Why still don't have an Azmodan announcer?

This hero is already so long in this game and Azmodunk has awesome lines, so why we still don’t have an Azmodan announcer, but only for Mephisto and Diablo? :frowning:

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You need the voice actor to record it and that costs money. Money that blizz likely isn’t looking to sink into a shelved game.

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Imagine Butcher’s voice actor having to say “Fresh Meat” again and again in a recording session.

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Worst villan in diablo franchise. The irony is he is known for having bad lines throughout act3 that were insignificant, poorly written petty cartoon villan insults .

They would have to re-hire David Sobolov to do more voice lines.

And in case you didn’t know how expensive he is, besides D3 and HotS he has done voice roles for Transformers, Guardians of the Galaxy and Justice League.

In a game that can’t even afford animated hero trailers anymore? I doubt it.

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This hero release during classic HotS era that saw certain characters having announcers. because of this since HotS 2.0 release allowed more heroes having announcers expected for others.

New heroes should get cheaper voice liners. Like idk companies hire expensive voice actors just to get the “perfect” voice

New heroes should get cheaper voice liners. Like idk companies hire expensive voice actors

Something to keep in mind, HotS was a very high budget project at launch. They’ve thrown untold amounts of money into making the game successful.

They’ve thrown millions into esports, millions into voice acting, huge amounts into graphical design. The early animated hero trailers were works of art. The graphics at maximum details by far beat any other MOBA on the market.

They can’t just go cheap at this point and skimp out on quality because it would look, sound and feel strange compared to their earlier work. People will also notice things like Deathwing or other iconics being voiced by amateurs and be offput by it.

The same reason we still don’t have Li-Ming or Probius announcers.
(I understand they’d have to pay the VA for announcer lines. But why not for Probius? He’s the only hero who is voiced by sound effects)

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So sad they invested so much money into a game that was niche. I’d say for money wise, bad but they should also have gotten the loyal fans to be happy they got a casual moba with blizzard characters in the first place

Me too and I would even be ready to pay for good announcer like I paid for announcer in HoN. An example for awesome announcer I paid for in the past:

But Hots has also some nice announcer like Brightwing, Alarak, Mephisto to name few and it feeled weird to get them with gold (I have them all now).

It’s sad, but you might be right. :frowning:

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