So I really loved SoD so far… even in phase 2 when most people were complaining I still kept defending the dev team.
But phase 3 is the absolute worst thing I’ve ever witnessed in a game.
Wtf happened? Every single design choice is absolute gargabe.
But the biggest miss by far are incursions… what are they supposed to be?
It feels like running a half finished custom created map made by my dad in 15mins. There’s no introduction, lore, structure, no content.
there would have been so much possibilities and potential.
Everyone was expecting some instanced mini dungeons (aka rift? like in diablo) with a few interesting mechanics. Anything but THIS!
It doesn’t matter what class, gear, skill u have. You just run around tagging mobs, or even only running from one collection point to the next on repeat being brain afk… there’s no engagement needed.
It’s by far the best lvling and gold making strategy up to 50 so ofcourse most people are going to spam it even if it’s a completely miserable experience.
I don’t want to rant about the other lack of content in phase 3 even for casual dadgamers like me.
But seriously what were the Devs thinking on this one? 
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For me it seems evident, by this time, the the SoD team is struggling. Basically it feels like they dont have the manpower to execute the game on a higher and more creative/original lvl. Feels like quick fixes.
I love SoD. The idea, the concept was really cool. i just think execution is getting worse.
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It just feels like that they want to get done with the phases and SoD as fast as possible. I bet that we wont see every classic raid in SoD. They just dont have the resources for creative new content that fits into the classic idea.
the inventory management is the hardest part about this content…
can’t even bring my self to do it on another char
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How are expectations tho? Are people really expecting new quality expansion-like content every 1-2 months in a seasonal mode?
There’s been more things added from the get go in SoD, and through the phases, than we ever saw in a new patch/phase in Classic - and that was development to be relevant for months.
Scourge invasion was better after 6 months of AQ? Silithus questing added fun gameplay after no new quest for 1 year?
Im not saying its the best content ever created, but for what it is and how long its ment to last, I really feel people should have more realistic expectations on a Blizzard that are currently investing more in Classic than they have the last 4 years.
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It is awful content that does not fit Classic at all.
On top of that, with the min/max mentality of people these days, they also managed to kill the life in the questing zones and the 40-50 dungeons.
No one feel the need to do that now, since incursion spamming is more efficient.
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It’s a wise move by blizzard . The whole idea besides that event was to help casualties with gear and level so nobody will be left behind. Also having pretty decent pre -raid gear will avoid being rejected for low gs
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The strangest thing is that Josh (lead designer wow classic) has said in a number of interviews how important wow classic world is, and adding new dungeons or raids you have to be careful with?
But blizzard puts in this pve event that goes against everything in wow classic leveling!! It’s so embarrassing to see this!!
This development team knows nothing about wow classic that’s for sure!! I cant play anymore! I quit SoD!!!
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Wise yes? And what about all these people complaining. I literally don’t know a single person in game/guild who is truly enjoying this so called event. It is by far the worst thing ever. The dev team has no classic spirit. They should get replaced asap
Once we all level to 50 ,it will die. I don’t enjoy it either
It won’t. People lvling alts, ppl farm untill exalted etc. World feels dead. No meaning to go do stuff in the outside world. Pre bis farm is not even needed to raid ST. STV and ashenvale event killed bgs. Ranking is way too fast. I had enough honor for rank 7 before ph3 launched. It’s all a mess
vanilla was a master crafted perfectly cut diamond, glistening, clean and with presence
SoD is like gluing bits of dirty lego pieces and cocktail umbrellas to it and thinking it’s an addition
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I hope they add epic mount to lvl 1 so I can name my alt Racecar and run around circles cliking stuff and level to max in few hours, so much fun… so when this ptr is done and we get the real release of phase 3 ?
Well yes. There was somebody on my server ‘LFM Speedway runs’ very apt.
It would be fine if they were a timed event - twice a day or something, or at random
Nightmare inc is utter crap, waste of life.
It feels like my soul is sucked out by just participating in that.
Ninc i so freaking bad. All it does is giving you rep/xp/gold.
Other than that like fun and enjoyable is just out the window.
Its terrorism against the game wow.
My whole body is against it… I feel sick over it
Nightmare Incursions should have been instanced like a dungeon for parties so you could explore them with a group. Put the quests on a weekly and give them more XP since you can only do them once a week.
You cannot have instantly repeatable quests that are easy to do, this makes it the only viable option and everyone will pressure each other into spamming it, completely bypassing the regular quests and dungeon runs people used to do. Nightmare Incursions was a good concept but executed like shi*e.
I will admit me and all my buddies did it despite not liking it, because we always planned on leveling fast. But we had imagined at least doing various dungeons for pre-raid gear while leveling up rather than whatever this is. And with the rep vendor gear being as good as it is you have even less reason to do most dungeons around our level. At least you put the offerings quest in there which kind of makes people spam the dungeons but that happens at 50 not while leveling
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