The Sad Tale of Warcraft Rumble

[@erik556]

I wish blizzard cared about rumble as much as i do

[@GrahamTomlinson-g3k]

I had so many recourses n money spent and started new one 2 days ago

[@BigMathMarvelRivals]

Consistently felt that way the whole time :(

[@catra195]

I dont get it, Is it like some Tower Defense shit? what is WarCraft Rumble

[@Matt34677]

Feel the same way about Heroes of the Storm. Sad.

[@BigMathMarvelRivals]

Do miss you too! We did do some great content together ☺️ Rumble was such a wild ride. The potential of the game was insane, really hoped it would have turned out better in the end. Such an amazing and nostalgic video! ❤

[@spragels]

I’ve loved this game from launch and it has been disappointing seeing its decline. I never knew about all the bug issues. Just felt like they didn’t update fast enough. Also barely any balance updates which a game like this lives and dies with.

[@GrahamTomlinson-g3k]

I know wow I feel bad for ppl who been on it since the beginning cause my account was 3 months everyday n it's gone the name is still there tho

[@svelt8336]

Closest we've ever got to WC4

[@minakatahizuru]

this has nothing to do with Warcraft

[@cennon]

IMO, for raids, they should just team you up with anyone, not just your guild members. Too many times, none of your mates are on.

[@Hevosmies]

Hear hear, though no matter all the bad stuff, I loved the PvE content on Warcraft Rumble! The irony of the game is that you ruin all your fun in it by paying to win.

[@honza784512]

Many games are like that!

[@AndreDeMaressa]

Good work on the video. It truly is a sad story. What great game could Warcraft Rumble have been from the start…

[@GeMBoyYT]

I’m playing the game since last October (beta), and there was not a single update without huge bugs, except one about a month ago. I’ve noticed that game was not release-ready in October, and looks like the game still is, feels like we are still in beta. I enjoy the game, but I understand why a lot of people don’t have enough patience for all this stuff. Main issues for the game are: 1) lack of replayability in PvE 2) lots of bugs 3) lack of updates. From small issues sure - just not enough features aka custom games, friend list and so on.

[@quinngreen]

Excoundrel!! Great to see you. What a great walkthrough of the history of this game! I remember each of those phases and I think you did a great job summarizing the issues and what could/should be done to help the game.

[@Excoundrel]

@quinngreen great to see you dude :) hope you're well

[@bibleotaku]

Never played Warcraft Rumble but your segments were explained so well that i felt like I was there at launch 😂

[@Rep_tail89]

You forgot about the huge bug with onyxia when sieges were released. Sieges had issue with phasing of bosses, so did onxyia. People were able to kill onyxia without phasing her. Anyway, great summary of everything that happened. I agree totally with everything said

[@Love2Zooom]

Thank you for making this! If you would had listed all of the bugs, it would had been 10 hours long. I haven’t played any other mobile games that have had more bugs than this. I have played Clash of Clans for 8+ years. In that time, Clash has ran rock solid.

[@aaakitsune]

I quit a little before the raid released. My two biggest issues was that equipments was locked behind the pay to win too much and the PvE modes was too limiting. There was also the fact that those in my guild were big cheaters who got rewarded with extra gold when blizzard fixed the bugs and blizzard did not compensate me for the bug who diddent cheat. It was clear that they diddent have the games interest in mind. This game was made for the shareholders (not the players) to grab a quick buck and then go into low maintainance mode. I am glad i quit when i did. I had fun in the start and thank you for the video content you made for the players Excoundrel. Its too bad to see another big potential game go down the drain from this company.

[@tejaswakade9047]

They should just rename it to Warcraft Fumble at this point. The latest log in bug absolutely destroyed the player base. Because if they just restore the account of people who have spent money & not the F2P accounts 50% playerbase is gone.

[@NavikvonBathory]

Oh wow your last podcast on rumble was the last one I saw before I ended up uninstalling. I actually googled you to see how the latest Rumble news was being taken. Very interesting video.

[@xQTx]

I had been involved since day 1 and had invested €200 quite quickly. My purchases were missing items and, funnily enough, even heroes. Support said they were aware of the problem and would get back to me as soon as a fix was available. After four weeks and several letters back and forth, I still hadn't received anything, several new contacts from Blizzard where I had to describe the problems each time like an idiot. I then canceled all my purchases and uninstalled the game. Too bad, I really had fun in the beginning but in the end it just doesn't work. I've never experienced making in-game purchases and not receiving my “goods”.

