"SoD is Cruising Along" - Phase 4 Information will be Shared When Ready
WoW Classic Senior Game Producer Josh Greenfield, better known as Aggrend, recently took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to discuss Phase 4 of Season of Discovery and why more hasn't been shared yet.
Many players have been discussing their disappointment in the lack of Season of Discovery announcements after news that Phase 4 would be delayed. With Phase 3 lasting longer than anticipated, players are noting that once-bustling servers are significantly more empty, and groups have been more and more difficult to form, particularly since the release of Cataclysm Classic. Clamoring for more announcements, several questions were aimed at Aggrend on X, to which he gave this response:
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.
