Burning Crusade Classic - Drums Update, Bobby Kotick Takes Pay Cut

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Beta Development Update - Leatherworking Drums
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Over the first few weeks of testing in the Burning Crusade Beta, we’ve found it useful to elaborate on and bolster the “some changes” philosophy that we expressed at BlizzConline (and in posts like this one). As we’ve said, we’re open to making further alterations to Burning Crusade Classic, and we’re guided by the goal of authenticity in how the game plays, especially given how players in 2021 approach a game that was designed in 2007.

We’ve decided make the following updates to Burning Crusade Classic:

  • “Lesser” versions of Leatherworking drums will be available from the beginning of the expansion, and will approximate how drums operated in the first few patches of original Burning Crusade.
  • “Greater” versions of the drums will become available with the phase that includes the Zul’Aman raid.
  • Throughout Burning Crusade Classic, using Leatherworking drums will invoke the Tinnitus debuff, preventing reuse for two minutes.

This decision follows a great deal of consideration of the options available. Ultimately, the “some changes” philosophy is a method for identifying problems where specific design choices made in 2007 don’t completely match the design intent of 2007. Having identified a clear issue of that type with drums, we naturally look for changes that were made at the time to address the problem. Tinnitus is exactly such a fix. It was added to the game in the very next major update after the Sunwell patch.

Tinnitus simply limits the number of Leatherworkers that a guild will consider beneficial to one Leatherworker per party. It fits with the design of The Burning Crusade, which encouraged guilds to carefully plan their raid composition to ensure access to various buffs and to make the best use of various drops, such as Primal Nethers. This change should preserve Leatherworking’s unique niche without devaluing it too much compared to other professions, which was the goal of the overall profession design of The Burning Crusade.

Our next step is to test it, so we’re updating the Beta today to include Tinnitus, and it will be in place when we resume testing in Karazhan. As before, we’ll be carefully following what testers do with it, and feedback from testers. We encourage you to use the in-game bug report function in the Beta.

Thank you very much for all of your testing and feedback!

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Takes 50% Pay Cut
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has agreed to a 50% pay cut as well an an annual bonus percentage cut, according to an article on Gameindustry.biz. For the full details, visit the article!


This article was originally published in forum thread: Burning Crusade Classic - Drums Update, Bobby Kotick Takes Pay Cut started by Stoy View original post
Published on 2021-04-29 06:31 PM
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  1. SinR's Avatar
    THE LEATHERWORKER META IS DEAD!!!!

    Thank God, THANK YOU Blizzard.
  1. Kagemarou's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Smeeh View Post
    I swear the guy could announce he's quitting and giving all his money to homeless LGBTQ puppies and people would still be mad.
    Funny how people try to defend that PoS
  1. Lorgar Aurelian's Avatar
    For reference he’s just flat out one upped Satoru Iwata if he sticks to this for more then 5 months.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-25941070
  1. De Lupe's Avatar
    The man has earned every single shit that's ever been taken on him and I, for one, will not fall for this PR stunt.

    Let the devil horns continue!
  1. Lorgar Aurelian's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gaidax View Post
    Poor Bobby, would need to work part time now.

    Though jokes aside, I'm actually impressed they/him agreed to drop down this feast during famine thing. I just wonder what they are going to do with these extra $200m that freed up - here's a thought, maybe split it between your non top-brass staff working in ActiBlizz.

    Or maybe use it to make a fund and give a bit extra to the people they let go.
    He got it in stock so no money is actually being freed up, they could give the employees stock I guess???
  1. Easo's Avatar
    PR is gonna PR, what else.
  1. Nerovar's Avatar
    Oh well, guess I'll never be able to criticise Blizzard again after this saintly display of pure goodness.
  1. Osmeric's Avatar
    This news is making me very interested in the Q1 report next week.
  1. Lorgar Aurelian's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by TyrannicalPuppy View Post
    I'll give him credit when his pay is on par with his subordinates. This is obviously a PR stunt. Satoru Iwata used to do this frequently, without external pressure, when Nintendo failed to meet expectations. He's only agreeing to this after killing how many jobs for failing to meet Blizzard expectations?
    failing to meet expectations and taking huge losing is way more external pressure then more then doubling the stock price in a few years.
  1. munkeyinorbit's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gaidax View Post
    Poor Bobby, would need to work part time now.

