Brian Holinka Returns to the World of Warcraft Team

[tangers58]

You have got to be ***ing kidding me

[Fudal]

Is Blizzard finally admitting that the class designers shit the bed? I guess they are bringing in Holinka to burn the house down around the mess.

[tangers58]

Is Blizzard finally admitting that the class designers shit the bed? I guess they are bringing in Holinka to burn the house down around the mess.

No one will notice the turd in the bed if the bed is engulfed in flames =D

[huldu]

Whatever the guy does at this point it'll be a positive change. BfA right now is rated as the worst expansion the game has ever had. That's saying a lot.

[Mayia]

What would be more interesting is this, WHO was lead during his absence? because clearly we need to be careful when we see THAT person working on anything in a leadership role.

[Bullettime]

What would be more interesting is this, WHO was lead during his absence? because clearly we need to be careful when we see THAT person working on anything in a leadership role.

Adam Kugler was over class design.

He was an FX artist on WoW up to 2012 and was big in Hearthstone development.

[Jagscorpion]

you guys are funny - because 20 neckbeards here on forums nobody in game even rememeebr there were any GCD changes at all

i honestly wonder which classes you guys play because out of 7 that i do and have toon anywhere between 345-360 i dont see any point where i wouldnt be casting stuff.

we play tanks and healers

[Erbel]

Players - At least PvP is enjoyable in BFA.

No it's fucking not and this is coming from someone who primarily plays ret and BM.

[nyc81991]

"Tremendous work"... I think he misspelled "Horrendous"...

GCD changes, class pruning, terrible servers with insane world lag, Azerite and more. I would literally rather go back to WoD than this trash of an expansion.

[Trumpcat]

Whatever the guy does at this point it'll be a positive change. BfA right now is rated as the worst expansion the game has ever had. That's saying a lot.

Isn't that a bit premature to say? We aren't even one major patch in. And selfie camera 6.1 content patch will be very hard to beat as a lowest point. The Azerite system was a miss, but they show intent to improve on it. Silly to scratch the expansion off just yet.

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Adam Kugler was over class design.

He was an FX artist on WoW up to 2012 and was big in Hearthstone development.

Not to look for a scapegoat, but that guy should never touch anything in WoW. Go make cards for Hearthstone and just never have any influence on class design.
If Holinka is taking his place no surprise that there is no goodbye post, it would be booed heavily.

Still nothing can pass without Ion's approval...

[Surreality]

This is the Hail Mary attempt. I'm not sure what exactly it's for, but here it is.

[Galateacyc]

Whatever the guy does at this point it'll be a positive change. BfA right now is rated as the worst expansion the game has ever had. That's saying a lot.

Never say that - it can always get worse.
Fixing the worst expansion of all time, by bringing in "talent" responsible for the second worst expansion of all time and giving him another crack at the title is not encouraging. Surely there is someone out there who could do better - like a random person from the forums for example.

[Heladys]

Replied to wrong post.

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BfA right now is rated as the worst expansion the game has ever had.

That's a load of bullshit.

[Klingers]

Sadly the cancer only stayed in remission for a couple years.

Still nothing can pass without Ion's approval...

Ion's the guy who approved Azerite armor traits. I don't think he has any issue dropping a great steaming Holinka on our PVP.

[Mayia]

Adam Kugler was over class design.

He was an FX artist on WoW up to 2012 and was big in Hearthstone development.

I suspect some of the trouble of the current classes being dogshit and less refined may lie on his shoulders but it could also be he is being put on the block for an overall company choice.

[Crookids]

I was surprised I didn’t see any people mentioning class design took a huge hit since Brian left.

Good move Blizz. Good move.

[Tart]

Is this the guy that looks like Jim's dad from American pie?

[Klingers]

The cancer only went into remission for a year. Now it's back and stage-5 terminal.

[Micronetic]

Well... here's hoping he reverse the remaining GCD changes and brings back working versions of the currently bad specs.

This would be like Birthday and Christmas in one day!

[xdunpealx]

Can someone enlighten me why this guy is so bad? Honestly the only thing have notice since MOP is ability prune and baked in talents. Seems like classes are pretty much the same and people are just bitching because you focus on recount more than the game itself.