Nice summary, it's really shame they didn't use the potential the game had. I'm still keeping hope for some release 2.0 with PC client and a lot of system reworks (I'm looking at you, PvP!), we basically got something like that with the softlaunch, it came out of nowhere and changed a lot of the stuff in the game. But if that's not coming, I don't think the game has many options where to go, except fo being a one time campaign walkthough and then uninstall. I think a lot of people will decide how to go forward after a 1 year anniversary, because if not then, then probably never.

[@PLANKnCINNA]

Well said Excoundrel, I am in one of the better pvp communities and still play and somewhat enjoy the game. That said, this video is 100% the honest truth. I appreciate you. Hope blizzard wakes up but I’m afraid it’s too late. Thank you again

[@moonblastx1996]

I enjoyed Rumble a LOT for a month and then realized there was absolutely nothing to do after the campaign, the content took forever to come, and PvP which should be really fun is very unrewarding. I quit after about a month and a half. I enjoyed what I played, but yeah, not interested anymore and not surprised it flopped, even though I do think it's a great game. Just launched too soon and killed itself

[@Excoundrel]

pretty common story IMO - just felt like there weren't enough features and it wasn't ready

[@moonblastx1996]

@@Excoundrel you wait to release this game until you have raids ready and it's not a buggy mess, you drop raids to an acceptable level and you release them like 2/3 weeks after launch and you're golden. also should have probably simulatenous released on PC because Blizzard audience is simply weary of mobile games

[@RaulYoryi]

Este juego tiene potencial deberian meterlo en pc con un cliente oficial la gente de warcraft wow etc esta en pc

[@Jaycee0105]

Great video!

[@rick9663]

I was finally able to load in and get linked to my long defunct battle net account from my WoW days. So my progress is now saved. Now when in game it's hard to get into the battles. it loads and reloads and finally I can get in....sometimes.

[@hliakos1995]

Everything you said was on point. The game could've been so great...

[@Tovigonbar]

Do we have any close numbers of how much of the player base there is still left?

[@damonblack1495]

I started in November of last year on global release day and played hours each day. This went on for the first two months. The two major reasons I quit was mini levels in pvp and the bugs you mentioned where a lot of players got giga rich. I was not one of those players. I felt even more behind in pvp. The game was legit fun. Until mini levels no longer play a part in pvp I don't think I will return.

[@gameszombie]

it still has potential to grow, just not the way it's being handled now.... only time and future content will tell

[@Jaycee0105]

I’m a current guild leader in Rumble and I’m struggling to keep players active. I’m down to 16 players. Also why did they buff the raids? Are guild didn’t get through the raids when they weren’t buffed. Lost lots of players due to the buff and then a couple days ago raids were down completely. I’m bleeding players left and right.

[@entririhunter]

I think a negative gold equity is the worst idea. I'm assuming the only reason they would go into the negative is because they spent all or a chunk of the gold and then what gold they earned got subtracted from their account. They still get the massive advantage of having spent all that gold which pisses everyone else off and then they have absolutely no reason to engage in anything that earns them gold. It's like if I could go to a bank and get $1,000,000 with no interest. It's a massive boon for me and then why would I care about work when all the money I earn goes into a pit?

[@razisgosu]

Great video. It really lays out the issues. Everything is late and bugged and a lot of the features feel half baked.

[@Suited]

The state of the game over the past months, since raids, have put me in a spot where I want to spend on the game to support the continued development but I feel like I'm not getting any value (quality) out of my money. With Blizzard's track record of abandoning failed projects it even more pushes me away from purchasing things like the 'Azeroth's Blessing!' which is a great value proposition to anyone who plays daily.. I hope they will find the person able to turn this ship around, because the current team is, sadly, sinking dead ahead. Thanks for the video and discussion

[@EdwardBergen]

Great video. All correct. It’s sad they can’t at least communicate when stuff is wrong. And at least make the bugs go away. THEN worry about new content

[@Beachluvnbabe01]

Have you considered doing radio?

[@Airbag888]

Blizzard could not accept my US bnet account and forced me to create a EU bnet account to 'save' my progress. So basically I have rumble on its own bnet account for no reason other than incompetence.. This first few days with the game taught me to be cautious so I never invested a dime in it

[@srenlarsen4531]

I quit when they enabled the tinker/dark moon fair event. While the rewards was nice it also pushed you into beeing more activ otherwise ( moral dilemma leeching on activ players ). Game was casual for me and that move turned it into a chore.

[@Jinocidal]

This is an amazing video breaking down the timeline of the game leading to its downfall. I enjoyed the game a lot early and it kept getting worse. Raids was fun for a while but wasn’t enough to keep me going.

[@wingsofunlimitedpepsi6817]

this game would have been great if it was a standalone PC game instead of the Cash grab mobile model we got.

