So I was scrolling through mmo-champion today when I saw this:
(full link to tweet here: https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/sta...52494360326144)
The tweet mentions that the 18 sec DR timer begins as soon as a CC lands, whereas it actually starts whenever a CC ends.
Now don't get me wrong, it's good to see Blizzard hire people like Holinka to take care of PvP, but seeing such a reply on a core mechanic that's just been updated is kind of worrying. Any developer/designer that works on WoW should instinctively know that DRs are taken into effect as soon as a CC fades, not lands. This isn't a situation where a developer has trouble remembering one of the thousands of spells in the game that is not so relevant, it's a case of having the main twitter account for development updates (which is managed by more than one person) give out completely false information.
This doesn't mean that everybody at Blizzard has no clue about how DRs work, but anybody that has access to that account is in an important position which requires them to have full knowledge of how these kinds of mechanics work.
The main issue I have with this is that any developer should have these concepts in mind when designing/updating a new ability/class/mechanic. So even though they do have PvP-dedicated devs, every single one of them should have a general idea of how every aspect of the game works. Otherwise you have specs and spells balanced around things that simply do not work in PvP (anybody remember 5 stacks of Taste for Blood, the whole Chaos Bolt hitting too hard/not hitting hard enough to be worth it dilemma, etc...).
I'm sure that most of those working on revamping CC and DRs know how they work, but it's damn upsetting to know that there's at least one person that does not have a clear idea about them. When you see the vicious redesign of Crowd Control in WoD and how they've approached it, you can only wonder if the whole team really knows what needs addressing, or if they're just too misguided and misinformed to make the right decisions...
Thoughts?