Solo Kazzak Kill, 6.2 Pepe Achievement, Blue Tweets, Overwatch Q&A, Galaxy Cardback

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Supreme Lord Kazzak - Solo Kill
Raegwyn is back with another solo kill, this time of Supreme Lord Kazzak!



Mythic Hellfire Citadel Progression
Paragon is now also 13/13! You can keep up with the latest progress on WoWProgress, our forum thread, and Manaflask.



Patch 6.2 - I Found Pepe! (Or Not!)
Everyone's favorite bird got some new costumes and an achievement (I Found Pepe!) in Patch 6.2.

Interestingly, we haven't come across anyone with the achievement yet. There also have been no new Pepe NPCs added to the database so far.

So far, 1.31% of players have the What A Strange, Interdimensional Trip It's Been achievement, up from 0.41% when we checked back in May.


Level Type Name
1Other A Tiny Plated Helm
1Other A Tiny Viking Helmet
1Other A Tiny Pirate Hat
1Other A Tiny Ninja Shroud

Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Lore
Probably dark shamans were in training until 5.3. Reasons similar to why he used other Horde races, I guess.
Garrosh got crazier and more xenophobic after he brought the heart back to Org, influence of the old god (Muffinus)
didn't say he was immune due to the Divine Bell or some other Mogu method?
Divine Bell was destroyed during Breath of Darkest Shadow iirc (Muffinus)
yes, but unless I misread the tweet, it was said that caused Garrosh to wield the heart without corruption
He didn't get corrupted... at first. OG's can still mess with you mentally, e.g. your heart will explode. (Muffinus)

Hey Muffinus, I recall you stating that fel magic uses souls, so would fel magic be both a form of chaos magic and soul magic?
Some chaos magic does, some doesn't, some shadow magic does, some doesn't, it's like a reagent for some spells, e.g. Soulburn. (Muffinus)

Reputation / Questing
Personal, frequent, weekly story helps hide the grind. Is that difficult to include, and might we expect more next expansion?
Ah, I normally try to avoid game specifics like that. I don't want my personal twitter to be another source of WoW news. (craig_amai)
Yeah, we love making the more crafted story pieces to punctuate the max-level experience. We're aimed at more and better. (craig_amai)
Difficult might not be the right word, but it's fair to say that they take time, so there are limits to how many we can craft. (craig_amai)

Ghostcrawler Tweets
While the developers have been pretty quiet since @WarcraftDevs appeared, Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard.
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Developer Communication
Why is the person it's easiest to get answers from regarding past and present WoW design philosophies someone who no longer works for the company and should be answering Qs from a much larger player base about an entirely different game?
I answer the questions I get. I think a lot of WoW players still know who I am and League players are still discovering how to reach me. I'd much prefer to talk about League.

is communication from one person on a big game design team better or easier for designers interacting with players?
Personally, I think it's better when everyone communicates. That's the Riot strategy. I think it feels authentic to players (OccupyGStreet)
I can also see why some prefer to use one person. Keeps other people from saying stuff you shouldn't say. But that also puts
My entire department is encouraged, if not required, to get out there and talk to players. (OccupyGStreet)
I'd rather just clarify when someone errs than have a system designed to be so rigid that nobody ever makes a mistake. (OccupyGStreet)

Game Design
"I could stay after work and make this a good game... Naaaaah." *faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart*
It's typically more "I could fix this UI bug that happens in 0.5% of 5 year old graphic cards or I could add a new feature." (OccupyGStreet)

My professional opinion is that success has less to do with features and more to do with where the players are. (OccupyGStreet)
Right because players just mindlessly migrate, they don't care about things like "features." God you are thick.
It's not mindless at all. They tend to go where their friends are, and the switching cost of large groups of friends is high. (OccupyGStreet)
This is not restricted to video games. History is full of better products that couldn't convince users to convert to them. (OccupyGStreet)
OTOH, users will convert to new things that they didn't know they needed before. (OccupyGStreet)
So my point was 'tis better to create a new niche than to try and shove someone out of an existing one. (OccupyGStreet)

Do you think the constant queueing up and convenience system that WoW has now is better for an MMO? Should travelling exist?
I have a love/hate relationship with queueing for any game, even League. (OccupyGStreet)
Queuing provides an easy excuse not to make or play with friends. (OccupyGStreet)
It also gives players motivation not to resolve problems since everyone is replaceable. (OccupyGStreet)
And yet! So few players would play a game like League or WoW if we forced them to manually build a group. (OccupyGStreet)
I know that's a cop out answer but I think about this a lot. At best you can provide better rewards for premades. (OccupyGStreet)
Yet premades already come with a lot of inherent bonuses and it's still often too inconvenient. (OccupyGStreet)

At the time you left WoW, comparing to the WoTLK days, was there a difference in the level of passion that the blizzard game designers had? I feel that over time they have grown less passionate and even complacent, and the result glaringly shows in WoD.
I didn't notice a difference in passion from my point of view. Those guys pour their soul into their work. I'm not up to speed on the design so I really don't feel like I can comment, but I wouldn't try to interpret it as the developers not caring. They care very much. Disappointing you kills them.



Poll - Timewalking Event
Are you doing some Timewalking during this bonus event?



Overwatch - Solider 79 Dev Q&A
Overpwn has a nice recap of the Dev Q&A this week. One important note is the increased field of view. If players don't like the new FoV, they can turn it back down.



Hearthstone - Galaxy Cardback Tutorial
Hearthpwn has a nice tutorial on how to get the new cardback without a Galaxy S6 phone.

