They HAVE put the info out though. Its been on the beta forums that people are asked to look at, and all across the net. They didn't hide this stuff. Just some people stuck their heads in the sand saying "Meh, I don't care till the expansion comes out, otherwise it doesn't matter to me." (My friend said this).
Large mechanics changes should not be any surprise. It happened pre-BC also. Its just like political information about Presidential candidates being all over the tv. You can't KNOW that the election is coming, and then go up to the voting booth, vote, and then get mad later when you find out he was on tv for three months preaching about something you disagreed with simply because you didn't want to keep up with a foundation changing event.
That's not their fault. Some people are going to be inconvenienced, but you no longer have to go collecting all sorts of gear, not as much since you can transition a lot easier as far as hybrids are concerned. I'd consider that a good thing. Expansion packs are not just "add a new zone, huzzah, done". They've always involved large scale class balance changes and overall mechanics work.
As it IS we have 400 idiots running around right now screaming "HOW DOES I GET TO DALARAN" and "WTB PORT TO NORTHREND" when that isn't released till Wrath is shipped. Just like the pre-bc content patch where everyone was "HOW DOES I MAKE A BLOODELF AND GET TO SHAT?"
EDIT: It wasn't sudden either. This information has been all over the net for months. In no way sudden. Things fluctuate, so they can't just send an email four months ahead saying "These are definitely happening" because if they know what's happening, chances are they can go ahead and get it out there, which has even MORE people know about it. If someone is playing an MMORPG and expecting everything to stay the exact same with no real changes, then they are in the wrong genre. MMOs are about as solid as water and things get buffed, nerfed, redone, all the time.
Large mechanics changes should not be any surprise. It happened pre-BC also. Its just like political information about Presidential candidates being all over the tv. You can't KNOW that the election is coming, and then go up to the voting booth, vote, and then get mad later when you find out he was on tv for three months preaching about something you disagreed with simply because you didn't want to keep up with a foundation changing event.
That's not their fault. Some people are going to be inconvenienced, but you no longer have to go collecting all sorts of gear, not as much since you can transition a lot easier as far as hybrids are concerned. I'd consider that a good thing. Expansion packs are not just "add a new zone, huzzah, done". They've always involved large scale class balance changes and overall mechanics work.
As it IS we have 400 idiots running around right now screaming "HOW DOES I GET TO DALARAN" and "WTB PORT TO NORTHREND" when that isn't released till Wrath is shipped. Just like the pre-bc content patch where everyone was "HOW DOES I MAKE A BLOODELF AND GET TO SHAT?"
EDIT: It wasn't sudden either. This information has been all over the net for months. In no way sudden. Things fluctuate, so they can't just send an email four months ahead saying "These are definitely happening" because if they know what's happening, chances are they can go ahead and get it out there, which has even MORE people know about it. If someone is playing an MMORPG and expecting everything to stay the exact same with no real changes, then they are in the wrong genre. MMOs are about as solid as water and things get buffed, nerfed, redone, all the time.
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