World of Warcraft: Current Year
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
xzi
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eh, I do like 250-300k+ on aoe pulls as ret, and it still feels fine to play fury even with the cap that already exists so.. whatever. Fury warriors are already competing with me on some pulls if I don't get extra procs.
not to mention half the classes that already do reduced damage to mobs once they reach a certain threshold.
They even recently changed Twilight Devastation to have a 6 mob cap and it still does a bajillion damage, I'm betting you won't notice this change even in the slightest.
not to mention half the classes that already do reduced damage to mobs once they reach a certain threshold.
They even recently changed Twilight Devastation to have a 6 mob cap and it still does a bajillion damage, I'm betting you won't notice this change even in the slightest.
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Bondurant
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Which is "understandable" from a production perspective: when you allocate time and ressources to develop content that is ignored by the majority of "your customers", it's a loss. That's probably why they put rewards for both islands and warfronts, so their metrics don't show the content is largely frowned upon. As for community feedback, MMO companies behave the same as any other company: no one wants to be the bearer of bad news. What developers get feedback wise is probably slightly better than what players write / say.
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Oh yeah by no means is playing Fury awful, it's probably the best rendition of Fury we've had. I just know the cap is there for a reason for that spec and if you've been playing it since BFA, then you're already used to playing with a cap. The wowhead comments of saying to either remove M+ instead of placing a mob cap on AoE abilities is just hilarious.
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xzi
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Streams are up for the alpha now. It should be no surprise whatsoever but god DAMN is the world pretty.
Also, I'm weirdly super excited for this.
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Also, I'm weirdly super excited for this.
First Look at Shadowlands Consumables - Weapon Oils, Sharpening Stones, Many Enchant Slots
With the start of Shadowlands datamining, we have our first look at consumables in the expansion, many of which have a throwback feel to Classic WoW such as weapon oils and sharpening stones.
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There is content that they create and maintain and that you're not forced into, like pet battles. FFXIV for example has surprisingly diverse side content that you're not forced into with things like the Gold Saucer minigames, chocobo breeding/racing, endless dungeons etc. Said content is there to be played at your own leisure, and comes in handy when you are waiting for the next content patch to drop.
Instead WoW has flavor content mostly in seasonal holidays and the Darkmoon Faire, but those are tied to specific dates and are not always available.
Another problem is that the people compiling said feedback are lowly paid entry-level positions, and Blizzard community managers are mostly known for their fuckups (like not collecting shaman feedback at all) and meltdowns of Tchernobyl proportions.
Now ask yourself: would you trust people like Lore to compile objective feedback, wading through the bullshit and trolls? Or is he more likely to suck Ion cock to be promoted into a better paying position? Also, all of BfA's problems were very clear going into the beta, and there was feedback. Blizzard even sent out surveys for this, but they just didn't act on it.
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I agree with you, MMO Community Manager is nowadays a glorified forum moderator position, unless you're getting your claws up to a production / design job there is high chances your name will be on the next "redundancy optimization" boogaloo. "I did the job right rather than good" is no one's resume.
Telling development their content is mostly displeasing to players while being on an ejection seat is like juggling with tigers. There's so much you can relay, especially when nowadays official forums are barren and relevant criticism is on streams / vids / dedicated discords or social media.
I'm quite sure at some point there's blatant incompetence going on at Blizzard, but like 99% of big entertainment companies nowdays, you're either driving the way or you're on the highway. I bet when some random powerful exec developed the Cats movie, the whole movie production team didn't really care bout telling him it's the worse idea of the worst ideas ever. They went along with the flow because you can't buy groceries with honesty.
xzi
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Shadowlands Development Update Notes -- October 21
UPDATED October 21 Welcome to the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands test environment. Please read on for an outline of what’s being tested and where to go to leave your feedback after you’ve experienced the Shadowlands Beta. For an introduction, read the first developer update here. For more...
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We even get set bonuses again, but not for the first tier. Jewel sockets are TBD.