After announcing that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will be delayed until sometime later this year, Blizzard is now offering refunds for anyone who’s having second thoughts. Just over a month ago, Blizzard announced that the eagerly anticipated Shadowlands expansion would be released on October 27, but it backtracked that decision earlier this week.

World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands expansion is set to bring a host of changes to the long-running MMORPG, and in the run-up to its release, Blizzard has been collecting player feedback to make sure its launch goes as smoothly as possible. Evidently, that feedback sent Blizzard the signal that not all was well with its upcoming release. On October 1, WoW executive producer John Hight announced the expansion’s delay, saying that feedback indicated a need for more work on balance and polish. More work is apparently needed on Shadowlands’ endgame, which will be adding a brand-new dungeon quite unlike anything that’s ever appeared in World of Warcraft before.

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Some fans are predictably disappointed by the delay, and Blizzard seems to be heading off their concerns by offering refunds for Shadowlands. As shared by enterthedragonpunch on Reddit, Blizzard has sent out emails to players who’ve pre-ordered World of Warcraft: Shadowlands to let them know that refunds are available. The email says that the delay will make Shadowlands an even better experience at launch, but directs players to the game’s customer support page if they’d rather not wait to see how it turns out.

In the comments of the Reddit post, most WoW fans seem to be taking the delay in stride and questioning why anyone would ask for a refund over the matter of a delay. As others point out, some players may have more pressing financial concerns that they could use the money they spent on the pre-order for right now. On the other hand, some players say that they’ve just signed up for multi-month subscriptions to the game, anticipating that they’d be able to start their journey into the Shadowlands this month. In those cases, it seems more than reasonable to expect Blizzard to honor refunds for game time, but the developer hasn’t officially announced that it’s willing to do that just yet.

If Blizzard keeps its promise to deliver World of Warcraft: Shadowlands by the end of the year, players still don’t have much longer to wait, despite the delay. Given how long they’ve been waiting for the expansion to drop, a maximum of two more months seems more than tolerable. Still, there are definitely more pressing financial needs than an MMO expansion, so it’s good to see Blizzard publicly announcing that refunds are available.

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Source: enterthedragonpunch/Reddit