#BlizzChat Developer Chat on Twitter 2/26

[Commissar]

Q. Will Ghostcrawler duel me for a large cash prize?
A. You are not ready.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Peanutbutterjellytime]

Does this mean Gnome and Trolls are going to get their own unique starting zones? or is he just referring to Gnomer and Echo Isle?

Pretty sure it means that trolls and gnomes will get their own unique starting zones. Keep in mind, i dont have any proof of this, just speculating here ;b
But thats just what i think it means.

[galdroth]

Does this mean Gnome and Trolls are going to get their own unique starting zones? or is he just referring to Gnomer and Echo Isle?

not starting zones, but Echo Isles and Gnomeregan will become starting areas (1-5) for troll and gnomes. They will no longer start the game alongside the Orcs/Dwarfs.

(neither Echo Isles or Gnomeregan will become new cities)

[Peanutbutterjellytime]

"We would like to do... in zone"

So they haven't even started on some (all?) zones.

Yeah right, this is going to be December 2011 before those slackers are done.

Lol right, its not like they have promised that the game would be out in 2010 ;b
Right?

[NaitFury]

Fuck's sake, reading this and then the blizzcast it seems like cataclysm is still a LONG FUCKING way away :'(

[conceit2]

... Heck, Shimmering Flats is a lake now! ...

Oh noes! Global warming!

[Adragerxo]

I love the BS answer blue gave about more bag SLOTS, his basic answer was they would make bigger bags available through Paris Hilton in shatt,btw I know thats not the official name of the npc,the person didn't ask for bigger fricken bags they asked for more bag SLOTS and more bank SPACE.but true to blizzard they really don't fully get it.
its the little things like this that piss people off.
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[WyriHaximus]

Fuck's sake, reading this and then the blizzcast it seems like cataclysm is still a LONG FUCKING way away :'(

Nothing new tbh both TBC and WOTLK where released 2 years after the previous release. So personally I wouldn't be surprised if it's end 2010 begin 2011. But I doubt on the other hand they let us sit with a major content patch for a year .

[Slamazaur]

Rogues: What about Vanish?
Blizzard: Did anyone say anything? No? Then next question please.

[Savagê_Warrior]

Nothing new tbh both TBC and WOTLK where released 2 years after the previous release. So personally I wouldn't be surprised if it's end 2010 begin 2011. But I doubt on the other hand they let us sit with a major content patch for a year .

TBC January 2007

WoTLK November 2008, Say what now ?

[TobiasX]

TBC January 2007

WoTLK November 2008, Say what now ?

0 month: January 07
12 month (1 year): January 08
22 month (1 year 10 months): November 08

It's damn close to 2 years.

Another year and 10 months would be September 2010 but I'd guess August or October so it won't coincide with schools starting again.

[Cpttrips]

Who the hell is in love with the moonkin form?

i would personally love an overhaul of my fat ass owl

[WyriHaximus]

0 month: January 07
12 month (1 year): January 08
22 month (1 year 10 months): November 08

It's damn close to 2 years.

Another year and 10 months would be September 2010 but I'd guess August or October so it won't coincide with schools starting again.

exactly 8)

[Syndicity]

I am NOT lovin' my Moon chicken look. New moonkin form please, thanks.

[dotSeed]

I expected CGI for a patch and have no idea how long high quality CGI footage takes to do.

Also, holy shit your post history is a torrent of bitter ramblings deriding any and all Blizzard decisions.

i hate it when blizzard tries to force players to play a certain way, this is why there is no more originality in this game, everyone knows their class is supposed to be one way for a certain role (especially dps, which have more options than tanks and healers).

Maybe if you didn't kneejerk yourself into a coma from his comment you'd realise; 1) He never mentioned tanking in relation to DK trees or frost, and 2) He said designing, not designed - you are aware Cataclysm is altering talent trees right?

