1. #58221
    Quote Originally Posted by Xilurm View Post
    That was answered. Queueing in DF without a premade group might ruin it for the people that are immersed into the faction theme.
    So it was.

    (Also, my take is fuck those people at this point.)

  2. #58222
    Quote Originally Posted by Vakir View Post
    They almost assuredly did, and this is why Blizzard screens everything now. They're only gonna give you the information they want to give you anyway, but now in the form of a question. It's almost like Jeopardy.

    Besides, almost all of that is just gonna be "we're not ready to reveal that" or some other non-answer.
    Yeah, I know… but still makes me feel annoyed, even after all these years of them playing the same way in every Q&A…

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vakir View Post
    So it was.

    (Also, my take is fuck those people at this point.)
    Agree. Add a button to click “cross-faction queue” and get done with it already.

  3. #58223
    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    I expect they add a random amount of new Hero Talent sets (that name is so confusing. I'd rather they called them Hero Specializations) each expansion. It's either that or they extend the existing Hero Talent trees....but at that point it would be wild to balance three full interchangeable talent trees.

    Not to mention, anyone guessing they're adding another DH spec before 11.0? Considering they're designed to have multiple options, giving Druid 4 but Demon Hunter 2 seems like a cruel joke. There's no reason for there to be a specific number of these.
    That is what I was thinking. One thing i think would be cool if they did the hero talents, and make some cross class (Make a Prot Warrior and Prot Pally share one tree, and Prot Warrior can share with Guardian Druid also)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xilurm View Post
    That sucks. Was he the art director for DF tho? Pretty sure it was someone else to begin with.
    he is I think alongside metzen one of the first artists ever at blizzard

    at least metzen is back

    and something positive: even though I don't really have interest in the story of DF, emerald dream looks and sounds amazing
    I hope they keep this standard of artwort in the next xpac
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pheraz View Post
    he is I think alongside metzen one of the first artists ever at blizzard

    at least metzen is back

    and something positive: even though I don't really have interest in the story of DF, emerald dream looks and sounds amazing
    I hope they keep this standard of artwort in the next xpac
    Yeah. He's also the lead singer for ETC, and he came up with the Pandaren and even the name "Warcraft".

  6. #58226
    Damn shame about Sam. He was responsible for, for example, a lot of the designs of what I'd call the best all-around tier, 2, before he moved onto SC2 and HOTS. A lot more than that, obviously, but I have a soft spot for Ten Storms, Judgment, and Bloodfang to this day.

    He had his issues - huge orc and dwarf bias, pretty caster-dismissive, really seems like he'd struggle a lot of the time to get into the same mentality and spirit of a lot of the things outside of his interests, but that's pretty much all artists and the creative process for ya.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xilurm View Post
    That was answered. Queueing in DF without a premade group might ruin it for the people that are immersed into the faction theme.
    This is such a dumb answer.
    Literally not improving LFG so that the 5 people who are left to give a single fuck about faction division can feel special.

    Premade groups already have the option to lock out opposite faction players, just add a similar option to the group finder if that is such an issue.


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  8. #58228
    Quote Originally Posted by Xilurm View Post
    That sucks. Was he the art director for DF tho? Pretty sure it was someone else to begin with.
    Samwise hasn't worked with Warcraft for a long time.

  9. #58229
    Quote Originally Posted by Arafal View Post
    Literally not improving LFG so that the 5 people who are left to give a single fuck about faction division can feel special.
    Sadly, those 5 people are all on this forum, and for whatever reason they are really proud to be fascists for a fictional, D-tier writing quality culture.

    I'll take 10 Dreamworks expansions to improve my queues and get away from whatever the fuck BFA was.

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    No wonder you anti-faction people get so upset. You actually think your opinion is the overwhelming majority and it's just 5 people holding you up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arafal View Post
    This is such a dumb answer.
    Literally not improving LFG so that the 5 people who are left to give a single fuck about faction division can feel special.

    Premade groups already have the option to lock out opposite faction players, just add a similar option to the group finder if that is such an issue.
    Agreed. They should just add cross faction LFG.
    It’s crazy that Battleground Blitz has faster queues than regular BGs for example.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cosmicpreds View Post
    I appreciate critiques in the story, but maybe try not to get personal on the attacks?
    It's not even an attack, it's a statement of fact. At least in so far as past situations indicate.

    If someone is fairweather fanning whatever the new cool shiny toy is, how else am I to take that?

