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Originally Posted by nik-
See, I don't actually think this is a good idea. It's good for Blizzard's bottom line, but as a player, it really doesn't do anything for us. All it's going to lead to is a bunch more WoD's where they spend a year working on it, then release it, and immediately go skeleton crew on it to work on the next one and then repeat. It will also increase the feeling of "everything I'm doing is pointless because new expansion in 8/6/4 months". That feeling is always sort of present in MMO's, but this will exacerbate it.
They say it's because they want to release more content, but there's nothing stopping them from releasing more content in the current expansion. 18 months is absolutely fine for an expansion's lifespan.
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I disagree. The only content released after an expansion is end game material, generally in the form of raids and dailies. This is not compelling content to keep the majority of people in WoW playing. I may have stayed subscribed all the way through TBC and Wrath, but I sure as hell was not playing much by the end of either. I doubt many people were saying "oh man, I'm so glad they released the Ruby Sanctum, that sure kept me excited to log in to the game for another 6 months while waiting for Cataclysm! Icecrown Citadel hasn't been run into the ground yet or anything!"
I learned my lesson in Cataclysm, and un-subscribed as soon as I got bored of the first raid tier.
The leveling experience in Warlords of Draenor was the best they've ever done, period. I want more of that.