I have taken a couple weeks to post this, because I've been mulling over what to say. I want to give some bright insights you haven't heard anywhere else along with infusing you with the fervor and excite which comes when we are looking a new expansion in the face. I want to thrill you with words and make you want to log in this very moment to see what everyone else is experiencing.
In my heart I can't.
The state of the game is fine, don't get me wrong. I have been moving from character to character trying out some of the specs. Some like my Ret Paladin just doesn't feel right to me. Which if funny because I would argue my Retadin got changed very little. Survival hunter feels more fun that I would have though, my elemental shaman just feels under-powered to me. And on and on it goes.
I guess I was expecting more early on. We got built up to this pre-patch event etc, and I got a little bit of bone with bits of meat on it. The main coarse is still waiting. The only opinion I can give right now is that things are not where they need to be yet. They have given us a taste of what is up and coming, but I am not comfortable giving any type of judgement yet.
I was honestly hoping they would start the pre-patch shenanigans today, a week before we get demon hunters. Alas as far as I know nothing happened. I haven't seen any news of it in my feeds or on Blizzardwatch, and the DDoS attacks are keeping me from being able to log in to see for myself. I guess I thought it would be nice if everyone could focus on the pre-patch event, and then on Demon Hunters rather than balancing time between the two.
The other thing I can speak to is I am in the Facebook streaming beta from Blizzard. I can stream any of the games I choose to play in Blizzard's list. Be it Diablo III, Heroes of the Storm, or World of Warcraft. So far I'm underwhelmed with this product, but as it is, it is the beta.
The problems I have seen is freezing while recording (to be honest that is more my computers fault then Blizzards) When you are no longer live on Facebook the recording seem clipped and short. Normally it stops after about five minutes, and half of that is video that is fast forwarded/sped up. I also would love a way to link the recordings here at the bottom of my blog post, because that would be cool. I would honestly love to record my blog live, verbally while playing so people could choose to click and listen while I am using this technology. It has a long way to go.
I still don't think the intention is to take on Twitch. I just don't see the earning potential or the focus that would be needed towards a particular group of individuals. I am not seeing anything in the interface that is comparable and I feel that if such things are implemented, they may not fit into Blizzard's vision of this product. Once again, it's Beta so we don't know what is going to happen down the line.
So, am I being a wet blanket? Is there something amazing that has come out that I have missed? Or am I spot on, and are you gritting at the teeth for some real new content to play? What is your opinion so far?
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