  13. #58233
    Quote Originally Posted by Daniri View Post
    No wonder you anti-faction people get so upset. You actually think your opinion is the overwhelming majority and it's just 5 people holding you up.
    I think they are the overwhelming majority here, but this is a fansite. It's hard to gauge how split this opinion is though. I personally don't want anything cross-faction. But I also am going to admit that I don't really care that much about gameplay mechanics unless they're the immersive kind.

  14. #58234
    I don't know if people expect more, but I really want Azerothian Archives to just be a collection tab for all the books, notes and other lore (story recaps, dungeon journal lore, etc.) in the game.

    I mean some kind of Bestiary that you unlock as you slaughter your way through Azeroth would be neat, but I'd be happy with "just" a library for lore books.
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    So, what would be your reaction, if you found out, that come cata release first patch, blizzard were planning to kill everyone by sending a bear through the mail?

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    I was wondering if getting so much news all at once with the saga announcement would soften the edge of my hunger for knowledge and news but every hour Im not playing 10.2 I have spent excited for the 10.2.5 PTR or this Q&A and so forth. I admit to being an optimist about WoW generally but I feel like we really do have a lot to be excited and hopeful for!

    As for Samwise retiring, the guy is a legend and has touched all our lives. Dude kinda helped disrupt the whole industry of video games in a way. At one point Warcraft was a global phenomenon and one of the biggest media properties on Earth and even now it has had a ton of games, merch, movies, and so on all drawn in some way from art he did or contributed to. Even if he hasn't been at the helm of WoW art in practice for awhile (and it does show!) his fingerprints are indelible. What a great legacy for an artist to have. His artbook is fantastic by the way!

  16. #58236
    Quote Originally Posted by Nerdslime View Post
    I was wondering if getting so much news all at once with the saga announcement would soften the edge of my hunger for knowledge and news but every hour Im not playing 10.2 I have spent excited for the 10.2.5 PTR or this Q&A and so forth. I admit to being an optimist about WoW generally but I feel like we really do have a lot to be excited and hopeful for!

    As for Samwise retiring, the guy is a legend and has touched all our lives. Dude kinda helped disrupt the whole industry of video games in a way. At one point Warcraft was a global phenomenon and one of the biggest media properties on Earth and even now it has had a ton of games, merch, movies, and so on all drawn in some way from art he did or contributed to. Even if he hasn't been at the helm of WoW art in practice for awhile (and it does show!) his fingerprints are indelible. What a great legacy for an artist to have. His artbook is fantastic by the way!
    I think for me, this Q&A marked the end of BlizzCon season a bit. I had hoped for a Roadmap today, but looks like that's a few weeks away, still. I'll probably linger until the 10.2.5 PTR, before taking a break from the conversation until at least 11.0 Alpha datamining.

    It's been intense these past few months.

  17. #58237
    Quote Originally Posted by Cosmicpreds View Post
    You can just say "I know you like the Cosmic stuff a ton, especially Argus, Sargeras, the First Ones, etc. BUT", and that's it. Ik you didn't intend to, but what you said above comes off rather harsh.
    That's not all I mean, though.

    You switch gears when a bigger fish comes along. It comes off that you like the strongest entity in the room, not the actual character(s).

  18. #58238
    Quote Originally Posted by Cosmicpreds View Post
    Well, I do lmao. But I also like the characters a ton.
    Ask yourself why. A strong shitty character is still a shitty character.

    This is why I mock the spectacle nonsense. Some opinions are weaker than others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Worldshaper View Post
    I think for me, this Q&A marked the end of BlizzCon season a bit. I had hoped for a Roadmap today, but looks like that's a few weeks away, still. I'll probably linger until the 10.2.5 PTR, before taking a break from the conversation until at least 11.0 Alpha datamining.

    It's been intense these past few months.
    Although no roadmap, we get confirmation there will be 3 patches. Imo 10.2 will last until middle January (I don't think any patch was released before 15th January), then 2.5 month long 10.2.5 with timewalking, 2.5 month long 10.2.7 with some story wrap up and 3 month long Season 4. This (together with info they want keep regular 2-3 month patches until 11.0) and Alpha plans for Spring make me think release is planned rather for late September/early October than usual late November.

  20. #58240
    It's 8 weeks per patch give a week or two for holidays. My rough guess is still each patch is about 9 weeks and prepatch will be 8-10 weeks for an October release. That also gets levelling out of the way and not interfere with the 20th anniversary

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