I really cared about the direction of a game once.
When I noticed some cracks forming and spoke up I felt suddenly like I was an outsider and all my complaints didn’t seem to be anyone else’s… they were all so content with everything going on and that just made me so frustrated.
The longer things went on the more jaded I became until I started to hate the playerbase itself, it was their fault after all for prioritizing the wrong things! I became such an angry sort…
In the end though I just let go. If everyones having a good time and I’m to odd one out I should just find a place that suits me better, a game that’s going in the direction I want.
I still do get kinda grumpy about XiV fans but thats not my circus anymore, just have to keep reminding myself.
The Council is there to speak its independent thoughts from those who are selected. Not to simply just cut and paste rants from the general forum. One of the reasons they are choosing various people and play styles so they can get it from their point of perspective.
Some of you may not agree with what they have to say, but it’s their own feelings on the game and how they see it from their end.
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Well we have to know when we’re talking to our betters.
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The 9.1.5 patch doesn’t count in the eyes of the community because it’s a simple “please don’t leave us”-attempt to keep the players engaged. And then the patch is also flawed by removing stuff without giving an explanation. There are so many requests open that it is absolutely mind blowing why they haven’t addressed them by now.
At the moment I have no faith in the council and the developers. Everyone with passion would have already done something way sooner and better. Let’s see what 9.2.5 brings and if they have truly learned from their mistakes.
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Like when it took 6+ months to even begin to address server issues in Classic?
No, I did not lose MVP status. The form permissions and attributes are set by group. Moving me to the cc group gave me posting permissions but does not have colored text. To fix it they will have to probably make a new group with cc permissions and MVP text attributes. A custom group is not a top forum priority ATM I suspect.
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Well of course they are probably looking to keep people out of the “council” who might be dogging in the game. I’d be rejected in a heartbeat because I’ve not been nice about the state of the game, it’s horrid atm.
Sometimes I just wonder if it’s me or the game. I Just have serious burn out, to where if I log in, I just log back out in less than 5 mins. There is a lot to do, but it feels so hollow.
Glad Halo is out right now, the multi player is fun, the campaign is amazing so far, and the company actually feels like it cares about its product (micro transactions are trash… but that’s about the only fault I find so far.)
I love that 343 industries actually listened to the Halo Fandom, and had halo return to its roots. Halo 5 had mixed reception, but they really have done some amazing work.
This %100.
Think about it. Think about ALL of the bullet pointed feedback we had for blizzard prior to shadowlands that they asked for.
They didnt read it.
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It seems pretty open ended. So, it seems like the possibilities are pretty great.
I think there’d be something to be worried about if Blizzard hadn’t shown over the last year or three, that they’re very willing to listen to players of all stripes. Besides it’s still new, let it catch on and fail before you complain about it supposedly failing. 
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I’m not even a little triggered 
yes well you are sort of biased now aren’t you
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you can already see based on the posts and the people they have selected nothing will change. If they wanted real change some of those people would never have been selected because they rarely post on this forum at all to talk about the actual game.
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because they pay the same amount and need content they enjoy doing as well?
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I’m kinda bummed that I didn’t get into the WCC. I applied for the accessibility representative as that is what matters most to me with Blizzard’s games. And WoW’s accessibility has all but stalled out lately. Things like the controller support are still command line only, and subject to trial and error to get working because there is no UI whatsoever for configuring it. That kind of stuff.
My main concern on the accessibility front is that Blizzard will be primarily getting their input only from the WCC, which significantly narrows the path to accessibility in the future.
I am rather doubtful they have sent out all the invites. If so there is a lot of shy people not posting on that forum.
I’m sure there are still some that aren’t out yet. They did say the emails were going out in waves. I do know at least one MVP got in, but that particular one is one of the most neutral and casual players around and is actually a good pick for the WCC.
I disagree on people getting picked when they rarely post or talk about the actual game.
If you are referring to what I think you’re referring to, I suspect some of the WCC members are more “influencers” than just forum posters. As long as there is a good mix of both casual vs. hardcore and regular players vs. influencers then it should even out in the end. It’s too soon to really rebuff the concept since it hasn’t really played out except for a few introductions so far.