To be more inclusive, can we get specs for people with disabilities? We don’t need one for every class, but a mix of classes would be nice.
What do I mean? Rotations, waiting on procs, prioritizing abilities, and aligning cooldowns is a lot to do. It is for sure too much to do during raid encounters when you also need to perform the mechanics of the fight. People with disabilities have a hard time doing all these things at once.
What can be done? Make some specs that don’t have a rotation. Just channel an ability and it does the “rotation” for them perfectly. Maybe have one for single target and one for AOE. That way they can focus on not standing in the bad or whatever use it is the encounter is asking of the players.
I think we can avoid making too many nerds angry by tuning correctly. Make sure the DPS is near the bottom in rankings.
What are your ideas to making WOW more approachable to people with disabilities that would otherwise enjoy playing with their family/friends?
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A one button spec is not a viable option. Accessibility options, macros set up by family/friends, multi-button mouse, etc. are the options.
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Beast Master Hunter should be what you’re looking for. Super easy to play.
Or Demon Hunter if you druther melee.
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It’s ok, but not good enough in my opinion. You still need to maintain stacks and prioritize the pet attack etc. It could just be channeled like I said. What is the argument against that exactly? Who would it exclude?
You can achieve this already by playing your spec badly. Doing an automated rotation “correctly” and playing a normal spec poorly would achieve the same goal. I don’t get it.
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I agree. You don’t get that they want to play with other people and be viable. Not chart toppers. Just viable while focusing on not dying instead of a rotation.
There is historical precedent for it though.
Classic gameplay comes to mind
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So then…don’t focus on your rotation…and focus on not dying…problem solved?
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No and I feel that you’re being intentionally difficult.
The raid difficulty is increased for every player, so they need to “pull their weight,” so to speak. If their dps isn’t high enough, then they aren’t contributing. Problem not solved.
History is irrelevant to how the game is today.
It’s basically exploiting the game so that everyone can watch Netflix while gathering their gear from Mythic raids.
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There are plenty of specs accessible to those with a range of physical disabilities.
You can make a one-button cast sequence macro that would probably be sufficient for lfr and normal raids.
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So you’re advocating for the automated spec to NOT be near the bottom, or you are? You’re flip floping on what you want.
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Isnt that what we all do?
I mean thats why I came to WoW, I wanted to play a game I can watch TV while playing…
Did it before WOW in EQ too, watched tv waiting for re-pops
How so? They’ll still have to perform the mechanics of the encounter. If they can do that while watching Netflix, that’s pretty impressive.
Read the OP and was thinking maybe this isn’t bait. The responses lol.
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I feel like frost mage is a spec that is accessable.
It seems like bait. But maybe someone else might find the info valuable.
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it’s a multiplayer game, accessibility options need to be more tactful than just slapping an “easy mode” on the game and calling it good.
if this accessible 1 button spec was viable, why wouldn’t everyone just play it?
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People have always told me they want to get off work and just have fun, they don’t want a challenge.
I agree with you Lorkhan, I played God of War on God Mode because I platinumed it in 7 days and everything else is just boring, why make it easier? making WoW easier and adding heroics in 2008 or 2009 really drew me away from the game but im not your average player who just wants to get home and relax. My thoughts even though i agree with you Lorkhan