And it sounds like you just expect to be able to use anything whilst specced as anything and want to be a unique snowflake. That's like saying Mutilate should work with swords just because you don't want to get pigeonholed with daggers, totally ignoring any of the issues that would create just to be 'unique'.

the person didn't ask for bigger fricken bags they asked for more bag SLOTS and more bank SPACE.but true to blizzard they really don't fully get it.

Bags have "slots", people are terrible at grammar (hello there), it's easy to misunderstand what they say. He should have said "Will we be able to equip additional bags in future" if he wanted to know as much

[Levicular]

cool cool

[dulci5]

0 month: January 07
12 month (1 year): January 08
22 month (1 year 10 months): November 08

It's damn close to 2 years.

Another year and 10 months would be September 2010 but I'd guess August or October so it won't coincide with schools starting again.

You have to keep in mind that Blizzard started working on Cataclysm at the same time as WotLK, they have already finished alot of stuff and they don't need to create a new 'server' for a new continent, just modify an already existing one.. I don't think Cataclysm is going to take as long as WotLK did as alot of the stuff they're doing is just changing zones that are already there and changing the flow of quests etc, can't be harder than creating totally fresh content.. also they're not changing ALL zones

[iorcedurmother]

sorry.... WHAT?! i've never disagreed with BlizzTARD so much like now. I have been playing DK tank since the first day of the launch of this expansion and ever since I hit outland I started tanking as 2h Frost and have never been dissapointed by it. No patch has ever ruined this spec unlike Blizzard tries to say, yes there has been a time where we got nerfed hard but we learned to live with it, we adapted. I'm not saying that dual-wield frost tanking is bad, but it's nowhere near as good as 2H, since as DW u need a crapload of hit rating and expertise among other things.

i hate it when blizzard tries to force players to play a certain way, this is why there is no more originality in this game, everyone knows their class is supposed to be one way for a certain role (especially dps, which have more options than tanks and healers).

i am currently tanking as 2h Frost in a guild progressing in both Icc10 and 25 and nobody is complaining about me nor am i having any problems tanking/keeping aggro

y are u bitching? u think they're actually gonna add something that will make 2h frost tanking worse? No, shutup, and who cares if they did, go blood neway it's better. Or get some 2hers, blizzard does not force you to play a certain way, go blood and 2h tank, go frost and 2h tank go frost and DW tank go unholy and dps etc. quit bitching.

[Calaba]

Q. How do you feel about the limited attempts mechanic that has been use in Trial of the Crusader and Icecrown Citadel?
A. We're not crazy about how they worked out. They were designed in essence to save players from themselves. In the past, some people would make 400+ attempts on new bosses. That's not healthy and at some point you're not measuring skill but tenacity. Yet, that's not what happened. Guilds just made alts to get around the limitations, and things like disconnects and accidents make losing an attempt really frustrating. We like gating because if nothing else it lets the community focus on more than just the final boss in the zone. If we do limited attempts again it would probably be limited to optional bosses like Algalon.

Q. What have you learned from the inclusion of Wintergrasp in Wrath of the Lich King?
A. We learned a lot from Wintergrasp. I think our biggest takeaway is that we do not want to create such a technical strain on the servers like that ever again. We are pretty happy with the way that the gameplay worked out overall and are looking to grow and improve upon it with Tol Barad in Cataclysm. Tol Barad is going to have similarities to Wintergrasp, but the gameplay will be very different. We are still working out the details, but one thing I can say is that we want to reduce the overall amount of vehicle combat and get players back into the action using their own actions bars in pvp combat.

/cheer

They're actually learning from mistakes!

[Puntar]

You have to keep in mind that Blizzard started working on Cataclysm at the same time as WotLK, they have already finished alot of stuff and they don't need to create a new 'server' for a new continent, just modify an already existing one.. I don't think Cataclysm is going to take as long as WotLK did as alot of the stuff they're doing is just changing zones that are already there and changing the flow of quests etc, can't be harder than creating totally fresh content.. also they're not changing ALL zones

You are mistaken.

All zones will be overhauled to allow flying mounts in entire Azeroth.