[@Scawtsauce]

remember when diablo 2 was the best game ever? and then starcraft brood war? and then WoW? and then starcraft 2 ? and then they got bought by Activision and quite literally every game has been TRASH since. this game was good. but they haven't added any new end game content (besides like once? ragnaros, but even he was easy)

[@thefaceless8796]

I enjoy the game. Many breaks but just turned it on this weekend. It was great fun playing it. It always felt very pay to win though. Im just under level 100 and the PVP is fun when im taking a break off marvel snap grinding lol

[@googlesucks1515]

If they had just released the game with flexible functional social systems it would have done wonders to forgive the other shortcomings

[@ayam7971]

Please add more co-op mode, i really enjoy raiding with my 8yo boy... and he's really into warcraft world right now

[@MercenaryTX]

So sad. Fun game. I still play. Working through the heroics still. The bugs are quite unbearable. Not sure if I would spend anymore money on it.

[@mirandasworld]

Bulava was the best-ever content creator for Rumble

[@BigMathMarvelRivals]

he was cool!

[@richard6969-r5g]

Yo, Blizzard jumped the shark like 15 years ago. If we don't move on, we gonna keep getting shafted.

[@aaduric]

Almost a full year and bugs with every patch and update. Devs suck.

[@Alaster-]

Blizzard have fkd their priorities in this game dev. They continually release patches fix 1 bug, only to create 2 more. Then released total revamps of UI for nl reason, with more bugs.... The basics of the game are fun, pity the devs can't get their shit together.

[@vladn4321]

As I said on Discord as well, WarCraft Rumble is NOT a game to play with units and spells and have fun. It's a game about debugging your game and identifying all the bugs. It's like a Hackaton: find the bugs. The even more sad thing is that Blizzard NEVER fixed all the bugs.

[@510radar]

They should let you do as many raids instead of only 3

[@Moon-shadoWzing]

I got to Rumble from the very beginning and honestly, its a super chill game, very enjoyable on the PVE part. Noting too serious, nothing too casual. For me its just another missed oportunity for blizzard (nothing new), but i would like just to expose my main grieves with this game. - You can fry an egg on your phone when you run it, bluestacks or Mac desktop is the way to go. - Somewhat recurrent bugs where you cant retrieve your prizes after defeating stages (hapened to me on heroic twice, so a 600 gold wait that i only recovered after contacting support) - VERY real currency dependent to achieve a somewhat playable progression (getting levels and abilities) - EXTREMELY penalizing for F2P players that choose the wrong mini ability (you will not get another oportunity in the coming weeks or months) And the most infuriating part... - Awful guild communication system. I can only attemp Raids on a rotation with an interval of 2 weeks and when i get the oportunity i can never get anyone to play with in an active guild of around 18 dedicated players. Give me a global matchmaking system so i can play with other casuals like myself, i dont mind failing miserably but at the very least let me try. Other than that, super fun, great graphical designs with our beloved warcraft characters and very good replayability once you get a decent pool of abilities to choose from.

[@hartmannschorsch9358]

if blizzard would have cared about the game in the beginning, they would have located more resources into it. better marketing, cross-game promotions etc. they would sell their skins there, because thats allways a good chunk of money in every game. its maintenance mode for now and will die slow and quietly

[@DonaldDuvall]

I am a little surprised that blizzard used unity for warcraft rumble.

[@thaariqbinaziz2821]

13:21 i think Clash royale is better comparasion than brawlstars Brawl is moba ,very different than rumble while clash royale is what inspired rumble in the first place

[@iugoeswest]

I stopped playing after the loop issue and guest account issue. I joined battle net but I am done with missing things bc of bugs and not getting to enjoy raids

[@Scawtsauce]

wow i didn't know brawlstars was so popular.. i always kinda felt you could just spam the op units and get freelo

[@rockersheart]

Whales killed the game for me. Can't join a guild unless 150 level. Can't win in pvp because whales. You could do the campaign but slowly over time which is fine. I don't wanna auto win. But the grind is terrible for exp. 12 exp per win on one mini n I need 12k exp ?! That's madness.

[@GrahamTomlinson-g3k]

I was gunna not even go back into it but i unfortunately mad new one 2 days ago

[@thugg4lif]

I love rumble but the product team doesn’t listen to their players. Making molten core harder than vanilla wow is beyond me why. As a payer the fourth time it’s come around I still can’t get to rag.

[@Aaronwaynemack]

bro lookin swol

[@GrahamTomlinson-g3k]

Yea my account was signed it w battle net I still can't get onto it

[@dandan3045]

I forgot this game even exists!