    Though jokes aside, I'm actually impressed they/him agreed to drop down this feast during famine thing. I just wonder what they are going to do with these extra $200m that freed up - here's a thought, maybe split it between your non top-brass staff working in ActiBlizz.

    Or maybe use it to make a fund and give a bit extra to the people they let go.
    Why? It'll go to the bottom line and shareholders. They deserve the cash\savings. Not Timmy who got laid off because they are surplus to requirements. It's not Blizzards job to provide social welfare.
  1. Garretdejiko's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by deenman View Post
    lol?i think you mean he wont be able to afford his luxury yacht this week
    #prayforBobby
  1. munkeyinorbit's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by TyrannicalPuppy View Post
    I'll give him credit when his pay is on par with his subordinates. This is obviously a PR stunt. Satoru Iwata used to do this frequently, without external pressure, when Nintendo failed to meet expectations. He's only agreeing to this after killing how many jobs for failing to meet Blizzard expectations?
    It's called good business. That's why he gets paid more than his subs. It's definetly a PR move but not one aimed at people who think a ceo dies the same job as a dev. A ceo salary is irrelevant. I would rather see ceo salary stay the same while the lowest paid get more.
  1. Not A Cat's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kagemarou View Post
    Funny how people try to defend that PoS
    They're temporarily embarrassed millionaires
  1. Vilendor's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Smeeh View Post
    I swear the guy could announce he's quitting and giving all his money to homeless LGBTQ puppies and people would still be mad.
    There are people writing love letters for serial killers. There are people sacrificing children for the devil. And there are you...
  1. Smeeh's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kagemarou View Post
    Funny how people try to defend that PoS
    I'm not defending him, its completely fucked up how much money he's making, with or without the cut. I'm just saying no matter what he or blizzard does at this point people will be mad because they want to be mad.

    Quote Originally Posted by Vilendor View Post
    There are people writing love letters for serial killers. There are people sacrificing children for the devil. And there are you...
    Oh of course, killing babies and telling people to relax on a video game based forum, that's pretty much the same thing.
  1. Kathranis's Avatar
    I mean, it's still "his money" since he owns the company either way. This doesn't really mean anything unless it comes with pay raises for employees and/or new hires.
  1. rhorle's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kathranis View Post
    I mean, it's still "his money" since he owns the company either way. This doesn't really mean anything unless it comes with pay raises for employees and/or new hires.
    He doesn't own the company. It is publicly traded and Mr. Kotick is only the highest individual share owner but not the highest share owner there is.
  1. Shinagami091's Avatar
    Oh no! Not rich peoples Yacht Money!
  1. Cosmophile's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Smeeh View Post
    I swear the guy could announce he's quitting and giving all his money to homeless LGBTQ puppies and people would still be mad.
    nah this sounds pretty dope actually
  1. Gadzooks's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by deenman View Post
    its a real shame they caved to the rabbid masses that complain about this,the problem isnt bobby and his bonuses,the problem is the sytstem itself of out of control corupt capitalism that alows for one person to be given such huge payoff for doing literaly nothing vs the people that actualy keep the company alive
    This is an incredibly naive comment, I'm not saying that to just insult, you clearly do not understand how anything works in the corporate world, and are making statements based on what has to be a sheer misunderstanding of the words you're using.

    "The system' doesn't exist. ATVI is a publicly owned corporation, and the pay of the officers of the corporation are set by the board, and not by some mythical 'system", there are no external forces or laws or regulations that direct and impose corporate pay and bonuses. And yet you blame 'capitalism" for them setting their own pay levels, when capitalism is simply a description of an economic system - blaming Kotick's greed and exorbitant payoff on capitalism is laughable, because isn't caused by capitalism, it's an abuse of capitalism . I don't think you understand what "capitalism" is, and you should learn, because educating yourself is always a good thing to spend your time on. Especially as the alternative to capitalism would be a monetary system like socialism or communism, where companies like Blizzard most likely wouldn't exist in the first place.

    I don't disagree that ATVI workers should be paid more, especially those working in Los Angeles and Orange County, but again, that's an abuse of capitalism by the board at ATVI, not "The System".
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