Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Fahrad Wagner]

Nice, so another blizz designer/dev-larper?

Let's just say I'm not gonna bite.

@visualdave You say you were an artist at Blizzard. Do you have a portfolio online anywhere? Would love to have a look.

This also!

[ercarp]

Nice, so another blizz designer/dev-larper?

If you look at the thread Fahrad linked, a lot of the comments mention "razorpax" who posted a lot of fake leaks a few years ago IIRC. Is visualdave just razorpax after a name change?

EDIT: nvm I'm wrong and dumb on this

[visualdave]

Not having a LFR for the first tier and a lock of 3 heroics a day for a chest that drops normal raid loot... It's obviously fake

Normal is effectively the LFR. More than 30% of players don't engage, aka AFK during LFR and the rest effectively leave or get angry if it isn't completed fast. This is our reasoning for it.

And the 3 Heroics per day are designed strictly to please the higher ups. Players logging in every day and not being able to gear up in a single day and instead it taking a month? Money $

[Raetary]

The reveal can't come soon enough.

[Fahrad Wagner]

If you look at the thread Fahrad linked, a lot of the comments mention "razorpax" who posted a lot of fake leaks a few years ago IIRC. Is visualdave just razorpax after a name change?

EDIT: nvm I'm wrong and dumb on this

Also, after Google image reverse search: https://allfamous.org/people/blue-van-man-19681010.html

https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueVanMan/videos

We're being baited. LEAKBUSTERS... Assemble!

[ercarp]

The reveal can't come soon enough.

16 days to go. So close, and yet so far.

I wonder if we'll get an even bigger leak before then...

[visualdave]

If you look at the thread Fahrad linked, a lot of the comments mention "razorpax" who posted a lot of fake leaks a few years ago IIRC. Is visualdave just razorpax after a name change?

EDIT: nvm I'm wrong and dumb on this

Like I said in a post previously, whilst working at Blizzard me and my office section would sometimes pass time by messing around with players on forums and such. We would sometimes create fake leaks so stupid, but sprinkle in just a tiny bit of real information to our amusement. As you can tell work life was very boring. But funny at the time!

[SniperCT]

Normal is effectively the LFR. More than 30% of players don't engage, aka AFK during LFR and the rest effectively leave or get angry if it isn't completed fast. This is our reasoning for it.

And the 3 Heroics per day are designed strictly to please the higher ups. Players logging in every day and not being able to gear up in a single day and instead it taking a month? Money $

Soo two ticks in the 'don't come back if true' column lol (not that I ever liked to run more than a few heroics in a day anyway, but it's the artificial limitation that's the problem)

But no LFR means I won't bother raiding. It's not the 'raid is easier' part for me, it's the 'I can click a button and join a raid really easily' button. FF14 has super spoiled me on that too.

[ercarp]

Also, after Google image reverse search: https://allfamous.org/people/blue-van-man-19681010.html

https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueVanMan/videos

We're being baited. LEAKBUSTERS... Assemble!

The outrage!

Unless, of course, Dave is just a really big fan of Blue Van Man.

[visualdave]

Soo two ticks in the 'don't come back if true' column lol (not that I ever liked to run more than a few heroics in a day anyway, but it's the artificial limitation that's the problem)

But no LFR means I won't bother raiding. It's not the 'raid is easier' part for me, it's the 'I can click a button and join a raid really easily' button. FF14 has super spoiled me on that too.

Once you complete the raid on Normal Difficulty you can then que for it with others who have also cleared it. This was what they was designing at least when I was there although they was also thinking of changing that until the next tier.

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The outrage!

Unless, of course, Dave is just a really big fan of Blue Van Man.

I am indeed. British humour at its finest. My name is Dave... His isnt. Like I said, just fun at the office.

[Nightshade711]

Remember kids, we've never had a blizzard employee actually leak an expansion on a forum before.
Almost as if a NDA exists

[Fahrad Wagner]

Once you complete the raid on Normal Difficulty you can then que for it with others who have also cleared it. This was what they was designing at least when I was there although they was also thinking of changing that until the next tier.

I am indeed. British humour at its finest. My name is Dave... His isnt. Like I said, just fun at the office.

What about a portfolio then? It would sure put our suspicions at ease

Remember kids, we've never had a blizzard employee actually leak an expansion on a forum before.
Almost as if a NDA exists

Exactly...

[Archmage Xaxxas]

If the most efficient way to enjoy a raid is watching it on YouTube in 10.0, heh.. Well then..

LFR has basically been 'sightseeing' mode for me for a long time.. Did normal Nathria but imo, variety of difficulties of the same content doesn't equal new content. So I kind of felt like I was doing it for someone else, instead of myself.

[Pheraz]

Soo two ticks in the 'don't come back if true' column lol (not that I ever liked to run more than a few heroics in a day anyway, but it's the artificial limitation that's the problem)

But no LFR means I won't bother raiding. It's not the 'raid is easier' part for me, it's the 'I can click a button and join a raid really easily' button. FF14 has super spoiled me on that too.

It's obviously a Dev larper. LFR is extremely popular and doesn't cut or affect people in real raid teams.
Also the part where he says the narrative team isn't paid well enough... Smells too much angry blizz hater to me

[visualdave]

Remember kids, we've never had a blizzard employee actually leak an expansion on a forum before.
Almost as if a NDA exists

The company that made me sell my home due to layoffs, effectively starving my children can suck my ****.

Also, I use VPNs and appropriate security - my real name is not Dave and none of my previous co-workers would say a thing as we are all still in contact.

[DiscipleofCazicThule]

I gotta say, for an artist, you do sure know a lot about the inner workings of every other department. Pretty impressive, honestly.

Also, wasn't Ashes debunked a few weeks ago? Why are people still holding on to that leak?

[Sondrelk]

Nice, so another blizz designer/dev-larper?

It is pretty fun to compare adn contrast to catastrophy, who was seemingly outed as an actual dev. Far more believable, even before he was outed.

[ercarp]

I am indeed. British humour at its finest. My name is Dave... His isnt. Like I said, just fun at the office.

Fair, but I still wanna see your portfolio if you have one. Blizzard artists are some of the best in the industry so I'd be very eager to see what your contributions to the game were.

[Fahrad Wagner]

It's obviously a Dev larper. LFR is extremely popular and doesn't cut or affect people in real raid teams.
Also the part where he says the narrative team isn't paid well enough... Smells too much angry blizz hater to me

It smells exactly like that. WELL, NOT ON MY WATCH LARPER!

[draugril]

It is pretty fun to compare adn contrast to catastrophy, who was seemingly outed as an actual dev. Far more believable, even before he was outed.

Wait, what? I thought that was just the running joke...