Patch 8.3.5 of World of Warcraft will not be released. There were indications that it was indeed planned.
It has now been confirmed by Ion Hazzikostas in an interview. The Patch 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth is the conclusion of Battle for Azeroth and thus officially marks the end of the WoW expansion. There will most likely not be another patch.
However, this presents several problems for World of Warcraft. It reveals a rather spontaneous change in plans and simultaneously creates the threatening situation that players now have to get by for six months with content that quickly becomes stale.
What problems are there? World of Warcraft is heading towards a small crisis or is already in one. The following issues are currently plaguing the game or at least are strongly suspected:
- Patch 8.3 started with many errors and bugs – for some even the most bugged patch of all time
- The WoW team apparently lacks Q&A members, which could explain the many errors
- The WoW team is under time pressure with Shadowlands, which is why Patch 8.3.5 was canceled
What happened to Patch 8.3.5? Although it must be said that Blizzard never officially announced Patch 8.3.5, there were already some indications that it was in planning. For instance, there were file notes in the game files with the addition “835”, which were supposed to trigger voice lines from Furorion and Anduin.
Hazzikostas has now confirmed in an interview with Millenium that there will be no Patch 8.3.5, making it clear: The content we currently have must last until the release of Shadowlands. However, since Shadowlands is not even in beta yet, it could very well take another six months.
However, one should not forget that we are also having fun with the current patch.
What bugs were there in Patch 8.3? For many players, the release of Patch 8.3 was a major annoyance, as they encountered smaller and larger bugs. Some were not so dramatic, while others set players back days or weeks in their progress.
- Some players received no loot for their Horrifying Visions or their run was aborted because the servers crashed.
- The War Mode is currently not useful at all, as the bonus on daily quests has been abruptly turned off.
- Many events do not work and some items have a respawn duration that is far too long.
- Some of the new Corruption effects are so powerful that they can triple character DPS.
What is wrong with the current content? Patch 8.3 Visions of N’Zoth has only been out for about a week now, but it is already clear that the content will not keep a large part of the player base engaged in the long term.
This is mainly due to the fact that Patch 8.3 brings relatively little new content. Although two old areas have been revamped and equipped with new invasions, they are all quite similar.
After two weeks, players have seen everything here and will likely only fulfill the mandatory tasks to experience their Horrifying Visions and upgrade their legendary cloak. In summary, this amounts to a playtime of 2 to 4 hours per week – quite poor for a patch that is supposed to satisfy solo players until Shadowlands.
What do you think, how will World of Warcraft develop in the coming months? Will player numbers drastically decrease until the release of Shadowlands? Or can Patch 8.3 keep players engaged for a long time?
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