"SoD is Cruising Along" - Phase 4 Information will be Shared When Ready

Posted 2024/06/03 at 5:01 PM by Wowhead

Phase 4 would be delayed

Yeah I feel ya. The truth is we aren't saying a lot because we are just heads down working on it, implementing, testing, and iterating. I could post something like "still working on it!" every day but I don't know how much value that would have without more substance curated to share. Curating said info to present is itself pretty time consuming too, so we don't want to overindex on the time someone like myself spends on gathering the info for that and making it presentable, vs. other things that need to be done for the release.

Additionally, a huge focus of Phase 4 is adjusting our existing plans based on feedback and lessons learned so that we go into phase 4 as strong as we can. Communicating intent or specifics too early or hastily could be harmful or at least confusing later on, especially if we are midway through a redesign or change to an existing plan based on feedback we've recieved.

For now however, the outwards communications focus for the classic side of wow is Cata because things are actively happening on live there. Raids opening today being a big one. SoD is cruising along and it'll have its turn next to have the spotlight.

We do really appreciate the patience and know that if SoD is your main game, you might be hungry for info and feel frustrated because another verison of classic/modern exists and it's perceived to be getting more attention from us in terms of who is actually working on it. It doesn't really work that way though. You can be assured that we are continuing to and never stopped working on SoD and are excited to get to a point where we can talk about it.

Thank you!

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Comment by oksefjesWhat a baitComment by orryerEven the wowhead article on sod is delayedComment by BlindfoldlolDead game is deadComment by sirrjmAlready cancelled my sub. Its cruising along just fine Aggrend!Comment by HabbaI got Gen AI to summarize this post for us. "We bit off more than we could chew with SOD, Cata, and now retail launching. SOD is being put on the back burner because more players on on retail/cata. You'll need to wait even longer."Comment by JohnTraboltaI'm gonna be honest, SoD has been a big L. What exactly are people discovering other then runes? The "raids" have been super mid, the pvp stuff has been good at first but after the first week it's meh, and the discovery part it a joke.Comment by zomgzyou guys are absolutely insane lol. I'm glad they realized they have to take more time on phase 4. Like why are you guys bashing them for NOT rushing a product...? Go do anything else! Cancel your sub, play blackjack or fallout or literally anything else in this world. Just give the devs the time they need so they can possibly make phase 4 better than 2 and 3 lol.

it's one team that got decked by having to do too much (cata launch was messy, this is why!). It pains me so much to defend modern blizzard in any way but I don't see how you can fault Aggrend for what is his overlords fault, if anyone.Comment by SheepmanSODJust enjoying the weekly balance patchesComment by TelloretSOD HYPE!

GET ME IN THERE COACH AND LOCK IT IN 🔒🔒🔒Comment by GawdOne of my biggest issues has been the complete domination of Cataclysm news and updates vs SoD. SoD players are being trampled with all this exciting, interesting, cared-for content for Cataclysm. It's almost as if there's a directive that SoD must remain silent to let Cata shine and get players playing.

I disagree with Aggrend, starvation is worse than breadcrumbs.Comment by SerpiWildso I guess they are not working on sod SadgeComment by zomgzOne of my biggest issues has been the complete domination of Cataclysm news and updates vs SoD. SoD players are being trampled with all this exciting, interesting, cared-for content for Cataclysm. It's almost as if there's a directive that SoD must remain silent to let Cata shine and get players playing.

I disagree with Aggrend, starvation is worse than breadcrumbs.Comment by Aurastweet from last week. even wowhead forgot sod was a thingComment by Mantequilla182I really hope "a lesson learned" was to make raids into 20-man and go back to 10-man raids, or atleast give us the option like cataclysm.Comment by Numakkof course retail and cata classic going with mop forward and for sure wod and legion to hit high end is their priority... SoD is side project.. sadly it WAS successful but they ruined it .. might be on purpose maybe they dont know how to deliver the product and maintain it right.. never to be understandable. Just really wish they for once be honest and said their plans officially and not let community find it hard way.Comment by SnakeslickI got Gen AI to summarize this post for us. "We bit off more than we could chew with SOD, Cata, and now retail launching. SOD is being put on the back burner because more players on on retail/cata. You'll need to wait even longer."Comment by FellowErthlingOnly needs to be said because people are so impatient. It's an us problem.Comment by ElizarTVOne of my biggest issues has been the complete domination of Cataclysm news and updates vs SoD. SoD players are being trampled with all this exciting, interesting, cared-for content for Cataclysm. It's almost as if there's a directive that SoD must remain silent to let Cata shine and get players playing.

I disagree with Aggrend, starvation is worse than breadcrumbs.Comment by StudawtfBlizzard, you are such a shell of your former self, it's gone past the point of sickening and straight to a comical laughing stock.

Your only saving grace is to actually DEVELOP! the past content areas that the original team never got to finish before being rushed into BC.Comment by ElizarTVMakes 0 sense. Just give us the ability to level to 60, do a global launch of SoD: Molten Core with thousands of people at max level ready to blast through Molten Core. Nobody cares about the race to level 60, nobody wants to grind dungeons for 12 hours to max level. Let us level to 60 over the next few weeks. It gives blizzard time to develop P4 to their desire and gives every SoD player something to do while we wait. Give us level 60 blizzard.

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