD for these two new version of the game. Blizzard needs to scale back their efforts to adjust SoD and focus on how this will effect player on SoD coming over to self found or cataclysm beta. With that in mind, did Blizzard just shoot their own foot thinking SoD would not become so popular and will Self Found and/or Cataclysm beta or the reboot actually draw players away from SoD. I for one will be heading to Cataclysm once it arrives.
Ideally, if this was to have happened during wow hardcore or retail etcā¦ it would have kept players on their own realms without creating new. So when the time comes and the SoD realms go offlineā¦ will players complain about their long hard work getting to SoDās end game and NOT having anything to show for it. Best Implement this system into hardcore or retailā¦ and soon or scrap the whole SoD concept. In other words, players are NOT going to leave SoD for Self Found, Cataclysm, or War Within unless Blizzard tells them toā¦ Blizzard has taken too long evaluating the outcome of SoD.
Edit: 02/21/2024
After testing the new Self Found Mode on the PTR server, I found that this is not what I had expected to see. I was expecting to see the Auctioneers removed from the Ah and the mail restricted. Adding Self found to hardcore will not make any difference. What should be done is add self found to all the classic servers. I found that by adding the self found more to any game will reduce or even eliminate gold buyers/sellers and bots. because they can not add, sell or buy items form the AH.
Finding these small flaws, thereās no reason for me to continue playing hardcore or the newly revised self found mode. hardcore alone is risky enough but adding self found has made the world even more difficult. Then add in that self found was pushed forward before Cataclysm beta which is a big mistake.
So blizzard needs to remove self found from hardcore, But add the self found mode to classic, TBC and WoTLK and add this mode to Cata after the reboot. But is self found worth playing while SoD is drawing so many players away from other gamesā¦ Prob not.
Blizzard needs to move self found to all Classic realms, Discontinue this fasination with SoD and fast forward Cata beta servers.
Thanks to you both. Rikkudo & Synn But my question is, will it be hard for you or players to leave SoD and return to their previous realms. This means loosing everything theyāve worked hard for only to be told you canāt take it with you.
I think its fine. SoD is overhyped. The reality is that most people do not understand how these numbers work in terms of population on known websites.
They see 500000 people and think the game is alive. They will see at most, half that number during P2 and then it will go down to 200k and at 60 maybe even more.
The numbers are inflated by alts due to the access of raids at a low level. Which wont follow as much the higher the level will be. And as we all know, people judge games by population and dip as soon as its looking bad for them.
HC is niche but the people who enjoy it are a strong community that will keep it together which is something more valuable to have than hype chasers that dont know how website numbers work
