No work is being done on WoW, 9.2 even more delayed than 9.1?

[Kereberus]

Maybe it should have.

Works on my Machine.

[ohwell]

I don't fault them for not working on the game when they face a disaster rn. Give them some weeks time and maybe see how it goes in Court and then afterwards they will get back into work load again on the game.

I mean they can't use covid as a shield for delays anymore really even though people had no business erecting that shield for them to begin with so now they can say production was halted due to the lawsuit.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Remains to be seen how far this work stoppage will go.

But more interesting to me is how long and how deep the turmoil on the team goes. That is much more likely to affect 9.2, and 9.3, and 10.0. Especially if it gets bad enough heads start rolling.

[rhorle]

I am totally fine with what they are doing. But I do find it a little funny that they will likely have to work harder or "crunch" more to get all the work done.

[NihilSustinet]

Jeff Hamilton (wow dev) says "Almost no work is being done on WoW"


https://twitter.com/JeffAHamilton/st...15702569472003

Will we even get a 9.2?

this expansion, and retail wow in general, is on life support at this point. i doubt they have very many resources dedicated to it at all. this will likely be used as another excuse to have another extended content drought.

[rhorle]

I mean they can't use covid as a shield for delays anymore really even though people had no business erecting that shield for them to begin with so now they can say production was halted due to the lawsuit.

Plenty of companies are still having delays because of the pandemic. It wasn't a "shield" it was just accepting the reality of the situation.

[ClassicPeon]

His tweet refers to them not getting much done in the last week, as the storm raged on and outraged employees were protesting and organizing themselves.

You incorrectly make it sound like they've gone months without getting any work on 9.2 done, which simply is not true nor is it an accurate representation of what going on.

Protests and organizing? I dont see anything about that

[Dug]

Pretty clear it means no work is being done at this current moment with all the drama going on not that no work has been done at all.

[Nerovar]

It's the same position Ghostcrawler was in before he left for Riot.

"Systems design specifically is everything that is not level, story, quest or encounter design. My team handles everything from classes to mechanics to items to trade skills to achievements to UI design, and that includes the game balance."

low key rooting for this guy to get fired then. All of those things have been pretty shit for a while now

[Sondrelk]

Protests and organizing? I dont see anything about that

There were a bunch of twitter posts from Blizzard employees condemning Activision-Blizzard for how the case got handled, and one of them was a long series of tweets from a single person that claimed active work on projects had essentially stopped as the workers were protesting.

[MoanaLisa]

Given the recent lawsuit I wouldn't expect a lot of work to be done in the last couple of days. I imagine starting Monday there will be meetings and things will start up again.

[ClassicPeon]

There were a bunch of twitter posts from Blizzard employees condemning Activision-Blizzard for how the case got handled, and one of them was a long series of tweets from a single person that claimed active work on projects had essentially stopped as the workers were protesting.

Got a link for this?

[Super Dickmann]

low key rooting for this guy to get fired then. All of those things have been pretty shit for a while now

The guy who's the worst at his job except the story guys deciding not to do it can only be an improvement were he to be canned for going from mostly to entirely useless. Sadly I don't see it happening.

[Lolites]

I don't think it's unhealthy at all to hope for the continued destruction of an awful company.

it definitely is mentaly unhealthy

[Sondrelk]

Got a link for this?

https://www[DOT]wowhead[DOT]com/news/blizzard-employees-tweet-support-for-victims-and-condemnation-of-activision-323546

Not sure whether I am able to link websites, so not going to risk it.

[Kiwijello]

Ion already said that work was well along for 9.2, so I ain't worried.

I hate to tell you this, but Ion lies like a lawyer.

[exsanguinate]

And the very next post...

In theory, he is right. It is a dead game, but one that still has enough players to dig the grave anew every time. The game is neither new nor refreshing and is treated like a stuck pig. Blizzard plays with the hope of the players every time and always disappoints again.

[ryanmahaffe]

Already impossible considering 9.1 vs 6.1, but hyperbole, amirite?

Jesus.

Riiiight
except 9.1 took about as long as 6.2 took to came out.
With nothin in between aside 9.0.5

[uuuhname]

it definitely is mentaly unhealthy

I'm sorry I don't take criticism from arm chair psychologists on a gaming forum.

[Lochton]

https://www[DOT]wowhead[DOT]com/news/blizzard-employees-tweet-support-for-victims-and-condemnation-of-activision-323546

Not sure whether I am able to link websites, so not going to risk it.

I've got you

@ClassicPeon

https://www.wowhead.com/news/blizzar...rssTtFGSWHlBqQ