[@kimtee9246]

is a good game with poor in game social, can't even have friend list or queue raid together that major down site

[@dmitrozavgorodniy448]

That was pertty normal, before last patch

[@GrahamTomlinson-g3k]

I didn't even play since came out and spent made money that name and account isn't deleted they just can't get me signed in on it

[@shadowremorse]

i mean they are not fixing the login issue that has been going on the past 2 days

[@EdokLock]

The last great game for me that I discovered from this channel was AutoChess Still waiting for the next best thing ☺️

[@wrakor]

The QA on this game is indeed atrocious, it's been patch after patch with some annoying issue.

[@bigbellyobie6204]

Im a new player trying to get a hang of it.

[@minhhuynhhieu5705]

After what happened i still playing the game, but if you tell me to support the game or the dev i would say no thanks, they dont deserve it anymore

[@benluttenberger7860]

I whaled in it because I loved WC3 and this was the closest thing to it.. there goes my $500.. so my bugs, so many balance issues, lots of cheaters.. games fantastic but they don’t give a &/); about it.

[@Excoundrel]

@@benluttenberger7860 I think it will get better, but I just thin the dev team needs to know what the community are really after

[@jiggajo42]

It's funny you mention brawl stars because these are the 2 games I play

[@viclee4417]

1 season last too long...10 days can finish all rewards

[@viclee4417]

notorious for bugs without compensation...sick of playing this game anymore.

[@Trashloot]

Warcraft rumble is a real game ? I though it was just this wow toy thingy located in Orgrimmar xD.

[@brainlet5353]

I just started this game on the eve of the anniversary after dropping it on launch. This game is designed to drain your wallet that's it. Upgraded that unit and took a talent? Tough luck getting another talent on the grid till you upgrade again... STUPID

[@GrahamTomlinson-g3k]

If does it again i gotta end it cause takes so long this is crazy they should delete it if ur gunna do this 2 us

[@minakatahizuru]

They made game for 5 years old on phone lol. If any parent has 5 years old on phone that is terrible parent.

[@lblordhass1455]

the biggest mistake u all all did was installing this game from the beginning, wine as you want. I hope bliz never fixes anything and u all keep suffering playing alone

[@jmcke802]

No interest in getting into a game that is going to cost over $300 to actually play in micro transactions

[@Zombgetsu]

It has been a year. They have thrown more money at the PR of this game than fixing it. Do uou know how many streamers they "sponsor" weekly to make a shitty video about their game? People that know absolutely nothing about the game? Its pretty fking bad ngl. Blizzard is just bad now. Cant invest any time at all to any title they make after 2024. 💯

[@catra195]

I dont get it, Is it like some Tower Defense shit? what is WarCraft Rumble?

[@DabuTV]

So the game is dead? Or about to die?

[@liviomoreira2457]

Warcraft Rumble? More like Warcraft Fumble

[@TheCrocwise]

If this game were cut of the paid elements then it would be a cool game. Nobody asked about it but it would be cool. However, everything that is pay to win deserves to be condemned.

[@towerguarder]

this game has always been bad. p2w clash royale ripoff. good riddance

[@minakatahizuru]

Asian devs are better.

[@minakatahizuru]

Hearthstone exist you know was their first mobile game and Diablo Immortal is good game do not spend money on it much.

[@BusJustice]

2 things I'm sure you didn't address in your hour long video because you're a typical zoomer who thinks you're important enough to be talking without all the facts, (I stopped watching after under 2mins). that trailer not only has 5.7k likes only, it has 32k dislikes which obviously says even more about the narrative. And the reddit post you opened with makes no sense. They uninstalled the game and got waah that they chose to no longer play the game...?

[@Excoundrel]

@@BusJustice I'm 33 lmao

[@Excoundrel]

@BusJustice but thanks for your comment your opinion is so very important to me

[@BusJustice]

@@Excoundrel close enough to a zoomer and influenced and bred to act like a zoomer which is why my original comment was bang on, wasn't it? Or can you timestamp where I'm wrong? ;) PS, there are people my age who act like zoomers too, they, you, and zoomers are all subject to the same influences.

[@Excoundrel]

@BusJustice you are chatting complete bullshit mate I'm not even really reading your comments

[@Excoundrel]

@BusJustice I actually can't even work out what point you were trying to make. 5.7k likes only and 32k dislikes like that counters the narrative? It only reinforced my point lol And the reddit post was just an example of people looking to uninstall following a year of bugs and fumbles so again.. not entirely sure what you're trying to say

[@kekgoogle4809]

not listing the dislikes?

[@Excoundrel]

@@kekgoogle4809 does it matter? Makes the same point as the low likes

[@kekgoogle4809]

@@Excoundrel dunno, it was pretty universally reviled and the dislike portion of the video puts that on display.

[@GrahamTomlinson-g3k]

Yea my account was signed it w battle net I still can't get onto it