This article was originally published in forum thread: Solo Kazzak Kill, 6.2 Pepe Achievement, Blue Tweets, Overwatch Q&A, Galaxy Cardback started by chaud View original post
Published on 2015-07-19 10:04 PM
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  1. Tradu's Avatar
    Yes, I'm running Timewalking dungeons... because they're shoving them down our throats by heaping hugely excessive rewards on them, when they should just be an optional thing people who want to do them can do(like the other weekend events). A Seal and a Cache that ignore the standard weekly/bi-weekly cap are awful.
  1. odinslayer's Avatar
    well, here's other reason why the class balance so fucked up....op dk and fucked up paladin...meh
  1. The Glitch's Avatar
    Still amazed no ones found out anything about the Pepe achievement!

    Perhaps something went wrong and it's not live?

    I've tried numerous things to see if something would pop up, even ran all over Draenor with targeting macros.. nada!
  1. chaud's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by The Glitch View Post
    Perhaps something went wrong and it's not live?
    Another interesting thing came up while I was getting data ready for another post. One player managed to earn Naval Mechanics somehow, even though several of the items required aren't in the game.
  1. Delaccountab's Avatar
    I already have the dimensional Pepe. Most of the time up on my head, still no clue where are the customs.

    And yes I did tw dungeons but oh good gods. I got a reminder why I don't do dungeons. The people there... just loaded my screen and instant insult. I had enough after completing that quest. Not anymore. No gear is tempting enough.
  1. celinamuna's Avatar
    If according to Raeg others already killed it, and we even had : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Ok95QJj4s
    Why promote exclusively him ?
    This isn't the first time when we have Raeg kill something that isn't world first solo kill, yet he is the only one to get consistently promoted on front page.
  1. Backjauer's Avatar
    I like the timewalking. Used it to get gear for a couple of alts, because I find that preferable to grinding Tanaan several times. I would have done that regardless of the end rewards.

    I doubt I'd have done the 5 on my main without the reward, but I didn't feel super pressured into doing so. As it is the reward wasn't even an upgrade
  1. Phaidrae's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tradu View Post
    Yes, I'm running Timewalking dungeons... because they're shoving them down our throats by heaping hugely excessive rewards on them, when they should just be an optional thing people who want to do them can do(like the other weekend events). A Seal and a Cache that ignore the standard weekly/bi-weekly cap are awful.
    Oh glob...and here is a prime example of why the game sucks as much as it does now.

    ONCE AGAIN - nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to do these things. If you feel SO compelled to gain these extra rewards don't blame Blizz. Blame yourself for having zero self-control.
  1. Xilurm's Avatar
    That solo kill. That shouldn't be happening. Why is it happening?
  1. Austilias's Avatar
    Curious to know if anyone has found any of those Pepe variations. Seems like something that should have at least been partially found by now; either they're not in-game or hidden in some absurd way.
  1. FlameMage's Avatar
    Should be a poll question covering if I'd do timewalking without the normal chest + extra bonus roll seal. Which I'd definitely say no to.
  1. alt-ithist's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by celinamuna View Post
    If according to Raeg others already killed it, and we even had : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Ok95QJj4s
    Why promote exclusively him ?
    This isn't the first time when we have Raeg kill something that isn't world first solo kill, yet he is the only one to get consistently promoted on front page.
    Your linked video is a duo not solo.
  1. The Glitch's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by chaud View Post
    Another interesting thing came up while I was getting data ready for another post. One player managed to earn Naval Mechanics somehow, even though several of the items required aren't in the game.
    Oooh I was looking at that achievement, and yeah couldn't find info on some of them, did wonder.

    Definitely sounds like it could be a similar thing with the pepe achievement.


    Maybe someone had a bad day when compiling the patch and left some stuff out
  1. mmocd6d7b58413's Avatar
    Has Raegwyn finally overcome mione?
  1. celinamuna's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by alt-ithist View Post
    Your linked video is a duo not solo.
    Boss health is 40,623,000, the monk did 40,615,383
    So he got help for whole 7k dmg....
    (And didn't get external healing)

    And raegwyn specifically says "Thanks to Magdalena (who btw also killed it) and a few others for giving me the motivation to try it already "

    We have videos like : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlyVrjplTnk , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjS7-8AVrUI
    And a lot of other videos uploaded a lot before Raeg, yet he is the one to consistently get front page "promos" unlike a number of people who actually solo before him.
  1. Zabatakis's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by chaud View Post
    Another interesting thing came up while I was getting data ready for another post. One player managed to earn Naval Mechanics somehow, even though several of the items required aren't in the game.

    Hmm. Probably a bug. I logged on to an alt once to set garry missions and got the achivement for tier 3 trading post as soon as I logged on. On all my toons, none of them had yet a WoD faction to even revered (at that point anyway). No idea why it happened, but it did allow me to upgrade my post a good 2 weeks early.
  1. schwarzkopf's Avatar
    I would do Timewalking if I didn't have to wait so long for each one.
  1. The Glitch's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by schwarzkopf View Post
    I would do Timewalking if I didn't have to wait so long for each one.
    Managed to get all 5 done as dps with around 12-15 minute queues each, was quite surprised it was so short, I can have longer times doing normal Heroics, I guess with it being new and all more folks were queuing.
  1. mmoca54afda5e5's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Hiram View Post
    Has Raegwyn finally overcome mione?
    nope kazzak is one of the easiest bosses to solo ever
  1. IIamaKing's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tradu View Post
    Yes, I'm running Timewalking dungeons... because they're shoving them down our throats by heaping hugely excessive rewards on them, when they should just be an optional thing people who want to do them can do(like the other weekend events). A Seal and a Cache that ignore the standard weekly/bi-weekly cap are awful.
    How else to get people to run them? Running years old content is never compelling. They totally ruined the good idea that this started as (Rifts Mentoring being that idea).
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